Olaf, I'm glad we are in agreement. I'm not sure what to ask for but I definitely feel we can de-emphasize the 0.x stuff and promote the new stuff... Happy to help, just point me in the right direction. I am excited to contribute and it's really a dream come true. (sorry for admitting this out loud)
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 3:38 PM Olaf Flebbe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I totally agree that documentation needs to be updated. > > From my perspective markdown files in the git repository are most suitable > for users and accessible to our users. I am very open to accept Pull > requests / Patches for docs. > > Contributors can ask for confluence (cwiki) privileges as well, if we are > aligned on what they want to work on. (At least that’s my opinion, not > necessary representative for the project) > > Best > Olaf > > > > > Am 22.09.2020 um 19:55 schrieb Matt Andruff <[email protected]>: > > > > This goes back to why we need to update the documentation... I'll update > > that soon so it is easier to find. > > > > Essentially I suggest using the instructions on git to get going: > > > > > https://github.com/apache/bigtop#for-developers-building-a-component-from-git-repository > > > > For more info on the commands used (on that git page use this helpful gem > > (that is buried a bit) > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BIGTOP/Quickstart+Guide%3A+Bigtop+Integration+Test+Framework+2.0 > > > > Whatever you do, please use docker to build it.... It will save you a > heap > > of dependency issues. Please learn from my pain. > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > On Tue., Sep. 22, 2020, 09:51 Manfred PAUL, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I would like to participate in developing bigtop. For that I am > searching > >> for some material (doc, wiki, video, etc) to get all the information > needed > >> to build the bigtop distribution. > >> > >> All the information I found was for older versions of bigtop (1.1, 1.2 > and > >> 1.3) but might still be up to date, so I am asking. > >> > >> Is written that a developer should use the pre-built docker images for > >> building the distribution and not set up his or her own toolchain. Or > >> should we use only a CI? Is it even possible to build everything on a > 16GB > >> Macbook Pro? Etc. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Manfred > >> > >
