Anybody is free and welcomed to create another ASF project, but I don't think "Spark extras" is a good name. It unnecessarily creates another tier of code that ASF is "endorsing".
On Friday, April 15, 2016, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > Yeah in support of this statement I think that my primary interest in > this Spark Extras and the good work by Luciano here is that anytime we > take bits out of a code base and “move it to GitHub” I see a bad precedent > being set. > > Creating this project at the ASF creates a synergy between *Apache Spark* > which is *at the ASF*. > > We welcome comments and as Luciano said, this is meant to invite and be > open to those in the Apache Spark PMC to join and help. > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Chief Architect > Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov <javascript:;> > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Director, Information Retrieval and Data Science Group (IRDS) > Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > WWW: http://irds.usc.edu/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/15/16, 9:39 AM, "Luciano Resende" <luckbr1...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > >On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Cody Koeninger > ><c...@koeninger.org <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >Given that not all of the connectors were removed, I think this > >creates a weird / confusing three tier system > > > >1. connectors in the official project's spark/extras or spark/external > >2. connectors in "Spark Extras" > >3. connectors in some random organization's github > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Agree Cody, and I think this is one of the goals of "Spark Extras", > centralize the development of these connectors under one central place at > Apache, and that's why one of our asks is to invite the Spark PMC to > continue developing the remaining connectors > > that stayed in Spark proper, in "Spark Extras". We will also discuss > some process policies on enabling lowering the bar to allow proposal of > these other github extensions to be part of "Spark Extras" while also > considering a way to move code to a maintenance > > mode location. > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Luciano Resende > >http://twitter.com/lresende1975 > >http://lresende.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > >
