On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <[email protected]> wrote:
> (1) does "Samsara" as code name require trademark research, legally? If so, > was any research done? (I am guessing not -- not thru apache legal anyway). > (2) I'd suggest to take down the announcement thing item. Historically, we > mentioned talks and meetups only. Not classy enough. > Agree, will make the change. > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Suneel Marthi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Below is the draft of the July Board report, feedback welcome. > > --------------------- > > > > Report from the Apache Mahout project > > > > ## Description: > > The goal of Apache Mahout project is to build an environment for > quickly > > creating scalable distributed machine learning algorithms. > > > > ## Activity: > > - Apache Mahout’s next generation 0.10.0 was released on April 11, 2015. > > A new Math environment called ‘Samsara’ for its theme of universal > > rejuvenation was introduced in 0.10.0 release. > > At Samsara’s core are general linear algebra and statistical > operations > > with supporting data structures. > > Mahout-Samsara reflects a rethinking of how scalable Machine Learning > > algorithms are to be built and customized. > > > > - Apache Mahout 0.10.1 was released on May 31, 2015. This was a minor > bug > > fix release following 0.10.0. > > > > - Apache Mahout now supports scalable Machine Learning on Spark, H2O and > > MapReduce. > > > > - The project has been working closely with Apache BigTop to integrate > > Apache Mahout into BigTop following a release. > > > > - Integration of Apache Mahout with Apache Flink is in the works and is > > being done in collaboration with Data Artisans and TU Berlin. > > > > - Ted Dunning and Suneel Marthi announced the new Mahout 0.10.0 with > Spark > > and H2O support at BigData Everywhere (BDE) DC Conference at Tysons > Corner, > > VA on May 13, 2015 > > > > - Anand Avati was added as a new committer. > > > > - Stevo Slavic was as a PMC member. > > > > - Team presently working on 0.10.2 release, tentatively planned for the > > week of July 10 2015. > > > > ## Issues: > > - None > > > > ## PMC/Committership changes: > > > > - Currently 25 committers and 14 PMC members in the project. > > - Stevo Slavić was added to the PMC on Fri May 08 2015 > > - Anand Avati was added as a committer on Thu Apr 23 2015 > > > > ## Releases: > > > > - 0.10.1 was released on Sun May 31 2015 > > - 0.10.0 was released on Sat Apr 11 2015 > > > > ## Mailing list activity: > > > > - [email protected]: > > - 977 subscribers (down -8 in the last 3 months): > > - 1324 emails sent to list (1419 in previous quarter) > > > > - [email protected]: > > - 1933 subscribers (down -10 in the last 3 months): > > - 243 emails sent to list (252 in previous quarter) > > > > - [email protected]: > > - 10 subscribers (up 0 in the last 3 months): > > - 0 emails sent to list (0 in previous quarter) > > > > > > ## JIRA activity: > > > > - 85 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months > > - 74 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months > > >
