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Posted to commits@cassandra.apache.org by db...@apache.org on 2016/09/04 04:12:36 UTC
cassandra git commit: minor fixups to the README file
Repository: cassandra
Updated Branches:
refs/heads/trunk 11aeeea2c -> ccc848988
minor fixups to the README file
patch by dlester reviewed by dbrosius for CASSANDRA-12553
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/commit/ccc84898
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/tree/ccc84898
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/diff/ccc84898
Branch: refs/heads/trunk
Commit: ccc8489888c1a67f0af95c6d5556495de3d83a84
Parents: 11aeeea
Author: Dave Lester <da...@apple.com>
Authored: Sun Sep 4 00:11:28 2016 -0400
Committer: Dave Brosius <db...@mebigfatguy.com>
Committed: Sun Sep 4 00:11:28 2016 -0400
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README.asc | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/blob/ccc84898/README.asc
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diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
index 8ae90e8..910fb64 100644
--- a/README.asc
+++ b/README.asc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Executive summary
+Apache Cassandra
-----------------
-Cassandra is a partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key.
+Apache Cassandra is a highly-scalable partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key.
-http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Partitioners[Partitioning] means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster.
+http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Partitioners[Partitioning] means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster.
-http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DataModel[Row store] means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL.
+http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DataModel[Row store] means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL.
For more information, see http://cassandra.apache.org/[the Apache Cassandra web site].
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Getting started
---------------
This short guide will walk you through getting a basic one node cluster up
-and running, and demonstrate some simple reads and writes.
+and running, and demonstrate some simple reads and writes. For a more-complete guide, please see the Apache Cassandra website's http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/getting_started/[Getting Started Guide].
First, we'll unpack our archive:
$ tar -zxvf apache-cassandra-$VERSION.tar.gz
$ cd apache-cassandra-$VERSION
-After that we start the server. Running the startup script with the -f argument will cause
+After that we start the server. Running the startup script with the -f argument will cause
Cassandra to remain in the foreground and log to standard out; it can be stopped with ctrl-C.
$ bin/cassandra -f
@@ -79,14 +79,12 @@ If your session looks similar to what's above, congrats, your single node
cluster is operational!
For more on what commands are supported by CQL, see
-https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/doc/cql3/CQL.textile[the CQL reference]. A
+http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cql/[the CQL reference]. A
reasonable way to think of it is as, "SQL minus joins and subqueries, plus collections."
-Wondering where to go from here?
+Wondering where to go from here?
- * Getting started: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted
* Join us in #cassandra on irc.freenode.net and ask questions
* Subscribe to the Users mailing list by sending a mail to
user-subscribe@cassandra.apache.org
- * Planet Cassandra aggregates Cassandra articles and news:
- http://planetcassandra.org/
+ * Visit the http://cassandra.apache.org/community/[community section] of the Cassandra website for more information on getting involved.