On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Karl Wettin <karl.wet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 19 mar 2010 kl. 15.50 skrev Grant Ingersoll: > >> Per the earlier discussions, I'm calling a vote to submit the following >> resolution [1] to the Lucene PMC for consideration to then promote Mahout to >> be a TLP. >> >> [] +1 I'm for Mahout being a TLP and the resolution below. >> [X] 0 No opinion >> [] -1 Bad idea. Please give justification. > > Too me an Apache TLP is one of the greatest thing to stamp on a project. But > I also think one should be very careful with the Apache trademark. Many a > mickle make a muckle, and all that. At the expense of beeing the bad guy I > have to say that is feels too premature make Mahout to graduate to a TLP and > I see more possible downsides than upsides to the suggestion right now. > Perhaps wait for a 1.0?
Mahout seems to have a book in progress... not too shabby! Although I haven't followed Mahout closely, I have followed (and been through) the Apache Incubator. A well functioning diverse community that gets the "Apache Way" is the standard for graduation (along with other paperwork such as taking care of IP issues). As long as IP issues are dealt with correctly, the quality or completeness of the code is not an issue. The other point is that the majority of users probably don't even pay attention to internal organization... Mahout already uses the Apache brand, and I'm not sure if most will even recognize the TLP distinction. -Yonik
