+1 On 13/12/2007, Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
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