Good evening OpenNLP devs, I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to apologise for the delay in following up on the gRPC-based Python integration we discussed earlier — university exams and related academic commitments took up more time than I expected. Things have settled down now, and I’m ready to continue the work.
Quick status update (minimal prototype): I generated and tested the Python gRPC stubs from proto/opennlp.proto. I implemented a small Python gRPC server that exposes the tokenizer service and a simple client example. I verified the flow locally using the official Apache OpenNLP CLI (OpenNLP 2.5.5). Code + usage examples are on GitHub: https://github.com/JOBIN-SABU/Apache_opennlp_grpc Next steps I intend to take (and would value your input on): Open a short PR with this minimal prototype so it’s easy for reviewers to run and test. Expand to additional services (POS tagging, sentence detection) based on your feedback and preferences. Ensure the implementation and packaging meet ASF guidelines for contribution. If you or other maintainers have a moment, could you try the repo and share any initial feedback? I can open a PR with a concise README and test instructions so it’s straightforward to run locally. I’d greatly appreciate any guidance on preferred design choices or packaging requirements before I expand the scope. Thank you again for the earlier encouragement — I’m excited to contribute and will follow your lead on next steps. Best regards, Jobin Sabu [email protected] https://github.com/JOBIN-SABU/Apache_opennlp_grpc On Sun, 18 May, 2025, 12:38 am Richard Zowalla, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Feel free to contribute to OpenNLP. > > You can ask any question on the list or we can open a discussion with code > (i.e. in a PR). > Every contribution in that area is valuable, imho. > > Gruß > Richard > > > Am 10.05.2025 um 05:38 schrieb Jobin Sabu <[email protected]>: > > > > Respected Apache OpenNLP Team, > > > > I hope you're doing well. > > > > Although I wasn't selected for GSoC this year, I remain deeply interested > > in contributing to OpenNLP — particularly the gRPC-based Python > integration > > project we previously discussed. I found the idea both technically > exciting > > and valuable for the community, and I’d still love to pursue it > > independently. > > > > Currently, I’m in the middle of my 4th semester university exams, which > > will conclude on *May 17*. I plan to begin contributing more actively > > around *May 20* and would be truly grateful for your *guidance and > > mentorship* throughout the process. > > > > Please let me know if you’re open to supporting this contribution and if > > there are any specific expectations or directions I should follow to > align > > well with the project. > > > > Looking forward to your response. > > > > Warm regards, > > *Jobin Sabu* > >
