I'd like to thank everyone for coming -- notes and summary of the discussion are below.
If there's any feedback, ideas for improvement, requests to do this again at some point, etc. -- please comment! --- Attendees: * Jason * Etienne * Kenn * Neleesh * Pramod * Raghu * Sergio * Amit * Aviem * Stas * Koby * Thomas * Mingmin * Ismael * JB * Kai * Frances * Ahmet * Robert * Stephen * Davor Discussion topics: * First stable release * Upcoming conferences First stable release: * The next big milestone for the project -- it means Beam is ready for prime time * Timeline: April. * JB: encourage people to test Beam; test different scenarios; get more feedback from community * Davor: more experiences deploying Beam; more polish around user experience * Thomas: few kinks to be worked out; documentation; easier-to-understand examples, HDFS in particular * Mingmin: better documentation / examples. * Aviem: run pipelines on clusters; had to use Dataflow documentation at times * Ismael: examples use too many GCP IOs * Sergio: docker can help with elaborate setup for examples, including IOs General: * Amit: we should position our batch offering better: agility, IOs are major advantage * Sergio: performance benchmarking -- it will push the needle because everyone wants to be on top * Davor: versioning -- how to support multiple versions of the system we interconnect with? * Mingmin: SQL interface in the first version? * Neelesh: pursue more use case blog posts * Etienne: should we pursue other projects to maintain their connectors with Beam? * Raghu: usage of coders in IO? Upcoming conferences: * ApacheCon coming up in May -- schedule to be published shortly * There'll be Beam talks as well as social gatherings -- everyone's invited! Action items: * [Davor] Compare Dataflow and Beam documentation, and report back * [all] Examples vs. GCP IO * [JB] Blog: Talend use case * [Amit] Blog: PayPal use case * [all] Investigate docker usage in examples On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Sergio Fernández <wik...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks, Davor! > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:20 AM, Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Link: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/google.com/beam-dev-mtg > > > > I'll try to be available on Slack shortly before the meeting, just in > case > > someone has trouble connecting. > > > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Amit Sela <amitsel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > PayPal team will be there joined together. > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:23 PM Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Just a remainder that this is happening in about ~22 hours from now. > > Hope > > > > to see all of you there. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'd prefer not to record the video; just to keep things informal. > > > We'll, > > > > > however, keep the notes and share anything that may be relevant. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Amit Sela <amitsel...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> I'll be there! > > > > >> > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:06 PM Aljoscha Krettek < > > aljos...@apache.org> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Shoot, I can't because I already have another meeting scheduled. > > > Don't > > > > >> mind > > > > >> > me, though. Will you also maybe produce a video of the meeting? > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 at 21:50 Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Hi everyone, > > > > >> > > Based on the high demand [1], let's try to organize a virtual > > > > >> contributor > > > > >> > > meeting on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 15:00 UTC. For > convenience, > > > > >> calendar > > > > >> > > link [2] and an .ics file are attached. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > I tried to accommodate as many time zones as possible, but I > > know > > > it > > > > >> > might > > > > >> > > be hard for some of us at 7 AM on the US west coast or 11 PM > in > > > > China. > > > > >> > > Sorry about that. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Let's use Google Hangouts as the video conferencing > technology. > > I > > > > >> think > > > > >> > we > > > > >> > > may be limited to something like 30 participants, so I'd > > encourage > > > > any > > > > >> > > co-located contributors to consider joining together (if > > > > appropriate). > > > > >> > > Joining the meeting should be straightforward -- please find > the > > > > link > > > > >> > > within. No special requirements that I'm aware of. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Just to re-state the expectations: > > > > >> > > * This is totally optional and informal. > > > > >> > > * It is simply a chance for everyone to meet others and see > the > > > > faces > > > > >> of > > > > >> > > people we share a common passion with. > > > > >> > > * No specific agenda. > > > > >> > > * An open discussion on any topic of interest to the > contributor > > > > >> > community > > > > >> > > is > > > > >> > > welcome -- please feel free to bring up any topics you care > > about. > > > > >> > > * No formal discussion or decisions should to be made. > > > > >> > > * We'll keep notes and share them on the mailing list shortly > > > after > > > > >> the > > > > >> > > meeting. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Thanks -- and hope to see all of you there! > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Davor > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > [1] > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/baf057b81c5f6d4127abada > > > > >> c165d923a224d34438fe67b71d73743ad@%3Cdev.beam.apache.org%3E > > > > >> > > [2] > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&; > > > > >> tmeid=a3A2MzdhaWdhdjByNWRibzZrN2ZnOG1kMTAgZGF2b3JAZ29vZ2xlLm > > > > >> NvbQ&tmsrc=davor%40google.com > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sergio Fernández > Partner Technology Manager > Redlink GmbH > m: +43 6602747925 > e: sergio.fernan...@redlink.co > w: http://redlink.co >
