One more thing I forgot. There were proposals for a new Calcite logo a
couple of months ago and some really cool ones were proposed. The
discussion died down, but I hope it's still something we can move
forward on.
On 6/11/2018 8:27 AM, Francis Chuang wrote:
Thanks for starting this discussion, Michael!
The Calcite project and it's Avatica sub project has been doing really
well in the past year under your stewardship. I have seen a lot of new
contributors who are highly motivated and we also added new committers.
In terms of what we are doing well, I feel that the community is
something we've managed really well. Newcomers and people with
questions generally have questions answered quickly and I have seen
quite a few threads with in-depth discussion on new and interesting
use-cases for Calcite. Our git repositories are also quite active
(Avatica and Avatica-Go less so) and I think this is a testament to
our community and the flatness of the learning curve for new
contributors to contribute to the project.
In terms of what we need to do better, I think the load on Julian is
still quite high (although much better than the previous years). I
also hope more contributors and committers can help us review PRs (you
don't need to be a committer to review!). I also feel that we should
maintain a release cadence for the project, otherwise we might end up
in a position where there hasn't been a new release for a while
(Avatica had a 10 month gap between 1.10.0 and 1.11.0). I know Julian
has been asking for release managers for a release of Calcite +
Avatica in late October and I think we should try to see if we can get
a release out for both projects soon. There has also been some
discussion on the list regarding the appropriate tone to use in the
community. All I want to say regarding this is to be kind and
understanding and try not to be too stressed out if a proposal is not
perfect.
Francis
On 6/11/2018 1:21 AM, Michael Mior wrote:
It's that time of year again where we consider where Calcite has gone
over
the past year and where it's going in the future. I've been happy to see
our first academic publication on Calcite finally get out this year
(thanks
to Edmon, Dan, Jesús, and Julian!)
It's also been really positive to see more committers join the
project over
the past year with many contributions in new areas. The quality of our
tests has improved and the feature base continues to expand. There's
a few
big things that come to mind. Calcite now has some support for
geometry and
JSON functions and also new parsing capabilities via the babel and
server
modules. There are probably other important advancements that I missed.
The project continues to have some challenges in keeping up with
reviewing
JIRA cases and PRs. Suggestions on streamlining this process are always
welcome. Of course, many contributors to Calcite are doing this in their
spare time. Maintaining the health of the community is another important
goal. There have been a few challenges with friction among
contributors but
I think we're working towards resolving this.
Lots going on with Avatica as well and I thank Francis has done a
fantastic
job of taking care of that aspect of the project. (Far better than I
have
done overall as PMC chair :) It's also the time to find a new chair
for the
coming year. If he's willing, I think Francis would be a great choice.
To repeat questions from previous years:
1) What else are we doing well in the project?
2) What areas do we need to do better?
Please take some time to share your thoughts!
--
Michael Mior
[email protected]
