Bryan, I just realized that there is a gap and was wanted to start a discussion. Other than "let's make things better", I had no specific expectations. On Nov 1, 2015 5:27 PM, "Bryan Bende" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tony, > > Was your original thought here related to the registry idea? > > I got the impression you were thinking more about documenting links to > related projects on the Wiki or Website. We obviously want the registry > eventually, but these two ideas would be significantly different in effort. > > We had started a design page for the registry idea here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Extension+and+Template+Registry > > -Bryan > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Oleg Zhurakousky < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Well the question still remains unanswered, what relationship those > > projects have to ASF distribution of NiFi? I seriously doubt that anyone > on > > this list suggests that all have to be part of the release. And if they > are > > not then they are just individual projects managed in/out of ASF, right? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Nov 1, 2015, at 17:10, Adam Estrada <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >
