+1 for creating JIRA's with labels 'starter' and 'Hacktoberfest'! Sounds great.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Niketan Pansare <npan...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I got following response from Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (community manager, > DigitalOcean) regarding my request to include Apache projects in > Hacktoberfest. > > >> As long a the pull request happens on GitHub, it will count towards > Hacktoberfest. In fact, Libcloud is both an Apache project and one of the > featured projects on the Hacktoberfest site. The "hacktoberfest" label is > just being used to help direct new contributors to where the help is most > needed. > >> We've seen some of the projects that have used Hacktoberfest most > successfully, use it as a carrot for people already around the peripheries > of their own communities. It provides a bit of a push for people that need > it. So I'd definitely encourage you to share Jira issues you've labeled out > to your wider user community. > > Apache PMC members: I encourage you all to create JIRAs with the labels > 'starter' and 'Hacktoberfest' :) > > Thanks, > > Niketan Pansare > IBM Almaden Research Center > E-mail: npansar At us.ibm.com > http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=us-npansar > > [image: Inactive hide details for Shagun Sodhani ---09/29/2016 08:57:27 > AM---Great. Hopefully, I would also start to contribute to Syst]Shagun > Sodhani ---09/29/2016 08:57:27 AM---Great. Hopefully, I would also start to > contribute to SystemML :) Thanks, > > From: Shagun Sodhani <sshagunsodh...@gmail.com> > To: dev@systemml.incubator.apache.org > Date: 09/29/2016 08:57 AM > Subject: Re: Building a community around SystemML > Sent by: sshagun.sodh...@gmail.com > ------------------------------ > > > > Great. Hopefully, I would also start to contribute to SystemML :) > > Thanks, > Shagun > https://twitter.com/shagunsodhani > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Glenn Weidner <gweid...@us.ibm.com> > wrote: > > > Good catch Shagun! I've added the label Hacktoberfest since that's what's > > shown at https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/. > > The next step would be to apply that label to appropriate existing/new > > JIRAs. > > > > Thanks, > > Glenn > > > > > > [image: Inactive hide details for Shagun Sodhani ---09/29/2016 08:28:47 > > AM---I think the label has to be 'hacktoberfest' to be easily s]Shagun > > Sodhani ---09/29/2016 08:28:47 AM---I think the label has to be > > 'hacktoberfest' to be easily searchable for people participating in Hack > > > > From: Shagun Sodhani <sshagunsodh...@gmail.com> > > To: dev@systemml.incubator.apache.org > > Date: 09/29/2016 08:28 AM > > Subject: Re: Building a community around SystemML > > Sent by: sshagun.sodh...@gmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > I think the label has to be 'hacktoberfest' to be easily searchable for > > people participating in Hacktoberfest as there is a link pointing to such > > issues on the homepage. > > > > Thanks, > > Shagun > > https://twitter.com/shagunsodhani > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:54 PM, Glenn Weidner <gweid...@us.ibm.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I think we can just use 'starter' label which was available from > > drop-down > > > list of labels. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Glenn > > > > > > [image: Inactive hide details for Niketan Pansare---09/29/2016 07:22:07 > > > AM---+1 for marking some easy non-blocking issues for the parti]Niketan > > > Pansare---09/29/2016 07:22:07 AM---+1 for marking some easy > non-blocking > > > issues for the participants of Hacktoberfest. What is the best > > > > > > From: Niketan Pansare/Almaden/IBM@IBMUS > > > To: dev@systemml.incubator.apache.org > > > Date: 09/29/2016 07:22 AM > > > Subject: Re: Building a community around SystemML > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 for marking some easy non-blocking issues for the participants of > > > Hacktoberfest. What is the best way to go about it ? Should we create a > > > special label on JIRA server for such tasks? > > > > > > > On Sep 29, 2016, at 6:20 AM, Shagun Sodhani < > sshagunsodh...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > +1 for improving documentation (to make it easier to get started) and > > for > > > > promoting SystemML even more. We can also leverage events like > > > > Hacktoberfest ( > > https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/) and mark some > > > > > easy > > > > issues for people to start with. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Shagun > > > > > > https://twitter.com/shagunsodhani > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Madison Myers < > > madisonjmy...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thanks for opening up this dialogue Felix & Luciano! > > > >> > > > >> It only just came to my attention that discussions about the website > > and > > > >> reaching out to the community were taking place here, so apologies > for > > > not > > > >> chiming in earlier. I have a few comments on the website and on the > > > topic > > > >> of community outreach: > > > >> > > > >> I have actually been actively working with the design team to try > and > > > >> reorganize the content and documentation for the Apache SystemML > > website > > > >> since first initiating the website renewal. Since the first phase of > > the > > > >> website has completed, we have prioritized reorganization and proper > > > >> documentation. To further this aim, I am also rewriting tutorials so > > > that > > > >> they can be better understood by new users and will include my 10+ > > blogs > > > >> that I have written on the Spark.tc website for SystemML. We also > > > >> definitely want to have a link to those videos- so thanks so much > for > > > >> attaching them, Niketan! If you all have any other ideas or have > > written > > > >> tutorials/blogs/etc. on SystemML please let me know or send them my > > way. > > > >> > > > >> Additionally, Luciano mentioned that he was trying to find two key > > > personas > > > >> for the SystemML website. Looking at the results from the SystemML > > > survey I > > > >> sent out a few weeks ago, it is clear that an overwhelming majority > of > > > >> people voted for Data Scientist- new and Data Scientist- advanced. > > > Input on > > > >> if you agree on these results would be helpful. > > > >> > > > >> As for reaching out to the community, this is an aspect I am > actively > > > >> trying to work on. Mike and I will be speaking at UC Berkeley about > > our > > > >> SystemML use case, and I have also been trying to promote it on > social > > > >> media. I think clearer documentation will greatly help new users > adopt > > > >> SystemML, so I am in full support of that focus! If you all have > other > > > >> ideas or see room for improvement in this domain, please let me know > > if > > > I > > > >> can help. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks again! > > > >> Madison > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Niketan Pansare < > npan...@us.ibm.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Thanks Luciano and Felix for starting this discussion. > > > >>> > > > >>> +1 for versioned documentation. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regarding understanding the SystemML internals, following things > > would > > > >>> help: > > > >>> 1. I believe we have done a good job to separate the components > into > > > >>> different package as well as modularize the compilation process in > > > >> separate > > > >>> layers. Though the components/layers are well-explained in our > > papers, > > > it > > > >>> might be a good idea to create design document as suggested by > Felix. > > > >> This > > > >>> design document should explain different component and also the > > > >> interface. > > > >>> May be putting the design into javadoc with links/references and > then > > > >>> hosting the docs might be a good idea too. This will help in > > reviewing > > > >> the > > > >>> PR itself as the code and docs are in the same file. > > > >>> > > > >>> 2. We can showcase following videos on https://apache.github.io/ > > > >>> incubator-systemml/contributing-to-systemml: > > > >>> - SystemML classes (example: https://www.youtube.com/ > playlist?list= > > > >>> PL9U7gw7DOIGhdiKZkMAqNPIDywFMlzCaY) > > > >>> - Meetups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkYqjWL1xzk&index=13&; > > > >>> list=PL9U7gw7DOIGiT4yi2uw_Mk3TbBEDc_qKq and > > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? > > > >>> v=hJfubEYDiQ8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VpiJK8Jydw) > > > >>> - Code walkthrough videos (example: https://www.youtube.com/watch? > > > >>> v=2dnIKY1iVCI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz1VLrrucQ ... > > very > > > >>> old videos ... would recommend creating new ones instead). > > > >>> - Demos. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> > > > >>> Niketan Pansare > > > >>> IBM Almaden Research Center > > > >>> E-mail: npansar At us.ibm.com > > > >>> http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view.php? > > person=us-npansar > > > >>> > > > >>> [image: Inactive hide details for fschueler---09/28/2016 03:50:48 > > > PM---I > > > >>> think those are excellent ideas! Especially the point about > > > >> c]fschueler---09/28/2016 > > > >>> 03:50:48 PM---I think those are excellent ideas! Especially the > point > > > >> about > > > >>> communicating on the mailing-list. > > > >>> > > > >>> From: fschue...@posteo.de > > > >>> To: dev@systemml.incubator.apache.org > > > >>> Date: 09/28/2016 03:50 PM > > > >>> Subject: Re: Building a community around SystemML > > > >>> ------------------------------ > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> I think those are excellent ideas! Especially the point about > > > >>> communicating on the mailing-list. > > > >>> > > > >>> Google summer of code is a great way of getting people involved > with > > > the > > > >>> project long-term and we should think about possible projects. > > > >>> Application for mentoring organizations usually starts in > February. I > > > >>> would be open to help planning this. > > > >>> > > > >>> For the personas and documentation I agree. Good documentation > should > > > be > > > >>> a priority and something like a "Quickstart" should be the first > goto > > > >>> for many people that want to try SystemML. Apart from that, the > > current > > > >>> documentation is in a somewhat unstable state since it mixes > > > >>> documentation for different releases, APIs, languages, etc. > > > >>> Maybe we could aim for a versioned documentation that is part of a > > > >>> release and can be easily related to the corresponding release. It > > > >>> should be easy for users to find the docs that correspond to the > > > version > > > >>> of SystemML that they're using (similar to Spark's documentation > link > > > on > > > >>> spark.apache.org). Making documentation part of a PR that affects > > user > > > >>> APIs might be a good idea. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regarding the Jiras, I think it's important to include enough > > > >>> information in their description. Similarly, it might be helpful > for > > > new > > > >>> contributors to have an overview of SystemML internals that don't > > > >>> require them to read all related papers. When we investigated > > SystemML > > > >>> internals for the Flink and DSL implementation, it took us a long > > time > > > >>> to understand the places in the code that we had to touch before we > > > >>> could get started. In the course of this I started writing down a > few > > > >>> things in a google doc > > > >>> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/139lRYxrD-j1k1Fh7X4jVkMZypbqS_ > > > >>> 8ZskN3PiZgjKVE/edit#heading=h.q6w9j5yjre8y). > > > >>> It might make sense to extend that to give users a high-level but > > > >>> detailed enough overview of SystemML that lets them understand what > > the > > > >>> components are and how they interact. This might help people to > > figure > > > >>> out what they would want to work on, too. > > > >>> > > > >>> Felix > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> Am 28.09.2016 21:32 schrieb Luciano Resende: > > > >>>> One of the remaining things that SystemML needs to do in order to > > > >>>> graduate > > > >>>> is to build a better community around the project. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Some ideas are: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> - Be more open with mailing lists discussions particularly with > high > > > >>>> level > > > >>>> designs that sometimes just get buried in PRs. > > > >>>> - Identify and participate on projects where more experienced > > > community > > > >>>> members would mentor students or others interested in > > > >>>> participating/contributing to the project (e.g. GSoC) > > > >>>> - Identify top two main personas that would be interested in the > > > >>>> project, > > > >>>> and bring up visibility on documentation based on these personas > to > > > >>>> make > > > >>>> their first experience with the project very smooth and without > much > > > >>>> problems. > > > >>>> - Create simple JIRAs and flag them for initial contributors (e.g. > > > >>>> documentation, simple fix, etc) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Any other ideas ? And how do we execute this with some priority to > > get > > > >>>> us > > > >>>> to graduate ? > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> *Madison J. Myers* > > > >> *UC Berkeley, Master of Information & Data Science '17* > > > >> > > > >> *King's College London, MA Political Science '14* > > > >> *New York University, BA Political Science '12* > > > >> > > > >> - > > > >> LinkedIn <http://linkedin.com/in/madisonjmyers> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- *Madison J. Myers* *UC Berkeley, Master of Information & Data Science '17* *King's College London, MA Political Science '14* *New York University, BA Political Science '12* - LinkedIn <http://linkedin.com/in/madisonjmyers>
