+1 for TLP! A quick additional note: I've been somewhat inactive for the last several months due to various life factors, but I'm expecting to be able to take a much more active role in 2012. Also, it's been great to see all the recent activity, and sorry for my silence!
Jason On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> wrote: > When we first discussed moving the project to Apache a couple > of ways have been considered, also making it a Subproject. > > Anyway, I think that a TLP is the way to go. > > Jörn > > > On 11/22/11 5:26 PM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote: > >> +1 as TLP. Wasn't that the initial intention? :) >> >> Aliaksandr >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Benson >> Margulies<bimargulies@gmail.**com<[email protected]> >> >wrote: >> >> As your mentor, I'd say that a TLP is the only sensible target. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Alex Holt<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 To Go To Apache top level >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jörn Kottmann<[email protected]> >>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> the Incubator is not a place where we can stay forever and the time >>>>> has come to decide where we will go. >>>>> >>>>> We did now two releases, where the first one was mainly about >>>>> migrating from SourceForge and the second one was developed following >>>>> the Apache-way with over 100 jira issues fixed, often with help from >>>>> our community. >>>>> >>>>> The move to Apache was a great step forward. We grew our community >>>>> and made the project more attractive to other open source projects. >>>>> >>>>> Theoretically we have three ways we can take, graduate to a Top Level >>>>> Project, >>>>> graduate to a Subproject or leave Apache. >>>>> >>>>> Making OpenNLP a Top Level Project seems as the best option for us. >>>>> >>>>> We have an open and diverse community, and I believe OpenNLP will have >>>>> >>>> long >>> >>>> term success at Apache. Many things tremendously improved over the >>>>> SourceForge >>>>> days and we are now able to work on the project as a community, which >>>>> is >>>>> really >>>>> a distinction from most other open source NLP projects. >>>>> >>>>> OpenNLP sees good adaption/integration by other Apache projects, such >>>>> as >>>>> Stanbol, UIMA, >>>>> Lucene/Solr (via UIMA and direct integration is planned) and Clerezza. >>>>> >>>> All >>> >>>> these collaborations >>>>> are a good advertisement for us and will attract more users over time. >>>>> >>>>> At Apache we will have a bright future and will be able to make one of >>>>> >>>> the >>> >>>> best open source NLP toolkits. >>>>> >>>>> Please express your opinion about graduating OpenNLP. >>>>> >>>>> Jörn >>>>> >>>>> > -- Jason Baldridge Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics The University of Texas at Austin http://www.jasonbaldridge.com http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge
