2013-10
Status Report for the Apache Lucy project

The Apache Lucy search engine library provides full-text search for dynamic
programming languages. It is a "loose" C port of the Apache Lucene search
engine library for Java.

ISSUES

There are no Board-level issues at this time.

RELEASES

Version 0.3.3 was released on 05 Aug 2013.

We're working towards a new major release featuring C bindings, support for
compiled extensions, and Clownfish as a separate product. Clownfish is the
object system which Lucy is based on.

ACTIVITY

Development

    * Started with migration to immutable strings.
    * Renamed some variables generated by Clownfish.
    * Moved some Lucy-specific code from Clownfish to Lucy.
    * Made Clownfish modules ABI-compatible if methods or instance variables
      are added or reordered.

Mailing lists

User list subscribers: 88 (+2)
Developer list subscribers: 65 (-1)

Judging by the number of messages, participation in the developer mailing
list decreased from the quarter before and was below average. Traffic on the
user list was up and all questions were answered.

COMMITTER/PMC CHANGES

No new committers in the last quarter. The last addition was on 15 Feb 2013.

No new PMC members in the last quarter and since Lucy graduated from the
incubator in March 2012.