2011/5/10 Robert Burrell Donkin <[email protected]>:
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Ioan Eugen Stan <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>
> Hi Ioan
>
>> I have been quiet but I have done some things:
>> - did an initial push on the project, just the pom and the license files ( 
>> [0] )
>> - finished reading HDFS documentation
>> - almost done with all the forms required by Google.
>> - created an account on [1]
>
> great :-)
>
> and thanks for tracking and letting everyone know how you're doing

I think it's common sense. We are going to work together after all and
it's in our best interest that this project is a success.

>
> do you blog? if so, try writing up a few words each day on the
> project. over time, it'll build into a detailed record. if not, this
> might be a good excuse to start. Planet Apache [1] is the best way (if
> you don't want to spend your life reading mailing list posts) to track
> what's happening with other projects (eg Hadoop, for example [2]).
> (Intertwingly [3] is another of my favourites, with lots of Apache
> related content.)
>

I don't have a blog, I have a domain: http://ieugen.ro/ and I was
planning to keep my site with maven (static pages) in a mercurial
repository, but I did not found time to write anything in it. Now I am
not that sure that my idea is feasible, because maven is not designed
for the kind of job I had in mind. I wish to allow comments and other
stuff that you usually see on a blog/personal website.

I like the idea and I think I am going to follow this so please send
me updates. Also, if I write a blog, I will be able to post on the
planet (will it be aggregated)?

> <snip>
>
>> If have no need for JIRA yet, but if I will need to use it, how should
>> I add issues as to not interfere with the rest of the project (use
>> gsoc or mailbox-hdfs label) ?
>
> Please feel free just to use JIRA. Don't worry about interfering. If
> you bother anyone, they'll just move the issues or comment it.
>
> Apache runs by lazy consensus. Noise is encouraged. This allows anyone
> who's bothered to jump in before there any problems arise. As
> developers learn the way, and gain our trust karma will be granted.
> With karma comes responsibility. Before then, don't worry too much :-)

Ok, thanks for the advice. This is usually what happens, people who
care take action, but I guess it's my problem for making concerns
about stuff beforehand.

>> Also, can I test the mailbox without deploying a real server?
>
> Develop an appropriate harness. (If you raise a JIRA, I'll give it
> some thought to the best approach then add some comments. Hopefully
> others will dive in too.)

I'm not a native English speaker  so please explain what is the
meaning of „harness” in this context?


-- 
Ioan-Eugen Stan

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