+1 for Graduation, and +1 for TLP
On 11/22/2011 11:03 AM, Jörn Kottmann 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
