Re: Hadoop TLP?

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> On 13/12/2007, Doug Cutting <cutting@...> wrote:
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>> I think it is time that we make Hadoop a top level project (TLP) at
>> Apache, hadoop.apache.org, leaving our current home as a Lucene
>> subproject.  HBase could become a sub-project, as could Pig (now
>> incubating) and perhaps others.
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>> Hadoop, unlike all other Lucene subprojects, does not use Lucene.  Its
>> community has considerably less overlap with other Lucene subprojects
>> than the rest. It also is beginning to have subproject-like things of
>> its own, like HBase, pushing the boundaries of subproject management.
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>> Many members of the Lucene PMC have little familiarity with the Hadoop
>> community.  For example, HBase might like to nominate a new committer,
>> but a majority of the Lucene PMC would find it difficult to evaluate
>> this candidate, since they do not follow HBase development.  It would be
>> better if such discussions could be made by a PMC that had
>> representation from and broad familiarity with HBase.
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>> Diversity is an issue with Hadoop becoming a TLP.  The majority of
>> Hadoop committers are employed by Yahoo!.  But I think we can construct
>> an initial PMC that is diverse enough to overcome this, with perhaps
>> three folks from Yahoo!, two from Powerset, and three or four
>> independent folks, so that Yahoo! does not have a majority on the PMC.
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>> Would other members of the Hadoop community support this move?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Doug
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