>> The only other important question i would wonder about for graduation is >> community building. The Lucy community still seems kind of small, so >> there is a question to consider of wether being under the incubator is >> (still) helping with the visibility of the project to grow the community, >> or if near term community growth would be greater if Lucy graduated to a >> TLP? > > I suspect that Lucy's incubating status hinders community growth. I don't > think we are reaching many potential recruits via the Incubator we would not > otherwise reach via other Apache channels. And I think that the incubation > disclaimer plants a seed of doubt in the mind of each newcomer assessing Lucy > and determining whether to get involved.
I really doubt that the incubation status is a major factor that hinders community growth. I am subscribed to the Lucy list for only a few months (at best) so maybe I am missing something (do I?) but frankly speaking as a ASF member I don't see Lucy ready as a TLP yet. How many committers are there? How many people subscribed to users? http://markmail.org/search/?q=lucy#query:lucy%20list%3Aorg.apache.lucene.lucy-commits+page:1+state:facets IMO adding more languages (even as a proof of concept) will help to bring people on board and help to grow the community. Just going TLP will not lower this bar of entry. I don't think graduating based on this hope is a good idea. Sorry, didn't want to ruin the party :) cheers, Torsten
