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
