On 18 Aug 2009, at 09:10, Bernd Fondermann wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 02:38, Jan Lehnardt<jan@apache.org> wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
> <snip/>
>>
>> Related:
>>  - Do we want to foster plugins, extensions and other infrastructure
>> software or do we want to rely on the non CouchDB open source world  
>> to come
>> up with them?
>
> I think, that's the real question: What software does the CouchDB
> project want to provide to its users as (a) product(s).
> If you have the answer to that, you can still decide how to organize
> it and how to call it.
>
> For example, Apache Lucene provides Lucene (a programming framework)
> and Solr (a ready-to-go server). Both a complimentary.
> More important, they nurse each other with new feature. This ain't no
> one way street.

Thanks, that's what I was trying to say.


> If there is software which is really important in the CouchDB
> ecosystem, I'd try to take them (code + people) onboard.

+1

Cheers
Jan
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