Thanks for the tips, I'll look into those issues as well. On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> wrote:
> I would create a JIRA ticket before adding another example. As you can see > in the "contributions guide": > > http://flink.apache.org/how-to-contribute.html#propose-an-improvement-or-a-new-feature > its actually required ;) > > I came across another issue which is relatively easy to do, yet very > important for the performance of streaming jobs: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2609 > > Another task, which is a much bigger project would be integrating Flink > with Hadoop's Timeline server: > > https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.4.1/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/TimelineServer.html > Users are sometimes complaining that the information from the web interface > is gone when the job is over. With that, we could persist that information. > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stefano Baghino < > stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> wrote: > > > Hi Aljoscha, > > > > thank you for your tip as well. I've started working on an issue on the > > examples, it can be a starting point to work on the examples some more. > > If I work on that, do you think I'd need a JIRA ticket to track that or > > it's enough to produce a PR with the examples? > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Aljoscha Krettek <aljos...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > one thing that is often overlooked are examples. So if you have > > experience > > > in some are and think you could benefit from implementing something in > > > Flink then we would also be happy to have that example as part of Flink > > or > > > in some other repository. This way users can learn by studying from > more > > > and more complex examples. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Aljoscha > > > > On 20 Jan 2016, at 15:12, Stefano Baghino < > > stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for the pointers, we'll look into it. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> somebody recently asked on the ML for a Cassandra connector: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > http://apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/Sink-Cassandra-td4107.html > > > >> In that thread you'll also find this repository: > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/rzvoncek/flink/tree/2b281120f4206c4fd66bec22090e0b6d62ebb8ad/flink-staging/flink-cassandra > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Stefano Baghino < > > > >> stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hi Robert, > > > >>> > > > >>> thanks for the quick reply and for the tips. > > > >>> > > > >>> Most of my past experience has been on geographical information > > > systems, > > > >>> I'm currently evaluating the possibility of making some experiments > > at > > > >>> using Flink to process georeferenced data. > > > >>> > > > >>> Cassandra is a very interesting area and we'll surely look into it, > > do > > > >> you > > > >>> know of any active effort to bring a Cassandra connector to Flink? > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Robert Metzger < > > rmetz...@apache.org> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Hi Stefano, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> awesome news. New contributors are always very welcome. I saw > > recently > > > >>> that > > > >>>> you've recently looked into different starter issues, but you > were a > > > >> bit > > > >>>> out of luck because others were already working on them. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I saw your request on the "Rework examples" issue. I'll respond to > > it > > > >>> soon. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I think an interesting field for new contributors are connectors > to > > > >> other > > > >>>> systems. > > > >>>> For example the elastic search connector is lacking a source. > There > > > >> were > > > >>>> also requests for a connector to Cassandra. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> But it also depends on what you are interested in. If you have a > lot > > > of > > > >>>> experience with a certain field or system, you can maybe bring > that > > > >>>> knowledge to the Flink community. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Regards, > > > >>>> Robert > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Stefano Baghino < > > > >>>> stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> Hello everyone, > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> I’m Stefano Baghino and I’m a Software Engineer at Radicalbit ( > > > >>>>> www.radicalbit.io). Our company is working on a brand new OSS > > > >>>> distribution > > > >>>>> focused on distributed, low-latency processing (“Fast Data”). > Flink > > > >>> will > > > >>>>> play a pivotal role on our platform and we’re starting to work on > > > >>>>> integrating it with the other components. As part of this effort > I > > > >> and > > > >>> a > > > >>>>> couple of colleagues are getting a deeper understanding of Flink; > > > >> we’re > > > >>>>> also looking forward to become active contributors. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> I and Andrea Sella would like to contribute on the whole > platform, > > > >>>> starting > > > >>>>> from the APIs; Simone Robutti (that will join us in February) > will > > > >>> focus > > > >>>> on > > > >>>>> FlinkML. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> We’re all actively looking for starter issues to work on, but > would > > > >>> also > > > >>>>> appreciate some suggestions from the community; if you would like > > to > > > >>>> point > > > >>>>> out areas of interest on which we can work on or cooperate with > > you, > > > >>> feel > > > >>>>> free to give us your feedback. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Thank you all in advance, we look forward to join the community > as > > > >>> active > > > >>>>> contributors! > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Best, > > > >>>>> Stefano Baghino > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> -- > > > >>>>> BR, > > > >>>>> Stefano Baghino > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Software Engineer @ Radicalbit > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> BR, > > > >>> Stefano Baghino > > > >>> > > > >>> Software Engineer @ Radicalbit > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > BR, > > > > Stefano Baghino > > > > > > > > Software Engineer @ Radicalbit > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > BR, > > Stefano Baghino > > > > Software Engineer @ Radicalbit > > > -- BR, Stefano Baghino Software Engineer @ Radicalbit