Peter, The reason why the project is not very active from the development point of view is, in my opinion, in part because only 1 person knows Lucene inside out, and that person is busy on other projects. I am talking about Doug Cutting. The stability of the core is another reason, like Peter Carlson mentioned.
If you were involved with CIIR, maybe you can contribute :) Otis --- Peter Mularien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter (echo :) > > Right, I know that Apache projects are built based on contributions. > > I haven't come up with a detailed list of features that I, > personally, > would like to see from Lucene, maybe I can start to work on one and > submit it to the users' list for comments and (most importantly) > suggestions. > > I have had Lucene on my radar for some time, and as an CIIR/UMass > alum, > contributing to the project is interesting from a personal > standpoint. > One of my big concerns when suggesting Lucene as a project to base > some > software implementation on (or to become personally involved in) is > the > fact that there has not been a lot of developer traffic on the lists. > > I'm not sure why there's not a lot of immediate developer interest, > but > my guess is exactly what you've described, that a lot of people feel > that the core API is well developed and there's nowhere else to go. > > I'm not entirely convinced of that, and I'd venture to guess that if > we > were to take a poll, there are a lot of features outside of the core > API > that [potential] users would love to see implemented in the software. > > Alternatively, I know there are some great projects in the sandbox > and > contrib that would be great candidates for inclusion into Lucene > proper. > > I'm not advocating the Microsoft way of added features for the sake > of > added features, but having development target(s) to focus on and > squash > tends to help garner a lot more [potential] developer interest than > having [potential] developers try to come up with new features on > their > own or not introspect and examine whether any additional improvements > > could be made to improve and/or stabilize the core engine itself. > > Not trying to tickle anyone the wrong way, I just think this is a > great > project and would love to stir up some more defined and directed > developer interest in it. Playing in a new, Java search engine is a > project I've had on my personal list for a while... (: > > Peter > > Peter Carlson wrote: > > > Hi Peter, > > As you know, Apache projects are based on contributions from other > > developers. > > > > I think the best way to add features that you want are to make the > > changes and submit them to the developers list. As you become more > > active, I'm sure that someone will sponsor you for full development > > > status. > > > > There are lots of changes going on right now with Lucene, but the > core > > API will probably not be changing much since it has been shown to > be a > > mature, proven project. Most of the contributions right now are in > the > > lucene-sandbox area. These are additions on top of the Lucene API > to > > either extend the functionality or make it easier to access. > > > > Most of the questions from user are how to questions, not feature > > requests. What functionality are specifically talking about? > > > > --Peter > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:lucene-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:lucene-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
