A quick update: the Apache Incubator has adopted the proposed graduation resolution [1], and it is now presented to the ASF Board of Directors for their consideration.
Davor [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/71a1c63837a7d1506a10af9c70af1c24db988451ac5b53fa2467b9b8@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Neelesh Salian <nsal...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Quite an interesting discussion. Looking forward to the graduation. :) > Thanks for putting this together. > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> wrote: > > > A quick update: the vote within the Incubator has been started [1]. > > > > Davor > > > > [1] > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a8e9cecfe93f0e464cc7c1774d2761 > > ca14326df1101b7670ca8b1dc3@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Davor Bonaci <da...@google.com> wrote: > > > > > A quick update on the progress: the PPMC is nearly complete drafting > the > > > proposed resolution, and I've just kicked off the discussion within the > > > Incubator community [1]. > > > > > > I'd encourage everyone to participate in the discussion and carry your > > > enthusiasm there. Thanks! > > > > > > Davor > > > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b9c1071b355588468368145 > 75ada3c > > > dca61c72dc1e672ab994a9c936@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> +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/ > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Neelesh Srinivas Salian > Customer Operations Engineer >
