Unless its something this team has specifically built and is part of the ASF project, I would avoid mentioning about this DeveloperWorks piece due to $corporateBacking.
On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 3:29 PM Queenie Ma <queeni...@apache.org> wrote: > Regarding this item, "An online course on Edgent was developed on > DeveloperWorks, providing further material for new users to familiarize > themselves with Edgent", I don't believe a course was ever created. I know > one was in the works earlier this year, but it was never completed. Am I > off base? > > The rest looks great, thanks! > > -- > Queenie > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 11:13 AM, William Marshall <wcmar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > The following is the initial draft of the podling report. If you have any > > comments, please make them by 12:00 PM PST tomorrow to leave sufficient > > time for the mentors to sign off on the wiki. > > > > > > Edgent > > > > Apache Edgent is a programming SDK and micro-kernel style runtime > > that can be embedded in gateways and small footprint edge devices > enabling > > local, real-time, analytics on the continuous streams of data coming > > from equipment, vehicles, systems, appliances, devices and sensors of > > all kinds (for example, Raspberry Pis or smart phones). Working in > > conjunction with centralized analytic systems, Apache Edgent provides > > efficient and timely analytics across the whole IoT ecosystem: from the > > center to the edge. > > > > Edgent has been incubating since 2016-02-29. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Create and expand a diverse community of contributors and committers > > around the Edgent project. > > 2. Attracting at least another independent committer/ppmc member. > > 3. Finding further real world users of Edgent > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > No > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > * Total, we have 70 subscribers to our mailing list, an improvement > > of 5 since the last report. > > * We have had a noticeable increase in the number of > > information-seeking > > emails on the mailing list from new Edgent developers. > > * An online course on Edgent was developed on DeveloperWorks, > providing > > further material for new users to familiarize themselves with Edgent > > * A San Francisco meetup has been scheduled for the 20th of September > > to demonstrate an Edgent video analytics application which was > > initially presented at ApacheCon 2017 (Video Analytics at the Edge: > > Fun with Apache Edgent, OpenCV and a Raspberry Pi). > > > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > * With the contributions of Christoper Dutz and Dale LaBossiere, the > > Edgent build system is undergoing an overhaul to Maven from Groovy. > > Maven provides benefits over Groovy, including a more rigid build > > structure, and the Maven package system. > > * According to JIRA, 13 new issues were added to the project and 6 > > issues have been resolved or closed between May 2017 and August 2017. > > > > How would you assess the podling's maturity? > > Edgent is making slow but consistent progress towards graduation. While > we > > don't yet meet the diversity requirements, we put emphasis on community > > growth through outreach which will ultimately pave the way for additional > > committers and contributors. > > > > Additionally, before we graduate it is important that we find users > > outside of IBM. As most Edgent committers are employed by IBM, external > > stakeholders help ensure long term contribution to the project. > > > > [ ] Initial setup > > [ ] Working towards first release > > [X] Community building > > [ ] Nearing graduation > > [ ] Other: > > > > Date of last release: > > > > 2017-03-17 > > > > When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? > > > > In May 2016, we added two new committers and PPMC members, > > Kathy Saunders and Queenie Ma. > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [ ](edgent) Daniel Debrunner > > Comments: > > [ ](edgent) Luciano Resende > > Comments: > > [ ](edgent) John Ament > > Comments: > > [ ](edgent) Justin Mclean > > Comments: > > > > IPMC/Shepherd notes: > > >
