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Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: karthik tunga <karthik.tu...@gmail.com> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:22 PM To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: [RESULT] [VOTE] Apache Spark for the Incubator >Hi, > >Is the mailing list setup ? > >Cheers, >Karthik > > >On 20 June 2013 02:38, Matei Zaharia <ma...@eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> Thanks Chris! We'll get started on all the required steps. >> >> Matei >> >> On Jun 20, 2013, at 4:35 AM, "Mattmann, Chris A (398J)" < >> chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >> >> > Hi Folks, >> > >> > This VOTE has passed with the following tallies: >> > >> > +1 >> > Chris Mattmann* >> > Konstantin Boudnik >> > Henry Saputra* >> > Reynold Xin >> > Pei Chen >> > Roman Shaposhnik* >> > Suresh Marru* >> > Scott Deboy >> > Ted Dunning* >> > Hitesh Shah >> > Paul Ramirez* >> > Ralph Goers* >> > Alan Cabrera* >> > Thilina Gunarathne >> > Marcel Offermans* >> > Alex Karasulu* >> > Chris Douglas* >> > Andrew Hart* >> > Deepal jayasinghe >> > Ashish >> > Joe Brockmeier* >> > Mohammad Nour El-Din* >> > Arun C Murthy* >> > Tim Williams* >> > Arvind Prabhakar* >> > Matt Franklin* >> > Matei Zaharia >> > Andy Konwinski >> > >> > +0.99999 >> > >> > >> > Marvin Humphrey >> > >> > * -indicates IPMC >> > >> > >> > I'll go ahead and get the JIRA tickets filed for email/issue >> tracking/Git, >> > and then work with the community to get them moving on' over. Thanks >>for >> > VOTE'ing! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Chris >> > >> > >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> > Senior Computer Scientist >> > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >> > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: <Mattmann>, jpluser <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> >> > Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" >><general@incubator.apache.org> >> > Date: Friday, June 7, 2013 10:34 PM >> > To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> >> > Subject: [VOTE] Apache Spark for the Incubator >> > >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> OK discussion has died down, time to VOTE to accept Spark into the >> >> Apache Incubator. I'll let the VOTE run for at least a week. >> >> >> >> So far I've heard +1s from the following folks, so no need for them >> >> to VOTE again unless they want to change their VOTE: >> >> >> >> +1 >> >> >> >> Chris Mattmann* >> >> Konstantin Boudnik >> >> Henry Saputra* >> >> Reynold Xin >> >> Pei Chen >> >> Roman Shaposhnik* >> >> Suresh Marru* >> >> >> >> * -indicates IPMC >> >> >> >> [ ] +1 Accept Spark into the Apache Incubator. >> >> [ ] +0 Don't care. >> >> [ ] -1 Don't accept Spark into the Apache Incubator because.. >> >> >> >> Proposal text is below. >> >> >> >> === Abstract === >> >> Spark is an open source system for large-scale data analysis on >> clusters. >> >> >> >> === Proposal === >> >> Spark is an open source system for fast and flexible large-scale data >> >> analysis. Spark provides a general purpose runtime that supports >> >> low-latency execution in several forms. These include interactive >> >> exploration of very large datasets, near real-time stream processing, >> and >> >> ad-hoc SQL analytics (through higher layer extensions). Spark >>interfaces >> >> with HDFS, HBase, Cassandra and several other storage storage layers, >> and >> >> exposes APIs in Scala, Java and Python. >> >> Background >> >> Spark started as U.C. Berkeley research project, designed to >>efficiently >> >> run machine learning algorithms on large datasets. Over time, it has >> >> evolved into a general computing engine as outlined above. Spark¹s >> >> developer community has also grown to include additional >>institutions, >> >> such as universities, research labs, and corporations. Funding has >>been >> >> provided by various institutions including the U.S. National Science >> >> Foundation, DARPA, and a number of industry sponsors. See: >> >> https://amplab.cs.berkeley.edu/sponsors/ for full details. >> >> >> >> === Rationale === >> >> As the number of contributors to Spark has grown, we have sought for >>a >> >> long-term home for the project, and we believe the Apache foundation >> would >> >> be a great fit. Spark is a natural fit for the Apache foundation: >>Spark >> >> already interoperates with several existing Apache projects (HDFS, >> HBase, >> >> Hive, Cassandra, Avro and Flume to name a few). The Spark team is >> familiar >> >> with the Apache process and and subscribes to the Apache mission - >>the >> >> team includes multiple Apache committers already. Finally, joining >> Apache >> >> will help coordinate the development effort of the growing number of >> >> organizations which contribute to Spark. >> >> >> >> == Initial Goals == >> >> The initial goals will most likely be to move the existing codebase >>to >> >> Apache and integrate with the Apache development process. >>Furthermore, >> we >> >> plan for incremental development, and releases along with the Apache >> >> guidelines. >> >> >> >> === Current Status === >> >> == Meritocracy == >> >> The Spark project already operates on meritocratic principles. Today, >> >> Spark has several developers and has accepted multiple major patches >> from >> >> outside of U.C. Berkeley. While this process has remained mostly >> informal >> >> (we do not have an official committer list), an implicit organization >> >> exists in which individuals who contribute major components act as >> >> maintainers for those modules. If accepted, the Spark project would >> >> include several of these participants as committers from the onset. >>We >> >> will work to identify all committers and PPMC members for the project >> and >> >> to operate under the ASF meritocratic principles. >> >> >> >> === Community === >> >> Acceptance into the Apache foundation would bolster the already >>strong >> >> user and developer community around Spark. That community includes >> dozens >> >> of contributors from several institutions, a meetup group with >>several >> >> hundred members, and an active mailing list composed of hundreds of >> users. >> >> Core Developers >> >> The core developers of our project are listed in our contributors and >> >> initial PPMC below. Though many exist at UC Berkeley, there is a >> >> representative cross sampling of other organizations including >> Quantifind, >> >> Microsoft, Yahoo!, ClearStory Data, Bizo, Intel, Tagged and >>Webtrends. >> >> >> >> >> >> === Alignment === >> >> Our proposed effort aligns with several ongoing BIGDATA and U.S. >> National >> >> priority funding interests including the NSF and its Expeditions >> program, >> >> and the DARPA XDATA project. Our industry partners and collaborators >>are >> >> well aligned with our code base. >> >> >> >> There are also a number of related Apache projects and dependencies, >> that >> >> will be mentioned in the Relationships with Other Apache products >> section. >> >> >> >> == Known Risks == >> >> >> >> === Orphaned Products === >> >> Given the current level of investment in Spark - the risk of the >>project >> >> being abandoned is minimal. There are several constituents who are >> highly >> >> incentivized to continue development. The U.C. Berkeley AMPLab >>relies on >> >> Spark as a platform for a large number of long-term research >>projects. >> >> Several companies have build verticalized products which are tightly >> >> dependent on Spark. Other companies have devoted significant internal >> >> infrastructure investment in Spark. >> >> >> >> === Inexperience with Open Source === >> >> Spark has existed as a healthy open source project for several years. >> >> During that time, Matei and others have curated an open-source >>community >> >> successfully, attracting developers from a diverse group of companies >> >> including Quantifind, Microsoft, Yahoo!, ClearStory Data, Bizo, >>Intel, >> and >> >> Webtrends. >> >> >> >> === Homogenous Developers === >> >> The initial list of committers includes developers from several >> >> institutions, including Quantifind, Microsoft, Yahoo!, ClearStory >>Data, >> >> Bizo, Intel, and Webtrends. >> >> >> >> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >> >> Like most open source projects, Spark receives a substantial support >> from >> >> salaried developers. A large fraction of Spark development is >>supported >> by >> >> graduate students at U.C. Berkeley in the course of research degrees >>- >> >> this is more a ³volunteer² relationship, since in most cases students >> >> contribute vastly more than is necessary to immediately support >> research. >> >> In addition, those working from within corporations often devote >>³after >> >> hours² or spare time in the project - and these come from several >> >> organizations. We will work to ensure that the ability for the >>project >> to >> >> continuously be stewarded and to proceed forward independent of >>salaried >> >> developers is continued. >> >> >> >> >> >> === Relationship with Other Apache Products === >> >> Spark inter-operates with several existing Apache products by >>supporting >> >> them as storage layers: Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, and Apache >> Hadoop >> >> (HDFS). It also uses several Apache components internally including >> Apache >> >> Maven and several Apache Commons libraries. Finally, Shark (a higher >> layer >> >> framework built on Spark) inter-operates with Apache Hive. We will >> explore >> >> the relationship between Spark and Apache Gora, which also provides >> >> in-memory object storage (Champion Mattmann was the Champion for >>Apace >> >> Gora so we expect alignment and cross pollination between our >>efforts). >> >> >> >> Spark offers an alternative computation engine to Apache Hadoop >> >> (MapReduce). Unlike MapReduce, Spark is designed for lower-latency >>and >> >> interactive workloads. This makes the projects complimentary: many >>users >> >> run MapReduce and Spark side-by-side. >> >> >> >> === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >> >> Spark is already a healthy and relatively well known open source >> project. >> >> This proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, >> the >> >> primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the >>Rationale >> >> section. >> >> >> >> === Documentation === >> >> The reader will find these websites highly relevant: >> >> * Spark website: http://spark-project.org/ >> >> * Spark documentation: http://spark-project.org/documentation/ >> >> * Issue tracking: https://spark-project.atlassian.net/ >> >> * Codebase: https://github.com/mesos/spark >> >> * User group: https://groups.google.com/group/spark-users >> >> >> >> == Initial Source == >> >> The Spark codebase is currently hosted on Github: >> >> https://github.com/mesos/spark. This is the exact codebase that we >> would >> >> migrate to the Apache foundation. >> >> Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan >> >> Currently, the Spark codebase is distributed under a BSD license. The >> vast >> >> majority of code has copyright held by the University of California. >> Upon >> >> entering Apache, Spark will migrate to an Apache License with all >> >> copyright assigned to the Apache Foundation. The University of >> California >> >> will transfer all copyright to the Apache Foundation. In certain >>cases >> >> where individuals hold copyright, we will have individuals sign over >> >> copyright to the Apache foundation as well. >> >> >> >> Going forward, all commits would assign copyright directly to the >>Apache >> >> foundation through our signed Individual Contributor License >>Agreements >> >> for all initial committers on the project. >> >> >> >> >> >> == External Dependencies == >> >> To the best of our knowledge, all dependencies of Spark are >>distributed >> >> under Apache compatible licenses. Upon acceptance to the incubator, >>we >> >> would begin a thorough analysis of all transitive dependencies to >>verify >> >> this fact and introduce license checking into the build and release >> >> process (for instance integrating Apache Rat). >> >> >> >> == Required Resources == >> >> === Mailing list === >> >> We will migrate the existing Spark mailing lists as follows: >> >> >> >> * spark-users@googlegroups --> us...@spark.incubator.apache.org >> >> * spark-developers@googlegroups --> d...@spark.incubator.apache.org >> >> * spark-commits are hosted on Github, so we would request >> >> comm...@spark.incubator.apache.org >> >> >> >> The latter is to be consistent with the new PIAO naming scheme for >> >> podlings. >> >> >> >> === Source control === >> >> The Spark team would like to use Git for source control, due to our >> >> current use of Git. >> >> We request a writeable Git repo for Spark, and mirroring to be set >>up to >> >> Github through INFRA. Champion Mattmann can assist with creating >>INFRA >> >> tickets for this. >> >> >> >> === Issue Tracking === >> >> Spark currently uses a hosted JIRA deployment for issue tracking. We >> will >> >> migrate to the Apache JIRA. >> >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK >> >> >> >> == Initial Committers == >> >> * Matei Zaharia <ma...@apache.org> >> >> * Ankur Dave <ankurd...@gmail.com> >> >> * Tathagata Das <t...@eecs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Haoyuan Li <haoy...@cs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Josh Rosen <joshro...@cs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Reynold Xin <r...@cs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Shivaram Venkataraman <shiva...@eecs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Mosharaf Chowdhury <mosha...@cs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Charles Reiss <char...@eecs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Andy Konwinski <andykonwin...@gmail.com> >> >> * Patrick Wendell <pwend...@eecs.berkeley.edu> >> >> * Imran Rashid <im...@quantifind.com> >> >> * Ryan LeCompte <lecom...@gmail.com> >> >> * Ravi Pandya <ra...@exchange.microsoft.com> >> >> * Ram Sriharsha <harsh...@yahoo-inc.com> >> >> * Robert Evans <ev...@yahoo-inc.com> >> >> * Mridul Muralidharan <mrid...@yahoo-inc.com> >> >> * Thomas Dudziak <to...@clearstorydata.com> >> >> * Mark Hamstra <m...@clearstorydata.com> >> >> * Stephen Haberman <stephen.haber...@gmail.com> >> >> * Jason Dai <jason....@intel.com> >> >> * Shane Huang <shannie.hu...@gmail.com> >> >> * Andrew xia <xiajunl...@gmail.com> >> >> * Nick Pentreath <nick.pentre...@gmail.com> >> >> * Sean McNamara <sean.mcnam...@webtrends.com> >> >> >> >> == Affiliations == >> >> The initial committers are from nine organizations: UC Berkeley, >> >> Quantifind, Microsoft, Yahoo!, ClearStory Data, Bizo, Intel, Mxit and >> >> Webtrends. >> >> >> >> * Matei Zaharia (UCB) >> >> * Ankur Dave (UCB) >> >> * Tathagata Das (UCB) >> >> * Haoyuan Li (UCB) >> >> * Josh Rosen (UCB) >> >> * Reynold Xin (UCB) >> >> * Shivaram Venkataraman (UCB) >> >> * Mosharaf Chowdhury (UCB) >> >> * Charles Reiss (UCB) >> >> * Andy Konwinski (UCB) >> >> * Patrick Wendell (UCB) >> >> * Imran Rashid (Quantifind) >> >> * Ryan LeCompte (Quantifind) >> >> * Ravi Pandya (Microsoft) >> >> * Ram Sriharsha (Yahoo!) >> >> * Robert Evans (Yahoo!) >> >> * Mridul Muralidharam (Yahoo!) >> >> * Thomas Dudziak (ClearStory) >> >> * Mark Hamstra (ClearStory) >> >> * Stephen Haberman (Bizo) >> >> * Jason Dai (Intel) >> >> * Shane Huang (Intel) >> >> * Andrew Xia (Intel) >> >> * Nick Pentreath (Mxit) >> >> * Sean McNamara (Webtrends) >> >> >> >> == Sponsors == >> >> === Champion === >> >> * Chris Mattmann >> >> >> >> === Nominated Mentors === >> >> * Chris Mattmann >> >> * Paul Ramirez >> >> * Andrew Hart >> >> * Thomas Dudziak >> >> * Suresh Marru >> >> * Henry Saputra >> >> >> >> === Sponsoring Entity === >> >> The Apache Incubator >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> >> Senior Computer Scientist >> >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> >> Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >> >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> > >> > 龜菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉菉契 F V 7V'67&–&R R蘆 –창 vV W& 쬈V >> 7V'67&–&T – 7V& F " 6†R捻&p圭f " FF—F–妥 6寢 G2 R蘆 –창 vV W& 쫴†V – >> 7V& F " 6†R捻&p >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >>
