Neat! Congratulations, again, on the solidarity !
I feel that Pig is one of the more reliable and mature ways to program Hadoop. I look forward to seeing more a$$ kicking of all the other systems. :-) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 30, 2010, at 1:41 PM, hc busy wrote: > > +1, Congrads on the near unanimous vote for progress. >> >> Btw, can somebody tell me what the change was from March when this was >> discussed and now? At that time, every one seem to have felt that Pig can >> only handle Hadoop as backend and doesn't make sense for it to become a >> TLP >> by itself. In fact, I remember a ticket to remove the possibility of a >> different backend. What did I miss? >> > > I can only speak for myself, but in the original discussion thread on > pig-dev (http://bit.ly/byD7L8 ) I discussed why I changed my vote over the > course of the last few months. > > > >> >> 1.) Technically, what developments/or future plans make it a separate >> project from Hadoop? (Other backend support?) >> > > While we still want to design Pig and Pig Latin in such a way that there > may be separate implementations that do not run on Hadoop, nothing in this > regard has changed in the last few months. What did change is that I (and I > think others) realized that being connected technically to Hadoop does not > mean we need to be connected in our governance. > > > 2.) What are the non-technical factors that changed since March that made >> this vote possible? (Donation from large company?) >> > > Apache does not require that projects raise any finances. Pig is (as it > has been) supported by the contributions of those choose to work on it and > those who are paid to work on it. > > > 3.) Can I make tax deductible contributions to the Apache Pig Project ? >> > > Wow, that's a huge vote of confidence. Thanks. But no. Contributions to > Pig can be made (as before) in code, documentation, user feedback, etc. You > can donate money to Apache itself, which goes to support the infrastructure > for Pig and all Apache projects. For more info see > http://apache.org/foundation/support-apache.html (I have no idea if that > is tax deductible or not.) > > Alan. > >
