I signed off on the BR, but a couple of questions: What do we need to do on the IP front? Is that really a blocker for graduation?
Also, I don't think the regression tests are a blocker for graduation. I did add that we need to find some more candidates for contributions/committership, which I do think is a blocker. -Grant On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Jason Baldridge wrote: > Agreed. > > We also need to think about improving the situation on training data. One > thing to think about is whether we can take advantage of DUALIST to > bootstrap the creation of training data: > > http://code.google.com/p/dualist/ > > Jason > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Exactly, I fully agree with Grant. We invested a lot of time to into this >> already, and I >> believe we are on the right way, we need to continue this effort and be >> patient. >> >> A contributor/committer is usually a user first, and therefore we need to >> make it as easy as possible >> for potential users to get started and to get involved. When people start >> using OpenNLP >> some might need to fix/change something and contribute it back. >> >> Jörn >> >> >> >> On 6/7/11 10:12 PM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: >> >>> One thing to think about and discuss is how to encourage/find new >>> committers. Nominations of individuals should be done on the PPMC (private >>> list), but out here we should at least think about ways to help contributors >>> become committers. In some cases, this may mean avoiding the tendency to >>> jump in and fix a problem before someone else, who is less experienced, can >>> put up a patch. Other ways, are better documentation, encouragement, etc. >>> for those kicking the tires. Generally speaking, my rule of thumb for >>> nominating someone is a few good quality patches that show they get the code >>> at a decent level as well as they show they get how the ASF and the project >>> work and can work positively with others in the community. >>> >>> Just food for thought as we move towards graduation, as I think OpenNLP is >>> moving along quite nicely as an Incubator project. >>> >>> -Grant >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:58 AM, Jörn Kottmann wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> please report status items for our board report. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jörn >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Jason Baldridge > Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics > The University of Texas at Austin > http://www.jasonbaldridge.com > http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge
