Well, I do not believe that nutch should not hit a 1.0 until it is truly stable. Using a version number as a selling point is what makes people use to using beta branded software (google, ms, my company, and everyone else are all guilty) as production software with even worse EULAs.
I would have like to have seen a plan, or feature list that shows what nutch 1.0 is suppose to satisfy. I would also love to become part of the nutch dev team. I have torn many pieces of it apart already and have a pretty darn good idea of how it works. One thing I would love to do in the future of nutch is to get rid of all the custom '*-config.xml" files and replace it with a more standard (well, more accepted) DI container (such as spring or hivemind [probably hivemind]). It would be nice to be able to configure each component within nutch in this way. I think it would really help in "componentizing" the apis (fetcher, indexer, generator etc) so that they can have more implemenations and making plugins more manageable. But, anyway... i was just curious about the patches. You know how it is when everyone at the office says "why doesn't it work".... and I reply "well, there is a bug, I can fix it", then they say "no, we don't want to fork the code", then they say "but, it doesn't work". so, I have to fix it under the covers, or apply patches, but keeping track is a complicated process once you have applied many patches and customized code. Anyway, have fun! Briggs (lovin' nutch every day) On 7/4/07, Andrzej Bialecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nuther wrote: > Hi, Andrzej. > > You wrote 4 июля 2007 г., 11:56:25: > >> Doug Cutting wrote: >>> Will the next release really be 1.0 or will it be 0.10? > >> Really 1.0. To elaborate a bit - IMHO we shouldn't stay at 0.x releases any longer, because it gives a false impression that Nutch is far from being usable. I know there is a fashion in OSS community to keep release numbers below 1.0, perhaps because commercial software usually inflates version numbers without any solid reasons. However, we shouldn't over-compensate for this by staying below 1.0 forever. Also, 0.x numbers hamper IMHO the use of relatively mature OSS software in commercial projects - it's more difficult to convince managers that software of 0.x vintage is any good at all. So, the reason I pushed for the change in numbering was that as it is now, Nutch is relatively stable and suitable for serious use. It might not be as full of features as one might wished, but that's what the 1.0 release implies - it's usable, with some limitations. > > > Will it be soon? :) I'm pretty sure it will be some time after the vacation period is over, not earlier ;) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __________________________________ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
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