Hi All, Could you please add me to the list as a Contributor.
My name is Glyn Darkin and I am the lead developer on www.tescoentertainment.com. I wrote the original search engine using Lucene.net. It has a product catalog of over 10million products being reindexed every night. Being able to implement an enterprise search solution with no license costs was fantastic. Unfortunately we now use Endeca, however I firmly believe that Lucene is as good as Endeca and I would bring it into any commercial project I was working on. I may even be able to bring it back into the site using it for the "Type Ahead" search. I have been developing ASP.Net websites for 8 years now and have been working with search technologies for over 2 years. Cheers Glyn On 31 Dec 2010, at 00:01, Troy Howard wrote: > All, > > I'm working on the Incubator Proposal now, and need to establish a > list of initial committers. > > So far, the following people have come forward and offered to be > committers (in alphabetical order): > > Alex Thompson > Ben Martz > Chris Currens > Heath Aldrich > Michael Herndon > Prescott Nasser > Scott Lombard > Simone Chiaretta > Troy Howard > > I would like to place an open request for any interested parties to > respond to this message with their request to be a Committer. For > people who are either on that list or for people who would like to be > added, please send a message explaining (briefly) why you think you > will be qualified to be involved in the project and specifically what > ways you hope to be able to contribute. > > One thing I would like to point out is that in the Apache world there > is a distinction between Committers and Contributors (aka developers). > See this link for details: > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/participation.html#committer > > > Please consider whether or not you wish to be a Committer or a Contributor. > > Some quick rules of thumb: > > Committers: > > - Committers must be willing to submit a Contributor License Agreement > (CLA). See: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas > > - Committers must have enough *consistent* free time to fulfill the > expectations of the ASF in terms of reporting, process, documentation > and remain responsive to the community in terms of communication and > listening to, considering, and discussing community opinion. These > kinds of tasks can consume a lot of time and are some of the first > things people stop down when they start running out of time. > > - A Committer may not even write code, but may simply accept, review > and commit code written by others. This is the primary responsibility > of a Committer -- to commit code, whether they wrote it themselves or > not > > - Committers may have to perform the unpleasant task of reject > contribution from Contributors and explain why in a fair and objective > manner. This can be frustrating and time consuming. You may need to > play the part of a mentor or engage in debates. You may even be proved > wrong and have to swallow your pride. > > - Committers have direct access to the source control and other > resources and so must be personally accountable for the quality of the > same and will need to operate under the process and restrictions ASF > expects > > > Contributors: > > - Contributors might have a lot of free time this month, but get > really busy next month and have no time at all. They can develop code > in short bursts but then drop off the face of the planet indefinitely > after that. > > - Contributors could focus on code only or work from a task list > without any need to interact with and be accountable to the community > (as this is the responsibility of the Committers) > > - Contributors can do one-time or infrequently needed tasks like > updating the website, documentation, wikis, etc.. > > - Contributors will need to have anything they create reviewed by a > Committer and ultimately included by a Committer. Some people find > this frustrating, if the Committers are slow to respond or critical of > their work. > > > So in your responses, please be clear about whether you would like to > offer your help as a Committer or as a Contributor. > > Thanks, > Troy Glyn Darkin Darkin Systems Ltd Mob: 07961815649 Fax: 08717145065 Web: www.darkinsystems.com Company No: 6173001 VAT No: 906350835
