Hi, I can reply about SAMOA. We want to create bylaws because the default voting process for code changes in Apache is too strict for us (3 +1 binding votes). Being a small community, we felt that we needed a lower bar to move faster. My understanding is that we need bylaws to specify that, but maybe I missed something and I'm happy to be corrected.
Cheers, -- Gianmarco On 10 February 2015 at 00:35, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > Hello, Incubator community, > > As discussed in a recent thread on Mentoring, the draft report email > provides > an opportunity for cross-cutting feedback. So here goes! > > The top-level report was not yet complete when the draft was sent out (and > what sections were there I wrote), so I have nothing to say about that. > But I > have some comments in response to the podling reports for Droids, HTrace, > Ripple, SAMOA, and Sirona which I hope will prove constructive. > > > -------------------- > > Droids > > > > Droids aims to be an intelligent standalone robot framework that allows > to > > create and extend existing droids (robots). > > > > Droids has been incubating since 2008-10-09. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Activity > > 2. Name Search > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > None. > > > > We need to continue the name search. Branding has replied to the issue > and > > provided additional searches that need to performed. It is hoped that > > these can be finished in the new couple weeks. > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > No change. > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > No change. > > > > Date of last release: > > > > 2012-10-15 > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > 2012-05-07 > > > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [ ](droids) Thorsten Scherler > > [x](droids) Richard Frovarp > > > > Shepherd/Mentor notes: > > > > > > > > > > It's my understanding that Droids is basically a mature product with no > pressing need for further development, not unlike some dormant Apache TLPs > who > neverthess still have PMC members hanging around able to make releases and > respond to user inquiries. > > I think the greater IPMC ought to stay aware, though, that Droids has very, > very low activity: 3 dev list emails in the last quarter (39 in the > last year), no user list, and no commits since April 2013. The only thing > between Droids and retirement is our deference to Richard and Thorsten. > They > form the potential core of a community, but it has yet to develop in 6 > years > of incubation. > > > -------------------- > > HTrace > > > > HTrace is a tracing framework intended for use with distributed systems > > written in java. > > > > HTrace has been incubating since 2014-11. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Continue to grow the HTrace community > > 2. Continue to develop and release stable HTrace incubating artifacts > > 3. Continue to explore the integration of the HTrace framework into > other > > Apache products > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > Around January 20th HTrace successfully made the first release whilst > in > > the Apache Incubator. This was the outcomes of no-less than 10 release > > candidates and as many VOTE's. In all every release candidate was very > > well managed with HTrace community providing excellent feedback to the > > release manager. Rather than then entire 10 release candidate exercise > > being a pain point for the community, it appears to have strengthened > all > > involved. Well done HTrace. > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > It is early incubating days for HTrace. The community has attracted in > > particular a new member who is doing a sterling job on a new UI for > > HTrace. Additionally it should be noted that the entire > > htrace-3.1.0-incubating release effort has certainly brought the > existing > > community on leaps and bounds. > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > The project has progressed significantly. In fact, it was highlighted > on > > at least one occasion that documentation supporting a release candidate > > should be further clarified/improved due to the dynamic progressive > nature > > of the HTrace codebase. As an early incubating project this is > accepted as > > a positive move. > > > > Date of last release: > > > > 2015-20-01 > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > ??? > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [X](htrace) Jake Farrell > > [ ](htrace) Todd Lipcon > > [X](htrace) Lewis John Mcgibbney > > [ ](htrace) Andrew Purtell > > [X](htrace) Billie Rinaldi > > [X](htrace) Michael Stack > > 10 release candidates is a lot. Were the difficulties primarily the > result of > the community needing to develop and document its own release routines? It > sounds like that was the case, which would be reasonable. But if, say, > determining compliance with Apache policy a major problem, I think it would > benefit the IPMC to know that. > > > -------------------- > > Ripple > > > > Ripple is a browser based mobile phone emulator designed to aid in the > > development of HTML5 based mobile applications. Ripple is a cross > platform > > and cross runtime testing/debugging tool. It currently supports such > > runtimes as Cordova, WebWorks aand the Mobile Web. > > > > Ripple has been incubating since 2012-10-16. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Ripple releases > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > The community is working on making a release of the Ripple project. > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > Community working on making a release > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > Minor user contributions > > > > Date of last release: > > > > No releases have been made. Community working on > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > June 2014 > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [ ](ripple) Jukka Zitting > > [X](ripple) Christian Grobmeier > > [ ](ripple) Andrew Savory > > > > Shepherd/Mentor notes: > > > > Christian Grobmeier (grobmeier): > > > > Ross Gardler stepped up as a mentor. There are new active people on > the > > project which makes it likely to expand the committer team soon. > > Not that we want to get hung up on process, but it sounds like we should > add > Ross to the list of Ripple Mentors in podlings.xml. Would that be > appropriate? And are Jukka and Andrew still active? > > > -------------------- > > SAMOA > > > > SAMOA provides a collection of distributed streaming algorithms for the > most > > common data mining and machine learning tasks such as classification, > > clustering, and regression, as well as programming abstractions to > develop > > new algorithms that run on top of distributed stream processing engines > > (DSPEs). It features a pluggable architecture that allows it to run on > > several DSPEs such as Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apache Samza. > > > > SAMOA has been incubating since 2014-12-15. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Create bylaws for the project > > 2. Migrate documentation from the old website > > 3. Start committing patches > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > None > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > We have started using the official Apache channels to discuss about > SAMOA. > > A couple of new people have showed up on the mailing lists. We have > one > > new contributor submitting patches. > > > > Mailing list activity (since January 2015): > > > > * @dev 101 messages > > > > Jira issues backlog (since January 2015): > > > > * Created: 13 > > * Resolved: 2 > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > The project setup is going on nicely. We got the SGA from Yahoo and > > migrated the code to the Apache git repository, enabled GitHub > integration > > (https://github.com/apache/incubator-samoa), migrated the website to > the > > Apache infrastructure and added the Incubator branding > > (http://samoa.incubator.apache.org), enabled testing via Travis CI. > > > > Date of last release: > > > > None > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > None > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [ ](samoa) Alan Gates > > [ ](samoa) Ashutosh Chauhan > > [ ](samoa) Enis Soztutar > > [X](samoa) Ted Dunning > > > > Shepherd/Mentor notes: > > > > Justin Mclean (jmclean): > > > > Just starting, mentors active. > > I'm a little surprised to see creation of bylaws listed as the top priority > for a brand new podling. Bylaws limit flexibility; I would have thought it > better to wait until near graduation to perform such a task (if at all). > Have other podlings done this? Is there something unusual about SAMOA? > > > -------------------- > > Sirona > > > > Monitoring Solution. > > > > Sirona has been incubating since 2013-10-15. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. > > 2. > > 3. > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > None > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > Some refactoring of the UI. A contributor made some development to > have > > some features still working with java 1.5 > > > > Date of last release: > > > > 2014-06-26 > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [x](sirona) Olivier Lamy > > [ ](sirona) Henri Gomez > > [ ](sirona) Jean-Baptiste Onofre > > [ ](sirona) Tammo van Lessen > > [ ](sirona) Mark Struberg > > > > Shepherd/Mentor notes: > > > > Matthew B. Franklin (mfranklin): > > > > Lot's of code is being committed to the project, but mostly by a > couple of > > developers. There also does not appear to be much discussion on the > list > > in last period, likely due to the low number of developers. > > > > I recommend the podling focus on increasing the size and > participation of > > the community as one of the issues to address prior to graduation. > > This report seems incomplete. A Mentor has signed off so in deference to > him > I think it should be sent along to the Board, but that Sirona should be > asked > to report again next month and an explanatory note should be added. > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
