Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 98756 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2010 21:16:31 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Jan 2010 21:16:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 51012 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jan 2010 21:16:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 50952 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jan 2010 21:16:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@community.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@community.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 50942 invoked by uid 99); 5 Jan 2010 21:16:31 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:31 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [82.71.204.226] (HELO cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk) (82.71.204.226) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:22 +0000 Received: from [82.71.204.9] (helo=zencphosting06.zen.co.uk) by cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NSGky-0005k0-Ri for dev@community.apache.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:00 +0000 Received: from 5acee18d.bb.sky.com ([90.206.225.141] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by zencphosting06.zen.co.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NSGky-0004Eg-EY for dev@community.apache.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:00 +0000 Message-ID: <4B43ABFB.9070508@apache.org> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:15:39 +0000 From: Ross Gardler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Need a mentor to guide me contribute to hadoop References: <4B3B41AD.9040002@apache.org> <201001021056.14747.isabel@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <201001021056.14747.isabel@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - zencphosting06.zen.co.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - community.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apache.org On 02/01/2010 09:56, Isabel Drost wrote: > On Wednesday 30 December 2009 13:03:57 Ross Gardler wrote: >>> I am pursuing my master in computer science. I would like to >>> contribute to the hadoop. > > I suppose you have subscribed to the Hadoop mailing lists already? You should > also have a look at the "How To Contribute" wiki page of Hadoop: > > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute > > Do you already have any particular topic or JIRA issue in mind you would like > to work on? Ravi, Do you have an answer for Isobels question? I realise you did not highlight any specific activities in your overview, but now that you have had time to look around is there anything specific you would like to work on? I'm going to take you details to the Hadoop community in a few minutes to see if there is interest in mentoring you. Ross