+1 On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org>wrote:
> > 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.) -- Thanks and Regards, Prashant Ullegaddi, Search and Information Extraction Lab, IIIT-Hyderabad, India.
