If the proposal continues to make headway with "it will present a highly idiomatic, carefully tailored API that takes advantage of many of the special features of the .NET runtime." included, you can count me in for patches or as a committer if you need another warm body.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Troy Howard <thowar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. I'm in the process of writing that proposal at this time. It will > include language in the project description that express our intent to > develop a C#/.NET idiomatic version of the library. > > Please find the in-progress draft version at: > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Lucene.Net%20Proposal > > Thanks, > Troy > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Ben Martz <benma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So perhaps the proposal should allow for a combination of a mostly >> automated baseline line-by-line port and the explicit provision that >> embraces drop-in (API compliant) .NET-specific replacements for specific >> classes? >> >> - Ben >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Troy Howard <thowar...@gmail.com> >> December 30, 2010 12:39 PM >> >> It's my opinion that we can basically commoditize an automated port >> which will fulfill the needs of the community, and allow the project >> to, at minimum, continue to release, in a timely fashion, direct ports >> of the Java Lucene releases... >> >> Meanwhile we can continue the efforts represented in Lucere, Lucille, >> and Aimee.Net to create an alternative API for Lucene.Net which may or >> may not include completely re-written code, depending on the >> specifics. >> >> I think both concepts can co-exist in a single project and that this >> will be the best way to move forward. If you followed the Lucere >> project, you'll see that my approach with TDD and Contract Driven >> Design was intended to facilitate just such an arrangement. >> >> Thanks, >> Troy >> >> > -- Michael Herndon Senior Developer (mhern...@o19s.com) 804.767.0083 [connect online] http://www.opensourceconnections.com http://www.amptools.net http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-herndon/4/893/23 http://www.facebook.com/amptools.net http://www.twitter.com/amptools-net
