Is the Open Source Community Getting More Fractious?
September 5, 2011
Do we sense some edginess in the “community” for open source search? TheServerSide.com declares, “Lucene Should Just Shut Up about Java 7.” This rude headline is a response to those who have written on Lucene’s side, such as The H Open’s “Java 7 Paralyses Lucene and Solr.”
ServerSide writer Richard Mayhew defends Oracle and its release of the open source Java 7. He admits there were problems, like there usually are with revised software, but says that they are being addressed. He feels Lucene should have tested Java 7early on, and is overreacting to the problems:
It’s not like Java 7 was sneaking up on anyone, Oracle’s been doing webinars and presentations and press releases a lot lately to get the word out to whoever’s living under a rock and didn’t know. So Lucene should have said hey this thing’s coming, maybe we should try it. And when these geniuses did, it was too late to turn back without giving java 7 a huge black eye, which nobody needs.
We decline to weigh in on this particular debate. However, we do see it as a sign of a deeper, more critical problem in the open source fellowship. We think it warrants close observation.
Cynthia Murrell, September 5, 2011
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