Hi, IMO, this project is ready for TLP application.
As a matter of fact, I suspect that TLP will help attract contributors spanning from users to coders and all other forms of contributors. Thanks, Gunnar On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Dave Birdsall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Regarding getting more contributors: > > Seems like there are two issues. One is overcoming the learning curve of > contributing, as you mentioned; the other is finding people who would be > motivated to contribute to this particular project. > > I think we can address the first with more tutorials on our web site and/or > wiki. Already there is an excellent tutorial on UDFs. Contributing in the > engine is a more complicated endeavor, but perhaps with appropriate > internal > documentation and descriptions of debugging tools we can lower the bar. > > The second issue is more difficult. There are many ways to contribute, of > course. UDFs has been mentioned in the past. Perhaps we can cultivate a > culture of users contributing some of their more interesting UDFs. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roberta Marton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 3:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DISCUSS] Tradofion TLP (top level project) status > > We entered Apache Incubation May 24, 2015 so we have been incubating for > about a year. > > We have completed 2 major releases and there is a patch release in > progress. > > Once the patch release completes, we support: > > - Source tar files > > - Binary tar files > > - Distribution support for vanilla Apache, Hortonworks, and > Cloudera > > - Apache web site and wiki > > - Up to date documentation > > > > With the patch release, we believe all licensing issues have been > addressed. > > > > So the next decision is whether we should apply for top level project > status. > > The Trafodion PMC discussed this topic and the impression is that Trafodion > is doing well in many aspects - it has a large community, gets a lot of > contributions (code, documentation, testing, etc.) and has a vibrant > conversation going on in the email lists, particularly on the development > side. The main problem is that still too many folks are working for the > same > company, Esgyn. So, in terms of raw numbers we are good, but we might not > be > diverse enough as measured by number of independent organizations. > > What does everyone in the dev group think? If we have to increase our > diversity, how can this be done? Given the complexity of Trafodion it is > not > easy for a new contributor to become a committer without a lengthy learning > curve. > > > > Roberta > -- Thanks, Gunnar *If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.*
