I might be obsolete :-), but one thing that I think worth looking at is exploring and implementing other effecient merge policies for LSM indexes. The good thing is that it is a self-contained problem and can be done easily in 2-3 months.
Cheers, Sattam On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Yingyi Bu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> can have them create automated unit tests for many of our components > (Our Http Server comes to mind). > > My $0.02: writing white box unit tests (e.g., MockIto-based stuff) are > devs' own responsibility.. > > But I guess that there could be two projects along the line: > 1. re-organize our current runtime tests, e.g., avoiding unnecessary > DDL/DMLs. > 2. cleanup sporadic failures in integration tests, particularly, managix > start/stop etc. > > Best, > Yingyi > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:01 PM, abdullah alamoudi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Taewoo, > > I think this one would be too much for a Google Summer of Code student. > > > > I am not sure if we can do this but if we can have a software testing > > project, then we can have them create automated unit tests for many of > our > > components (Our Http Server comes to mind). That would be very helpful I > > think but definitely not very exciting. > > > > Cheers, > > Abdullah. > > > > > On Jan 31, 2017, at 9:56 PM, Taewoo Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I would like to suggest one feature: adding a security feature to the > > > AsterixDB: setting DB accounts and privileges. Also, use them when > access > > > the Web Interface or API call. > > > > > > Best, > > > Taewoo > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Yingyi Bu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Yeah, sounds good to me. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> Yingyi > > >> > > >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Steven Jacobs <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> Makes sense, based on a past of not quite finishing. There has been > > some > > >>> discussion from the Summer of Code Apache threads, and it sounds like > > >> they > > >>> want to do a smaller number of better vetted projects this year, but > I > > >>> think we could still try for at least one spot. > > >>> Steven > > >>> > > >>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:21 PM Yingyi Bu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> IMO, each of them could be a two-three month project. > > >>>> > > >>>> The project itself could be conceptually simple and has a relatively > > >>> small > > >>>> scope, but we probably should lift the exit bar. > > >>>> Here are my thoughts for the exit criteria: > > >>>> 1. the feature reliably works for all edge cases; > > >>>> 2. the implementation does not hack things, which can result in > > >>>> general-purpose refactoring of other modules; > > >>>> 3. there are regression unit tests and integration tests along with > > >> the > > >>>> code; > > >>>> 4. the code is carefully reviewed by 1-2 committers. > > >>>> > > >>>> Getting sth. done as a proof-of-concept and then disappearing > doesn't > > >>> seem > > >>>> a very effective approach..:-) > > >>>> > > >>>> Best, > > >>>> Yingyi > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:07 PM, Steven Jacobs <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Do you think these could be a single project (dataset > improvements)? > > >>> I'm > > >>>>> wondering about whether one alone would be a full two-three month > > >>>> project. > > >>>>> Steven > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:00 PM Yingyi Bu <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I have two proposals for data loaders: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> 1. add AWS S3 as an external data source; > > >>>>>> 2. support POSTing a user file on the client side through HTTP > into > > >>> an > > >>>>>> internal dataset. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks! > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Best, > > >>>>>> Yingyi > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Steven Jacobs <[email protected]> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Hi All, > > >>>>>>> The Google Summer of Code official start email was sent out > > >> today. > > >>>> This > > >>>>>> can > > >>>>>>> be a useful opportunity for us as an Apache software. We will > > >>>> probably > > >>>>>> want > > >>>>>>> to look at potential Asterix projects to suggest for student > > >>>> proposals. > > >>>>>>> Steven > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > >
