+1 --- Jim Kellerman, Senior Engineer; Powerset
> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Cutting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:22 PM > To: hadoop-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Hadoop TLP? > > I think it is time that we make Hadoop a top level project > (TLP) at Apache, hadoop.apache.org, leaving our current home > as a Lucene subproject. HBase could become a sub-project, as > could Pig (now > incubating) and perhaps others. > > Hadoop, unlike all other Lucene subprojects, does not use > Lucene. Its community has considerably less overlap with > other Lucene subprojects than the rest. It also is beginning > to have subproject-like things of its own, like HBase, > pushing the boundaries of subproject management. > > Many members of the Lucene PMC have little familiarity with > the Hadoop community. For example, HBase might like to > nominate a new committer, but a majority of the Lucene PMC > would find it difficult to evaluate this candidate, since > they do not follow HBase development. It would be better if > such discussions could be made by a PMC that had > representation from and broad familiarity with HBase. > > Diversity is an issue with Hadoop becoming a TLP. The > majority of Hadoop committers are employed by Yahoo!. But I > think we can construct an initial PMC that is diverse enough > to overcome this, with perhaps three folks from Yahoo!, two > from Powerset, and three or four independent folks, so that > Yahoo! does not have a majority on the PMC. > > Would other members of the Hadoop community support this move? > > Thanks, > > Doug > >
