Oh this is open source all right - at least based on the history of many of the projects I know. Its just not one of the prettier moments.
On Apr 26, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: > -1 (non-binding since I am only a contributor, not a committer) > > I have looked at a bunch of the discussions on JIRA and they frankly look > pretty silly. How can anyone seriously say that refactoring to promote > re-use is bad? How can somebody veto a code contribution that adds > important and useful capabilities? > > Seriously, this looks like kindergarten all over again (these are *my* > marbles, I am going home). It doesn't look like open source at all. > > Loosen up. > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Steven A Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -1 >> >> I think real compromise is in order, rather than serial confrontation >> ending in divorce. >> >> Steve >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yonik >>> Seeley >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:50 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [VOTE] Create Solr TLP >>> >>> A single merged project works only when people are relatively on the same >>> page, >>> and when people feel it's mutually beneficial. Recent events make it >>> clear that that >>> is no longer the case. >>> >>> Improvements to Solr have been recently blocked and reverted on the >>> grounds that the new functionality was not immediately available to >>> non-Solr users. >>> This was obviously never part of the original idea (well actually - it >>> was >>> considered but rejected as too onerous). But the past doesn't matter as >>> much as the present - about how people chose to act and interpret >>> things today. >>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2272 >>> http://markmail.org/message/unrvjfudcbgqatsy >>> >>> Some people warned us against merging at the start, and I guess it >>> turns out they were right. >>> >>> I no longer feel it's in Solr's best interests to remain under the same >>> PMC as Lucene-Java, and I know some other committers who have said >>> they feel like Lucene got the short end of the stick. But rather than >>> arguing about who's right (maybe both?) since enough of us feel it's no >>> longer >>> mutually beneficial, we should stop fighting and just go our separate >>> ways. >>> >>> Please VOTE to create a new Apache Solr TLP. >>> >>> Here's my +1 >>> >>> -Yonik >> - Mark Miller lucidimagination.com Lucene/Solr User Conference May 25-26, San Francisco www.lucenerevolution.org
