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by richard
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This module is in development, by Richard Boulton <richard@tartarus.org> |
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For now, please use only the code found in the "website" module. Whilst I |
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sort out this tree, Martin is still adding the latest updates to the |
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algorithms and documentation to that module. |
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For further explanation, here's a copy of a message discussing this, sent to |
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the snowball-devel mailing list:
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On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 02:16, Dmitry Serebrennikov wrote:
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> I just checked out the CVS tree but then realized that there are
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> actually two source trees to choose from...
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> Judging by the fact that latest changes were made to the snowball module
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> in CVS rather then the website one, I guess this is where the best stuff
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> is found. But since it seems that the tree is being actively moved and
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> established, maybe it's not yet ready? It certainly looks much nicer! :) |
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Absolutely correct. For now, you should probably use the code from "website". |
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I'm setting up the "snowball" module to contain the source files for the |
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compiler and algorithms, a straightforward build system, and a standard
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interface for the stemming algorithms. However, I havn't yet finished the work |
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(and have been putting in about 1 afternoon per month, so it's not going too |
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quickly).
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Martin is still developing in the "website" module, so the very latest versions
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of the algorithms are likely to be found there - though currently I believe
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that those in "snowball" are exactly consistent.
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Once I'm happy with the structure in "snowball", the plan is to check it with |
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Martin, and assuming he approves to make it the standard. |
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> Also, from the looks of it, I may be able to help here and there with |
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> the new tree. I already added a language flag to the sample program so it |
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> does not require recompilation and now I am finding that I'd like to make a |
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> few changes to the make file to make it build the Java stemmers...
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I'm interested in patches - feel free to send them directly to me. (Note - |
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this only applies to patches for the "snowball" module. Any patches to the |
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algorithms or the website should be sent to this list, as always.) |
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> I guess I am looking to find out what's hapenning with the tree and what |
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> the plans are, so that I can get production-ready code for my use and also
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> steer my own efforts in a way the would be helpful to you'all. |
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Hope the above helps. |
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Richard
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