RE: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
Grant, We still need one more mentor. Is there anyone that is willing to be a Mentor to our project? Grant, Stefan or Gianugo do you have any recommendation of people we can ask? Thanks, Scott -Original Message- From: Grant Ingersoll [mailto:gsing...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:43 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator Troy, If you have the proposal done, the next thing to do would be to call a vote to accept it. -Grant On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: On 2011-01-18, Troy Howard wrote: If I recall correctly we need at least two mentors before the Incubator PMC can vote on our proposal. Is there anyone else willing to help us out as Mentor? Yes, me. I've just added my name to the propsal page. Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, King Industries, Inc. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
Troy, If you have the proposal done, the next thing to do would be to call a vote to accept it. -Grant On Jan 20, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: On 2011-01-18, Troy Howard wrote: If I recall correctly we need at least two mentors before the Incubator PMC can vote on our proposal. Is there anyone else willing to help us out as Mentor? Yes, me. I've just added my name to the propsal page. Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
Although, it does look like you need one more Mentor. On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Troy Howard wrote: All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. Lucene.Net is currently a Lucene sub-project, however, for reasons detailed in the proposal and various mailing list discussions, we have decided that a move back to the Incubator, with the intent of future graduation as a TLP is the best for the Lucene.Net project. We are pleased to say that Grant Ingersoll has agreed to be our Champion for this proposal, however we are still in need of Mentors from the Incubator community. We'd appreciate help from anyone who is interested. The proposal, in raw text form follows this email and the wiki is located here: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Lucene.Net%20Proposal Thanks, Troy Howard = FINAL = 'Subitted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011' = Lucene.Net - A .NET port of Lucene = == Preface == Lucene.Net is a sub-project which is being spun off from the Lucene TLP but is not yet ready for graduation. We propose to address certain needs of the project by transitioning to an Incubator Podling. == Abstract == Lucene.Net will be a port of the Lucene search engine library, written in C# and targeted at .NET runtime users. == Proposal == Lucene.Net has three aims. First, it will maintain the existing line-by-line port from Java to C#, fully automating and commoditizing the process such that the project can easily synchronize with the Java Lucene release schedule. Second, it will be a high-performance C# search engine library. Third, it will maximize its usability and power when used within the .NET runtime. To that end, it will present a highly idiomatic, carefully tailored API that takes advantage of many of the special features of the .NET runtime. == Background == Lucene.Net, began as a independent project focused on creating a line-by-line, API for API port of Java Lucene to C#. It continued successfully in this way and eventually became a ASF Incubator project in April of 2006 and graduated as a sub-project of Lucene in October of 2009. The last year has been challenging for the project. The committers who originally lead the project have stopped maintaining it and development has stagnated since June of 2010. The user community has spoken out requesting a change in philosophy and direction for the project, but those requests have been unheeded. This has led to a number of forks outside of the ASF. We would like to bring those forks back in as branches and be responsive to the needs of community without the need for multiple non-ASF forks. The Lucene PMC wants to see the project continue to thrive and has indicated that a return to the Incubator is an appropriate step, with the end goal to build of building a new team of committers and maintaining a steady release cycle meeting the previously stated goals. Because Lucene is working to move away from being an umbrella project, a long term goal of the Lucene.Net project is to graduate to an ASF TLP. == Rationale == There is great need for a search engine library in the mode of Lucene within the .NET runtime. Individuals naturally wish to code in their language of choice. Organizations which do not have significant Java expertise may not want to support Java strictly for the sake of running a Lucene installation. Developers may want to take advantage of C#'s unique language features and the .NET runtime's unique execution and interoperability model. Lucene.Net will meet all these demands. Apache is a natural home for our project given the way it has always operated: user-driven innovation, lively and amiable mailing list discussions, strength through diversity, and so on. We feel comfortable here, and we believe that we will become exemplary Apache citizens. == Initial Goals (to be completed before Feb 2011) == * Build a new list of committers * Make a 2.9.2 compatible release as quickly as possible (this already exists, it just needs to be packaged correctly) * Update website, documentation, etc. * Create a well documented repeatable and fully automated language porting process * Start a .NET style API branch, either by incorporating some or all existing fork projects or by starting a new branch to this end == Current Status == === Meritocracy === We understand meritocracy and will fully embrace this concept in our project management methodology. One of the proposed committers, DIGY, has been a committer on the current Lucene.Net project since November 2008. Prescott Nasser has been a contributor on the project, submitting patches, documentation, and website enhancements. Three of the other proposed initial committers, Troy Howard, Chris Currens and Sergey Mirvoda are both already actively involved in other open source projects, either as committers of code
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
On 2011-01-18, Troy Howard wrote: If I recall correctly we need at least two mentors before the Incubator PMC can vote on our proposal. Is there anyone else willing to help us out as Mentor? Yes, me. I've just added my name to the propsal page. Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
Gianugo - Thanks so much for offering to mentor us! It's really appreciated and we look forward to enjoying the benefits of your guidance in the future. If I recall correctly we need at least two mentors before the Incubator PMC can vote on our proposal. Is there anyone else willing to help us out as Mentor? Thanks, Troy On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Gianugo Rabellino gian...@rabellino.it wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Troy Howard thowar...@gmail.com wrote: All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. I am happy to support this proposal and signed up as a mentor. -- Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it Blog: http://boldlyopen.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
[PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. Lucene.Net is currently a Lucene sub-project, however, for reasons detailed in the proposal and various mailing list discussions, we have decided that a move back to the Incubator, with the intent of future graduation as a TLP is the best for the Lucene.Net project. We are pleased to say that Grant Ingersoll has agreed to be our Champion for this proposal, however we are still in need of Mentors from the Incubator community. We'd appreciate help from anyone who is interested. The proposal, in raw text form follows this email and the wiki is located here: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Lucene.Net%20Proposal Thanks, Troy Howard = FINAL = 'Subitted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011' = Lucene.Net - A .NET port of Lucene = == Preface == Lucene.Net is a sub-project which is being spun off from the Lucene TLP but is not yet ready for graduation. We propose to address certain needs of the project by transitioning to an Incubator Podling. == Abstract == Lucene.Net will be a port of the Lucene search engine library, written in C# and targeted at .NET runtime users. == Proposal == Lucene.Net has three aims. First, it will maintain the existing line-by-line port from Java to C#, fully automating and commoditizing the process such that the project can easily synchronize with the Java Lucene release schedule. Second, it will be a high-performance C# search engine library. Third, it will maximize its usability and power when used within the .NET runtime. To that end, it will present a highly idiomatic, carefully tailored API that takes advantage of many of the special features of the .NET runtime. == Background == Lucene.Net, began as a independent project focused on creating a line-by-line, API for API port of Java Lucene to C#. It continued successfully in this way and eventually became a ASF Incubator project in April of 2006 and graduated as a sub-project of Lucene in October of 2009. The last year has been challenging for the project. The committers who originally lead the project have stopped maintaining it and development has stagnated since June of 2010. The user community has spoken out requesting a change in philosophy and direction for the project, but those requests have been unheeded. This has led to a number of forks outside of the ASF. We would like to bring those forks back in as branches and be responsive to the needs of community without the need for multiple non-ASF forks. The Lucene PMC wants to see the project continue to thrive and has indicated that a return to the Incubator is an appropriate step, with the end goal to build of building a new team of committers and maintaining a steady release cycle meeting the previously stated goals. Because Lucene is working to move away from being an umbrella project, a long term goal of the Lucene.Net project is to graduate to an ASF TLP. == Rationale == There is great need for a search engine library in the mode of Lucene within the .NET runtime. Individuals naturally wish to code in their language of choice. Organizations which do not have significant Java expertise may not want to support Java strictly for the sake of running a Lucene installation. Developers may want to take advantage of C#'s unique language features and the .NET runtime's unique execution and interoperability model. Lucene.Net will meet all these demands. Apache is a natural home for our project given the way it has always operated: user-driven innovation, lively and amiable mailing list discussions, strength through diversity, and so on. We feel comfortable here, and we believe that we will become exemplary Apache citizens. == Initial Goals (to be completed before Feb 2011) == * Build a new list of committers * Make a 2.9.2 compatible release as quickly as possible (this already exists, it just needs to be packaged correctly) * Update website, documentation, etc. * Create a well documented repeatable and fully automated language porting process * Start a .NET style API branch, either by incorporating some or all existing fork projects or by starting a new branch to this end == Current Status == === Meritocracy === We understand meritocracy and will fully embrace this concept in our project management methodology. One of the proposed committers, DIGY, has been a committer on the current Lucene.Net project since November 2008. Prescott Nasser has been a contributor on the project, submitting patches, documentation, and website enhancements. Three of the other proposed initial committers, Troy Howard, Chris Currens and Sergey Mirvoda are both already actively involved in other open source projects, either as committers of code or in coordination roles. Troy, Chris, Sergey and Prescott are currently committers on a Lucene.Net fork known as Lucere, and as such are intimately familiar with the code base and share a vision for the
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Troy Howard thowar...@gmail.com wrote: All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. I am happy to support this proposal and signed up as a mentor. -- Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it Blog: http://boldlyopen.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
+1 to this proposal - I am happy to see that this worked out and Lucene.Net moves forward! simon On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Gianugo Rabellino gian...@rabellino.it wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Troy Howard thowar...@gmail.com wrote: All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. I am happy to support this proposal and signed up as a mentor. -- Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it Blog: http://boldlyopen.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Lucene.Net return to the Incubator
Same here, all the best to Lucene.Net incubation. Cheers, Tommaso 2011/1/13 Simon Willnauer simon.willna...@googlemail.com +1 to this proposal - I am happy to see that this worked out and Lucene.Net moves forward! simon On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Gianugo Rabellino gian...@rabellino.it wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Troy Howard thowar...@gmail.com wrote: All, Please review our proposal for moving the Lucene.Net project back to the Incubator. I am happy to support this proposal and signed up as a mentor. -- Gianugo Rabellino - gianugo at rabellino dot it Blog: http://boldlyopen.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
