From general-return-28001-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Mon Feb 28 07:46:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 49201 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2011 07:46:53 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Feb 2011 07:46:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 93972 invoked by uid 500); 28 Feb 2011 07:46:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 93221 invoked by uid 500); 28 Feb 2011 07:46:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 93212 invoked by uid 99); 28 Feb 2011 07:46:48 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:46:48 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of ant.elder@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.161.175] (HELO mail-gx0-f175.google.com) (209.85.161.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:46:42 +0000 Received: by gxk1 with SMTP id 1so1440830gxk.6 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:46:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yMDLQMj45Hulp0WMvtAkK3C4upEvd/ESypsnQjlvA0M=; b=m3pykVCx7vlsBG0xuaMSf5KOrFE0K3ejAkS8ocX7g+3VTBDrGdswYBQ9wYf4j/wiOp aXKiuzRDx6Yv3N/lgWZTrvumO4/sL8hau0FxmaiDAYFgDusJoLb5gF3zCMaoCHY0hu/U txfSKDcQ+FZh9G/RH9bSSEhQ3lqWgeK2I6YMU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=gEwNAyakAcouWdc2s1v1x5QAp92jdN0gHXlnyrx9YZfGw1XZF5Lkj+ZgT9xVVL/4FH yEAxtd+illCaTF9a3Z+lyE3/1YD9rfGgBlL+drLvYb8mnjJjWw3QBmKUcxxal73L8SdW 4U6TOoTsKLefqc6W3Hrt3Gmgg6VWMvtnmRwrY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.195.10 with SMTP id s10mr6739140ybf.155.1298879181938; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:46:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.98.16 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:46:21 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: antelder@apache.org In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:46:21 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] MRUnit entry into the Apache Incubator From: ant elder To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Eric Sammer wrote: > =3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D > MRUnit has existed as a contrib component of Apache Hadoop. This has serv= ed > to introduce users to the library and to provide necessary functionality = to > developers in the form of development support. That said, MRUnit is not > necessarily an intrinsic component of Hadoop proper and could benefit fro= m > being a standalone project in that: > =A0* A separate project would support an independent development and rele= ase > schedule allowing for faster iteration and response to user requests. > =A0* Separating adjunct projects from the core Hadoop codebase simplifies > Hadoop's build and release. > =A0* MRUnit users can get a simpler artifact in a way most appropriate to > development time (i.e. Maven or Ivy repositories). > =A0* MRUnit can build out independent support for different versions of H= adoop > without requiring circular dependencies or testing issues. > I don't know, none of those things really sound like justification for a separate TLP, keeping something like this nearby to Hadoop MapReduce seems like it would help give it a better chance of long term survival to me. Wouldn't simply moving mrunit out from hadoop/mapreduce/trunk/src to somewhere else so it can do its own releases and deploy its artifacts achieve all those objectives? ...ant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org