Hi Folks, Recently Apache Board asked the Hadoop PMC if some sub projects can become top level projects. In the opinion of the board, big umbrella projects make it difficult to monitor the health of the communities within the sub projects. If Hive does become a TLP, then we would have to elect our own PMC and take on all the administrative tasks that the Hadoop PMC does for us. So there is definitely more administrative work involved as a TLP. So the question is whether we should take on this additional task keeping at this time and what tangible advantages and disadvantages would such a move entail for the project. Would like to hear what the community thinks on this issue.
Thanks, Ashish PS: As some reference to what is happening in the other subprojects, at this time PIG and Zookeeper have decided NOT to become TLPs where as Hbase and Avro have decided to become TLPs.
