[Thrift] Thrift + Apache

[Mark Slee]

Hi all,

 

We're considering moving Thrift into the Apache Incubator, which is
basically the entry point for Apache software projects:

http://incubator.apache.org/

 

There are a number of reasons to do this, but the main driving factors
are:

 

1/ Clear up any governance concerns in the community around Facebook
being the sole owner of Thrift

2/ Enable tighter integration with other Apache projects (i.e.
HBase/Hadoop cannot really use Thrift if it's outside of Apache)

3/ Open access to the trunk for outside committers, etc.

 

Some of the potential concerns are:

 

1/ Overhead incurred by Apache processes, might slow down development
speed or ability to make tricky changes

2/ Risk of dilution of some core Thrift values:

  a/ staying super-lightweight, avoiding feature creep

  b/ mindfully choosing when to err on the side of dumb but faster
static constructs over oh-so-elegant but slower dynamic constructs

 

We could make these lists much longer, but I think this is a sufficient
summary.

 

It looks to us like the potential benefits outweigh the concerns here,
but we'd like to hear everyone's opinions on this, so let us know what
you think - Reply-to-All is definitely encouraged.

 

Cheers,

Mark

 

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