+1 Otis
--- Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lucene.Net has my +1. > > Other PMC members please cast your vote also. > > As for Garrett's concerns, it is my understanding that dotLucene is > not > based the previous Lucene.NET codebase. Though George mentions > Lookout, Beagle, and some other projects - are these projects using > the > dotLucene codebase? I thought that Lookout used the previous > Lucene.NET project. > > George - could you clarify the lineage of your project and list what > > projects are using it specifically? Also, perhaps we should stick > with > calling this dotLucene for now to avoid confusion with the other > codebase. > > Erik > > On Feb 17, 2005, at 11:14 AM, George Aroush wrote: > > > Proposal for new project Lucene.Net (aka dotLucene) > > > > George Aroush -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > ---- > > > > (0) rationale > > > > Lucene.Net (aka dotLucene) is a source code port of Jakarta Lucene > > > from Java > > to C#. The port is a one-to-one port of Lucene's high and low > level > > APIs, > > public and internal APIs, and the underlying algorithms of Lucene > as > > well as > > the index format. Every Java file released with Jakarta Lucene is > > > ported to > > Lucene.Net C#. In addition, any index file generated with > Lucene.Net > > is > > 100% cross compatible with Jakarta Lucene and via versa. Finally, > > Lucene.Net preserves the look-and-feel of C#'s naming convention > for > > packages, classes, methods and documentation. > > > > Lucene.Net 1.4.3 is currently a six-month-old open source project, > and > > is > > now hosted at SourceForge.net and is backed by its own non-profit > > organization. Since Lucene.Net is already based on Jakarta Lucene > and > > thus > > uses the Apache 2.0 license is therefore an appropriate candidate > to be > > moved to the Apache foundation. > > > > I anticipate that Lucene.Net will join the recently proposed > > search.apache.org top-level project, with Lucene and its various > ports. > > > > (0.1) criteria > > > > Community: > > > > Lucene.Net has an established user community. However, the > development > > community currently consists of primarily George Aroush, the > submitter > > of > > this proposal. > > > > Core Developers: > > > > Currently, Lucene.Net has one active committer, George Aroush. > > > > Alignment: > > > > Lucene.Net currently users Visual Studio.Net 2003. In addition, it > is > > being > > used by Mono. > > > > (0.2) warning signs > > > > Orphaned products: > > > > Lucene.Net is not an orphan. > > > > Inexperience with open source: > > > > Lucene.Net's committers are experienced with open source. > > > > Homogenous developers: > > > > Lucene.Net's committers do not all share an employer or nation. All > > decisions are made openly on public mailing lists. > > > > Reliance on salaried developers: > > > > Lucene.Net has no salaried developers. > > > > No ties to other Apache products: > > > > Lucene.Net has strong ties to Lucene. > > > > A fascination with the Apache brand: > > > > Lucene.Net has a strong brand already. It has followers and > projects > > based > > on it such as Lookout, .Text, Beagle and Ascirum. > > > > (1) scope of the subprojects > > > > All code is currently licensed under the same license as Jakarta > Lucene > > which is Apache 2.0 license. I have not yet signed the Contributor > > > License > > Agreements but I look forward to it. > > > > (3) identify the ASF resources to be created > > > > (3.1) mailing list(s) > > > > Same as Jakarta Lucene > > > > (3.2) Subversion or CVS repositories > > > > TBD > > > > (3.3) Jira > > > > TBD > > > > (4) identify the initial set of committers > > > > Same as Jakarta Lucene. > > > > (5) identify apache sponsoring individual > > > > Erik Hatcher, Doug Cutting, and Otis Gospodnetic. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
