Hey Michael,
Thank you for your nomination! I am happy to be PMC Chair for the next
year if others on the list are okay with that.
Francis
On 13/11/2018 2:50 am, Michael Mior wrote:
Francis,
Thanks for responding. Just thought I'd ping you directly and see if
you have any thoughts on potentially taking over as PMC Chair for next
year. Before my tenure, the project made the decision to rotate the
PMC Chair on a yearly basis to keep things fresh which seems like a
solid decision to me. Just wanted to gauge your interest as you've
been really involved over the past year and to my knowledge, haven't
yet been chair. Thanks!
--
Michael Mior
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Le lun. 5 nov. 2018 à 16:27, Francis Chuang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
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] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
