Cool, I’m super excited to see RSJ on Spark integrated into the mainline with Dimitriy’s work. I really really hope that it is seen as important and doesn’t get stalled by committers being demotivated. I had no idea that what I consider the heart of Mahout was so close to being real on Spark.
I’m also happy to hear that you are full speed ahead for this Spark work. I obviously got the wrong impression. As to "new contributors who have some interesting capabilities” great, as long as it doesn’t end up defocusing people. Old committers are naturally going to wonder where to put their efforts with this proposal. Some may just give up until the dust settles. I’m sure we can agree that that would not be good. The question of roadmap is, more than ever, up for discussion. I would just plead one last time that Spark work not be stalled while this is worked out. On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: Pat I am not suggesting that we walk away from anything. I am suggesting that we welcome new contributors who have some interesting capabilities. I also suggest that those efforts should be made to work well with existing efforts. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2014, at 10:58, Pat Ferrel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think people (including me) have underestimated how much you and Sebastian > have done on Spark. Realistically it sounds like we are talking about walking > away from that in favor of an unknown. > > 0xdata’s community has not been solving the problems I care about. You guys > have.
