Hi Henry - Absolutely, although I want to point out that only two of our three mentors are Cloudera employees. That said, we'd of course be delighted to consider any additional offers of mentorship.
Best, Henry On 17 November 2015 at 14:17, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Glad to have the proposal :) > > Immediate glance would show almost all, including mentors, are coming from > Cloudera. I think it would be beneficial for the podling to have at > least mentors from different org to provide bit of balance. > > - Henry > > On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Henry Robinson <he...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > Hi all - > > > > We'd like to start a discussion regarding a proposal to submit Impala to > > the Apache Incubator. > > > > The proposal text is available on the Wiki here: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ImpalaProposal > > > > and pasted below for convenience. > > > > I'm excited to make this proposal, and look forward to the community's > > input! > > > > Best, > > Henry > > > > > > = Abstract = > > Impala is a high-performance C++ and Java SQL query engine for data > stored > > in Apache Hadoop-based clusters. > > > > = Proposal = > > > > We propose to contribute the Impala codebase and associated artifacts > (e.g. > > documentation, web-site content etc.) to the Apache Software Foundation > > with the intent of forming a productive, meritocratic and open community > > around Impala’s continued development, according to the ‘Apache Way’. > > > > Cloudera owns several trademarks regarding Impala, and proposes to > transfer > > ownership of those trademarks in full to the ASF. > > > > = Background = > > Engineers at Cloudera developed Impala and released it as an > > Apache-licensed open-source project in Fall 2012. Impala was written as a > > brand-new, modern C++ SQL engine targeted from the start for data stored > in > > Apache Hadoop clusters. > > > > Impala’s most important benefit to users is high-performance, making it > > extremely appropriate for common enterprise analytic and business > > intelligence workloads. This is achieved by a number of software > > techniques, including: native support for data stored in HDFS and related > > filesystems, just-in-time compilation and optimization of individual > query > > plans, high-performance C++ codebase and massively-parallel distributed > > architecture. In benchmarks, Impala is routinely amongst the very highest > > performing SQL query engines. > > > > = Rationale = > > > > Despite the exciting innovation in the so-called ‘big-data’ space, SQL > > remains by far the most common interface for interacting with data in > both > > traditional warehouses and modern ‘big-data’ clusters. There is clearly a > > need, as evidenced by the eager adoption of Impala and other SQL engines > in > > enterprise contexts, for a query engine that offers the familiar SQL > > interface, but that has been specifically designed to operate in massive, > > distributed clusters rather than in traditional, fixed-hardware, > > warehouse-specific deployments. Impala is one such query engine. > > > > We believe that the ASF is the right venue to foster an open-source > > community around Impala’s development. We expect that Impala will benefit > > from more productive collaboration with related Apache projects, and > under > > the auspices of the ASF will attract talented contributors who will push > > Impala’s development forward at pace. > > > > We believe that the timing is right for Impala’s development to move > > wholesale to the ASF: Impala is well-established, has been > Apache-licensed > > open-source for more than three years, and the core project is relatively > > stable. We are excited to see where an ASF-based community can take > Impala > > from this strong starting point. > > > > = Initial Goals = > > Our initial goals are as follows: > > > > * Establish ASF-compatible engineering practices and workflows > > * Refactor and publish existing internal build scripts and test > > infrastructure, in order to make them usable by any community member. > > * Transfer source code, documentation and associated artifacts to the > ASF. > > * Grow the user and developer communities > > > > = Current Status = > > > > Impala is developed as an Apache-licensed open-source project. The source > > code is available at http://github.com/cloudera/Impala, and developer > > documentation is at https://github.com/cloudera/Impala/wiki. The > majority > > of commits to the project have come from Cloudera-employed developers, > but > > we have accepted some contributions from individuals from other > > organizations. > > > > All code reviews are done via a public instance of the Gerrit review tool > > at http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/, and discussed on a public mailing > > list. All patches must be reviewed before they are accepted into the > > codebase, via a voting mechanism that is similar to that used on Apache > > projects such as Hadoop and HBase. > > > > Before a patch is committed, it must pass a suite of pre-commit tests. > > These tests are currently run on Cloudera’s internal infrastructure. One > of > > our initial goals will be to work with the ASF Infrastructure team to > find > > a way to run these tests in an acceptable way on publicly accessible > > machines. > > > > Issues are tracked in JIRA at > https://issues.cloudera.org/projects/IMPALA, > > in a way that is extremely similar to existing practices at other ASF > > projects. > > > > = Meritocracy = > > > > We understand the central importance of meritocracy to the Apache Way. We > > will work to establish a welcoming, fair and meritocratic community, in > > part by expanding the set of committers on the project. Although Impala’s > > committer list will initially be dominated by members of the Impala > > engineering team at Cloudera, we look forward to growing a rich user and > > developer community. > > > > = Community = > > Impala has a strong user community (see > > https://groups.google.com/a/cloudera.org/forum/#!forum/impala-user), > and a > > growing developer community (see > > https://groups.google.com/a/cloudera.org/forum/#!forum/impala-dev). We > > wish > > to attract more developers to the project, and we believe that the ASF’s > > open and meritocratic philosophy will help us with this. We note the > > success of other, similar projects already part of the ASF. > > > > = Core Developers = > > Most - but not all - of Impala’s core developers are not currently > > affiliated with the ASF, and will require new ICLAs. > > > > = Alignment = > > Impala is related to several other Apache projects: > > > > * Data that is read by Impala is very often stored in Apache Hadoop > > clusters powered by the HDFS filesystem. > > * Impala can also read data stored in Apache HBase > > * Metadata for databases, tables and so on is read by Impala from Apache > > Hive. > > * The preferred data format for HDFS-based tables is Apache Parquet, and > > Apache Avro is also a supported data format. > > * Impala is closely integrated with Kudu, which is also being proposed to > > the Incubator. > > * Impala uses Apache Thrift as its RPC and serialization framework of > > choice. > > > > = Known Risks = > > > > == Orphaned Products == > > Impala is used by most of Cloudera’s customers, and Cloudera remains > > committed to developing and supporting the project. Cloudera has a strong > > track record in standing behind projects that were contributed to the ASF > > by its employees, including Apache Flume, Apache Sqoop, and others. Other > > companies both ship and support Impala, lending credence to the idea that > > Impala is not at risk of being suddenly orphaned. > > > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > > Although all committers on the initial list have significant experience > > with at least one open-source project - namely Impala - fewer have much > > experience with ASF-based software projects as contributors and community > > members. However, with the guidance of our mentors, committers who do > have > > ASF experience, and time to learn during Incubation, we are confident > that > > the project can be run in accordance with Apache principles on an ongoing > > basis. > > > > == Homogeneous Developers == > > > > The initial committers are employees of Cloudera. > > > > The project has received some contributions from developers outside of > > Cloudera, from individuals belonging to organizations such as Intel and > > Google, from hobbyists and from students using Impala to advance their > > understanding of distributed databases. The project attracted an active > > user community as well. We hope to continue to encourage contributions > from > > these developers and community members and grow them into committers > after > > they have had time to continue their contributions. > > > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > > > > Many of Impala’s initial set of committers work full-time on Impala, and > > are paid to do so. However, as mentioned elsewhere, we anticipate growth > in > > the developer community which we hope will include hobbyists and > academics > > who have an interested in distributed data systems. > > > > == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == > > Although we hope that Impala benefits from the Apache Brand, any > reflected > > goodwill to Cloudera as the contributing entity is not the goal of > > establishing Impala as an Apache project. We will work with the Incubator > > PMC and the PRC to ensure that the Apache Brand is respected. > > > > = Documentation = > > Impala: A Modern, Open-Source SQL Engine for Hadoop ( > > http://www.cidrdb.org/cidr2015/Papers/CIDR15_Paper28.pdf) > > > > Impala’s developer wiki (https://github.com/cloudera/Impala/wiki) > > > > Impala’s auto-generated API documentation ( > > http://impala.io/doc/html/index.html) > > > > = Initial Source = > > Impala’s initial source contribution will come from > > http://github.com/cloudera/Impala/. > > > > = External Dependencies = > > > > Impala depends upon a number of third-party libraries, which we list > below. > > We intend to compile a LICENSE.txt file in the very short term (see > > https://issues.cloudera.org/browse/IMPALA-2670). > > > > * Google gflags (BSD) > > * Google glog (BSD) > > * Apache Thrift (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Commons (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Thrift (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Hadoop (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache HBase (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Hive (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Boost (Boost Software License) > > * OpenLdap (OpenLDAP Software License) > > * rapidjson (MIT) > > * Google RE2 (BSD-style) > > * lz4 (BSD) > > * snappy (BSD) > > * cyrus-sasl (CMU License) > > * Apache Avro (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Cloudera squeasel (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache htrace (Incubating) (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Sentry (Incubating) (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Apache Shiro (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * Twitter Bootstrap (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * d3 (BSD) > > * LLVM (BSD-like) > > > > Build and test dependencies: > > > > * ant (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * maven (Apache Software License v2.0) > > * cmake (BSD) > > * clang (BSD) > > * Google gtest (Apache Software License v2.0) > > > > = Required Resources = > > > > We request that following resources be created for the project to use: > > > > == Mailing lists == > > > > * priv...@impala.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> (moderated > > subscriptions) > > * comm...@impala.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> > > * d...@impala.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> > > * iss...@impala.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> > > * u...@impala.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> > > > > == Git repository == > > https://git.apache.org/impala.git > > > > == JIRA instance == > > JIRA project IMPALA (IMPALA or IMP) > > > > == Other Resources == > > We hope to continue using Gerrit for our code review and commit workflow. > > We are involved with discussions that the Kudu team at Cloudera have been > > having with Jake Farrell to start discussions on how Gerrit can fit into > > the ASF. We know that several other ASF projects or podlings are also > > interested in Gerrit. > > > > If the Infrastructure team does not have the bandwidth to support gerrit, > > we will continue to support our own instance of gerrit for Impala, and > make > > the necessary integrations such that commits are properly authenticated > and > > maintain sufficient provenance to uphold the ASF standards (e.g. via the > > solution adopted by the AsterixDB podling). > > > > = Initial Committers = > > > > * Tim Armstrong > > * Alex Behm > > * Taras Bobrovytsky > > * Casey Ching > > * Martin Grund > > * Daniel Hecht > > * Michael Ho > > * Matthew Jacobs > > * Ishaan Joshi > > * Marcel Kornacker > > * Sailesh Mukil > > * Henry Robinson > > * John Russell > > * Dimitris Tsirogiannis > > * Skye Wanderman-Milne > > * Juan Yu > > > > == Affiliations == > > All: Cloudera Inc. > > > > = Sponsors = > > > > == Champion == > > Tom White > > > > == Nominated Mentors == > > Tom White > > Todd Lipcon > > Carl Steinbach > > > > = Sponsoring Entity = > > We ask that the Incubator PMC sponsor this proposal. > > > -- Henry Robinson Software Engineer Cloudera 415-994-6679
