Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1, wow I can't believe I missed this :) On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 16:09, Dennis Kubes wrote: > +1, sorry for the late response, been traveling lately. > > 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) >> >> (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express >> their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) >> > -- Doğacan Güney
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 connection with Lucene is minimal 2010/4/1, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) : > Hi Andrzej, > > +1 from me. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > On 4/1/10 10:23 AM, "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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) > > (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express > their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com > > > > > ++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++ > > -- -MilleBii-
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1, sorry for the late response, been traveling lately. 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.)
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Grant Ingersoll 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.
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
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.)
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
[ ] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal Regards vasilis www.yournexthost.com www.bloghology.org - Original Message - From: "Andrzej Bialecki" To: Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:23 PM Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 for Nutch as Top Level! Regards, Hannes http://de.linkedin.com/in/hannescarlmeyer http://www.xing.com/profile/HannesCarl_Meyer On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:16 AM, BioHazard wrote: > +1 ! > > i love nutch > > > On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:39:57 +0300, Julien Nioche < > lists.digitalpeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, >> >> +1 from me too >> >> Julien >> >> > >
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 ! i love nutch On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:39:57 +0300, Julien Nioche wrote: Hi guys, +1 from me too Julien
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 for me S -- "Anyone proposing to run Windows on servers should be prepared to explain what they know about servers that Google, Yahoo, and Amazon don't." Paul Graham "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." Paul Erdos (who obviously never met a sysadmin) - Messaggio originale - > Da: Andrzej Bialecki > A: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org > Inviato: Gio 1 aprile 2010, 19:23:58 > Oggetto: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) > > 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because > ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to > express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding > votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki > <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ > __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information > Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded > Unix, System Integration > >http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
RE: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
[x] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal > -Original Message- > From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:a...@getopt.org] > Sent: Friday, 2 April 2010 4:24 AM > To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) > > 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) > > (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express > their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 :) it is the best. Thanks Ashumeet Singh "Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle" On Apr 1, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Robert Hohman wrote: > ok, once we get it sorted out on our end, we will start to submit... > > thanks for all the hard work Andrzej! > > -Original Message- > From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:a...@getopt.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:13 AM > To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) > > On 2010-04-01 19:40, Robert Hohman wrote: >> +1 yes, and I also vote we try to somehow make nutch easier to work with >> maven-based projects. I've had a heck of a time integrating it (although >> more or less gotten it to work) > > Patches are welcome - I realize this could be beneficial, but I'm not > familiar with maven, so I won't be able to make this change myself... > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com >
RE: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
ok, once we get it sorted out on our end, we will start to submit... thanks for all the hard work Andrzej! -Original Message- From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:a...@getopt.org] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:13 AM To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) On 2010-04-01 19:40, Robert Hohman wrote: > +1 yes, and I also vote we try to somehow make nutch easier to work with > maven-based projects. I've had a heck of a time integrating it (although > more or less gotten it to work) Patches are welcome - I realize this could be beneficial, but I'm not familiar with maven, so I won't be able to make this change myself... -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
On 2010-04-01 19:40, Robert Hohman wrote: > +1 yes, and I also vote we try to somehow make nutch easier to work with > maven-based projects. I've had a heck of a time integrating it (although > more or less gotten it to work) Patches are welcome - I realize this could be beneficial, but I'm not familiar with maven, so I won't be able to make this change myself... -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
RE: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
[x] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal -Original Message- From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:a...@getopt.org] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:24 AM To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+ 1 ! On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Robert Hohman wrote: > +1 yes, and I also vote we try to somehow make nutch easier to work with > maven-based projects. I've had a heck of a time integrating it (although > more or less gotten it to work) > > -Original Message- > From: Sudhi Seshachala [mailto:sudhi_...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:37 AM > To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) > > [ ] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal > > This is awesome > > --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > From: Andrzej Bialecki > Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) > To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org > Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 12:23 PM > > 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) > > (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express > their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com > > > > > >
RE: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
+1 yes, and I also vote we try to somehow make nutch easier to work with maven-based projects. I've had a heck of a time integrating it (although more or less gotten it to work) -Original Message- From: Sudhi Seshachala [mailto:sudhi_...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:37 AM To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) [ ] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal This is awesome --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: From: Andrzej Bialecki Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 12:23 PM 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
Hi guys, +1 from me too Julien -- DigitalPebble Ltd http://www.digitalpebble.com On 1 April 2010 18:23, 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) > > (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express > their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com > >
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
Hi Andrzej, +1 from me. Cheers, Chris On 4/1/10 10:23 AM, "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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++
Re: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP)
[ ] +1 - yes, I vote for the proposal This is awesome --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: From: Andrzej Bialecki Subject: [VOTE] Nutch to become a top-level project (TLP) To: nutch-user@lucene.apache.org Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 12:23 PM 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 - no, I vote against the proposal (because ...) (Please note that anyone in the Nutch community is invited to express their opinion, though only Nutch committers cast binding votes.) -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
