I'm fine with the report. Do you have the ####'s filled out? John
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:21 AM Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > I agree that the lack of other activity is noteworthy. I hope I can do my > best to spread the word in the next few months, but right now I share that > opinion ;-) > > And some super minor thing … if you mention me please write “Chris” or > Christofer Dutz” … the other feels really strange for me when reading it ;-) > > But other than that, I fully agree: > > +1 > > Chris > > Am 30.10.17, 23:45 schrieb "Dale LaBossiere" <dlab...@apache.org>: > > Hi all, > > Please review the following status report ASAP so that I can submit it > by Wed, Nov. 1. > > I’ll fill in the one missing piece of info (#subscribers) shortly - > when Will gets me that info. > > Any other adjustments? > > Regarding calling out the “Any issues…” item, I believe it’s factual > and appropriate to note it. If others disagree, I can replace > it with the usual “No”, or change the text as suggested. > > Thanks, > — Dale > > 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? > > While two contributors are still quite active working on > the conversion to maven and towards getting out the next release, > there has been very little other community or dev list activity. > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > * Will Marshall had a meetup in San Francisco on 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). > * Chris Dutz gave a presentation at Solutions Hamburg that > included Apache Edgent. > * There was one new non-committer enhancement/PR merged. > * There was one JIRA from a new individual: asked & answered. > * Chris Dutz stated that he’s beginning a project where he will be > using Edgent > * Total, we have #####(TBD - 70 last report) subscribers to our > mailing list, an improvement > of #####(TBD - 5 last report) since the last report. > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > * Two contributors/committers have been very active overhauling the > Edgent build system to Maven from Gradle on the features/maven > branch. We are very close to merging and working on a release. > Maven provides benefits over Gradle, including a more rigid build > structure, the Maven package system, and ASF release process > integration. > The work includes a variety of other cleanup / usability items, > such as how we distribute Edgent samples and how users build them. > * According to JIRA, 6 new issues were added to the project and > 2 issues have been resolved or closed between August 2017 and > October 2017. > 11 issues are in progress as part of PR-309 (the maven work). > > 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: > > 2017-05-17 > > When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? > > In August 2017, we added Christofer Dutz as a new committer > and PPMC member. > > Signed-off-by: > > [ ](edgent) Daniel Debrunner > Comments: > [ ](edgent) Luciano Resende > Comments: > [ ](edgent) John Ament > Comments: > [ ](edgent) Justin Mclean > Comments: > > > > >
