thanks a lot, looks good to me! Tommaso
2015-03-26 11:18 GMT+01:00 Edward J. Yoon <[email protected]>: > Thanks, Here's new version! > > == Apache Hama announces v0.7 Release! == > > Apache Hama team is pleased to announce the release of Hama v0.7 with new > features and improvements. > > Hama is a High-Performance BSP computing engine, which can be used to > perform compute-intensive general scientific BSP applications, Google's > Pregel-like graph applications, and machine learning algorithms. > > What are the major changes from the last release? > > The important new feature of this release is that support the Mesos and Yet > Another Resource Negotiator (YARN), so you're able to submit your BSP > applications to the existing open source and enterprise clusters e.g., CDH, > HDP, and Mesosphere without any installation. > > There are also big improvements in the queue and messaging systems. We now > use own outgoing/incoming message manager instead of using Java's built-in > queues. It stores messages in serialized form in a set of bundles (or a > single bundle) to reduce the memory usage and RPC overhead. Kryo serializer > is used to serialize objects more quickly. Another important improvement is > the enhanced graph package. Instead of sending each message individually, > we > package the messages per vertex and send a packaged message to their > assigned destination nodes. With this we achieved significant improvement > in > the performance of graph applications. > > What's Next? > > After a month of testing and benchmarking this version will bring > substantial performance improvements together with important bugfixes which > significantly improve the platform stability. We look forward to add more > and more and see our community grow. > > Where I can download it? > > The release artifacts are published and ready for you to download either > from the Apache mirrors or from the Maven repository. We welcome your help, > feedback, and suggestions. For more information on how to report problems, > and to get involved, visit the Hama project website and wiki. > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Tommaso Teofili > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Edward, > > > > it generally looks good to me, I would just like to avoid confusion by > > emphasizing too much what companies we committers are working for. > > See some specific commentsinline: > > > > 2015-03-26 1:15 GMT+01:00 Edward J. Yoon <[email protected]>: > > > >> Hi PMCers and Committers, > >> > >> I plan on cutting a release v0.7 soon, and prepare the release > >> announcement. > >> Please review the JIRA issues and below announcement text. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> == Apache Hama announces v0.7 Release! == > >> > >> Apache Hama team is pleased to announce the release of Hama v0.7 with > new > >> features and improvements. > >> > >> Hama is a High-Performance BSP computing engine, which can be used to > >> perform compute-intensive general scientific BSP applications, Google's > >> Pregel-like graph applications, and machine learning algorithms. > Currently, > >> a number of researchers and developers from various organizations, such > as > >> CERN, Sogou, Adobe, and Samsung Electronics, are involved in the Hama > >> project. > >> > > > > I would simply remove this last sentence: "Currently, a number ... in the > > Hama project" as I don't feel we Hama as a project need to advertise such > > points. > > > > > >> > >> What's Changes from previous release are? > >> > > > > typo, I'd change it to "What are the major changes from the last > release?" > > > > > >> > >> The important new feature of this release is that support the Mesos and > Yet > >> Another Resource Negotiator (YARN), so you're able to submit your BSP > >> applications to the existing open source and enterprise clusters e.g., > CDH, > >> HDP, and Mesosphere without any installation. > >> > >> There are also big improvements in the queue and messaging systems. We > now > >> use own outgoing/incoming message manager instead of using Java's > built-in > >> queues. It stores messages in serialized form in a set of bundles (or a > >> single bundle) to reduce the memory usage and RPC overhead. Kryo > serializer > >> is used to serialize objects more quickly. Another important > improvement is > >> the enhanced graph package. Instead of sending each message > individually, > >> we > >> package the messages per vertex and send a packaged message to their > >> assigned destination nodes. With this we achieved significant > improvement > >> in > >> the performance of graph applications. > >> > >> What's Next? > >> > >> After a month of testing and benchmarking (Thanks to Samsung > Electronics), > >> > > > > I don't think we should explicitly thank any of our employers unless > > they're formally sponsoring our project or ASF in general, as from > reading > > the above sentence I may understand that SE explicitly sponsored Hama > > project for benchmarking tasks, which is not the case. > > > > > >> we feel this version is easy to use and stable enough for the > enterprise. > >> So > >> now, we'll focus more on building community and developing > enterprise-level > >> capabilities for running real world applications, such as support modern > >> infrastructure, fault tolerance, and machine learning and complex > network > >> analysis of 3rd Gen internet for IoT era. > >> > > > > I think this is more like your personal point of view, so I'd be happier > if > > we could change it to be more pragmatic and less "marketing". > > For example: > > > > "After a month of testing and benchmarking this version will bring > > substantial performance improvements together with important bugfixes > which > > significantly improve the platform stability. We look forward to add more > > and more and see our community grow." > > > > or something like that. > > That would sound more close to reality, less promising and therefore more > > useful to anyone willing to keep/start contributing to Hama, in my > opinion. > > > > > >> > >> Where I can download it? > >> > >> The release artifacts are published and ready for you to download either > >> from the Apache mirrors or from the Maven repository. We welcome your > help, > >> feedback, and suggestions. For more information on how to report > problems, > >> and to get involved, visit the Hama project website and wiki. > >> > > > > Other than the above comments I'm fine with your proposal, thanks a lot > > Edward for your effort. > > > > Regards, > > Tommaso > > > > > >> > >> -- > >> Best Regards, Edward J. Yoon > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, Edward J. Yoon >
