Re: [modeling-pmc] [M2M/ATL] PMC technical agreement request to use the

[Paul Elder <pelder@xxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

FYI, the XPand component of M2T will
be looking for approval to use ANTLR v3, too. Details yet to be determined.

Paul Elder
IBM Rational Software
Tel: +1-613-599-3916
E-mail: pelder@xxxxxxxxxx

Richard Gronback <richard.gronback@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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2007-05-24 06:43 PM

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+1


On 5/24/07 9:16 PM, "Frédéric Jouault" <frederic.jouault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We need to use the ANTLR v3 parser generator for the ATL component
of
> the M2M project. We will only need to commit the ANTLR v3 runtime
> (cleaner IP base), which does not seem to require the ANTLR v2 runtime
> (IP base apparently considered "unclean" by Eclipse).
> 
> We have chosen ANTLR v3 instead of another alternative (e.g., LPG)
> because ANTLR v3 uses the LL(*) algorithm, which perfectly fits our
> needs.
> 
> 
> We know of at least one other Eclipse project, which has requested
to
> use the ANTLR v3 runtime as well:
> https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1359
> 
> 
> The Contribution Questionnaire states that:
> "Prior to completing this Questionnaire, the Committer should
have
> technical agreement from the PMC that the new code is required."
> 
> According to the terminology used on the Eclipse Foundation portal,
> the M2M project only has a Project Lead, but no PMC.
> 
> Therefore, I am hereby asking for the technical agreement of the
> Eclipse Modeling PMC that our usage of the ANTLR v3 runtime in the
M2M
> project is required.
> 
> 
> I am available to answer any questions you might have about this.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Frédéric Jouault
> 
> M2M Project Lead
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