Hello Vinay, Welcome to the Apache ecosystem! Glad to know that you want to contribute to Apache Hadoop HDFS.
As I am not part of the Apache Hadoop community, I may not be able to help you with the technical aspect, but I would definitely be able to guide you on how you could get the help you need. Here are some of the documents that may help you contribute: Hadoop Contributor Guide https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/FCFPBQ How to Contribute to Apache Hadoop https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/iwQwB Here are the open issues, you could pick from: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-16799?jql=project%20%3D%20HDFS%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Open%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC Mailing list is a primary forum for communication, so if you’d like to contribute to HDFS please do subscribe to the HDFS developer mailing list. The HDFS developer mailing list is: hdfs-dev@hadoop.apache.org. How to subscribe? 1. Send an empty mail (Subject: Subscribe) to hdfs-dev-subscr...@hadoop.apache.org 2. You will receive a confirmation mail, just reply to confirm Feel free to ask your queries on the mailing list. I am looping in the HDFS developer mailing list, so that anyone from the community could come forward and help you. HTH Thanks and Regards, Aditya Sharma On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 3:42 PM Vinay Kv <vinay.kv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aditya/Priya, > I am Vinay, I have around 9 years of experience in software development. > > I am looking to understand the code of HDFS so that I can contribute in > the future. > > I am reaching out to you guys to see if there is any head start I can use, > in terms of where to start and how to approach. > > Any starting point or any document to start will help a lot for me to pick > up. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > PS: > Got your contact when I was going through the confluence of Hadoop > > -- > Regards, > Vinay > > >