Thanks Jeff for sharing your thoughts on this. I think, we should aim for backward compatibility as much as possible.
Since no other feedback arrived (so far) for this thread, we’ll assume lazy consensus for the outlined modularization of Apache OpenNLP for the target release 3.x and onwards. A new (epic) Jira issue and related branch will therefore be opened soon. I’ll inform the list again, once both things have happened. Gruß Martin -- > Am 14.02.2025 um 22:26 schrieb Jeff Zemerick <jzemer...@apache.org>: > > I think that's a good path to go down. > > I also think it would be ok to *not* maintain compatibility with the > existing CLI in places where things can be improved. While backward > compatibility is helpful, a new major release implies there may be breaking > changes. I don't have a good feel for how many users there are of the CLI > but if I had to guess I would expect it to be somewhat low in comparison to > users who integrate OpenNLP in their code. I'm happy to have my guess > challenged though. > > Would this be a good time to take a look at the things in the > opennlp-sandbox and see if anything can be moved over to the main project? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM Richard Zowalla <r...@apache.org> wrote: > >> FYI: Have invited the user list last week: >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/wgj7oovl4ls7pmpbvbc9hoo895whjpd5 >> >> On 2025/02/13 11:35:49 Martin Wiesner wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> thanks Bruno for sharing your thoughts. >>> >>> Obviously, I’m a +1 for the idea of a more modularized form of opennlp >> core components, see Richard's original post. >>> >>> To get things rolling, I’d suggest: >>> The feedback and early conceptual phase could be open until say March >> 1st 2025. Thoughts? >>> >>> Any more feedback is highly welcome. Should we, in addition, share the >> modularization proposal (3.x) on the users list so the community can join >> the discussion? >>> >>> Please participate in this discussion, especially if you are a senior >> committer and/or PMC member of the OpenNLP project. >>> >>> Gruß >>> Martin >>> — >>> >>>> Am 09.02.2025 um 10:09 schrieb Bruno Kinoshita < >> brunodepau...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Sounds like a good plan, especially "We also aim to maintain backward >>>> compatibility" 👍 >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 at 11:06, Richard Zowalla <r...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Martin and I were sitting on the ICE from Berlin back to Heilbronn >> and had >>>>> a discussion about modernizing OpenNLP's module structure. >>>>> We also discussed that idea with Atita off-list in Berlin two days >> ago :-) >>>>> >>>>> Our main goal is to split the CLI parts and define a solid API module, >>>>> along with well-structured dependent modules something like „api“, >> „cli“, >>>>> „core“, „addons“, ... >>>>> >>>>> We also aim to maintain backward compatibility for the CLI, ensuring >> that >>>>> users can still grab the distribution binary or „opennlp-tools“ via >> Maven >>>>> as before. >>>>> >>>>> By implementing these changes, we believe OpenNLP will become more >>>>> modular, flexible, and easier to maintain. >>>>> This should make it easier to integrate OpenNLP into core libraries >> while >>>>> improving maintainability for future use cases. >>>>> >>>>> Our proposal would be, that we start with OpenNLP 3.x on a separate >> branch >>>>> to try things out and call this a step towards the 3.x series of >> OpenNLP. >>>>> >>>>> WDYT? >>>>> >>>>> Gruß >>>>> Richard >>> >>> >>
