Thanks Lewis, I replied favorably over on the Tika list. We'll see what others think.
-----Original Message----- From: Lewis John Mcgibbney <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:35 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [DISCUSS] Any23 Project Direction >Hi All, > >I'm writing this to the dev@ list because it most likely concerns everyone >observing the list as well as the PMC. Also I think that any >views/opinions >from folks other than the PMC would be very helpful in us obtaining >consensus about what to do with Apache Any23. > >Basically, the board report (which I've pasted below) was rejected and I >suspect that we need to decide what we are doing before the board will >accept a report from us. > >I've now initiated a [DISCUSS] thread over on [email protected] which >can >be monitored here [0]. Basically the thread is an attempt to keep Any23 >alive. I am positive that we will get reasonable feedback as the Tika >community is not only vibrant but also pretty diverse. > >As we now know, the alternative is the attic. I suppose we can wait and >see >what the script is. > >Thanks for now > >Lewis > >[0] http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40tika.apache.org/ > > > >========================= >[BEGINNING OF REPORT] >Hi Board@, >Having missed last months report, this months report is rather peculiar in >the sense that we are at crossroad within the very few (active) members of >the community as to where to take the project. > >Progress has been very very slow. There have been a couple of new users of >the software but the community, for all intent and means, has been unable >to help them on mailing list. It is therefore sad that new users questions >have gone virtually unanswered... which is a real pity. > >This email I suppose serves to act as a direct line of communicating the >current community position within Apache Any23. This is not the first time >that the attic has been mentioned. > >It is also important to say that we intend to approach the Apache Tika >community in an attempt to invoke motivation behind merging some/all of >the >Any23 codebase into Apache Tika as there are numerous areas which one >could >define as being of common interest to both projects. I am kicking off this >discussion on [email protected] after I close this thread. > >If a formal report in the usual structure is required then I will be more >than happy to post it here, however in all honesty there is literally >zilch >to report. > >Thanks >[END OF REPORT] >============================ > > > > > >-- >*Lewis*
