I think we need to do something because 2.1 is no longer available in SVN either now that 2.3.1 is in its place.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Digy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi George, > > Nice to see you here again. > > Will there be any 2.1 Release? I think it would be good to have a 2.1 > release with > issues like LUCENENET-106,116 fixed > > DIGY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Aroush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:14 AM > To: lucene-net-user@incubator.apache.org; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Apache Lucene.Net.2.3.1 build 001 "Alpha" is now available > > Hi folks, > > If you are subscribed to the commit notifications mailing list > (lucene-net-commits[AT]incubator.apache.org), by now you must have > received > several emails of new check-in's. No, it's not spam, it's Lucene.Net > coming > back to life again. > > As many of you know, as of December 2007, soon after when I labeled > Lucene.Net 2.1 as "Release Candidate", I stopped working and commenting on > this project. This was a difficult decision for me to make because, my > work > on Lucene.Net is done during my free time without any compensation -- this > isn't easy to keep up with due to family and work obligation. Since then, > I > have received several emails encouraging me to continue effort and as of > few > months ago, I have been silently (and slowly) working on porting Lucene > 2.3.1 to C# with the help of folks from MySpace.com. So, I'm back > re-committed to this project. However, I want to make it clear that I'm > still doing so on my own free time with no compensation [1]. > > With the help of Doug Sale of MySpace.com, we now have Apache Lucene.Net > 2.3.1 "Alpha" available. Doug, took my initial raw port of Lucene.Net > 2.3.1, and got it to a compilable and runnable state. This saved me a lot > of time and allowed me to work on porting the Test code, which Doug also > took over and got it to a compilable and runnable state. As a result, we > now have Lucene.Net 2.3.1 "alpha"; here is the release notes about it > (which > is in the HISTORY.txt file): > > 24Jun08: > - Dev Release: Apache Lucene.Net.2.3.1 build 001 "Alpha" > - Port: Ported teh "Core" and "Demo" code from Java to C#. > - Issues: Test code is not released yet. > - Note: Requires Visual Studio 2005 or later and .NET 2.0 or later. > - Note: There is no 2.3.0 or 2.2 release (to correspond with the > Java Lucene release). > > Please grab a copy from SVN and give it a spin. > > Looking ahead, lets work together to keep Lucene.Net back in shape again > and > prepare it for graduation. This, requires that we build a community as > well > as nominate folks for committership. Doug Sale defiantly qualifies, as > well > as DIGY who was very active addressing port issue with Lucene.Net 2.1. If > anyone wants to gain committership status, this is your chance to > participate toward that effort. > > Best regards, > > -- George > > > [1] If anyone has side projects in which I can offer my services, please > don't hesitate to contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! > >
