Hi Till, My username is Jianfeng On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general I'm also not a big fan of Wikis as they tend to get messy after > a while. > So I wouldn't necessarily use them for documentation. But I think that > there's a place for them for quick collaboration. > Do you think that the Apache Wikis (confluence in this case) would be > suited for that or would that be cumbersome as well? > > > On 8 Aug 2015, at 0:46, Ted Dunning wrote: > > Be cautious a bit here. The wikis that are available at Apache tend to be >> a bit cumbersome. >> >> Some projects have lately opted to simply storing pages as mark-down which >> are automatically rendered. This makes it easy to make updates and even >> have outsiders contributed, but not as easy as a wiki. On the other hand, >> it is more reliable and serves pages very fast. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've created a request ( >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/servicedesk/agent/INFRA/issue/INFRA-10090 >>> ), >>> hopefully the information I provided is sufficient. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Till >>> >>> >>> On 8 Aug 2015, at 0:11, Jianfeng Jia wrote: >>> >>> +1 for wiki! >>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:09 AM, abdullah alamoudi <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I agree with both of you. This is not a single man job :-) >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We don't have a wiki yet, but it should be easy to get one (and it's >>>>> >>>>>> probably the right tool to do something like this). >>>>>> Would you agree? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Till >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7 Aug 2015, at 23:59, Jianfeng Jia wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you guys like the Wiki? like the Spark's: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> We can create a skeleton, create different pages for different >>>>>>> internal >>>>>>> components, and *gradually* fill it. (It's a history debt that I >>>>>>> don't >>>>>>> think some guy can spend just some days to finish it perfectly. Let's >>>>>>> crowdsource it. :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:04 PM, abdullah alamoudi < >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In the August 2015 incubator report, the 3rd issue to address before >>>>>>>> graduation is growing the AsterixDB community. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Since we entered the incubator, at least two members wanted to join >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> community and contribute only to end up disappearing. Getting >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> acquainted >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> with the codebase seems like a difficult task for new comers and I >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> think >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> we >>>>>> >>>>>>> should make it a little bit easier. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I know this is long overdue and someone promised in the ancient past >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> prepare an entry document for new contributor (Who was it?). I am >>>>>>>> aware >>>>>>>> that we all are busy addressing issues, working on new features, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> running >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> some experiments, writing a paper, etc. but we can still work towards >>>>>> >>>>>>> this >>>>>>>> in small steps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My suggestion is that someone create an outline of how that document >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> will >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> be and then publish it in some location where we all have a chance to >>>>>> >>>>>>> contribute (Maybe the AsterixDB website in the documentation >>>>>>>> branch?). >>>>>>>> Once >>>>>>>> we have that, whenever somebody spends some time in a new area of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> code, >>>>>>>> they should contribute to the document and we should eventually get >>>>>>>> there. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Amoudi, Abdullah. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----------------- >>>>>>> Best Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jianfeng Jia >>>>>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science >>>>>>> University of California, Irvine >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Amoudi, Abdullah. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ----------------- >>>> Best Regards >>>> >>>> Jianfeng Jia >>>> Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science >>>> University of California, Irvine >>>> >>>> >>> -- ----------------- Best Regards Jianfeng Jia Ph.D. Candidate of Computer Science University of California, Irvine
