Sure. The discussion email thread between BookKeeper PMC and DistributedLog PPMC: https://mail-search.apache.org/pmc/private-arch/bookkeeper-private/201706.mbox/%3ccao2ydyzu+r1eaepyhzufxe_w0qakhnyxnnmn5+zx6q520uz...@mail.gmail.com%3E
The BookKeeper PMC VOTE email thread (it is still ongoing): https://mail-search.apache.org/pmc/private-arch/bookkeeper-private/201706.mbox/%3CCAO2yDyacdXuXh==iw1oqrriugoxhprp_htnofojot5rxmv6...@mail.gmail.com%3E As our mentor suggested, I am following the process here : http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#subproject This is the community vote for the first step. Let me know if I missed anything. - Sijie On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:37 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > Sije, > > Can you provide links to the PPMC and PMC votes going on for this move? > > John > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:21 PM Sijie Guo <guosi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ( /cc bookkeeper dev@ and incubator general@ for awareness ) > > > > Hi all, > > > > There was a joint discussion between BookKeeper PMC and DistributedLog > PPMC > > about moving the development of DistributedLog as part of Apache > > BookKeeper. The reasons behind it are: > > > > First, DistributedLog is born as an extension to BookKeeper, to offer > > continuous log streams as the service. The ledger API in bookkeeper is a > > lower level API and has learning curves, while the log stream API in > > distributedlog is a higher level API that simplifies the usage. The > > combination of ledger API and stream API would offer a better > > developer/user experience for applications. > > > > Secondly, using ledgers to build continuous (re-openable) log stream is a > > very common pattern for BookKeeper use cases. We did this for HDFS > namenode > > journal, for Hedwig, for DistributedLog, and for Pulsar. The same pattern > > has been implemented again and again. Merge DistributedLog (also > > ManagedLedger in Pulsar) with BookKeeper will consolidate all the > > development efforts around this common 'log stream' pattern. > > > > Thirdly, the 'log' stream abstraction is a good abstraction for both > > messaging and streaming. Internally at BookKeeper, there are a few places > > that can use such 'messaging' facility to improve bookkeeper itself. the > > log stream in DistributedLog can be used internally at bookkeeper for > > streaming changes as well. > > > > We choose merging DistributedLog as subproject rather than modules. It > is a > > softer starting point to avoid disrupting the folks who are depending on > > the ledger api alone. The BookKeeper PMC and DistributedLog PPMC has > > achieved initial consensus on this merge. There is an official VOTE > ongoing > > in bookkeeper PMC. We'd like to bring this to the distributedlog > community > > for a community vote following the guidelines here > > <http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#subproject>. > > > > Please vote +1 if in favor of merging DistributedLog to BookKeeper, and > -1 > > if not. The vote will be open until Tuesday 13rd June, 18:00 PST. > > > > - Sijie > > >
