Yes… now that I’ve (one minute ago) announced it!
> On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Michael Mior <mm...@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> LGTM, although should Christian Beikov be included as a new committer?
>
> --
> Michael Mior
> mm...@apache.org
>
> 2017-10-10 22:41 GMT-04:00 Jesus Camacho Rodriguez <jcama...@apache.org>:
>
>> Calcite community,
>>
>> I attach the draft of the report I propose to file for the 10/18 Apache
>> board meeting.
>>
>> Please, let me know if you have any feedback. Also if you are aware of
>> any talks given about Calcite in addition to those that I have added!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jesús
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> ## Description:
>> Apache Calcite is a highly customizable framework for parsing and
>> planning queries on data in a wide variety of formats. It allows
>> database-like access, and in particular a SQL interface and advanced
>> query optimization, for data not residing in a traditional database.
>>
>> Avatica is a sub-project within Calcite, and provides a framework
>> for building local and remote JDBC and ODBC database drivers. Avatica
>> has an independent release schedule, and since April 2017, it has its
>> own independent repository.
>>
>>
>> ## Issues:
>>
>> - There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
>>
>> ## Activity:
>>
>> Development and mailing list activity is steady for both Calcite and
>> its Avatica sub-project.
>>
>> Since the last board meeting, there has been one Calcite release.
>>
>> Calcite 1.14.0 was released at the beginning of October. The release
>> included more than 60 new features, improvements and bug fixes. Among
>> others, the GEOMETRY data type was added along with 35 associated
>> functions part of the OpenGIS set. Thus, projects integrating with
>> Calcite can benefit from this initial spatial support. In addition,
>> a new adapter for Elasticsearch5 was added. The adapter was an
>> unexpected contribution by a new member in the community, which is
>> representative of the benefits of open-source software development.
>> Finally, a cool new feature was added: the "sqlsh" command, which
>> allows you to run SQL queries against your OS from your shell!
>>
>>
>> Our community continued growing this quarter, as a new committer
>> (Chris Baynes) was added to the project.
>>
>> Finally, there was an important presence of the Apache Calcite project
>> in talks at multiple events, such as FlinkForward 2017 (Berlin, Germany)
>> and DataWorks Summit APAC 2017 (Sydney, Australia).
>>
>>
>> ## Health report:
>>
>> Activity levels on mailing lists, git and JIRA are normal for both
>> Calcite and Avatica.
>>
>>
>> ## PMC changes:
>>
>> - Currently 16 PMC members.
>> - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months
>> - Last PMC addition was Michael Mior on Mon Apr 03 2017
>>
>> ## Committer base changes:
>>
>> - Currently 26 committers.
>> - Chris Baynes was added as a committer on Wed Aug 23 2017
>>
>> ## Releases:
>>
>> - 1.14.0 was released on Sun Oct 01 2017
>>
>> ## JIRA activity:
>>
>> - 122 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months
>> - 70 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months
>>
>>
>>
>>
