If no further questions, I would like to create a vote soon. Thanks, Weiting
On 2026/01/04 10:34:35 Weiting Chen wrote: > Hi Justin, > > Thanks for the feedback, here are the responses to each point: > > 1. 3rd party branding: We've asked IBM to rephrase such mentions to comply > with ASF branding. They will correct it soon. > > 2. Decision-making channels: Yes, even though we use GitHub Discussions and > sync meetings for informal discussion, all important decisions are actually > made on the dev@ mailing list (or at least summarized there). We make sure to > follow Apache’s transparency norms by moving or logging outcomes on the dev > list for the record. > > 3. PPMC composition: Please check below wiki page for more information > Gluten Charter: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GLUTEN/Gluten+Badges > Gluten PPMC status: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/qhyjfgmwvo8n7sjnzor5nt1q36t9m5vw > Gluten PPMC chair voting: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/0glb7z98c911q6l71wgl64m2zy2rhcv0 > > 4. PR backlog: The gap between opened and merged PRs is mostly due to active > triage and exploratory drafts, but also because some PRs target specific > Spark or backend versions and get closed quickly once verified. We merge > useful contributions fast and close stale or version-specific PRs promptly to > keep the queue clean. > > Thanks, > Weiting > > On 2025/12/24 15:26:52 Justin Mclean wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Apache Gluten seems nearly ready to graduate. Before we move forward, there > > are a few final checks I think the PPMC should confirm: > > - Third-party branding: Some vendor materials refer to “Gluten accelerated > > Spark” or similar [1] as named product features. This is not in line with > > the ASF branding policy, and the PPMC needs to address this. > > - Decision-making channels: The project uses GitHub Discussions and regular > > sync meetings. Please confirm that decisions are made on the dev mailing > > list, or at least summarised there. > > - PPMC composition: Please share one clear link to the draft project > > charter and include the proposed initial PMC members and Chair, along with > > their affiliations. > > - PR backlog: The large gap between PRs opened and merged over 12 months > > may reflect a vendor-driven shared roadmap. It would be helpful for the > > project to briefly explain how PR triage and closure are handled, and why > > this has occurred, especially given the short time to close most PRs. > > > > Note that this is from a very quick look; there may be other issues that > > need to be addressed. Addressing these points will help the IPMC finish the > > graduation discussion. > > > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > > 1. > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonxdata/aws?topic=engine-introduction-gluten-accelerated-spark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
