Can somebody tell me why this is a good idea? Isn't HBase tightly coupled with Hadoop/HDFS. Isn't that the benefit of it.
-John On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Stack wrote: > Please vote as to whether you think HBase should become a top-level > Apache project. > > I've included below a draft board resolution. It lists all current > active HBase committers as initial members of the project management > committee (PMC) and myself, Michael Stack, as the initial chair. > > Do the good people of Hadoop support sending this request on to the Hadoop > PMC? > > Yours, > St.Ack > > ------------ > > X. Establish the Apache HBase Project > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the > Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management > Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of > open-source software related to data serialization > for distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache HBase Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache HBase Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to a distributed database; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HBase" be > and hereby is created, the person holding such office to > serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair > of the Apache HBase Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache HBase Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the > Apache HBase Project: > > * Michael Stack <st...@apache.org> > * Jonathan Gray <jg...@apache.org> > * Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> > * John-Daniel Cryans <jdcry...@apache.org> > * Ryan Rawson <raw...@apache.org> > * Lars George <larsgeo...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Michael Stack > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache HBase, to > serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the > Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until > death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, > or until a successor is appointed; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache HBase PMC be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache HBase Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache HBase Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Hadoop HBase sub-project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Hadoop HBase sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged.
