+10 On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Michael Della Bitta <michael.della.bi...@appinions.com> wrote: > As an external observer, I think the main problem is your branding. > "Realtime Near Realtime" is definitely an oxymoron, and your ranking > algorithm is called "Ranking Algorithm," which is generic enough to > suggest that a. it's the only ranking algorithm available, and b. by > implication, that Solr doesn't have one built in. > > I would suggest two improvements: > > 1. Come up with a top-level name for your overall efforts. Apache > Foundation has 'Apache,' so automatic branding of every component they > build. Then your ranking algorithm could be called "Tgels Ranking > Algorithm for Apache Solr" (for example), which is totally legit. And > "Tgels Realtime Search for Apache Solr." > > 2. Maybe point out that you're building on top of the work of the > Apache Solr and Lucene projects a little more prominently. > > I think with those two little tweaks, you'd actually very easily get > more people interested in your contributions. > > Just my two cents, > > Michael Della Bitta > > ------------------------------------------------ > Appinions > 18 East 41st Street, 2nd Floor > New York, NY 10017-6271 > > www.appinions.com > > Where Influence Isn’t a Game > > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Nagendra Nagarajayya > <nnagaraja...@transaxtions.com> wrote: >> >> Jack: >> >> I respect your hard-work responding to user problems on the mail list. So it >> would be nicer to try out Realtime NRT then pass rogue comments, whether a >> contribution is legit/spam or a scam... I guess it illuminates the narrow >> minded view of oneself ... The spirit of open source is contributions from >> not only commiters but other developers, from the Solr wiki "A half-baked >> patch in Jira, with no documentation, no tests and no backwards >> compatibility is better than no patch at all." >> >> You would gain more respect if you actually download realtime-nrt, check out >> if it does provide a view of a realtime index compared to a point-in-time >> snapshot, see if you can understand the code and provide clarity and >> feedback to the list if you do find problems with it. realtime-nrt offers >> search capability as to realtime-get. Checkout if this is true ... I would >> really welcome your comments on the list or through the JIRA here: >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3816 >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Nagendra Nagarajayya >> http://solr-ra.tgels.org >> http://rankingalgorithm.tgels.org >> >> On 10/29/2012 7:30 AM, Jack Krupansky wrote: >>> >>> Could any of the committers here confirm whether this is a legitimate >>> effort? I mean, how could anything labeled "Apache ABC with XYZ" be an >>> "external project" and be sanctioned/licensed by Apache? In fact, the linked >>> web page doesn't even acknowledge the ownership of the Apache trademarks or >>> ASL. And the term "Realtime NRT" is nonsensical. Even worse: "Realtime NRT >>> makes available a near realtime view". Equally nonsensical. Who knows, maybe >>> it is legit, but it sure comes across as a scam/spam. >>> >>> -- Jack Krupansky >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Nagendra Nagarajayya >>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:06 AM >>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: [Announce] Apache Solr 4.0 with RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 and >>> Realtime NRT available for download >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I am very excited to announce the availability of Apache Solr 4.0 with >>> RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 and Realtime NRT. Realtime NRT is a high >>> performance and more granular NRT implementation as to soft commit. The >>> update performance is about 70,000 documents / sec* (almost 1.5-2x >>> performance improvement over soft-commit). You can also scale up to 2 >>> billion documents* in a single core, and query half a billion documents >>> index in ms**. Realtime NRT is different from realtime-get. realtime-get >>> does not have search capability and is a lookup by id. Realtime NRT >>> allows full search, see here <http://solr-ra.tgels.org/realtime-nrt.jsp> >>> for more info. >>> >>> Realtime NRT has been contributed back to Solr, see JIRA: >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3816 >>> >>> RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 supports the entire Lucene Query Syntax, ą and/or >>> boolean/dismax/boost queries and is compatible with the new Lucene 4.0 >>> api. >>> >>> You can get more information about Solr 4.0 with RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 >>> and Realtime NRT performance from here: >>> http://solr-ra.tgels.org/wiki/en/Near_Real_Time_Search_ver_4.x >>> >>> You can download Solr 4.0 with RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 from here: >>> http://solr-ra.tgels.org >>> >>> Please download and give the new version a try. >>> >>> Note: >>> 1. Apache Solr 4.0 with RankingAlgorithm 1.4.4 is an external project >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Nagendra Nagarajayya >>> http://solr-ra.tgels.org >>> http://rankingalgorithm.tgels.org >>> >>> * performance is a real use case of Apache Solr with RankingAlgorithm as >>> seen at a user installation >>> ** performance seen when using the age feature >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>
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