Hello everyone, First of all, thanks for your work, Francis.
While I am relatively new in this community I must admit that I totally agree with Danny Chan when he says that we had some *"interesting discussions on the mailing list and we did have some valuable conclusion(like the Join expression rework, the trait sets propagation, the metadata etc.)"*. I think we must continue in this direction and keep on our good work together. Apart from that, I agree with Muhammad Gelbana too: ideally we could have more technical documentation of the main modules; but I am also aware that it can be very time consuming to generate such documentation, and also to maintain it, and we could easily have out-of-date material on our hands. So, I am not sure how we could proceed. Despite being a great project, I also have the impression that Calcite is not so well-known, and we need to "spread the word" to reach a bigger number of users. I cannot compare with previous years, but I what I have seen so far is a healthy community, with many people collaborating and willing to help beginner (and advanced) users. Finally, I think Stamatis is a great choice for PMC chair :) Best, Ruben Quesada Lopez Le mer. 23 oct. 2019 à 15:09, Michael Mior <[email protected]> a écrit : > Thanks for the summary Francis and +1 for Stamatis as the next PMC chair :) > > -- > Michael Mior > [email protected] > > Le mer. 23 oct. 2019 à 02:36, Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]> a > écrit : > > > > It's been a great year so far. Thanks for your great work Francis, you > did > > an excellent job! > > > > I also like a lot the way that the mailing list works and the fact that > we > > are very active. Apart from helping each other it also centralizes a lot > of > > information, where people may find an answer to their problem quite > easily. > > When I first started to learn about Calcite, the list and the archives > were > > indispensable. > > > > It is also very positive that we don't encounter very often regressions > > (and most of those encountered were minor), which shows that the quality > > standards of the project are really high and reviewers are really paying > > attention on what is going in. I believe a lot in the motto of quality > over > > quantity. > > > > Although we are managing PRs a bit better than the previous years, we > have > > to improve more. I had in my mind that if people assigned to themselves > the > > review of the JIRA/PR the feeling of responsibility would make things > > advance faster. I tried applying this to myself but it didn't really work > > much better since there is certainly a lack of time. Other than lack of > > time sometimes it is our diligence that makes PRs wait a long time till > > they get merged. Given that we have a version control system (and at any > > time we can go back in time) we should be more confident about committing > > things faster. > > > > Calcite is a great project that could be used in many different ways by > > many people. Unfortunately, I think we are losing many users simply > because > > they are not aware that such a project exists. At least in Europe, > academic > > people and as a result university students, graduates, and future > engineers > > do not know that Calcite exists. I gave a talk last year in a university > in > > France, and nobody in the audience had ever heard of Calcite before. I > > think such introductory talks in universities should be done more often. > > The talks about Calcite in conferences is of course a great way to spread > > the word; thanks to everybody who got involved in them and keep it up. > > > > Thanks a lot for the nomination for PMC chair! I will be honoured and > very > > happy to serve if I am elected. > > > > Best, > > Stamatis > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 6:40 AM Juan Pan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > Actually i think it's time to have my say after receiving the email > > > titiled `Have your say!` from Julian Hyde. > > > > > > > > > As a person new this project, i am appreciated community's help for my > > > question ml, and glad to see its communnity so active and harmonious. > Other > > > than that, it also gives me some new ideas for our incubator project. > As of > > > now, i am exploring Calcite, so if possible, i want to do some > > > contributions to it as well. > > > > > > > > > Hope Apache Calcite better and better in future. > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Trista > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Juan Pan > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > Juan Pan(Trista), Apache ShardingSphere > > > > > > > > > On 10/23/2019 11:21，Chunwei Lei<[email protected]> wrote： > > > Thank you for your great work, Francis! > > > > > > In the past year, I deeply feel that Calcite community is becoming > more and > > > more active, which means that more and > > > more companies start to use Apache Calcite. This is very exciting and > > > encouraging. > > > > > > Thanks to active contributions and committers, pull requests could be > > > reviewed and merged in a short time currently > > > which really benefits a lot. > > > > > > I also feel that there are quite a few tough legacy issues left. I > hope we > > > can spend more time discussing and finding out > > > a solution in the future. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Best, > > > Chunwei > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 9:38 AM Danny Chan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the state summarize Francis Chuang ! And thanks for the > awesome > > > work for keeping Calcite in good shape ! > > > > > > From my perspective, I really feel that Calcite is becoming more and > more > > > popular and there are many new groups trying to use this great > project, as > > > a reviewer, I saw many contributions from all kinds of people. And I > feel > > > very proud of that ! > > > > > > For the last year, I did many work to let Apache Flink and Calcite to > have > > > better integration, and I believe there would be more and more people > to > > > make contributions and make Calcite more pluggable and more suitable > for > > > production environments ! > > > > > > I also very enjoy the absolute harmony of the community, we are fire > > > interesting discussions on the mailing list and we did have some > valuable > > > conclusion(like the Join expression rework, the trait sets > propagation, the > > > metadata etc.) And I felt very happy and respected to work with you > guys in > > > the community. Let’s keep the good communications and output more > valuable > > > design ! > > > > > > Thanks again to everyone ! > > > > > > Best, > > > Danny Chan > > > 在 2019年10月22日 +0800 AM10:22，Julian Hyde <[email protected]>，写道： > > > I agree that we’ve made good progress on last year’s big problem, pull > > > requests languishing for too long. The situation has been better, > because a > > > few people are putting in considerable effort reviewing. We still have > some > > > ways to go, so let’s keep up the good work. > > > > > > One of the successes of the year was to arrange release managers for > > > several releases in advance. Each of the individuals stepped up and > did a > > > great job, and the release process was as smooth as it could possibly > be > > > for a project of this size. Because the work was shared, I think no > > > individual felt that they were taking on an undue burden. > > > > > > I also want to mention the fact that we now have an awesome logo. Thank > > > you for pushing that change through! > > > > > > +1 for Stamatis as candidate for the next PMC chair. I was going to > > > propose him also. > > > > > > I am proud that we have appointed a new person as PMC chair every year. > > > Each chair has brought a new perspective and energy to the role, and > has > > > advanced the community. Francis is no exception, and he has kept > Calcite in > > > good shape. Thank you, Francis! > > > > > > We were discussing in another thread about whether we should cleave > > > Avatica into a more separate sub-project or top-level project. But I do > > > note that Francis came from the Avatica side of the project (Avatica > Go, in > > > fact) and yet effortlessly and effectively spoke for the whole Calcite > > > project. So, it gives me hope that there is still cohesion between the > > > Calcite and Avatica communities. > > > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Danny Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Great work Francis! I’m + 1 for Stamatis being the PMC chair ~ > > > > > > Best, > > > Danny Chan > > > 在 2019年10月21日 +0800 AM6:47，[email protected]，写道： > > > > > > Francis > > > > > > > > > >
