Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hive-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hive-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E58346981 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2011 04:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 58363 invoked by uid 500); 4 Aug 2011 04:05:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hive-dev-archive@hive.apache.org Received: (qmail 57936 invoked by uid 500); 4 Aug 2011 04:05:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@hive.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@hive.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@hive.apache.org Received: (qmail 57903 invoked by uid 99); 4 Aug 2011 04:05:38 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:05:38 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jsichi@fb.com designates 67.231.145.42 as permitted sender) Received: from [67.231.145.42] (HELO mx0a-00082601.pphosted.com) (67.231.145.42) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:05:29 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (m0004348 [127.0.0.1]) by m0004348.ppops.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id p7444tBu016292; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:05:06 -0700 Received: from mail.thefacebook.com (corpout1.snc1.tfbnw.net [66.220.144.38]) by m0004348.ppops.net with ESMTP id xyhajr6p4-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:05:06 -0700 Received: from SC-MBX02-5.TheFacebook.com ([fe80::9dc2:cfe6:2745:44cc]) by sc-hub03.TheFacebook.com ([192.168.18.198]) with mapi id 14.01.0289.001; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:05:01 -0700 From: John Sichi To: "dev@hive.apache.org" , "user@hive.apache.org" Subject: becoming a Hive committer Thread-Topic: becoming a Hive committer Thread-Index: AQHMUluuXs/csHGU2EubZMcSHF3oSw== Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 04:05:01 +0000 Message-ID: <8998FB53-2543-406C-A73E-C0549A34DFE8@fb.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [192.168.18.252] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I often get asked questions about this topic, so I've put together a wiki p= age which expresses some of my thoughts on it: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/BecomingACommitter Let me know if there are points you'd like to add, or where you see it diff= erently. JVS