On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Flavio Junqueira <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jordan, Here is some feedback. I like the proposal and it makes sense > to have such a project as either sub-project or incubator. I have a few > concerns, though: > > 1- I haven't been following closely the development of the recipes, but I > wonder if it really makes sense to deprecate the current ones in favor of > Curator's, or if it is a better idea to keep multiple versions in the case > of duplicates. People in the community have spent time on the current > recipes, so I don't like very much the idea of dropping the current recipes > without some evidence that the community accepts it. Note that I'm not > saying that deprecating is not the right thing to do, I'm simply saying > that we need to make sure that the community agrees. > I agree that not deprecating is a good thing. We could mark them with annotations that indicate that we haven't heard yet from a community of users. If we don't hear about significant usage, then deprecation might be warranted. 2- The set of committers needs to be more diverse. Perhaps it would be > easier to find more committers if you follow the incubation process, given > that typically people sign up for committership once you post a proposal > there. I wonder how many other people on this list would like to volunteer > to become a committer of Curator, though. I like the project, but > unfortunately I don't have the cycles to do it. > I would volunteer. > 3- If Curator becomes a sub-project of ZooKeeper, then you need at least > one mentor. Is there anyone who would like to sign up to mentor Curator? > Likewise.
