Dear IPMC Members, Following the graduation discussion [1], which concluded with positive feedback and no objections, the Apache DevLake (Incubating) PPMC is now calling a formal vote to graduate Apache DevLake to become a Top-Level Project (TLP).
The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. We kindly request your participation in this vote. Voting options: [ ] +1 Graduate as Top-Level Project [ ] +0 No opinion [ ] -1 Do not graduate (please provide rationale) Apache DevLake (Incubating) entered the Apache Incubator in April 2022 and has since demonstrated strong technical progress and community growth. Below is a summary of our key achievements: ## Community Growth and Diversity - 205 new contributors have joined the project - A vibrant Slack community of 1,640 members across diverse industries and countries - 17 new committers added, with 5 promoted to the PPMC - Operates with full transparency via public mailing lists, GitHub repos, and Slack channels ## Releases and Activities - 13 releases since entering incubation, including 7 ASF releases - 3+ individual release managers - 4983 out of 4993 pull requests merged or closed [2] - 3430 out of 3460 issues resolved [3] ## IP and Branding Status There are no known brand and naming issues. ## Graduation Readiness Maturity Validation: The project has prepared a maturity model showing readiness for graduation. [4] Community Consensus: The community has completed the discussion [5] and voted on the readiness for graduation [6][7]. The community has reached consensus to proceed. Governance: We have also confirmed the initial PMC membership on their private mailing list, and selected a chair/VP. [8] We now open this thread to invite feedback from the IPMC. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions as we prepare for the formal graduation vote. References: [1] Discussion: https://lists.apache.org/thread/97xo3lh6znt8g68yknw07bsp2yk26xll [2] GitHub PR list: https://github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/pulls [3] GitHub issue list: https://github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/issues [4] Maturity check: https://devlake.apache.org/community/maturity/ [5] Community discussion: https://lists.apache.org/thread/2sj1rb7lztb7or4858lgplr5w7sbn8jh [6] Community vote: https://lists.apache.org/thread/tnvy716k09ym592xrfw0489vdvjwd6sw [7] Community vote result: https://lists.apache.org/thread/dv24c7ftvjy9bt5rk2hwqg8o88sgp50c [8] Initial PMC membership vote result: https://lists.apache.org/thread/x0jnvc550oo4nv6sf1nrwx32lp7655mw ------------------------------ Best Regards, Louis Zhang
