By MI cluster code, do you mean the Brown/Mercer language modeling reimplementation?
If so, I think that I remember that this is in C++ and would be essentially a code drop as opposed to an ongoing project. Is that correct? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]>wrote: > Folks, > > We have the MI cluster code to contribute. It has been suggested that > labs.apache.org might be a good target. However, topic-wise, Mahout would > make more sense. > > This poses two questions. 1) Does Mahout want the (small) distraction of > this at the moment? 2) Is the PMC willing to do something a little > out-of-the-ordinary with committer privs, as I'll explain below. > > to quote: "Apache Labs was established to provide a place where trusted > individuals can innovate without the burden of community building, with the > comfort of the apache infrastructure and remaining close to their peers, > making it easier to get feedback and seeding new potential incubator > podlings." > > I think that I can make a strong case for the author as being trustworthy > at > labs. I'm reasonably sure that I can make a case for *myself*, at least, in > a pinch. On the other hand, I don't think it's viable to expect him to > become a committer at Mahout via the usual process, and I'm not comfortable > with contributing the code and not ending up with commit rights. And I'm > just not finding the time to lend enough assistance here to have much > chance > of becoming a committer. > > So, I'm thinking that labs is the right path, but I wanted to give the > Mahout community a chance to think about it first. > > Thanks, > benson > -- Ted Dunning, CTO DeepDyve
