On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 02:36:58PM -0000, Apache Wiki wrote: > === Community === > - Apache is interested only in communities. > + Lucy currently has a small community, many members of which originated in > the KinoSearch community.
> + Lucy's chief challenge is growing its community, which it hopes to achieve > through efforts in two areas: reaching a 1.0 release, and actively reaching > out to its target audience, users and developers in the dynamic language > communities who want a fast, scalable full-text search solution in their > native language. While you were writing this I was in the coffee shop discussing "coopetition" with a social scientist friend of mine. :) Random thoughts: * I think it would be good to emphasize that this proposal is a response to suggestions from the Lucene PMC about community growth and fast releases. I'd like to show that we intend to make good, conscientious use of the mentoring that the Incubator offers, and also that this is a logical, natural move for Lucy to make. * Somewhere we should indicate that the technical goals of the original Lucy project has been achieved, and that now that that's happened we are ready for a new phase focusing on community growth. * The Apache values I care about most are code base transparency and controlled competition. Code base transparency is important because making the code easy to work with makes it easier to contribute, increasing both quantity and quality of contributions. Controlled competition provides motivation which increases quality of contribution. I'm not sure where to put those items; community is one possibility. * Dave Balmain contributed many important ideas while he was active, but all the code that has ever gone into the existing Lucy repository was written by the KinoSearch community. Marvin Humphrey
