Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic support! Please keep the thread going, as we kick off the process on private@. Please don’t forget to bring up any data points that might help strengthen our case.
Thanks! On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Scott Wegner <sweg...@google.com.invalid> wrote: > +1 (beaming) > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:25 AM Robert Bradshaw > <rober...@google.com.invalid> > wrote: > > +1 > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Lukasz Cwik <lc...@google.com.invalid> > wrote: > > +1 > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> +1 > >> The community if doing very well and behaving very Apache > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Etienne Chauchot <echauc...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > A big +1 of course, very excited to go forward > >> > > >> > Etienne > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Le 22/11/2016 à 19:19, Davor Bonaci a écrit : > >> > > >> >> Hi everyone, > >> >> With all the progress we’ve had recently in Apache Beam, I think it > is > >> >> time > >> >> we start the discussion about graduation as a new top-level project > at > >> the > >> >> Apache Software Foundation. > >> >> > >> >> Graduation means we are a self-sustaining and self-governing > community, > >> >> and > >> >> ready to be a full participant in the Apache Software Foundation. It > >> does > >> >> not imply that our community growth is complete or that a particular > >> level > >> >> of technical maturity has been reached, rather that we are on a solid > >> >> trajectory in those areas. After graduation, we will still > periodically > >> >> report to, and be overseen by, the ASF Board to ensure continued > growth > >> of > >> >> a healthy community. > >> >> > >> >> Graduation is an important milestone for the project. It is also key > to > >> >> further grow the user community: many users (incorrectly) see > incubation > >> >> as > >> >> a sign of instability and are much less likely to consider us for a > >> >> production use. > >> >> > >> >> A way to think about graduation readiness is through the Apache > Maturity > >> >> Model [1]. I think we clearly satisfy all the requirements [2]. It is > >> >> probably worth emphasizing the recent community growth: over each of > the > >> >> past three months, no single organization contributing to Beam has > had > >> >> more > >> >> than ~50% of the unique contributors per month [2, see assumptions]. > >> >> That’s > >> >> a great statistic that shows how much we’ve grown our diversity! > >> >> > >> >> Process-wise, graduation consists of drafting a board resolution, > which > >> >> needs to identify the full Project Management Committee, and getting > it > >> >> approved by the community, the Incubator, and the Board. Within the > Beam > >> >> community, most of these discussions and votes have to be on the > >> private@ > >> >> mailing list, but, as usual, we’ll try to keep dev@ updated as much > as > >> >> possible. > >> >> > >> >> With that in mind, let’s use this discussion on dev@ for two things: > >> >> * Collect additional data points on our progress that we may want to > >> >> present to the Incubator as a part of the proposal to accept our > >> >> graduation. > >> >> * Determine whether the community supports graduation. Please reply > >> +1/-1 > >> >> with any additional comments, as appropriate. I’d encourage everyone > to > >> >> participate -- regardless whether you are an occasional visitor or > have > >> a > >> >> specific role in the project -- we’d love to hear your perspective. > >> >> > >> >> Data points so far: > >> >> * Project’s maturity self-assessment [2]. > >> >> * 1500 pull requests in incubation, which makes us one of the most > >> active > >> >> project across all of ASF on this metric. > >> >> * 3 releases, each driven by a different release manager. > >> >> * 120+ individual contributors. > >> >> * 3 new committers added, 2 of which aren’t from the largest > >> organization. > >> >> * 1027 issues created, 515 resolved. > >> >> * 442 dev@ emails in October alone, sent by 51 individuals. > >> >> * 50 user@ emails in the last 30 days, sent by 22 individuals. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks! > >> >> > >> >> Davor > >> >> > >> >> [1] http://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project- > >> >> maturity-model.html > >> >> [2] http://beam.incubator.apache.org/contribute/maturity-model/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> >
