Hi Shubhan, I would recommend you also submit your request for a mentor in the HDFS project list (hdfs-...@hadoop.apache.org). More info about the Apache Hadoop lists are available at : http://hadoop.apache.org/mailing_lists.html.
Good luck, and welcome to open source !!! On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Shubham Sharma <shubham.uc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I am really excited to join the hadoop community and put my skills to > use. I have formulated a proposal as per Apache mentoring programme > guideline and looking forward to start contributing. > > *Name* - Shubham Sharma > *Apache Project of interest* - Apache Hadoop(Module - HDFS) > *Name of mentor* - Request for mentor assignment > *Planned start date* - June 18th, 2016 > > *Expected deliverables *- Starting off with HDFS-10177 and will continue to > tackle more critical issues. The selected JIRA is a beginner level JIRA and > I am confident that it can be implemented quickly. > > *Expected benefits to the Apache Community as a result of your work* - > Apart from willingness to contribute to various projects, I have always > been an admirer of the open source community. The way the community learns > together and contributes to the development of various technologies > impacting the globe, have always been fascinating to me. I plan to continue > the same trend by bringing in a diverse skill set, motivate others to join > open source, lead and participate in any community activities. > > *Detailed description and high level design for your proposed solution* > > *Project - Apache Hadoop* > *Module - HDFS* > *Component - libhdfs* > > *Issue* - Incorrect number of bytes read are copied to into native buffer > in hdfs > > *Summary* - After making a successful JNI call to input stream api > "org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataInputStream" while copying jbArray into > destination buffer the number of bytes to copied is equal to the maximum > length of buffer(noreadbytes), as noreadbytes is currently assigned to > length variable. It should ideally copy total number of bytes read into the > buffer returned by Java API's FSDataInputStream::read method. > > *Proposed Solution* - Assign noReadBytes equal to jval.i after successful > invocation of FSDataInputStream and handle the returned scenarios > respectively > > *Approximate number of hours you intend to work on the project each week > and the number of weeks you expect it to take* - 15 hrs/week. > > *A description of why you want to undertake this project and what you hope > to gain from it and the mentor programme* > > I am constantly looking for challenges where my work can impact at a > greater level. My keen interest in distributed systems and programming > lured me to this project. Apart from learning the technology in depth and > facing variety of challenges, I wish to learn to work in a diverse > environment and team. I have acquired skills in various areas and have > tendency to learn quickly, my aim to join the mentor program is to put > these skills to use while getting guidance on how to enhance them in a > focused way. > > *The current issue selected was a beginner level but I need guidance to > pave my path working onto more complex issues and contribute to this > project.* > > *Skills Profile* - 3+ years of development experience using java and > python and working knowledge of C > - Knowledge of distributed system and their implementation in a large > scale environment. > > Regards, > Shubham > -- Luciano Resende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
