Good question. I have proposed it many times in the past On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:03 PM Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:05:57 +0000, James Carman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:50 AM Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> "Math" is (a bit?) overwhelming for a team of 5- people. > >> > >> In "Commons" there was the rationale of accepting only "common" > >> algorithms (although that was fairly fuzzy as a limitation). > >> Not so with that overly general name. > >> It's a library that will contain math, yes; all of math, certainly > >> not. > >> So the name is just a name; it should point to project, not to a > >> general concept. > >> > >> > > The TLP move for Apache Math will help it gain some visibility and > > also > > give it the ability to branch out to new areas. There's nothing > > saying > > that the current 5 people are the only ones who will ever work on it. > > The > > idea is to grow the library. > > Having Math in Commons did not prevent anyone who wanted to join. > If history of the last 10 years can be a guide, then there is nothing > saying that candidates will suddenly become plenty. > If it were obvious that the TLP move was the way to go to gain more > visibility, then why did it take so long to do it? ;-) > > Gilles > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
