On Apr 1, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Hi all, > > According to an earlier [DISCUSS] thread on the nutch-dev list I'm > calling for a vote on the proposal to make Nutch a top-level project. > > To quickly recap the reasons and consequences of such move: the ASF > board is concerned about the size and diversity of goals across various > subprojects under the Lucene TLP, and suggests that each subproject > should evaluate whether becoming its own TLP would better serve the > project itself and the Lucene TLP. > > We discussed this issue and expressed opinions that ranged from positive > (easier management, better exposure, better focus on the mission, not > really dependent on Lucene development) to neutral (no significant > reason, only political change) to moderately negative (increased admin > work, decreased exposure). > > Therefore, the proposal is to separate Nutch from under Lucene TLP and > form a top-level project with its own PMC, own svn and own site. > > Please indicate one of the following: > > [ ] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal
+1. (Keep in mind the Apache Public Relations team can do things like make a press release, which we plan on doing for Mahout as it moves to TLP. Let me know if you need contacts.)
