Thanks Khurrum for stepping up. You just need basic programming skills - Java/Scala to be able to contribute. We can help you with the algorithms and linear algebra stuff.
Welcome aboard !! On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Khurrum Nasim <khurrum.na...@useitc.com> wrote: > Thanks for the advice Dimitry. I’m already signed up on ASF jira. My > handle is “nasimk” > > Do I need to be a linear algebra expert and or math phd to contribute ? > I have 10 plus years of computer programming experience. my background is > comp sci. > > Khurrum > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PS You may also want to sign up with ASF Jira so we can assign issues to > > yourself. > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Khurrum Nasim < > khurrum.na...@useitc.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Dimirtry. > >>> > >>> I take a look at see where I can start pitching in. Do I need > >>> contributor access ? how would I create feature branch of my work ? > >>> > >> > >> Khurrum, > >> > >> you only need github account. What you need is to create mahout's master > >> fork in your github space and keep it in sync, as possible, with master > as > >> you go (by doing regular pulls). That way you have the most chance of > >> having least conflicts possible. > >> > >> At any point in time (I recommend at perhaps when you feel you are about > >> 50 to 70% done or just need a code advice), you can create a github pull > >> request to the apache/mahout master. Make sure to include MAHOUT-XXX > issue > >> in the head of the pull request, that way ASF will automatically > propagate > >> code comments to jira, and so all discussion can be done entirely on > github. > >> > >> Again, if you take on a signficant contribution (such as a new numerical > >> method contribution), I recommend to discuss the proposal on the @dev > list > >> > >> thanks. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Khurrum > >>> > >>>> On Mar 30, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Oh but of course! please do! > >>>> > >>>> You may work on any issue, this or any other of your choice, or even > on > >>> any > >>>> new issue you can think of (for sizeable contributions it is > >>> recommended to > >>>> start discussion on the @dev list first though, to make sure to > benefit > >>>> from experience of others. Please file any new issue first to jira). > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:05 AM, shashi bushan dongur (JIRA) < > >>>> j...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> [ > >>>>> > >>> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1788?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15218216#comment-15218216 > >>>>> ] > >>>>> > >>>>> shashi bushan dongur commented on MAHOUT-1788: > >>>>> ---------------------------------------------- > >>>>> > >>>>> Hello. I would like to start contributing to mahout. Can I work on > this > >>>>> issue? > >>>>> > >>>>>> spark-itemsimilarity integration test script cleanup > >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Key: MAHOUT-1788 > >>>>>> URL: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1788 > >>>>>> Project: Mahout > >>>>>> Issue Type: Improvement > >>>>>> Components: cooccurrence > >>>>>> Affects Versions: 0.11.0 > >>>>>> Reporter: Pat Ferrel > >>>>>> Assignee: Pat Ferrel > >>>>>> Priority: Trivial > >>>>>> Fix For: 1.0.0 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> binary release does not contain data for itemsimilarity tests, neith > >>>>> binary nor source versions will run on a cluster unless data is hand > >>> copied > >>>>> to hdfs. > >>>>>> Clean this up so it copies data if needed and the data is in both > >>>>> versions. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > >>>>> (v6.3.4#6332) > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >
