That's what I get for writing responses on a plane. Now, the interesting question is who and is it in a form the project wants?
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Michael Herndon <mhern...@o19s.com> wrote: > Someone has already put up lucene.net version 2.9.2.2 on nuget. > > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] < > casper...@caspershouse.com> wrote: > >> +1 on nuget. This would expand Lucene.NET's exposure big time. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wyatt Barnett [mailto:wyatt.barn...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:58 AM >> To: lucene-net-dev >> Subject: Re: Proposal Stage: PR/Marketing/Branding >> >> Some ideas to pursue: >> >> 1) Get lucene into nuget. Given nuget has Microsoft's weight behind >> it, it is going to become the defacto way people find .NET libraries. >> This is relatively simple -- pretty much packaging the binaries with >> an xml file. We could the current release in there today, and follow >> with 2.9.2 when we get it nice and official-like. >> >> 2) Build some approachable getting started guides. In all honesty, the >> only "how do I start using Lucene" stuff I found when I started using >> lucene six or so months ago was in Simone Chiaretta's blog plus the >> subtext source. This could perhaps include some DimeCasts.NET style >> stuff. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Michael Herndon <mhern...@o19s.com> >> wrote: >> > *PR/Marketing/Branding:* >> > Even open source need this. Its never something totally the forefront on >> the >> > developers mind, but its going to be key in order to build a community. >> > >> > The main part of marketing to strategically build connections between >> people >> > and a product/service so that they associate a particular brand name with >> a >> > particular solution. (Kinda like a conditioned response). >> > >> > Basically there is two products, the actual code base and the community >> > behind the codebase. >> > >> > I'm not saying we need ads on google, facebook, but providing good >> > documentation, a good work environment (making it fun), giving people >> > straight answers, having constructive dialog, treating others with >> respect, >> > staying responsive to the community will help to create a positive >> > connection in people's mind with lucene.net and search and community. >> > >> > Thats something that needs to happen given that people might question its >> > stability due to going back to incubation, the drop off in commits, etc. >> > >> > Any ideas, suggestions, comments, are welcome. >> > >> > * >> > * >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 >
