Hi Jignesh,
I can certainly help with #1 and #3.
For #1, we can set up a release deadline and set up milestones in
reverse chronological order so that we can meet the deadline. Apache has
an elaborate documentation on the release procedure and hopefully that's
a good starting point.
For #3, we can begin from participating in BigData Wisconsin meetups.
From what I know, there is a healthy interest in data management
systems in the meetup, I can volunteer to attend and present the system
over there.
For #4, I agree with you. Some of our JIRA reports are really extensive
and describe the issues in detail. We probably need to bring some of the
content from JIRA issues to the dev list. From here on, I can try to
summarize in an email to the dev list, the features that I am currently
working on (or about to begin work on) and its impact on the system.
On 10/25/2016 10:02 AM, Jignesh Patel wrote:
I’m hoping to get some feedback from the general developers list on potential
outreach activities for the project. To set the background for this discussion,
Quickstep became an Apache project earlier this year. Nearly all the people on
the project are relatively new to the Apache way of doing things (I certainly
am, and I’m still learning various aspect of the Apache way).
Our mentors have been very helpful and rightly point out that we need to do
more by way of outreach. This would include (but not limited to) doing things
like:
#1: Making a release
#2: Writing blogs about the project
#3: Going to meetups and conferences like Apache Con to make a presentation
about the project (we can find ways to fund these meetings).
#4: Using the dev list more actively, even if it is to discuss interesting
observations that we make – e.g. tried the new Xcode, and ran into the
following issues.
Note on #4, I personally feel that we have a lot of active discussions. But,
our primary mechanism is via Jiras and the discussion on the PRs. They are
quite lively at times, and it is fantastic that people express their views in a
respectful way but are not shy to point out any critical comments that they may
have. We need to keep doing this. All those comments do go to the dev lists,
but we should also talk about other things like what we think would be great to
work on next, and/or just announce what topics you may be working on.
So, the main question in this email is: Are there folks on this list who want
to help with building the Quickstep community in the ways described above? If
you are interested, can you let this group know what you might want to help
with. Also free free to pitch any ideas that you may have to help build the
community. The main point is to get more people excited about the project in
any role (including developers, users, …) and to share responsibilities for the
core direction of the project.
One concrete proposal is to go make a release in about a month. I’m happy to
help with that. Anyone else wants to help out? Now you may ask – what does it
take to do a release? I honestly don’t know. But, we have to go read up on
that, bug the mentors, and figure it out. All that is part of helping build an
Apache community.
Cheers,
Jignesh
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Thanks,
Harshad
