[BIGTOP-718] Update wiki for component requirements

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.5.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Assignee: Sean Mackrory
• Reporter: Sean Mackrory
• Created: 28/Sep/12 00:21
• Updated: 21/Jun/13 23:55
• Resolved: 11/Oct/12 22:21

Description

I think some updates are in order for this Wiki page in order to more accurately reflect the goals of the project: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BIGTOP/Requirement+for+adding+a+new+component+to+Bigtop+distribution.

For starters, it should have a more prominent link on the Wiki and a summary on the project home page. Not only is it going to be an increasingly common question, but it's an important part of defining what "Bigtop" is really all about. I know when I first started on the project it was the first thing I looked for.

Second, we say projects have to be "Big Data"-related. Judging by other documents* and existing discussions regarding new components, it seems like we really mean to say "Hadoop"-related, and I think the extra focus would be good (having said that, I do think of Spark as Hadoop-related).

• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BIGTOP/Index