[Htmlparser-developer] RE: question about using HTMLParser in Apache JMeter

[Derrick O. <der...@au...>]

Are there any opinions regarding Peter Lin's proposal to make htmlparser
an official Jakarta project?

-----Original Message-----
From: peter lin [mailto:jmw...@ya...]=20
Sent: September 30, 2003 11:39 PM
To: Derrick Oswald
Subject: RE: question about using HTMLParser in Apache JMeter


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I haven't found out the exact policy.  Assuming the policy as I
described is the official policy, is that OK with the developers of
HTMLParser?  I would like to help make HTMLParser an official Jakarta
project. Does that sound appealing to you? I don't know the process for
making it an official jakarta project, but I can look into it and get
the details to you.
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thanks again for your kindness and assistance. I know you and the other
developers have put alot of blood and sweat into the code. Plus having
it as an official jakarta project would give it a ton of exposure, since
jakarta now accounts for a huge percentage of Apache's traffic.  Also, I
believe the ScrapeTags in taglib project could benefit from HTMLParser.
If I remember correctly, it uses Tidy also and suffers from the same
performance limitations.
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peter lin


Derrick Oswald <der...@au...> wrote:

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So, you're taking a snapshot?
I would have thought you would just include the jar file, and build it
into the JMeter project, i.e. use Ant's zipfileset.
If not, what's the procedure for updates?

-----Original Message-----
From: peter lin [mailto:jmw...@ya...]=20
Sent: September 30, 2003 9:48 AM
To: Derrick Oswald
Subject: RE: question about using HTMLParser in Apache JMeter


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Hi derrick,
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I talked to the maintainer of JMeter and got the information on the
process. From my understanding of Apache guidelines as explained by Mike
stover, it goes something like this.
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1. Add Apache license to the source files
2. make sure all license and copyright information required by
HTMLParser developers are present
3. big huge thanks to HTMLParser developers posted on JMeter
4. I will do code clean up so it conforms to JMeter code guidelines
5. check in code to JMeter cvs
6. change relevant code in JMeter to use HTMLParser
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Basically, Apache requires that donations give the foundation a
non-exclusive license to the software. If that is ok with all the
developers, I will continue with process. I've started running some
benchmarks. When I am done I will send you the full results with source,
so you can post it on HTMLParser site.  Thanks again for your
generousity.
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peter lin