Looks good -- approved and ready to merge.

Thanks for making these changes. I'm glad to see the addons getting
some attention.

Thanks,
Jeff

On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM Kristian Rickert <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks,
>
> Once it's accepted in main, I'd like to have its first (and perhaps many)
> PRs open - not to start the process, but to help figure out how we would
> work together for the new process.  A get-your-feet-wet approach...
>
> In the meantime, for an initial run as each add-on is implemented, I was
> thinking we could use this directory structure:
>
> embeddings/  static, model2vec, quantized, index
> lexical/     wordnet, jwnl, expansion
> morphology/  morfologik, hunspell, stemmers
> geo/         gazetteer, entitylinker
> lang/        japanese, cjk
> parse/       dependency, annotations, relations
> tokenize/    sentencepiece
> ml/          liblinear
> tools/       modelbuilder
> ... and more over time
>
> Each directory (static, model2vec, etc) would be a separate PR and add-on
> for opennlp.  But what you see above is how I'd imagine we update this.
>
> We can always refactor this structure before launch, but it's a good start.
>
> So, the packaging would look like this:
>
> *group id*: org.apache.opennlp.addons
> *artifact examples*: embeddings-static, embeddings-model2vec, ml-liblinear,
> tools-modelbuilder
>
> So the artifact will follow the {category}-{project} structure.
>
> Regarding the approval process -
>
>    - I'll volunteer to help with any buiilds / lead builds for it
>    - We would want 2 commiters approvals then we can merge?
>    - High test coverage + manual updates + clean standards
>    - What happened to our copilot reviews?  That would be useful especially
>    for first time PRs.
>
> Version / release cadence:
>
>    - Must be compatible with the latest release.
>       - Since this isn't always possible, we'll keep a compatibility matrix
>       on the README (I can offer to maintain it)
>       - We'll generally keep up with core
>    - Releases should be more regular for point releases - since it's based
>    off of core and the addons are independent, we can assume a more regular
>    schedule
>    - Mark all new jars as experimental.  Untag it after at least some
>    acceptance (we can track downloads).  Once it's accepted, we can remove the
>    tag.  I look forward to this being a problem - it typically never is.
>
> Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
>
> Kristian
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Had a quick look. Applied some changes in the current draft PR.
> > LGTM.
> >
> > > Am 08.09.2026 um 17:38 schrieb Kristian Rickert <[email protected]>:
> > >
> > > I'll have an update shortly - I think you mean trim the manual?  The
> > README
> > > is already pretty small.
> > >
> > > I only have this here to drive the discussion, it's a big (and smart)!)
> > > direction. I'll file a PR for it right after the next push and keep it in
> > > draft.
> > >
> > > This is nowhere near complete. Once we create the PR draft, if everyone
> > > agrees, we will focus the convo there.  That's not to say we'll ignore
> > this
> > > thread, just that the system of record for updates should be the PR
> > draft.
> > >
> > > Per Martin's suggestion regarding others and building, I can take on any
> > > responsibilities or duties that arise from this.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Can we have this in a PR view plz? So it is possible to review more
> > >> cleanly.
> > >> I suggest to trim down the README and align the wording to our main
> > >> repository.
> > >>
> > >> In addition, we need to clarify how we handle security or how addons
> > >> aligns with the current public available security model.
> > >> More over, we should discuss if it needs merge request approval before
> > >> pushing into the main branch.
> > >>
> > >>> Am 08.09.2026 um 15:08 schrieb Kristian Rickert <[email protected]>:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hey everyone,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > https://github.com/apache/opennlp-addons/tree/OPENNLP-1924-canary-addon
> > >>>
> > >>> This is the proposed add-on shape:
> > >>>
> > >>> * org.apache.opennlp.addons package name for the dependencies
> > >>> * separate manual, same format
> > >>> * initial cleanup
> > >>> * Added a summary of our conversation so far on how we should handle
> > it.
> > >>> I'll remove it before release...
> > >>>
> > >>> I'd love to get this going so I can start moving the current branches
> > >> into
> > >>> addons.  I'd have each feature be its own PR.  It'll significantly
> > clean
> > >> up
> > >>> the open PRs in the core.
> > >>>
> > >>> Last, we may want one small PR in core: a consistent way to load SPI
> > >>> loaders.  Nothing complex, just a simple generic setup.
> > >>>
> > >>> Kristian
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

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