added.
> On Aug 9, 2015, at 12:29 AM, Chris Hillery <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> @Till: my Confluence ID is "ceej".
>
> Ceej (see?)
> aka Chris Hillery
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> For everybody else: if you want to write something on the Wiki, please
>> register at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/signup.action <
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/signup.action> and send out your user
>> name so that we can add it to our Wiki space.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Till
>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Jianfeng Jia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Done.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:43 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok, we got the Wiki:
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ASTERIXDB/Asterix+DB
>>>> But I’m not an administrator - but Jianfeng is.
>>>>
>>>> @Jianfeng, could you add me (tillw) as an administrator?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Till
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:06 AM, Jianfeng Jia <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Till,
>>>>> My username is Jianfeng
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In general I'm also not a big fan of Wikis as they tend to get messy
>>>> after
>>>>>> a while.
>>>>>> So I wouldn't necessarily use them for documentation. But I think that
>>>>>> there's a place for them for quick collaboration.
>>>>>> Do you think that the Apache Wikis (confluence in this case) would be
>>>>>> suited for that or would that be cumbersome as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 Aug 2015, at 0:46, Ted Dunning wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Be cautious a bit here. The wikis that are available at Apache tend
>> to
>>>> be
>>>>>>> a bit cumbersome.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some projects have lately opted to simply storing pages as mark-down
>>>> which
>>>>>>> are automatically rendered. This makes it easy to make updates and
>>>> even
>>>>>>> have outsiders contributed, but not as easy as a wiki. On the other
>>>> hand,
>>>>>>> it is more reliable and serves pages very fast.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've created a request (
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/servicedesk/agent/INFRA/issue/INFRA-10090
>>>>>>>> ),
>>>>>>>> hopefully the information I provided is sufficient.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Till
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 8 Aug 2015, at 0:11, Jianfeng Jia wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +1 for wiki!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:09 AM, abdullah alamoudi <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I agree with both of you. This is not a single man job :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We don't have a wiki yet, but it should be easy to get one (and
>> it's
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> probably the right tool to do something like this).
>>>>>>>>>>> Would you agree?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>> Till
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 7 Aug 2015, at 23:59, Jianfeng Jia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do you guys like the Wiki? like the Spark's:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We can create a skeleton, create different pages for different
>>>>>>>>>>>> internal
>>>>>>>>>>>> components, and *gradually* fill it. (It's a history debt that I
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> think some guy can spend just some days to finish it perfectly.
>>>> Let's
>>>>>>>>>>>> crowdsource it. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:04 PM, abdullah alamoudi <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> In the August 2015 incubator report, the 3rd issue to address
>>>> before
>>>>>>>>>>>>> graduation is growing the AsterixDB community.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since we entered the incubator, at least two members wanted to
>>>> join
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> community and contribute only to end up disappearing. Getting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> acquainted
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> with the codebase seems like a difficult task for new comers and I
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> should make it a little bit easier.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know this is long overdue and someone promised in the ancient
>>>> past
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> prepare an entry document for new contributor (Who was it?). I
>> am
>>>>>>>>>>>>> aware
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that we all are busy addressing issues, working on new
>> features,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> some experiments, writing a paper, etc. but we can still work
>>>> towards
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in small steps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> My suggestion is that someone create an outline of how that
>>>> document
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> be and then publish it in some location where we all have a chance
>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> contribute (Maybe the AsterixDB website in the documentation
>>>>>>>>>>>>> branch?).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once
>>>>>>>>>>>>> we have that, whenever somebody spends some time in a new area
>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> code,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> they should contribute to the document and we should eventually
>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amoudi, Abdullah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -----------------
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jianfeng Jia
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science
>>>>>>>>>>>> University of California, Irvine
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Amoudi, Abdullah.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----------------
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jianfeng Jia
>>>>>>>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science
>>>>>>>>> University of California, Irvine
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> -----------------
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Jianfeng Jia
>>>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science
>>>>> University of California, Irvine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> -----------------
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> Jianfeng Jia
>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science
>>> University of California, Irvine
>>
>>