[jsword-devel] Progress update

[DM Smith]

For JSword we use Lucene to do indexing and searching. Lucene is in  
the process of releasing their next version, 2.3, and it improves  
indexing performance tremendously. On WinXP, MacOSX 10.5 and Linux  
(FC7) I am currently able to index the ESV in 40 - 60 seconds. With  
the Lucene 2.3, indexing times are in the range of 25-40 seconds, with  
a net drop in time around 30-35%.

When it comes out, I'll be doing another release that will include:
1) Bug fixes. These were found during the translation of BD into  
Farsi. But the most important will be getting the Windows install to  
run without a work around.
2) Support for Right-to-Left (rotl) languages is complete. (We think)
3) Complete translation into Farsi. Start of translation into  
Vietnamese, Chinese, German and Turkish.
4) Lucene 2.3, noted above.
5) Ability to set font on a per language or book basis.

If you have further translation work or other changes that you want  
out with this release please get it in. (I still have a few pending  
patches that have been submitted to apply)

If anyone is interested, I can post the lucene 2.3 release candidate  
jars for testing