I'm OK with LIA2 on the front page - as Erik suggests it does help lend credibility to a project. I encounter organisations who are nervous about buying into an open-source solution and having books up there on the home page immediately helps establish the following:
1) The APIs are stable enough to warrant published documentation 2) There is a reasonable level of adoption in the market 3) There is material available to support new users if they get stuck >>When new books focused exclusively on Lucene emerge they should get the same >>treatment, in my opinion. So the test-case for this statement would be - what if there was a terrible book published? I can't see it happening myself but you have to ask if there is some inferred recommendation of quality on any links we provide. ----- Original Message ---- From: Otis Gospodnetic <otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org Sent: Friday, 20 February, 2009 13:50:51 Subject: Re: LIA2 on l.a.o/java OK? I think Erik put it well. I'd agree with that thinking even if I were not the co-author. Listing LIA2 on the Wiki is good (and done), but my fear is that only some people will find it there. I think showing LIA2 on the main page and making it a bit stickier than a regular news item is a way to help Lucene users find it quickly. When new books focused exclusively on Lucene emerge they should get the same treatment, in my opinion. Otis ----- Original Message ---- > From: Erik Hatcher <e...@ehatchersolutions.com> > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:27:40 PM > Subject: Re: LIA2 on l.a.o/java OK? > > On Feb 20, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > > Isn't that what http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/Resources is for? I > > like > LIA as much as the next person, but if we do it for LIA2 then it opens the > door > for others > (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Lucene&x=0&y=0) > > which will likely clutter the page quite a bit. > > There is precedent. Other books do make it to Apache sites. iBatis has the > Manning cover in the lower-left sidebar: . Wicket > has three big book covers: . Struts more subtly: > . ActiveMQ has a news blurb with big book cover: > > > As for other books making it there... that'd be fine by me to have a few book > covers shown on the home page. I imagine we won't hear other authors even > asking. > > > I just don't think we can imply that LIA2 is the "official book on Lucene". > > It's the only book dedicated exclusively to Lucene that I'm aware of, and all > of > the co-authors are committers/PMC members and active members of the > community. > It's about as "official" as it gets. > > Books on open source projects lend a great deal of credibility and I've seen > first hand that they are used as deciding factors when choosing a technology. > A > book means it is mature and has a good following. > > Personal bias noted - I support putting it on the home page, and also news > blurbs when there is activity, like when it goes to print and is available in > hardcopy. > > Erik > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
