That's what I get for writing responses on a plane. Now, the
interesting question is who and is it in a form the project wants?

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Michael Herndon <mhern...@o19s.com> wrote:
> Someone has already put up  lucene.net version 2.9.2.2 on nuget.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] <
> casper...@caspershouse.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 on nuget.  This would expand Lucene.NET's exposure big time.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wyatt Barnett [mailto:wyatt.barn...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:58 AM
>> To: lucene-net-dev
>> Subject: Re: Proposal Stage: PR/Marketing/Branding
>>
>> Some ideas to pursue:
>>
>> 1) Get lucene into nuget. Given nuget has Microsoft's weight behind
>> it, it is going to become the defacto way people find .NET libraries.
>> This is relatively simple -- pretty much packaging the binaries with
>> an xml file. We could the current release in there today, and follow
>> with 2.9.2 when we get it nice and official-like.
>>
>> 2) Build some approachable getting started guides. In all honesty, the
>> only "how do I start using Lucene" stuff I found when I started using
>> lucene six or so months ago was in Simone Chiaretta's blog plus the
>> subtext source. This could perhaps include some DimeCasts.NET style
>> stuff.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Michael Herndon <mhern...@o19s.com>
>> wrote:
>> > *PR/Marketing/Branding:*
>> > Even open source need this. Its never something totally the forefront on
>> the
>> > developers mind, but its going to be key in order to build a community.
>> >
>> > The main part of marketing to strategically build connections between
>> people
>> > and a product/service so that they associate a particular brand name with
>> a
>> > particular solution. (Kinda like a conditioned response).
>> >
>> > Basically there is two products, the actual code base and the community
>> > behind the codebase.
>> >
>> > I'm not saying we need ads on google, facebook, but providing good
>> > documentation, a good work environment (making it fun), giving people
>> > straight answers, having constructive dialog, treating others with
>> respect,
>> > staying responsive to the community will help to create a positive
>> > connection in people's mind with lucene.net and search and community.
>> >
>> > Thats something that needs to happen given that people might question its
>> > stability due to going back to incubation, the drop off in commits, etc.
>> >
>> > Any ideas, suggestions, comments, are welcome.
>> >
>> > *
>> > *
>> >
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