I agree with almost all of what you said. The file format issue whoever is a non-issue. If you want interoperability between systems do it via remote invocation and IIOP, or some HTTP interface. This is far more easier to control, especially through version change cycles - otherwise all platforms need to be updated together - which is very hard to do (unless you are using Java with WORA !).
I also don't understand why Lucene doesn't focus on being THE JAVA search engine. Anything I think that detracts that from moving forward should be out of scope. -----Original Message----- From: Grant Ingersoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:06 AM To: Lucene Developer's List Subject: Taking a step back Is it just me or do we have a whole bunch of people proposing a whole bunch of fairly broad changes to Lucene? (I know, I know, they should always be backward compatible) Might this warrant some coordination/planning? I know things are mostly done in an ad-hoc way (whoever submits a patch), but I think we may all be better served by some coordination beyond what takes place on the mailing list. I see some pieces here and there that would benefit from common code, etc. As I see it, we have several people proposing file format changes, Otis and some others want scoring changes, I have discussed with a few people the ability to make more pluggable how fields are indexed plus the ability to add metadata at all levels of the index (field, document, index, etc.), more to come on this soon. Additionally, the lazy loading field stuff is pending and would benefit from a few file format changes as well Additionally, we can't just think of the Java version anymore, especially when it comes to file formats, I don't think. Should we, perhaps, setup a top-level wiki-style planning place? Would this be useful? I don't think it replaces the good discussions on this list, I just think it could give potential contributors a much easier way of finding how to help, plus set a (albeit loose) plan for the future of Lucene beyond what is captured in snippets of email here and there. Just my two cents, Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
