[htdig-dev] HtDig 4.0

[Neal R. <ne...@ri...>]

Hey all,

	We've in the late stages of hiring an intern (Anthony Arnone) to 
help with the work to convert the internals of HtDig 3.2 to replace the 
Berkeley DB based db.words.db with CLucene.

	Here is the proposed plan for HtDig 4.0:
http://opensource.rightnow.com/htdig4_refactor_design.pdf

	Basically for the next few weeks I anticipate using doxygen (c++ 
code documenter) and Umbrello (UML design tool) to plan out in detail how 
this will be done.

	The two of us will likely update the website to reflect a released 
3.2.0.  I hope to figure out how to create an RPM package for RedHat EL 
3.0 and possibly Redhat 9.0.

	Anyway, I'm hoping people will want to participate in this design 
process.  I'd love feedback on the document.

	CLucene update:  I've joined the CLucene devel group and submitted 
some patches to CLucene 0.8.13 for fixed UTF8 support.  CLucene is in the 
process of starting 'Apache Incubation'.  When this is over it will become 
an official Apache sub-project.

	Thanks.

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