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From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <chris.a.mattmann@jpl.nasa.gov>
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:44:24 -0800
Subject: Re: [VOTE] Abandon mrunit MapReduce contrib
Thread-Topic: [VOTE] Abandon mrunit MapReduce contrib
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Guys, BTW, if you need help or a mentor in Apache Incubator-ville for MRUni=
t, I would be happy to help.

Cheers,
Chris

On Feb 11, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Eric Sammer wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Owen O'Malley <omalley@apache.org> wrot=
e:
>=20
>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Eric Sammer wrote:
>>=20
>> - allow mrunit to have its own release cycle. This is, I think, the most
>>>=20
>>=20
>> important.
>>>=20
>>=20
>> If you submit your work to Apache we can evaluate it for inclusion in th=
e
>> 0.20.100 branch to get your changes released in a timely manner.
>=20
>=20
> I'm thinking in general (beyond the next immediate release). Independent =
of
> where mrunit goes, I think it should leave the contrib tree to facilitate
> light weight releases (the dependency on Hadoop proper is a public facing
> API - a pure client). I think most projects could benefit from this with =
the
> exception of things that are tightly coupled to Hadoop releases or touch
> non-public APIs.
>=20
>=20
>> I would actually prefer to move it to Extras or Incubator and leave this
>>> within the ASF.
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Extras is **NOT** inside of the ASF. Extras is a source hosting system f=
or
>> non-Apache projects that are related to Apache projects.
>=20
>=20
> Got it. Thanks for correcting me. I only mentioned it because someone
> suggested it to me initially.
>=20
>=20
>> Right now, I picked github because of the ability to easily
>> collaborate with others (and to use git).
>>=20
>=20
> I agree that it is unfortunate that Apache doesn't yet support read-write
>> git access. However, you'll find that building a community is easier at
>> Apache than at github.
>>=20
>=20
>> -- Owen
>>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Eric Sammer
> twitter: esammer
> data: www.cloudera.com


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Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
Senior Computer Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
Email: chris.a.mattmann@nasa.gov
WWW:   http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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