+1 Thanks for pushing our graduation and I agree that Sheng would be a great chair!
-Marco On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 23:03 Joe Evans <joseph.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > BCC'ing all mentors > > Hi MXNet Community, > > Apache MXNet (incubating) has been an incubating project since January, > 2017[1]. Since then, the project has matured and adopted the Apache > Software Foundation’s principles and philosophy around building and > maintaining open source software. There is a thriving community of > developers and users from all over the world that regularly contribute to > the project. > > Here is a brief overview of the progress of the Apache MXNet (incubating) > project and community since entering the incubator: > > Community > > - > > 37 new PPMC members were added, bringing the total number of PPMC > members to 50 > - > > 55 new committers were added (which include new PPMC members), bringing > the total number of committers to 86 > - > > The total number of contributors is now 870 and growing. > - > > The dev@mxnet mailing list[2] currently has X subscribers, and all > major > project discussions happen there. > > Project > > - > > 18 releases[3] by 13 different release managers. All compliance issues > have been resolved with the 1.9.0 and 2.0.beta releases. > - > > MXNet website[4] is now compliant with Apache Project Website > requirements[5] > - > > MXNet has completed the project maturity self assessment[6] > > Concerns > > Although I think most of the issues noted below have been resolved, I did > want to bring up a few problems that have been identified with the project > in the past. > > Licensing and Branding Issues > > The IPMC brought up some release and branding issues and filed a JIRA > ticket[7] back in June, 2020. The community addressed the concerns but the > ticket remains open. > > We also went through an extensive license audit throughout the 1.9.0 > release[8][9], switch from using a DISCLAIMER-WIP to DISCLAIMER and added > automated license checking tools to prevent future licensing issues from > being introduced. We are confident we now comply with ASF requirements and > have the tools in-place to stay compliant. > > Distribution Rights and IP Clearance > > Our project status page[1] does not have dates under the Copyright and > Verify Distribution Rights sections. Based on the ticket[10] when the > source code was initially imported, an SGA was not required since MXNet > wasn’t developed by a commercial entity. Since the code was already Apache > 2.0 licensed, there was not a formal IP Clearance process completed. Based > on the extensive license audit completed for the 1.9.0 release, I believe > we can use the date when the release passed the general@incubator vote > when > the Distribution Rights were verified. Unless there are objections, I will > get these dates set on the status page after this discussion has completed. > > Chair for Project > > In part of our draft resolution that we will create to be considered by the > Apache Board, we must appoint a Chair to represent the project. Based on > his long project history and continued involvement, I would like to > nominate Sheng Zha as the project Chair. > > > This discussion will be open for at least 72 hours. > > References: > [1] https://incubator.apache.org/projects/mxnet.html > [2] lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@mxnet.apache.org > [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases > [4] https://mxnet.apache.org/ > [5] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs > [6] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+Maturity+Model+Assessment+for+MXNet > [7] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-253 > [8] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20475 > [9] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20616 > [10] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-13800 >
