Hmm… I sent a draft on Jan 30th and was planning on submitting it today. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c23ae4d7536e911b10668de205e435bb171c529d96df4a536fd1ddcc@%3Cdev.edgent.apache.org%3E But no worries. Maybe just merge some of the info into yours. — Dale
> On Feb 5, 2018, at 6:33 AM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > So I whipped up a report … hope I got the most important things in there … I > added things since November as this seems to have been our last report. > > ---------------- > > 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? > > The new incubating project: Apache PLC4X has bound quite a bit of the active > Edgent contributors for now. So right now we haven’t been as active as in the > months > before. This is due to the fact that the affected contributors have been > working > on an Edgent integration module for PLC4X. As these activities will require > less > attention in the future we are hoping the adoption of PLC4X & Edgent to > increase > the user- and eventually contributor-base. > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > * Christofer Dutz demonstrated Apache Edgent working together with Apache > PLC4X at the IoT Hessen Meetup end of December > * Christofer Dutz demonstrated Apache Edgent working together with Apache > PLC4X at Nortec Hamburg (Industrial fair) > * … > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > * Released Apache Edgent 1.2.0 as first Maven built version > * A lot of effort has been put into ensuring the stability of the > test-results (There were some timing related failures in the past) > * We have been working on simplifying the build and release process > (Especially reducing the number of manual operations) > * Two contributors/committers have been very active in creating an > integration module for Apache PLC4X > * … > > > 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. Especially in combination with Apache PLC4X we > are hoping to help grow the community of both projects. > > 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: > > 2017-12-14 Apache Edgent 1.2.0 > > When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? > > In August 2017, we added Christofer Dutz as a new committer > and PPMC member. > >
