Contributing to the MapReduce-MPI library and OINK

In the spirit of an open-source code, there are various ways you can contribute to making the MR-MPI library and the OINK scripting wrapper better. You can send email on any of these items to the developers listed on the MR-MPI WWW site.

• Point prospective users to the MR-MPI WWW site. Mention it in talks or link to it from your own WWW site.
• If you find an error or omission in the MR-MPI or OINK documentation, or have a suggestion for something to clarify or include, let us know.
• If you find a bug, please send us an email with details of how to reproduce it.
• If you publish a paper using MR-MPI, send the citation to us and we can add it to the Publications page.
• Contribute a MapReduce program which calls the MR-MPI library to be added to the user directory in the distribution. Or contribute an OINK input script that does something interesting.
• For OINK, contribute useful map() or reduce() or compare() or hash() or scan() functions which we can add to the OINK source code, as described here. Or contribute a named commands you have written which can be added to OINK.
• Create a new Makefile.machine that can be added to the src/MAKE or oink/MAKE directories.
• Cash. Small denominations, unmarked bills preferred. Leave in paper sack on author's desk. VISA also accepted. Chocolate chip cookies encouraged.