On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Peter Karman wrote:
So I would hate to see the idea of Lucy mothballed. Whether KS still
bears enough resemblance to Lucene to be called a 'loose port' is
probably debate-able, and so for reasons of [political] identity
perhaps
it doesn't belong under the Lucene umbrella anymore. But I know the
cross-fertilization of ideas between the Lucene and KS developers has
been significant, and the idea of a core C IR library with the
features
that KS has is very appealing (at least to me).
My suggestion is, then, that you start making yourself heard on the
Lucy mailing lists and start discussing ideas there more.
I'll leave it to Marvin to comment on whether he's ready to commit
code
to Lucy and/or if that's still the appropriate vehicle for his vision.
My understanding of the ASF is such that I don't believe it is proper
for him to do so without either filling out a Software Grant or going
through incubation. I'd be happy to be corrected and I'd be happy to
help guide the process if I am right and Marvin is willing to donate
some large chunk of code that has been developed elsewhere.
Thus, if there are core parts of KS that are going to come from Lucy,
then those parts need to be developed in the Lucy community by Lucy
community members and not in KS first and not by one person in a
(near) complete vacuum (unless we go the donation route.)
There is nothing preventing the further cross-fertilization of ideas
between Lucene and KS, though. We always welcome Marvin's input on
discussions about how best to implement ideas (and anyone elses, for
that matter) and I see no reason why mothballing Lucy would prevent
the discussion of ideas that so often takes place on the Lucene lists.
-Grant
