On Jul 13, 2013, at 2:04 AM, Ajay Bhat <a.ajay.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Mark. > > I've got to make a project proposal at this page. > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/ASF-ICFOSS+Pilot+Mentoring+Programme > > Shall I include you as a mentor? Would anyone else like to be a mentor to > this project alongwith Mark? > > I've also got some preliminary questions about the issue > > 1. You mention that the UI, currently using Java (Swing I presume?) needs to > be ported to another toolkit. May I ask why? > The license of the current UI framework. > 2. For porting, is there a preferred toolkit you'd like it to be ported to or > any you, like the PyGTK? > I think a Java UI framework is the way to go - I've already done a lot of the work on that issue using Apache Pivot. http://pivot.apache.org/ > 3. Has the work on Pivot been completed? If not, what else is to be done? > A lot of work has been completed. A lot of the basic UI tabs were already working - mostly it probably needs to be updated to the latest Lucene API's and the remaining features need to be ported over. A lot of work has already been done and a lot of the work remains - if you look at the attachments on that JIRA you will see some early screen shots of the current work - more was done after those shots were taken. https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12450420/luke1.jpg https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12450421/luke2.jpg https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12450422/luke3.jpg > 4. Can I run Luke by itself or should it be built alongwith Lucene as it > refers some classes of Lucene? > The idea of that JIRA issue is to put Luke in as a Lucene module. This way, as the Lucene API's are changed, Luke will get updated at the same time since it will be part of the Lucene project. > Also, it would be great if you could link me to some slides or posts about > Luke (the first two links on the issue page don't seem to work) > https://code.google.com/p/luke/ - Mark > Regards, > > Ajay > > > > On Jul 12, 2013 11:28 PM, "Mark Miller" <markrmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Great! I'd be glad to help get you going! > > I think that issue would have a very large affect if we could get it up to > speed - it's a very popular tool and having it released with Lucene and > always up to date with trunk would really help a lot of people I think. > > - Mark > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Ajay Bhat <a.ajay.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had attended the ASF-ICFOSS Mentoring Programme [1], 2013 in India > conducted by Luciano Resende[2] and I've developed an interest in open > source. I'd like to work on the JIRA Lucene 2562 - Make Luke a Lucene/Solr > Module [3] as a project. > > I've checked out the Lucene trunk and taken a look at the work Mark Miller > has done on it. If no one has taken it up, I'm willing to work on it after > submitting a formal project proposal after I get a mentor. I'd like some > technical guidance on Lucene from the community as well. > > [1] http://community.apache.org/mentoringprogramme-icfoss-pilot.html > > [2] http://people.apache.org/~lresende > > [3] http > LUCENE-2562 > > s://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/Thanks and regards, > Ajay > > > > -- > - Mark
