I agree with you that documentation is vital not the just extending the current version but also for any plugins and patches created. I have been spending almost two weeks trying to adapt nutch to my project but I spend more time in reading code and trying to understand what they do before I can even start to fix problem. Come on guys, documentation is good coding practice, we can't read your mind to know exactly what you were trying to achieve by just looking at the implementation code.
This is just a good constructive criticism. :) Armel -----Original Message----- From: nutch.newbie (JIRA) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2006 03:45 To: nutch-dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: [jira] Created: (NUTCH-408) Plugin development documentation Plugin development documentation -------------------------------- Key: NUTCH-408 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-408 Project: Nutch Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 0.8.1 Environment: Linux Fedora Reporter: nutch.newbie Documentation is rare! But very vital for extending current (0.9) nutch. Current docs on the wiki for 0.7 plugin development was good but it doesn't apply to 0.9 and new developers who are joining directly 0.9 find the 0.7 documentation not enough. A more practical plugin writing documentation for 0.9 is desired also exposing the plugin principals in practical terms i.e. extension points and libs etc. furthermore it would be good to provide some best practice example i.e. look for the lib you are planning to use if its already in lib folder and maybe that version of the external lib is good for the plugin dev rather then using another version things like that.. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira