On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote:
> We really should call these "sub-projects" for clarification. > It seems its possible to go through incubation and then graduate as a sub-project[1] of a TLP. Does anyone know if this a required step? [1]: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#subproject > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/27/13, 6:14 PM, Eric Whyne wrote: > >> > >> 3b. After some discussion on our end, it's inclusion in the contrib > where > >> the pull request places it is optimal for it's current state. It will > make > >> an R interface to accumulo part of the core distribution. This could > >> potentially increase adoption of accumulo across more of the data > science > >> community, I know it would intrigue us from a corporate standpoint... > >> that's why it was written. > > > > > > When we say 'contrib', we don't actually mean the 'contrib' directory in > the > > core of Accumulo. Look at the first four repos on [1] (bsp, pig, > > instamo-archetype and the wikisearch). When we say "contrib repository", > a > > brand new repository here is where we would see raccumulo fitting in. > > > > Despite this code being strongly tied to Accumulo, Accumulo is not > strongly > > tied to it. That said, I'm still open to help you get raccumulo included > > underneath the Accumulo "umbrella" which will give anyone providing back > a > > way to build up merit and recognition among the community (so we can get > to > > a point where all interested parties can manage it themselves). > > > > I'll go ahead and contact general@incubator to see about any potential > > licensing issues due to R's GPL-ness and see what other guidance they > might > > have about importing the code. > > > > - Josh > > > > [1] https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf >
