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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Giraph to join the incubator
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <
nour.mohammad@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 (Binding)
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Ashish <paliwalashish@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Avery Ching <aching@yahoo-inc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi and good friday to you all,
> >>
> >> It's been a week since we submitted our proposal for Giraph's inclusio=
n
> >> into the Apache incubator and the discussion around the proposal seems
> to
> >> have settled.  Thank you for all the comments/questions/general intere=
st
> and
> >> for those who volunteered to be committers.  At this time, I'd like to
> ask
> >> for a vote.
> >>
> >> The latest proposal can be found at the end of this email and in the
> >> following wiki:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/GiraphProposal
> >>
> >> <http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/GiraphProposal>The discussion
> regarding
> >> the proposal can be found below:
> >>
> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/general@incubator.apache.org/msg29957.html
> >>
> >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/general@incubator.apache.org/msg29957.htm=
l
> >
> >> Please cast your votes:
> >>
> >> [  ] +1 Accept Giraph for incubation
> >> [  ] +0 Indifferent to Giraph incubation
> >> [  ] -1 Reject Giraph for incubation
> >>
> >> This vote will close 72 hours from now.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Avery
> >>
> >>
> >> =3D Giraph : Large-scale graph processing on Hadoop =3D
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Abstract =3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph is a large-scale, fault-tolerant, Bulk Synchronous Parallel
> >> (BSP)-based graph processing framework.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Proposal =3D=3D
> >>
> >> Graph processing platforms to run large-scale algorithms (such as page
> >> rank, shared connections, personalization-based popularity, etc.) have
> >> become quite popular.  Some recent examples include Pregel and HaLoop.
>  For
> >> general-purpose big data computation, the MapReduce computation model =
is
> >> widely adopted and the most deployed MapReduce infrastructure is Apach=
e
> >> Hadoop.  We have implemented a graph-processing framework that is
> launched
> >> as a typical Hadoop MapReduce job to leverage existing Hadoop
> >> infrastructure, such as Amazon=92s EC2.  Giraph builds upon the
> graph-oriented
> >> nature of Pregel but additionally adds fault-tolerance to the
> coordinator
> >> process with the use of ZooKeeper as its centralized coordination
> service.
> >>  Additionally, Giraph will include a library of generic graph
> algorithms.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Background =3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph was initially began development as a side project at Yahoo! at
> the
> >> end of 2010.  It was made functional in a month and then started addin=
g
> >> various features.  Development has been focused on internal customers
> needs
> >> until this point.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D
> >>
> >> Web and online social graphs have been rapidly growing in size and sca=
le
> >> during the past decade.  In 2008, Google estimated that the number of
> web
> >> pages reached over a trillion.  Online social networking and email
> sites,
> >> including Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter,
> have
> >> hundreds of millions of users and are expected to grow much more in th=
e
> >> future.  Processing these graphs plays a big role in relevant and
> >> personalized information for users, such as results from a search engi=
ne
> or
> >> news in an online social networking site.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Initial Goals =3D=3D
> >>
> >> At this point, most of the functionality has been implemented and we a=
re
> >> looking to get more adoption and contributions from users outside
> Yahoo!.
> >> We want to ensure that performance scales and that the code is robust
> and
> >> fault tolerant.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Current Status =3D=3D
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Meritocracy =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph was initially developed by Avery Ching and Christian Kunz
> beginning
> >> in December 2010 at Yahoo!.  There are other developers using Giraph a=
t
> >> Yahoo! that are making suggestions and adding code.  We are reaching o=
ut
> to
> >> other folks at social networking companies for additional usage and
> >> development.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Community =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Several groups who are interested in either joining our project or usi=
ng
> >> our code have contacted us.  We certainly believe that there is a lot =
of
> >> interest and are actively looking to improve and expand the community.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Core Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >>  * Avery Ching: Wrote a majority of the code
> >>  * Christian Kunz: Wrote most of the communication code and security
> >> integration with Hadoop
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Alignment =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph uses several Apache projects as its underlying infrastructure
> >> (Hadoop and ZooKeeper).   It also builds on Apache Maven.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Known Risks =3D=3D
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Orphaned products =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> There are many social networking companies that would be interested in
> >> using this graph-processing framework and we have already received
> interest
> >> from some of them.  Yahoo! is already using this code in production an=
d
> will
> >> certainly continue to use it in the future as well.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Inexperience with Open Source =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> While the initial developers have limited experience on contributing t=
o
> >> open-source projects, Yahoo! as a company has a strong commitment to
> >> open-source and we have several advisors that we can ask for help.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Homogenous Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> At this time, the project is relatively young and the developers work =
at
> >> only two companies (Yahoo! and Jybe).  However, given the interest we
> have
> >> seen in the project, we expect the diversity to improve in the near
> future.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Reliance on Salaried Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Currently Giraph is being developed by a combination of salaried and
> >> volunteer time.  We expect that other corporations will take an intere=
st
> in
> >> this project and likely contribute with salaried developers.  Some
> >> individuals will likely spend volunteer time on it as well.  It is sti=
ll
> >> early in their project and we are hoping for a lot of growth.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Relationships with Other Apache Products =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph depends on many Apache projects: Hadoop, ZooKeeper, Log4j,
> Commons,
> >> etc.  It is built using Apache Maven.
> >>
> >> Giraph has some overlapping functionality with Apache Hama.  However,
> there
> >> are some significant differences.  Giraph focuses on graph-based bulk
> >> synchronous parallel (BSP) computing, while Apache Hama is more for
> general
> >> purposed BSP computing.  Giraph runs on the Hadoop infrastructure, whi=
le
> >> Apache Hama uses its own computing framework.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> The Apache brand is likely to help us find contributors, however, our
> >> interests in Apache are primarily because the other projects that we
> depend
> >> on are also Apache projects and it makes sense that all this software =
be
> >> available from the same place.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Documentation =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Currently we have little documentation, but several examples.  We are
> >> working on improving this situation.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Initial Source =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> The initial source of the code is from Yahoo! and began development in
> >> December 2010.  It is already available on GitHub at
> >> https://github.com/aching/Giraph.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> We intend the entire code base to be licensed under the Apache License=
,
> >> Version 2.0.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D External Dependencies =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> The required dependencies are all Apache compatible licenses.  The
> >> following components with non-Apache licenses are enumerated:
> >>  * JSON =96 Public Domain
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Cryptography =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph depends on secure Hadoop that can optionally use Kerberos.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Required Resources =3D=3D
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Mailing lists =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >>  * giraph-private (with moderated subscriptions)
> >>  * giraph-dev
> >>  * giraph-commits
> >>  * giraph-users
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Subversion Directory =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/giraph
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Issue Tracking =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> JIRA Giraph (GIRAPH)
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Other Resources =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Giraph has integration tests that can be run with the LocalJobRunner.
> >>  These same tests also designed to be run on a small (even single node=
)
> >> Hadoop cluster.  While not required at this time, it would be nice if
> such a
> >> resource were available.
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Initial Committers =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >>  * Avery Ching, aching at yahoo-inc dot com
> >>  * Christian Kunz, christian at jybe-inc dot com
> >>  * Owen O=92Malley, owen at hortonworks dot com
> >>  * Phillip Rhodes, prhodes at apache dot org
> >>  * Hyunsik Choi, hyunsik at apache dot org
> >>  * Jakob Homan, jghoman at apache dot org
> >>  * Arun Suresh, asuresh at yahoo-inc dot com
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Affiliations =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >>  * Avery Ching, Yahoo!
> >>  * Christian Kunz, Jybe
> >>  * Owen O'Malley, Hortonworks
> >>  * Phillip Rhodes, Fogbeam Labs
> >>  * Hyunsik Choi, Database Lab, Korea University
> >>  * Jakob Homan, LinkedIn
> >>  * Arun Suresh, Yahoo!
> >>
> >> =3D=3D Sponsors =3D=3D
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Champion =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Owen O=92 Malley
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Nominated Mentors =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Owen O=92Malley
> >>
> >> =3D=3D=3D Sponsoring Entity =3D=3D=3D
> >>
> >> Apache Incubator PMC
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > thanks
> > ashish
> >
> > Blog: http://www.ashishpaliwal.com/blog
> > My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/ashishpaliwal
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> - Mohammad Nour
>   Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guid=
e)
>   http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html
> - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour
> - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com
> ----
> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving=
"
> - Albert Einstein
>
> "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a
> professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less
> than your best."
> - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
>
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> - Steve Jobs
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