Hello Akitosh, On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 at 22:49, Akansh Bharadwaj <bharadwaj.aka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Maxim, > Thanks for your reply, > I appreciate it. > > |> ASF is umbrella org, all real ideas should be supported by real ASF PMCs > |> So the first step would be to find valid project :) > > I understand that, but my issue is that there's multiple Apache projects that > have similar goals, but my approach and ideals seem to be very different from > theirs. and I wasn't sure which one to approach, or maybe all of them?
Yes this was clear but you need to 1) find a mentor in _existing_ ASF project OR 2) find enough people and start new ASF project (via https://incubator.apache.org/) In case you will choose option #2 I doubt it will be GSoC project .... > I think i will just message them all my proposal. > |> This seems to be huge project. > |> Are you sure this is doable by 1 person in ~350 hours ? > > Yes, I realize it's a pretty large project. That is why my proposal will only > try to achieve one managable portion of this task. specifically a > preprocessor to help hide away some of the clunky boilerplate that's still > lingering in larger java projects. I did find online that opinions on > preprocessors for java have been quite divided in the past. but I'm hoping > that the increased ease of use will be more appreciated in today's scenario. > > Anyway, Thanks for the help > Warmest Regards > Akitosh > > > On 4/13/22 11:59 AM, Maxim Solodovnik wrote: > > Hello Akitosh, > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 at 21:35, Akansh Bharadwaj > > <bharadwaj.aka...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> > >> I apologize if this is the wrong list for this, but I am new to mailing > >> lists and would appreciate any help provided. > >> > >> I have a new Idea that is related to but not a part of any Apache project i > >> can find through google. > > ASF is umbrella org, all real ideas should be supported by real ASF PMCs > > So the first step would be to find valid project :) > > > >> I wish to propose a new java build system with an integrated package > >> manager a-la cargo for Rust and anaconda for Python. This system would also > >> aim to have configurations in a more readable language than XML, say TOML, > >> YAML, or even a minimal custom format that looks like Markdown. and > >> optionally try to deploy shims for executable jars so they can be run > >> systemwide. > > This seems to be huge project. > > Are you sure this is doable by 1 person in ~350 hours ? > > > >> I also want to include a pre-processor with macro support so it's a little > >> more convenient to make large projects over long hours in java. > >> > >> The closest projects I can think of are ant, maven and gradle. but I don't > >> see how this proposal directly benefits any of those projects and so I > >> don't know where to send my proposal. > >> > >> The apache gsoc page also mentions the moderators (at) community.apache.org > > s/moderators/mentors/ :) > > This is the list for mentors only :) > > > >> mail. but it's also mentioned that we should contact them only if the ideas > >> page isn't getting updated? (i may have read this part wrong) > >> > >> kindly help me find the right target for my proposal, > >> Thanks and Regards. > >> Akitosh > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > -- Best regards, Maxim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
