Re: SVM algo, code, etc.

[Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org>]

On Fri Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1) Is SVM in scope for Mahout? (I am guessing so.)

Yes.


> 2) Who is nominally committing to shepherd the code into the code base
> and fix bugs and answer questions? (Jake?)
> 
> I'm not really bothered about this particular patch, but the more
> general question.

I would guess that your question is not really restricted to Mahout but
the same question appears on other projects as well. Basically the
question is on "how to mentor developers to become new project members".

If you are interested in a broader discussion, it might make sense to
include the people over at the newly founded community development
project in the discussion?

Isabel

Re: SVM algo, code, etc.

[Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org>]

On Fri Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure is there a mailing list or something for this? I'd like to be
> looped into talking about issues like this.

dev@community.apache.org

Isabel

Re: SVM algo, code, etc.

[Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com>]

Sure is there a mailing list or something for this? I'd like to be
looped into talking about issues like this.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org> wrote:
> Attracting new committers and integrating contributors is a topic that
> is not only relevant for Mahout but for many, if not all Apache
> projects. As a result, in November this year the project comdev was
> founded with the goal to discuss these issues, identify solutions that
> work, discuss common problems, establish an Apache mentoring program
> similar but complimentary to GSoC etc. That's why I thought, the
> question you raised really might be interesting there as well.
>
> Isabel
>

Re: SVM algo, code, etc.

[Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org>]

On Fri Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri Isabel Drost wrote:
> > If you are interested in a broader discussion, it might make sense
> > to include the people over at the newly founded community
> > development project in the discussion?
> 
> What's this?

Attracting new committers and integrating contributors is a topic that
is not only relevant for Mahout but for many, if not all Apache
projects. As a result, in November this year the project comdev was
founded with the goal to discuss these issues, identify solutions that
work, discuss common problems, establish an Apache mentoring program
similar but complimentary to GSoC etc. That's why I thought, the
question you raised really might be interesting there as well.

Isabel

Re: SVM algo, code, etc.

[Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org> wrote:
> I would guess that your question is not really restricted to Mahout but
> the same question appears on other projects as well. Basically the
> question is on "how to mentor developers to become new project members".

The first question is how to avoid orphaned patches. It's OK that some
stuff was orphaned from early days, but want to see we're set up to
avoid it going forward. Yes that could be solved by cultivating patch
submitters into committers and de facto owners of that subset of the
project.

More broadly the issue is making sure someone is at least kinda
watching over each bit of code in the project. So proposed idea either
receives support right away through to committing, or else isn't begun
at all. And so we have code of consistent quality and maintenance.

I argue that answering the second one actually improves the project's
ability to attract committers, in the first place.


> If you are interested in a broader discussion, it might make sense to
> include the people over at the newly founded community development
> project in the discussion?

What's this?