Now as 0.8.0 is practically done I want to kick of the discussion about next
release's scope and aim. We already have discussed a number of things that we
want to address in this round, including
- CI improvements
- build system enhancements
- overhaul of the testing experience
- TBDA very important topic to cover here is, of course, the scope of the next release. Bigtop has a very powerful ability to help new technologies to thrive by wider promoting them across the Apache communities and beyond. However, without deliberate help from the perspective projects we can not keep on supporting them in the Apache Hadoop Stack: after all we are a bunch of volunteers spending our own time on things we like to do. Hence, we need to carefully prioritize what we realistically can or can not support. The other side of this coin is to make this project fun where people want to contribute something they feel passionate about. Let's say, I am the only one contributing fixes and supporting component X. However, for whatever reason I couldn't possibly care less about having component X on board. The question is - shall I use my limited time on the face of this planet for something that makes me tick, instead of wasting it on the dull chores around component X? Let's weigh carefully on what we want to carry on and what we'll be dropping this time. Supported OS spectrum: let's drop the dead weight and carefully consider what to add. Release cycle: with new docker based CI we should be better equipped for regular builds testing and build environment which will be _exactly_ the same for developers and official Jenkins. Hence, can we have next release in the by the end of 2014? We already know that 0.8.0 has a few issues that we want to improve upon quickly. User facing documentation, wiki, website: let's see where we can get some help with this. Shall we try recruiting fresh-grads and students who wants to start in on of the projects we support, but they don't know how? How we can increase the reach? I know this looks like an awful lot of questions and no answers, but that what a discussion should be about, right? ;) Here's JIRA for the BOM https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-1480 Please chime in! Cos -- Take care, Cos 2CAC 8312 4870 D885 8616 6115 220F 6980 1F27 E622 Cos' pubkey: http://people.apache.org/~cos/cos.asc ---- Wisdom of the hour ---- In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel. Mark Twain
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