Thanks Sean!

(And since we're here, unrelated, but nice work closing 3 issues with a
single patch!)


I would say the remaining goals are:

* Do more releases, so that it is a routine, repeatable process.
* Do more publicity around the releases and the project in general. (Now
publicity was non-existent and mostly on individual project member's social
media properties.) This is an item where we certainly hope to see new
contributors.
* Grow the community and ultimately vote to admit new committers and PPMC
members.

Perhaps worth mentioning that 4 out of 5 of the project's committers have
been active on the mailing list in the past months.

As for new contributors I coun't three: One with merged PRs, one submitted
PRs but it was not merged, and then we have at least 1 new contributor on
the mailing-list. (And I will never forget that warm feeling I myself have
felt when someone explained to me that sending an email to the Cassandra
project's list was counted as a valuable contribution.)

henrik




On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM Sean McCarthy <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I think it's my turn to produce the report; the draft is below. I could
> only think of one item for "most important unfinished issues to address
> before graduating", suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> ---
> # Otava
>
> Apache Otava (incubating) performs statistical analysis of performance test
> results stored in CSV files, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, or Graphite database. It
> finds change-points and notifies about possible performance regressions.
>
> A typical use-case of otava is as follows:
>
> * A set of performance tests is scheduled repeatedly, such as after each
> commit is pushed.
> * The resulting metrics of the test runs are stored in a time series
> database (Graphite) or appended to CSV files.
> * Otava is launched by a Jenkins/Cron job (or an operator) to analyze the
> recorded metrics regularly.
> * Otava notifies about significant changes in recorded metrics by
> outputting text reports or sending Slack notifications.
> * Otava is capable of finding even small, but persistent shifts in metric
> values, despite noise in data. It adapts automatically to the level of
> noise in data and tries to notify only about persistent, statistically
> significant changes, be it in the system under test or in the environment.
>
> Otava has been incubating since 2024-11-27. Otava entered Incubation as
> Hunter. The project name Otava was approved by VP Brand 2025-02-09.
>
>
> ## Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
>
> * Upgrade to support the latest versions of Python, including upgrading to
> the latest signal-processing-algorithms library.
> *
> *
>
>
> ## How has the community developed since the last report?
>
> Two new contributors have reached out via the mailing list and/or GitHub,
> showing interest in the project and starting work on open issues.
>
>
> ## How has the project developed since the last report?
>
> * We have completed our first release.
> * Updated our build system to use `uv` instead of `poetry`.
> * Simplified our configuration management.
> * Starting the work to migrate to modern python versions.
>
>
> ## How would you assess the podling's maturity?
> * [] Initial setup
> * [] Working towards first release
> * [x] Community building
> * [] Nearing graduation
> * [] Other:
>
> A self review based on https://s.apache.org/727vc
>
> Code 5/5
> Licenses and Copyright: 5/5
> Releases: 4/5
> Quality: 5/5
> Community: 7/7
> Consensus: 4/5 (Missing: CS10)
> Independence: 2/2
> Brand: 4/4
>
>
> ## Date of last release:
>
> The last release was on July 17, 2025.
>
>
> ## When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
>
> The major contributors during the past 8 years were listed as PPMC members
> in the project application phase. We have not elected any new members after
> that.
>
>
> ## Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> ## Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
>
> This isn't yet an issue, as the new name of the project is quite unknown
> yet.
>
>
> Signed-off-by:
>  (otava) Dave Fisher
> Comments:
>  (otava) Enrico Olivelli
> Comments:
>  (otava) Lari Hotari
> Comments:
>  (otava) Mick Semb Wever
> Comments:
>
> ---
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM Alexander Sorokoumov <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I will only be able to get to it at the end of next week earliest, so
> would
> > appreciate it if someone else picks it up.
> >
> > Best,
> > Alex
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM Henrik Ingo <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Now that there's plenty of time, it's a good moment to ask if someone
> > else
> > > wnats to have a go?
> > >
> > > Our last report was in July and is here:
> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/June2025#otava
> > >
> > > henrik
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear podling,
> > > >
> > > > This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache
> > > > Incubator PMC. It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time
> to
> > > > prepare your quarterly board report.
> > > >
> > > > The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 17 September 2025.
> > > > The report for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC
> > > > report. The Incubator PMC requires your report to be submitted 2
> weeks
> > > > before the board meeting, to allow sufficient time for review and
> > > > submission (Wed, September 03).
> > > >
> > > > Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the Incubator
> > > > PMC, and subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the
> > > > very latest you should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the
> board
> > > > meeting.
> > > >
> > > > Candidate names should not be made public before people are actually
> > > > elected, so please do not include the names of potential committers
> or
> > > > PPMC members in your report.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > The Apache Incubator PMC
> > > >
> > > > Submitting your Report
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------
> > > >
> > > > Your report should contain the following:
> > > >
> > > > *   Your project name
> > > > *   A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge
> of
> > > >     the project or necessarily of its field
> > > > *   A list of the three most important issues to address in the move
> > > >     towards graduation.
> > > > *   Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to
> > be
> > > >     aware of
> > > > *   How has the community developed since the last report
> > > > *   How has the project developed since the last report.
> > > > *   How does the podling rate their own maturity.
> > > >
> > > > This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at:
> > > >
> > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/September2025
> > > >
> > > > Note: This is manually populated. You may need to wait a little
> before
> > > > this page is created from a template.
> > > >
> > > > Note: The format of the report has changed to use markdown.
> > > >
> > > > Mentors
> > > > -------
> > > >
> > > > Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off
> on
> > > > the Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are
> > > > following the project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms
> > > > for the Incubator PMC.
> > > >
> > > > Incubator PMC
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > *nyrkio.com <http://nyrkio.com/>* ~ *git blame for performance*
> > >
> > > Henrik Ingo, CEO
> > > [email protected]                               LinkedIn:
> > > www.linkedin.com/in/heingo
> > > +358 40 569 7354                                 Twitter:
> > > twitter.com/h_ingo
> > >
> >
>


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