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Posted to dev@kudu.apache.org by Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org> on 2018/11/08 07:02:50 UTC
Re: Community chat on Slack on Tue Nov 13 @ 10am PDT
Dear Kudu contributors and interested folks,
Just a reminder that we are doing a "virtual meetup" next week to discuss
how we can grow the Kudu community. Details below.
Hope to see you there!
Mike
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Kudu dev community,
>
> I'm posting this to dev@ and BCC'ing user@ -- let's follow up on the Kudu
> dev@ list.
>
> Following up on some previous email threads on the topic of growing the
> Kudu community, I would like to know if Kudu developers / interested
> community members would be interested in having a real-time chat meeting
> (online) to discuss progress and continue those discussions.
>
> *What*: The agenda would be to evaluate progress on and discuss action
> items in service of the following goals:
>
> 1. Increase adoption of Kudu in general (and remove barriers to
> adoption)
> 2. Increase the number of contributors to Kudu, especially committers
>
> In addition to reviewing and updating the list of action items, I'd also
> like to get volunteers for things that need help to get completed (or
> started).
>
> *When / Where*: Let's meet in the #kudu-general chat room on the getkudu
> <https://getkudu-slack.herokuapp.com/> Slack instance for one hour
> starting at 10am PDT on Tuesday, November 13.
>
> For those who can't attend in real-time, the chat history will be
> available and I'll send notes to the mailing list afterward, so we can also
> discuss the same topics over email after the meeting.
>
> Please let me know if this sounds like something you'd like to take part
> in or if you have a suggestion for a better way to coordinate this effort,
> want to propose an alternative time, etc.
>
> Please find below the current list of action items compiled by Grant and
> me.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> --
>
> *Being worked on:*
>
> - KUDU-2411 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-2411>: Binary
> artifacts (Linux / macOS) on Maven to enable a Kudu MiniCluster usable by
> external projects - Grant / Mike
> - KUDU-2402 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-2402>: Gerrit
> Sign In UI bug: we upgraded Gerrit to 2.4.15 but unfortunately it didn't
> fix the issue (we thought this was in the list of fixed issues for 2.4.6).
> We are going to try updating some RewriteRules next - Mike working with
> Cloudera IT, who hosts this infrastructure
>
> *Not being worked on:*
>
> *Increase number of contributors*
>
> - Support GitHub pull requests (forward to Gerrit?)
> - Create more contributor-focused FAQs and docs (wiki?)
> - Code overview and C++ guidelines article targeted at Java developers
> - Quarterly email to the dev/user lists with links to beginner /
> newbie jiras
> - Video walkthrough of Kudu code base, including how to set up a dev
> env with <insert C++ code editor or IDE of choice here>
> - Simplify CONTRIBUTING.adoc
>
> *Increase adoption*
>
> *Non-product*
>
> - Binary artifacts as part of the Apache Kudu release process
> - DEB / RPM packages
> - Tarball releases
> - Ports / Homebrew integration for macOS
> - Full fledged demos / application examples
> - Easy ingest tools for demos, i.e. CLI tools for CSV -> Kudu or
> similar
> - Schedule regular meetups / hold more talks
> - Improve client APIs to make integration easier / more powerful (need
> specific ideas)
> - More blog posts, including invited blog posts
> - More documentation / blog posts about existing integrations that
> people may not know how to use
>
> *Product improvements*
>
> For now, let's leave big-ticket features off this list -- most are pretty
> obvious and they'll take up all the oxygen in the room. Let's reserve this
> section for relatively low-effort and high-reward quality-of-life
> improvements to the product.
>
> - TBD
>
>
>
Re: Community chat on Slack on Tue Nov 13 @ 10am PDT
Posted by Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org>.
Just a last reminder for those interested -- we are kicking off this
conversation in about 25 minutes in the #community-discuss channel on Slack.
Regards,
Mike
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:02 PM Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org> wrote:
> Dear Kudu contributors and interested folks,
> Just a reminder that we are doing a "virtual meetup" next week to discuss
> how we can grow the Kudu community. Details below.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kudu dev community,
>>
>> I'm posting this to dev@ and BCC'ing user@ -- let's follow up on the
>> Kudu dev@ list.
>>
>> Following up on some previous email threads on the topic of growing the
>> Kudu community, I would like to know if Kudu developers / interested
>> community members would be interested in having a real-time chat meeting
>> (online) to discuss progress and continue those discussions.
>>
>> *What*: The agenda would be to evaluate progress on and discuss action
>> items in service of the following goals:
>>
>> 1. Increase adoption of Kudu in general (and remove barriers to
>> adoption)
>> 2. Increase the number of contributors to Kudu, especially committers
>>
>> In addition to reviewing and updating the list of action items, I'd also
>> like to get volunteers for things that need help to get completed (or
>> started).
>>
>> *When / Where*: Let's meet in the #kudu-general chat room on the getkudu
>> <https://getkudu-slack.herokuapp.com/> Slack instance for one hour
>> starting at 10am PDT on Tuesday, November 13.
>>
>> For those who can't attend in real-time, the chat history will be
>> available and I'll send notes to the mailing list afterward, so we can also
>> discuss the same topics over email after the meeting.
>>
>> Please let me know if this sounds like something you'd like to take part
>> in or if you have a suggestion for a better way to coordinate this effort,
>> want to propose an alternative time, etc.
>>
>> Please find below the current list of action items compiled by Grant and
>> me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Being worked on:*
>>
>> - KUDU-2411 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-2411>: Binary
>> artifacts (Linux / macOS) on Maven to enable a Kudu MiniCluster usable by
>> external projects - Grant / Mike
>> - KUDU-2402 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-2402>: Gerrit
>> Sign In UI bug: we upgraded Gerrit to 2.4.15 but unfortunately it didn't
>> fix the issue (we thought this was in the list of fixed issues for 2.4.6).
>> We are going to try updating some RewriteRules next - Mike working with
>> Cloudera IT, who hosts this infrastructure
>>
>> *Not being worked on:*
>>
>> *Increase number of contributors*
>>
>> - Support GitHub pull requests (forward to Gerrit?)
>> - Create more contributor-focused FAQs and docs (wiki?)
>> - Code overview and C++ guidelines article targeted at Java developers
>> - Quarterly email to the dev/user lists with links to beginner /
>> newbie jiras
>> - Video walkthrough of Kudu code base, including how to set up a dev
>> env with <insert C++ code editor or IDE of choice here>
>> - Simplify CONTRIBUTING.adoc
>>
>> *Increase adoption*
>>
>> *Non-product*
>>
>> - Binary artifacts as part of the Apache Kudu release process
>> - DEB / RPM packages
>> - Tarball releases
>> - Ports / Homebrew integration for macOS
>> - Full fledged demos / application examples
>> - Easy ingest tools for demos, i.e. CLI tools for CSV -> Kudu or
>> similar
>> - Schedule regular meetups / hold more talks
>> - Improve client APIs to make integration easier / more powerful
>> (need specific ideas)
>> - More blog posts, including invited blog posts
>> - More documentation / blog posts about existing integrations that
>> people may not know how to use
>>
>> *Product improvements*
>>
>> For now, let's leave big-ticket features off this list -- most are pretty
>> obvious and they'll take up all the oxygen in the room. Let's reserve this
>> section for relatively low-effort and high-reward quality-of-life
>> improvements to the product.
>>
>> - TBD
>>
>>
>>