The elasticsearch project has a really cool plugin utility that automatically downloads and builds plugins from GitHub, BitBucket, etc...
Has anyone taken a look at that? A Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> wrote: > > ASF policy; a PMC should not be in the business of creating and > maintaining code 'somewhere else' and/or under another license, for > fear of confusion. > > Gray area -- some PMC members can be in that business, as long as the > boundary is clear. > > There was a thing called 'apache extras' for this. Unfortunately, it > was hosted as part of google code, which is defunct. As far as I know, > various plans to replace it have not come to fruition, but I might be > behind. > > > > > >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 3:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> How about maintaining a registry like npm https://www.npmjs.com or >> https://github.com/jspm/registry where individuals host their modules on >> github and users can discover them via registry? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Nov 1, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> " but raises several questions, all pertaining to the relationship of >>> this project with ASF, its ownership and control." >>> >>> ...that is what I'm struggling to respond to as well. >>> >>> It feels like the right path within the ASF is to establish child >>> projects of Apache NiFi. I think we knew we needed to do this anyway >>> as we've mentioned before. It just might be time now... >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Oleg Zhurakousky >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Tony, plenty of opinion but so are the questions/concerns. >>>> Managing it on GitHub is perfect, but raises several questions, all >>>> pertaining to the relationship of this project with ASF, its ownership and >>>> control. >>>> Perhaps some PMCs on the list can shed some light as to how it could be >>>> done? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Oleg >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Nov 1, 2015, at 13:08, Adam Estrada <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This has been suggested before. It's a great idea!!! I suggest creating a >>>>> repo on github for NiFi-Processors or something like that. There are many >>>>> more folks searching through GitHub than on the Apache wikis, IMO. This >>>>> will inevitably help spread the word... >>>>> >>>>> A >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 1, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Tony Kurc <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Not very strong opinions on this? >>>>>>> On Oct 30, 2015 10:53 AM, "Joe Witt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tony, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I completely agree we should do this. A quick github search reveals >>>>>>> there are some nice utilities/processors folks have built for NiFi but >>>>>>> for which they're not necessarily going to submit them as PRs. We >>>>>>> should link to these as much as possible but we should also help folks >>>>>>> understand these aren't 'apache' things and are not of the Apache NiFi >>>>>>> community directly but they are good for users and developers to know >>>>>>> about. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Perhaps a wiki page linking to these is good provided we have the >>>>>>> above sort of disclaimer and a healthy recognition such references >>>>>>> will become stale... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> Joe >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Tony Kurc <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> All, >>>>>>>> I wanted to start a conversation about projects that are good for >>>>>>>> people >>>>>>>> using or developing NiFi, but either can't or don't belong in the >>>>>>>> source >>>>>>>> tree. This could be due to licensing issues (for example not compatible >>>>>>> (or >>>>>>>> not yet determined if it is compatible (GPL [1])) with the Apache >>>>>>> License), >>>>>>>> or other thought provoking mild concerns like we're discussing on >>>>>>> NIFI-1074 >>>>>>>> [2]. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'd like to propose either capturing these on the website or on the >>>>>>>> wiki >>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> some other approach I didn't think of. I was hoping to find a good >>>>>>>> archetype for this type of documentation in another apache project, but >>>>>>>> didn't find anything I personally liked. If you have seen something you >>>>>>>> like or don't, I'd be interested to hear. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html >>>>>>>> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1074 >>>>>
