+1 I see a healthy project which deserves to graduate.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> wrote: > 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/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >>
