Hi All, We need to report again this month. Please see below for the report and please add/remove content where you see appropriate. I'll get this committed when we are done. Thanks Lewis
------------------------------------- The Apache Gora open source framework provides an in-memory data model and persistence for big data. Gora supports persisting to column stores, key value stores, document stores and RDBMSs, and analyzing the data with extensive Apache Hadoop MapReduce support. Project Releases The Apache Gora team was happy to announce the release of Gora 0.2.1 on 7th August 2012. No releases have been made since however a clear staregy has been established for the 0.3 release. Overall Project Activity since last report Since last reporting, the PMC has geared the development drive towards the 0.3 release. We have addressed and resolved 28 of 33 issues meaning that the progression towards an RC for 0.3 is well on the way. We currently have two blockers which nee to be addressed before we can consider the 0.3 RC. How has the community developed since the last report? Activity on the user@ list has been very slow since last reporting. It was invisaged that after ApacheConEU user interest might pick up slightly, however this has not materialized as we hoped. Activity on dev@ has developed in line with our expectations as we move towards more regular Gora releases. Generally speaking more work needs to be done in an attempt to make it easier for people to use Gora. This is something which the PMC need to work on. Changes to PMC & Committers The Gora PMC were very pleased to invite and have Alfonso Nishikawa join our ranks in early December. After working with the PMC to ensure smooth transition into the Apache community Alfonso is now contributing to Gora and making a real impact. Alfonso also joined the Gora PMC. PMC and Committer diversity We currently have committers from a wide variety of Apache projects including, Nutch, Tika, OODT, Camel, Solr, Accumulo, Whirr & Hadoop (this is not an exhaustive list). We are still actively seeking one or more members to join the team from the Avro community so this will be a main target for us in the future post 0.3 release. Project Branding or Naming issues NONE Legal issues NONE -- Lewis
