+1 with Tommaso, even though I don't mind references on companies/organizations.
Kindly, Anastasios On 26 Μαρ 2015, at 11:29 π.μ., Tommaso Teofili <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>
