apache/spark — pull request #2219 by velvia (2014-08-31 06:34:25+00:00)
Title: Add a Community Projects page

This adds a new page to the docs listing community projects -- those created outside of Apache Spark that are of interest to the community of Spark users. Anybody can add to it just by submitting a PR.

There was a discussion thread about alternatives:
* Creating a Github organization for Spark projects - we could not find any sponsors for this, and it would be difficult to organize since many folks just create repos in their company organization or personal accounts
* Apache has some place for storing community projects, but it was deemed difficult to work with, and again would be some permissions issues -- not everyone could update it.