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.
>

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