Hi Wes. Would love to help. Just point me the tests that need to be expanded/written and I will work on that today/tomorrow. Thanks! nn — Nicole Nemer, PhD Technical Architect/Dev Manager
303-641-3340 On 6/8/16, 5:47 PM, "Wes McKinney" <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote: >hi Nicki > >Micah's patch for #1 is in progress here >https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/85 > >I believe Steven Phillips is working on a patch toward reconciling the >Java implementation with the current working version of the spec. We >need to be able to verify that memory can be passed between Java and >C++ with full fidelity (using files / memory maps as the exchange >medium to start); these integration tests will help enable other Arrow >implementations validate their compatibility as well. It would be >great to have some additional help here > >cheers >Wes > >On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Nicole Nemer <nicole.ne...@rms.com> wrote: >> Good Morning Micah, >> How is 1 please? anything that I can do to help? >> >> Anyone with more insight on 2 please? >> >> Thanks, >> nicki >> ‹ >> Nicole Nemer, PhD >> Technical Architect/Dev Manager >> >> 303-641-3340 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/27/16, 9:51 AM, "Micah Kornfield" <emkornfi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>Hi Nicki, >>>1. I'm currently working on the char/string support for C++. I've >>>been a little bit backlogged on it. If I don't make substantial >>>progress this weekend, I'm happy to relinquish the task. >>> >>>2. I'll let someone more knowledgable about the java implementation >>>chime in, but I think the answer is a qualified yes. We were just >>>talking about trying to make the first integration test that proves >>>C++/Java compatibility [1] >>> >>>3. Yes it is easy to become a contributor. The general workflow is >>>to chime in on jira item [2] (or someone on the PMC? can make you a >>>contributor so you can assign a ticket to yourself), and submit a pull >>>request via github with "ARROW-<JIRA-NUMBER>:" as the start of the >>>pull request title. In addition to the items mentioned below there is >>>a pretty substantial backlog of items to work on if you are interested >>>in contributing generally. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Micah >>> >>>[1] >>>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/arrow-dev/201605.mbox/%3CCAK7Z5 >>>T8 >>>X2OiWfSoQ0S-3vu0D4zgkuAO-SD_Q%3DF2Pu%3D4GhaTFbQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E >>>[2] >>>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.j >>>ir >>>a.jira-projects-plugin:issues-panel >>> >>> >>> >>>On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Nicole Nemer <nicole.ne...@rms.com> >>>wrote: >>>> >>>> 1. does cpp/ipc support char/string types? If not - when please? >>>> 2. Is there a java implementation of the ipc feature please? If >>>>not >>>>- when please? >>>> 3. Is it easy to join and help as a contributor? I would love to >>>>help with these 2 items if they are planned for the near future. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Nicki >>>> - >>>> Nicole Nemer, PhD >>>> Technical Architect/Dev Manager >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
