Hi I'm new to accumulo, new to open source projects. I want to pick up Accumulo-1070 (Improve Audit Messages) from where Phil Young left off. I've a bunch of questions about how I go about this.
- Why is there an svn and a github repository? Which should I be using? - What's the workflow for me submitting a change? Do I upload a patch file to the ticket? We then go back and forward on the ticket until you're happy with the patch? On the specific task, here's what I'd like to do: - In AuditedSecurityOperation.java - Phil and Keith found that without a getInstance() implementation here, the bulk of that class is never used and the audit messages already in there haven't seen the light of day. Once fixed, I want to rewrite the messages so they are less "prose" and more machine-readable. - Get rid of the custom AuditLevel.java and use a separate Audit Logger. - Stick the Logger and Appender config in a new log4j xml config file. Sites can configure easily where they want the messages to go. I want to stick all the audit messages in a separate file (or files). - (maybe) implement config to enable/disable auditing based on user. In the ticket comments Keith said: - "Will be logging binary data,this will be lossy. For example it will log the columns a user fetches. Could consider encoding base64 non-ascii characters, but I am not sure about this." I don't understand this, column names can be binary? Where does that happen? Also, do you have an indication when 1.5 will get released? I need to do a local patch for the "current" version to keep my org happy, if 1.5 is imminent I won't need to bother with 1.4 (this is just for my use). Thanks, Rob Tallis
