Hey Michael, Depending on your background, there are quite a few things to do.
One general area that we might use more help for, if you have experience there, is the Python API. Part of it can be just to add more examples in Python, e.g., to show how one can use NumPy or SciPy with it. Another thing that would be super useful if you also have access to Windows is this: https://spark-project.atlassian.net/browse/SPARK-649. We want to make Spark very broadly accessible for science work and it sounds like your background at JPL is good for that. Alternatively, if you prefer to work on the Java VM, there are a bunch of internal things to do there too -- I can give an overview of what I'd consider easy to jump into there. Matei On Jul 29, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Michael Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: > Hay Matei, > > Truth be told I haven't had much of a chance to look through JIRA and the > code base to pick a specific part to work on. Is there anything in > particular that needs some work? I'm more than happy to throw some effort > at a specific problem if something needs attention. Otherwise I can just > poke around and try to find a nice niche in which to work so I can help out. > > Thanks much! > > -- Joyce > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Matei Zaharia > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey Michael, >> >> Glad to hear you're interested in helping. Are there specific things you'd >> like to work on? Certainly we will need help with various Apache packaging, >> etc so it's good to have more people with experience at Apache. >> >> Matei >> >> On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Michael Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all! >>> >>> My name is Michael Joyce. I work at JPL and have heard some great things >>> about Spark from Chris Mattmann. I figured I would stop by, say hello, >> and >>> hopefully throw some helpful contributions at the project. >>> >>> Look forward to helping out! >>> >>> -- Joyce >> >>
