Sharing the same sentiment. Thank you for all your efforts on getting this ready to contribute!
> On May 26, 2023, at 9:59 AM, Francisco Guerrero <fran...@apache.org> wrote: > > I second Dinesh's sentiment. I'm looking forward to this contribution. > > On 2023/05/26 16:29:12 Dinesh Joshi wrote: >> This is exciting. Thank you for all your hard work on getting ICLAs from >> contributors. I am in favor of moving forward. >> >> >>> >>> On May 26, 2023, at 5:54 AM, Jeremy Hanna <jeremy.hanna1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >> >>> To add to a somewhat crowded [DISCUSS] party, I'd like to restart the >>> discussion around CEP-8. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This is the original thread from July 2020: >>> <https://lists.apache.org/thread/01pljcncyjyo467l5orh8nf9okrh7oxm> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At the time, several good points were discussed and the CEP has been updated >>> with many of them. One point in particular was that we should start with >>> the DataStax Java driver as it is the reference implementation of the CQL >>> protocol, a dependency of the project, and the most used of the 7 drivers >>> discussed. Other points were about package naming evolution and DataStax >>> specific functionality. I believe everyone agreed that we should take the >>> first step of contributing the drivers as-is to minimize user disruption. >>> That way we get through the legal and procedural process for the first >>> driver. Then we can proceed with discussing how it will be managed and by >>> whom. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> As the next step in donating the Java driver to the project and as we talked >>> about at ApacheCon last year, we needed to verify that we had all of the >>> CLAs for all of the codebase. Over the last year, Greg, Benjamin, Mick, >>> Josh, Scott, and I have been tracking down all of the contributors of the >>> DataStax Java driver that had not signed the DataStax CLA and asked them to >>> please sign that one or the ASF CLA. After having discussed the CLAs with >>> the PMC and ASF legal, we believe we are ready to proceed. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At this point, we'd like to propose CEP-8 for consideration, starting the >>> process to accept the DataStax Java driver as an official ASF project. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [| [CEP-8: Datastax Drivers Donation - CASSANDRA - Apache Software >>> Foundation](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-8%3A+Datastax+Drivers+Donation)[cwiki.apache.org >>> >>> <http://cwiki.apache.org/>](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-8%3A+Datastax+Drivers+Donation)| >>> [<favicon.ico>](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-8%3A+Datastax+Drivers+Donation) >>> >>> ---|--- >>> >>> ](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-8%3A+Datastax+Drivers+Donation) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jeremy
