Okay I got it! On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Edward Capriolo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Kiran Mathews <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hai Edward, > > > > Thanks for your wonderful introduction. > > > > An official IRC sounds interesting. > > > > By the way, I also watched your intro video in Youtube. Now I am reading > > the article “Network-Friendly Gossiping” to get more clear picture. > > Network-Friendly Gossiping disuses more social networks (ER, scale free, > > ....) and youtube videos describes more it as a kind "Dynamic Topology > > Detection". So, could you describe some use cases (examples) of the > project > > ? > > > > Also I am going through the source code. > > > > I hope that would be the first step, or is there any suggestion from you > to > > get started (some research papers, articles or anything else)? > > > > About issues in jira, whether the reporter is deciding the assignee ?? > > > > About git stars (done) and blogging , i will do it ;-) > > > > Regards, > > Kiran Mathews > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Edward Capriolo <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Kiran Mathews < > [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > (Sorry for the previous incomplete mail) > > > > > > > > Hallo, > > > > > > > > I am Kiran Mathews. I wish to contribute to this project during my > free > > > > time. > > > > > > > > My skills are: > > > > > > > > - Distributed wireless protocols > > > > - Ad-hoc algorithms > > > > - SDL > > > > - Research experience in Mac Layer and Network layer protocols > > > > - Also, I can Code ;-) > > > > > > > > I hope, I contribute to this project with my current skills and learn > > > > something new. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Kiran Mathews > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Kiran Mathews < > > > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hallo, > > > > > > > > > > I am Kiran Mathews. I wish to contribute to this project during my > > free > > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > My skills, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kiran, > > > > > > Welcome! > > > > > > It sounds like we can learn a lot from your participation. > > > > > > In the spirit of of the http://theapacheway.com/ "They work side by > > side > > > with contributors who are simply “scratching their own itch”: people > who > > > simply want to fix their own problems, but who find it's often easier > to > > do > > > that in concert with others as it is to do alone." > > > > > > To "scratch your own itch" we are open to contributors suggesting and > > > adding features that they find are important. The project is new and > > fairly > > > open in direction, but we want to keep things in scope. (IE a new > object > > -> > > > RDBMS mapper would not fit in Gossip. ) > > > > > > There are many ways to be involved: > > > - participate in conversations on this list. Even a reply with +1 to a > > > DISCUSS thread shows that people are out there and listening > > > - follow https://github.com/apache/incubator-gossip (stars help) > > > - HELP WITH CODE REVIEWS. This is something we can use. Many of the > code > > > reviews would only take someone who knows how to read/write idiomatic > > java > > > - pick up an open issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GOSSIP > > > - write blogs and evangelize > > > - suggest and implement your own ideas > > > > > > I have been talking with people directly over gmail chat and IRC. We > > should > > > probably make an official IRC channel soon. > > > > > > Myself and some others are here to guide you along if yo have time to > be > > > involved. Feel free to reach out to me directly > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Edward > > > > > > > So, could you describe some use cases (examples) of the project? > > In general Gossip is used in a few places. NoSQL databases 9Cassandra) and > grid computing platforms (hama/spark). We are looking to build a shared > component that can be used for a variety of tasks. There are several Apache > projects that use a Gossip layer to function. We eventually want to > consider integrating there. My main hypothesis is that many applications > require some type of coordination/ data sharing. Typically they solve this > by introducing another component like RDBMS or Zookeeper, or a NodeManager > to handle this task, but in many cases the application itself with the help > of Gossip could do this directly. > > About issues in jira, whether the reporter is deciding the assignee ?? > > In Jira if there is no 'assignee' that means the issue is free to take up. > If the issue has an assignee but has no progress for a while it is good > form to ask if you can help/take over the issue. However because of SPAM > bots we have to grant your id access to be assigned issues. If you comment > on an issue or send me an email with your Jira id I can add you to the > contributors group. >
