From general-return-1634-apmail-lucene-general-archive=lucene.apache.org@lucene.apache.org Wed Sep 16 01:53:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 51211 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2009 01:53:13 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Sep 2009 01:53:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 60264 invoked by uid 500); 16 Sep 2009 01:53:13 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-general-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 60179 invoked by uid 500); 16 Sep 2009 01:53:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 60159 invoked by uid 99); 16 Sep 2009 01:53:12 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:53:12 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [208.97.132.177] (HELO homiemail-a20.g.dreamhost.com) (208.97.132.177) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:53:02 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.77] (adsl-065-013-152-164.sip.rdu.bellsouth.net [65.13.152.164]) by homiemail-a20.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5B0DF7EC060; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Board Report Due Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes From: Grant Ingersoll In-Reply-To: <20090916013715.GA21800@rectangular.com> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:52:39 -0400 Cc: general@lucene.apache.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <067D177E-314C-456B-9324-7790A34B7086@apache.org> References: <38FEB1E6-9AE7-493C-934F-6F2BCA94F521@apache.org> <20090914170641.GA10583@rectangular.com> <20090916013715.GA21800@rectangular.com> To: lucy-dev@lucene.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Committed. I'll add you to the commit karma. On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:37 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 02:27:50PM -0400, Grant Ingersoll wrote: >> Sounds good, just shorten that up a bit for the report. See the >> other >> reports for language style, etc. >> >> Something to the effect of: >> >> Lucy is a loose C port of Lucene for XXXXX. Progress has been made >> on >> designing/implementing the various >> interfaces. > > I attempted to check in this modification... > > Lucy is a loose C port of Lucene targeted at dynamic language > bindings. > The pace of development has picked up this year, and a significant > milestone was achieved with the completion of the core object > model. We > are working agressively towards alpha release. > > However, the commit failed, I believe because I don't have commit > rights to > that subdirectory. > >> And maybe, if you have them, some thoughts on efforts to bring in >> more >> contributors/community. > > My take on this is: if we build it, they will come. I think it will > be > challenging to attract developers until we have a real release -- so > to expand > the community, we should work to make that release as soon as we can. > > Marvin Humphrey > -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Search the Lucene ecosystem (Lucene/Solr/Nutch/Mahout/Tika/Droids) using Solr/Lucene: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search