The web site is great. It’ll be good enough for several months! Can you add a link to the mailing list. e.g. “To get involved…” http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-quickstep-dev/ <http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-quickstep-dev/> and to JIRA https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QUICKSTEP <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QUICKSTEP>.
Also please add an incubation disclaimer, same as in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QUICKSTEP-1 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QUICKSTEP-1>. I agree with the other things on your TODO list but let’s also add making a release to the list. Can you use apache terminology (PPMC, committers, contributors) rather than “core contributors” / “collaborators”. Julian > On Jul 14, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Jignesh Patel <jmp.quicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Quickstep-pers: > > > > A bunch of comments/updates. > > > > #1: The initial project website is up at > http://quickstep.incubator.apache.org. It is really early and still needs a > lot of work. > > > > #2: There is now a quickstart guide in the main repo: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-quickstep/blob/master/README.md Again > lots of work to do, but it is a start. > > > > #3: We need a more pages/writeup to cover more of the basics, which includes > at least a “Supported SQL surface” and additional examples. Will work on this > as I can steal time. Volunteers are of course welcome! > > > > #4: We need to write a better developer guide; i.e. improve the intro to dev > at https://github.com/apache/incubator-quickstep/blob/master/DEV_README.md. I > know the code is well-commented, but we should be making it easier to welcome > new developers. We can also provide a list of relatively simple projects that > new developers could take on. Ideas here are welcome. > > > > #5: We need a guide for the developer community governance. Below is a > starting point. > > > > As usual comments welcome! > > > > Cheers, > > Jignesh > > > > Quickstep is a data platform that is written in C++ and uses advanced C++ > techniques including template meta-programming and various abstractions to > balance high-performance with extensibility. Thus, a good grasp over C++ > concepts is essential for a Quickstep developer. > > > > Quickstep has a set of core contributors who are collectively the stewards of > the project. In addition, there is a set of general contributors who > contribute individual changes. The initial list of core and general > contributors is listed below. > > > > Core contributors can close pull requests, except pull requests that they > have created (which must be examined and closed by another core contributor). > Anyone can open a pull request and once a pull request has been accepted that > committer becomes part of the general contributors group. > > > > A general contributor can become a core contributor by getting support from > at least two core contributors. It is expected that a general contributor > will have demonstrated proficiency in understanding and working with the core > engine to become part of the core contributors group. > > > > To maintain membership in the core contributors group, the contributor must > be active in the project in the preceding 6-month period. Membership of the > core contributors is examined and determined bi-annually by the Apache > Quickstep PPMC. > > > > Core Contributors (as of July 14, 2016): > > · Jignesh M. Patel > > · Harshad Deshmukh > > · Jianqiao Zhu > > · Zuyu Zhang > > · Marc Spehlmann > > · Saket Saurabh > > · Hakan Memisoglu > > · Rogers Jeffrey Leo John > > · Navneet Potti > > > > Core Collaborators (as of June 18, 2016): > > · Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj > > · Siddharth Suresh > > · Rathijit Sen > > · Craig Chasseur > > · Yinan Li > > · Qiang Zeng > > · Shoban Chandrabose > > · Roman Shaposhnik > > · Julian Hyde > > · Jesse Zhang > > >
