On 8/27/13 6:31 AM, James Carman wrote: > It was mentioned the other day, so I thought I would propose a formal > discussion. Is it time to let [math] "leave the nest"? I would doubt > there are very many of us qualified to work on such a library here in > Commons. I have a degree in Mathematics, but I haven't used the > advanced math in such a long time that I probably wouldn't even really > know where to start. Would it be easier to build a larger community > around a new TLP? Would it be more visible that way, as opposed to > being tucked away in our little neck of the woods?
Here is just one HO: We get big benefit from contributions from non-mathematicians in [math]. In fact, I suspect that most of the core developers are not mathematicians by training. Sure, we need mathematical knowledge to develop algorithms, but there is a boatload of stuff that we get valuable help from other commons community members on. I am not sure TLP would make much of a difference in terms of "visibility" and I don't think we are not really hurting for that, IMO. What we need is what other commons components need - committed committers. We have found them here and I am sure we will continue to find more. One final comment is that some of us also help on other components, so [math] is itself a source of volunteers for commons. So my HO is both [math] and commons are better off staying together. I understand fully; however, if those not interested in [math] feel differently and would rather see us move to TLP. Phil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
