Just wondering, has anyone stepped up to help Taverna? John
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 6:56 AM Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm one of the "semi-active mentors" of Taverna. In my case, I have a > new $job, which is related to some Apache communities but not Taverna. > A new job is a busy time so I'm really not able to properly support the > podling at the moment. I wish I could but I also have to be realistic. > > Taverna is (I believe) in good shape. Having done an incubator release > of part of the codebase, they understand and take the IP issues > seriously. They have added a person to the PPMC. All-in-all, good > progress towards graduation and getting more of the codebase out is the > next step. > > So - please could Taverna have some additional mentors? > > Andy > > On 01/02/16 14:36, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > > The majority of the mentors of the Taverna podling have raised > > concerns that they no longer have sufficient time available to help > > Taverna in the incubator. > > > > In effect we will then have 2 semi-active mentors remaining for > continuity. > > > > This has become a concern because Taverna is picking up speed and > > moving towards releases of the main code base (our first release was > > for a more self-contained library), and this means some effort is > > needed to review and guide us through those releases. > > > > We in the Taverna PPMC have already learnt a lot about the Apache Way, > > we have done our first release, we had 3 very successful GSOC > > students, and we have voted in our first new PPMC member. > > > > However knowing the effort needed to review a "new" code base for a > > release, we think it would not be fair on the remaining 2 mentors to > > take the full burden of responsibility. > > > > > > Therefore we would like to ask the Incubator PMC if anyone would be > > interested in becoming an active mentor of Taverna as we enter this > > exciting phase? > > > > > > > > About Taverna: > > > > http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/ > > > > Taverna is a domain-independent suite of tools used to design and > > execute data-driven workflows, which invoke a mixture of local and > > remote (REST, WSDL) services. Taverna is used by scientists and > > researchers in domains like bioinformatics, chemistry, musicology, > > biodiversity and virtual physiology to combine and process data from > > multiple sources using a wide variety of analytical tools. > > > > Taverna workflows can be designed in a graphical workbench, > > programmatically through the Taverna Language API, or using an > > RDF/JSON-based workflow format. They can be executed locally (command > > line, within workbench or through OSGi-based APIs), or on a Taverna > > server (REST/WSDL), which has been integrated by portals and > > frontends, including an Android mobile app. Taverna results include > > full provenance trace of the execution as we strive to support > > reproducible computational research. > > > > This is an exciting time for us, as we are not just releasing version > > 3 of Taverna, but also working on a Common Workflow Language > > integration (YaML), including support for coordinating Docker-based > > command line tools. > > > > We rely on a large selection of Apache tools, like Woden, Felix, Jena, > > Derby, Tika, Velocity, Commons, HTTP Client and Maven. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
