Thanks a lot Paul. Much appreciated Best -- Zoi
On 2025/09/24 06:41:54 Paul King wrote: > The download page looks much better now. Nice work! > > I think others have made comments on some things which could be improved > (most minor) before graduation, so I think you are close. I won't elaborate > too much on those topics but just to say there are good reasons behind what > might seem like lots of rules. I'll highlight just two and hopefully this > resonates with what your mentors might have mentioned when you entered. > > The ASF isn't against original creators being proud and passionate about > what they invented/accomplished, but it wants the focus to be on all > community members who should feel like they are all now inventing the next > chapter of the project's evolution. New members' contributions should be > respected to encourage them to stay and contribute more. I am not seeing > any disrespect at all in your community, but wording everywhere matters. > > The ASF isn't against particular vendors being involved with or building > upon ASF projects, indeed having vendors is a big win most of the time. But > we've all seen single-person or single-vendor open source projects struggle > at times. For the latter, folks who might be inclined to become more > involved think to themselves that "the main vendor will handle it", or > don't want to spend their spare time "helping a vendor's bottom line". The > ASF strives for vendor-neutral projects, so a diverse community taking the > project forward is what is desired. Again, I see that in your community, > but perceptions from vendor websites are important too. > > My only other advice is to not forget newbies in your documentation. I > quite enjoy diving into the papers you reference and knowing the details, > but your next set of contributors might have a different background to me. > I'd make it super simple for newbies to use your technology. I'll create an > issue for the website repo with some thoughts. But this point isn't > relevant to your graduation and can certainly come after. > > I look forward to your graduation! > > Cheers, Paul. > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I notice that the download page > > https://wayang.apache.org/docs/start/download does not conform to > > requirements. > > > > Each release on the page needs to clearly identify three links: > > artifact > > checksum > > signature > > > > The artifact must use either dlcdn.apache.org <http://dlcdn.apache.org/> > > or dyn/closer.lua to download the artifact from a mirror. > > > > The checksum and signature must refer to downloads.apache.org < > > http://downloads.apache.org/> directly. > > > > I hope you can correct the download page prior to your graduation. > > > > Warm regards, > > Craig > > > > > On Sep 10, 2025, at 12:19, Zoi Kaoudi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear IPMC Members, > > > Apache Wayang (Incubating) [1] joined the Incubator in December 2020. > > Since then, we have made significant progress towards maturing our project > > and our community and we believe we are ready to graduate [2][3]. > > Specifically: > > > > > > - We meet all requirements of the self-assessment maturity model [4]. > > See here [5]. > > > > > > > > > - Our project consists of 18 committers (including mentors), 11 being > > PPMC members. > > > > > > > > > - 44 people in total have contributed to our code base [6]. > > > > > > > > > - We have a diverse community stemming from both academia and industry > > across the world. > > > > > > > > > - We have made 4 releases with 4 different release managers. > > > > > > > > > - We have merged and closed 344 pull requests and resolved 136 issues > > [6] > > > > > > > > > - We have no pending naming/brand issues. > > > > > > > > > - Our project is being used in research as well as by some HR and > > consultancy companies in Denmark. > > > For research-related artifacts you can see some recent publications: > > > > > > > > > - Apache Wayang in Action: Enabling Data Systems Integration via a > > Unified Data Analytics Framework. SIGMOD Conference Companion 2025: 35-3 > > > > > > - Apache Wayang: A Unified Data Analytics Framework. SIGMOD Rec. 52(3): > > 30-35 (2023) > > > > > > 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.[1] https://wayang.apache.org/ > > > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/7nqfgs2qwykbdpnljjnhmowxmz2mj4ng[3] > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/28s7b6017rdrwosnnrg3ydkwt5z8jhhd > > > [4] > > https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html > > > [5] https://wayang.apache.org/docs/community/maturity > > > [6] https://github.com/apache/incubator-wayang > > > Best > > > -- > > > The Wayang team > > > > Craig L Russell > > [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
