Am 27.08.2013 15:57, schrieb Phil Steitz: > 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.
My HO is also that [math] should stay here in commons. There is indeed synergy. I use to skip the discussions requiring mathematical knowledge and background, but the ones related to design and programming issues are quite interesting. Oliver > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
