On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > > HBase is an integrated optional part of a Hadoop stack more > than a standalone component, but other ASF TLPs build on top > of other projects. I suppose HDFS and ZK are going to be TLPs > at some point also, is that true? Leaving Hadoop as just the > MR framework?
If the board allows us be a TLP, Zookeeper would probably be made a TLP at same time. There hasn't been a vote, but it seems that the thought is that HDFS would stay within the hadoop fold; i.e. hdfs+mapreduce+common would stay. > > Anyway, what I like is HBase will stand on its own merits. > > What are the risks of being a TLP? > I'm sure there are some but I'm blinded by the upside at the moment. St.Ack