Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 38307 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2010 18:28:51 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Jan 2010 18:28:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 84476 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jan 2010 18:28:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 84423 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jan 2010 18:28:51 -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 84413 invoked by uid 99); 6 Jan 2010 18:28:51 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:28:51 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [32.97.182.139] (HELO e9.ny.us.ibm.com) (32.97.182.139) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:28:38 +0000 Received: from d01relay07.pok.ibm.com (d01relay07.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.147]) by e9.ny.us.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o06IKgpP011502 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:20:42 -0500 Received: from d01av04.pok.ibm.com (d01av04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.64]) by d01relay07.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id o06ISG7W2093270 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:28:16 -0500 Received: from d01av04.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av04.pok.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id o06ISGnI017950 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:28:16 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (IBM-7DEEBD4F66E.usca.ibm.com [9.72.133.47]) by d01av04.pok.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVin) with ESMTP id o06ISEw8017818; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:28:15 -0500 Message-ID: <4B44D63C.1050402@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:28:12 -0800 From: Kathey Marsden User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@community.apache.org CC: isabel@apache.org Subject: Re: Need a mentor to guide me contribute to hadoop References: <4B43ABFB.9070508@apache.org> <201001061808.05972.isabel@apache.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Ravi wrote: > Hi Ross, > I have been using Hadoop for 6 months. I have a Hadoop cluster on 4 nodes. > Till now I concentrated mainly on developing new map-reduce algorithms. I > have been reading the Hadoop code also. Since I have used Hadoop for > implementing my algos, I feel that I should contribute back to Hadoop I am not sure which of these projects were implemented already but you may find some ideas at: http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2009. For Derby we have a newcomer checkbox in Jira to hightlight issues appropriate for newcomers. I am not sure if Hadoop has something similar. I think you should ask on the Hadoop list for ideas and also see if you can get a mentor to volunteer. One incentive for mentors might be to let the list know that you are willing to help out with some project that they are working on anyway if there are appropriate subtasks that you can help out with. I have someone else looking for a mentor on Geronimo. I think he found help there, but noone who wanted to get involved in the formal mentoring program, so he is keeping it informal. I am not sure the general feeling about it in the Hadoop community. Thanks Kathey