Hey Guys, I've posted this:
https://blogs.apache.org/samza/ Please have a look and let me know if anything is dead. I'll probably wait until Monday to promote it, since Friday is going to be a low-traffic day. Cheers, Chris On 7/7/14 3:03 AM, "Martin Kleppmann" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Chris, > >Nice post! I was wondering if it would be worth adding a bit of context >at the start, for people who don't yet know about Samza: briefly mention >what Samza is, what problem it solves, that it originated and is used in >production at LinkedIn, that it has already attracted a diverse group of >contributors from outside LinkedIn. > >The bullet point lists are probably at a lower level of detail than most >readers would care about, but they give the overall impression of a >healthy project, so I think they're good to include. > >If the links (all the JIRA references) get stripped out, it would be a >much less valuable post. If the Apache blog won't let us post links, >should we post it somewhere else? > >Re binary release: we probably won't have a binary release (SAMZA-311) >for 0.7.0, only the Maven artifacts (SAMZA-199). But when the Maven >artifacts are up, we could add instructions to >http://samza.incubator.apache.org/startup/download/ with a pom.xml >example, and also update hello-samza to use the 0.7.0 release. > >Typo: "SAMZA-SAMZA-253" > >Best, >Martin > >On 7 Jul 2014, at 00:34, Chris Riccomini ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Guys, >> >> I'm working on a blog post for the Apache Samza 0.7.0 release. The >>draft is available here: >> >> https://gist.github.com/criccomini/be96696f819b4d60c1b2 >> >> I'm planning to post it here: >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/samza >> >> The plain-text (URLs stripped by Apache, most likely): >> >> >> Announcing the release of Apache Incubator Samza 0.7.0 >> >> >> I am very excited to announce that Apache Incubator Samza 0.7.0 has >>been released. In all, 156 JIRAs were >>resolved<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-309?jql=project%20%3 >>D%20SAMZA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.7.0%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolve >>d%2C%20Closed)> in this release. Notable work done includes: >> >> * Initial import of code into Apache. >>(SAMZA-1<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-1>) >> * Upgraded to YARN 2.2 from YARN 2.05-alpha. >>(SAMZA-9<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-9>) >> * >>Numerous<https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA >>%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.7.0%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Cl >>osed)%20and%20component%20%3D%20kv> state management bug fixes. >> * Java 7 support. >>(SAMZA-16<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-16>) >> * A >>ton<https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA%20AN >>D%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.7.0%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed) >>%20and%20component%20%3D%20docs> of work on >>documentation<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/learn/documentation/0.7.0 >>/>, tutorials<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/learn/tutorials/0.7.0/>, >>hello-samza<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/startup/hello-samza/0.7.0/> >>, and >>Javadocs<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/learn/documentation/0.7.0/api/ >>javadocs/>. >> * Scala 2.10 support, and removal of support for Scala 2.8 >>(SAMZA-128<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-128>, >>SAMZA-160<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-160>) >> * One-off resets for input stream offsets. >>(SAMZA-180<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-180>) >> * Upgrade to support Apache Kafka<http://kafka.apache.org/> 0.8.1, >>which includes log compaction. >>(SAMZA-180<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-180>) >> * A consensus based shutdown API. >>(SAMZA-SAMZA-253<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-SAMZA-253>) >> >> Source (TODO link) and binary (TODO link) downloads of the release are >>available here (TODO link). >> >> >> We've also made a lot of community progress during this release: >> >> * Added 4 new >>committers<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/community/committers.html> >>(Garry Turkington, Martin Kleppmann, Zhijie Shen, and Yan Fang). >> * Accepted patches from 14 distinct contributors >> * Presented on Samza's architecture and >>usage.<http://wiki.apache.org/samza/PapersAndTalks> >> * Had over 1000 emails to the developer mailing >>list<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-samza-dev/>. >> >> Even after all this work, there's still a lot to be >>done<https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA%20A >>ND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC>. In >>our next release (0.8.0), we're planning to focus on performance. This >>work includes: >> >> * Switching Samza's state feature to use RocksDB instead of LevelDB. >>(SAMZA-236<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-236>) >> * Supporting pluggable partition-container assignment strategies. >>(SAMZA-71<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-71>) >> * Improving consumer performance. >>(SAMZA-245<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-245>) >> * Upgrading Samza's YARN UI. >>(SAMZA-32<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-32>, >>SAMZA-237<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-237>, >>SAMZA-290<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-290>) >> >> Now is a great time to get involved. You can start by running through >>the >>hello-samza<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/startup/hello-samza/0.7.0/> >> tutorial, signing up for the mailing >>list<http://samza.incubator.apache.org/community/mailing-lists.html>, >>and grabbing some newbie >>JIRAs<https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA%20 >>AND%20labels%20%3D%20newbie%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Open>. >> >> >> I'd like to close by thanking everyone who's been involved in the >>project. It's been a great experience to be involved in this community, >>and I look forward to its continued growth. >> >> Feedback welcome. :) >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >
