Thanks everyone for the feedback and comments. Based on the responses, the community overwhelmingly supports graduation. I will start a voting thread in this list shortly.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM Hongliang Liu <phunter....@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for graduation. So much nice work by the team! > > Regards, > Hongliang Liu > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:34 Mu Li <m...@apache.org> wrote: > > > +1 for graduation. It's hard to believe that mxnet is still in > incubating. > > > > On 2022/04/18 21:03:10 Joe Evans 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 > > > > > >
