[ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

I'm happy to announce the release of version 0.02 of Lucene4c, a port of 
Lucene to the C language using the Apache Portable Runtime.

The primary new feature in this release is support for compressed file 
stream directories, and along with that comes a directory abstraction 
similar to that found in Java Lucene and a large number of bug fixes.

This release also brings with it an actual web site, where this and 
previous versions of the code can be downloaded.

http://electricjellyfish.net/garrett/lucene4c/

Now that compressed file streams are supported I will likely turn my 
attention to writing code to read the remaining parts of the index 
format, and then continue onward towards actual useful searching 
functionality.

Again, any feedback, questions, comments, or patches implementing parts 
of the missing functionality should be directed to me ;-)

-garrett

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

Doug Cutting wrote:
> Garrett Rooney wrote:
> 
>> Additionally it would be good to work on updating the disk format 
>> documentation, I've found several cases where the docs are quite out 
>> of date compared to the current code.  It's hard to expect the various 
>> different ports to maintain compatibility when the formats are only 
>> documented in code.
> 
> 
> If you have a chance, please submit bugs for these.  Thanks.

I've got a number of "XXX undocumented" comments in the lucene4c code, 
I'll make some time later this week to go through and file bugs on them.

One thing that jumps right out at me though is the fact that the current 
docs don't mention cfs files at all.  It took me a bit by surprise that 
after reading over the file format documentation when I created the demo 
index none of the files I had read about were even there ;-)

-garrett

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Doug Cutting <cu...@apache.org>]

Garrett Rooney wrote:
> Additionally it would be good to work on updating the disk format 
> documentation, I've found several cases where the docs are quite out of 
> date compared to the current code.  It's hard to expect the various 
> different ports to maintain compatibility when the formats are only 
> documented in code.

If you have a chance, please submit bugs for these.  Thanks.

Doug

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

Erik Hatcher wrote:

>> What is the procedure from here?
> 
> 
> I encourage you to propose the codebase to the Incubator.  I'd be happy 
> to be a sponsor of it, and I'm already tuning in to the incubator list. 
>  The lack of community around this codebase will be an issue leaving the 
> incubator, but I think it should come into incubation with no problems.

Thank you for the offer, I'll put together a proposal sometime this week 
and send it in.  In the past various different people have expressed 
interest in a C version of Lucene, hopefully we can get some of them 
involved more directly once it's in the incubator.

> The Lucene repository is set up to accommodate other languages now and 
> the lucene4c codebase would be a nice start on getting cross-language 
> unit tests started.  It would be great to have compatibility tests for 
> the various ports of Lucene.

I agree, cross language compatibility tests would be nice to have.

Additionally it would be good to work on updating the disk format 
documentation, I've found several cases where the docs are quite out of 
date compared to the current code.  It's hard to expect the various 
different ports to maintain compatibility when the formats are only 
documented in code.

-garrett

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

Erik Hatcher wrote:

> I encourage you to propose the codebase to the Incubator.

For the curious, the proposal has been sent.  I hope to see you all 
voicing your support on general@incubator.apache.org ;-)

-garrett

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com>]

On Feb 13, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Garrett Rooney wrote:
>> Does your code warrant incubation?  Or could it go right into 
>> Lucene's repository?
>
> I'm not really sure what the proper course of action is, but after a 
> quick look at the incubator documentation, it seems like the primary 
> way projects are supposed to enter the ASF is through the incubator.
>
> One thing that worries me a bit is that at this point the only 
> contributor to the project is myself, and it seems like the incubator 
> might consider that to be a bit of a warning sign.  It would certainly 
> seem to be something that would prevent graduation from incubation, 
> but I'm not sure if it's enough to keep it from entering incubation 
> entirely.
>
> What is the procedure from here?

I encourage you to propose the codebase to the Incubator.  I'd be happy 
to be a sponsor of it, and I'm already tuning in to the incubator list. 
  The lack of community around this codebase will be an issue leaving 
the incubator, but I think it should come into incubation with no 
problems.  The Lucene repository is set up to accommodate other 
languages now and the lucene4c codebase would be a nice start on 
getting cross-language unit tests started.  It would be great to have 
compatibility tests for the various ports of Lucene.

	Erik


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Garrett Rooney <ro...@electricjellyfish.net>]

Erik Hatcher wrote:
> Garrett,
> 
> Now that we have Subversion, are you interested in us creating an area 
> for lucene4c at Apache?

I'd be happy to move lucene4c development to Apache, I'm getting to the 
point where the project resembles something that could be useful, and 
the ASF infrastructure would make it easier for people other than me to 
contribute.  I mean it's not like I can't set up my own mailing lists, 
bug trackers, and Subversion repositories, but it's a heck of a lot 
easier to just use the ones at the ASF ;-)

> Does your code warrant incubation?  Or could it go right into Lucene's 
> repository?

I'm not really sure what the proper course of action is, but after a 
quick look at the incubator documentation, it seems like the primary way 
projects are supposed to enter the ASF is through the incubator.

One thing that worries me a bit is that at this point the only 
contributor to the project is myself, and it seems like the incubator 
might consider that to be a bit of a warning sign.  It would certainly 
seem to be something that would prevent graduation from incubation, but 
I'm not sure if it's enough to keep it from entering incubation entirely.

What is the procedure from here?

-garrett

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com>]

On Feb 13, 2005, at 11:37 PM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> I was going to wait a bit with inviting various Lucene ports to Lucene
> until we have the mailing lists set up and at lucene.apache.org, to
> make things a bit more tangible for people.

Since these codebase imports have to come through incubation, which 
will take time to get through the system, I think getting them into 
incubation now is a good idea.

I've submitted requests to get e-mail lists and JIRA set up, but so far 
only our conversion to Subversion has happened.   But certainly all of 
this will be set up by the time a new codebase is ready to leave 
incubation.

	Erik


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>]

I think Garrett will have to push lucene4c through the Incubator to get
to Lucene, as you've already discussed.

I was going to wait a bit with inviting various Lucene ports to Lucene
until we have the mailing lists set up and at lucene.apache.org, to
make things a bit more tangible for people.

I'll see how it goes with Garrett and Lucene, so I can then point
people to look at lucene4c as the guiding example.

Otis


--- Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com> wrote:

> Garrett,
> 
> Now that we have Subversion, are you interested in us creating an
> area 
> for lucene4c at Apache?
> 
> Does your code warrant incubation?  Or could it go right into
> Lucene's 
> repository?
> 
> 	Erik
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Garrett Rooney wrote:
> 
> > I'm happy to announce the release of version 0.02 of Lucene4c, a
> port 
> > of Lucene to the C language using the Apache Portable Runtime.
> >
> > The primary new feature in this release is support for compressed
> file 
> > stream directories, and along with that comes a directory
> abstraction 
> > similar to that found in Java Lucene and a large number of bug
> fixes.
> >
> > This release also brings with it an actual web site, where this and
> 
> > previous versions of the code can be downloaded.
> >
> > http://electricjellyfish.net/garrett/lucene4c/
> >
> > Now that compressed file streams are supported I will likely turn
> my 
> > attention to writing code to read the remaining parts of the index 
> > format, and then continue onward towards actual useful searching 
> > functionality.
> >
> > Again, any feedback, questions, comments, or patches implementing 
> > parts of the missing functionality should be directed to me ;-)
> >
> > -garrett
> >
> >
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] lucene4c 0.02

[Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com>]

Garrett,

Now that we have Subversion, are you interested in us creating an area 
for lucene4c at Apache?

Does your code warrant incubation?  Or could it go right into Lucene's 
repository?

	Erik


On Feb 13, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Garrett Rooney wrote:

> I'm happy to announce the release of version 0.02 of Lucene4c, a port 
> of Lucene to the C language using the Apache Portable Runtime.
>
> The primary new feature in this release is support for compressed file 
> stream directories, and along with that comes a directory abstraction 
> similar to that found in Java Lucene and a large number of bug fixes.
>
> This release also brings with it an actual web site, where this and 
> previous versions of the code can be downloaded.
>
> http://electricjellyfish.net/garrett/lucene4c/
>
> Now that compressed file streams are supported I will likely turn my 
> attention to writing code to read the remaining parts of the index 
> format, and then continue onward towards actual useful searching 
> functionality.
>
> Again, any feedback, questions, comments, or patches implementing 
> parts of the missing functionality should be directed to me ;-)
>
> -garrett
>
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