+1 It's awesome to see the progress on this, thanks Joe :-).
Przemek On 2022/04/26 20:56:45 Joe Evans wrote: > Hi MXNet Community, > > Apache MXNet (incubating) has been an incubating project since January, > 2017. 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. > > Based on the positive responses in the graduation RFC[1] and discussion > thread[2], we would like to have a community vote on graduating MXNet to an > Apache Top Level 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 > - > > 56 new committers were added (which include new PPMC members), bringing > the total number of committers to 87 > - > > The total number of contributors is now 870 and growing. > > 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] > > > Here is the proposed resolution: > > —------------------------------------------------------ > > Establish the Apache MXNet Project > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of > > the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish > > a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance > > of open-source software, for distribution at no charge to the public, > > related to a flexible and efficient library for Deep Learning. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > > (PMC), to be known as the "Apache MXNet Project", be and hereby is > > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MXNet Project be and hereby is responsible for > > the creation and maintenance of software related to a flexible and > > efficient library for Deep Learning; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MXNet" be and > > hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the > > direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache MXNet > > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache MXNet Project; > > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are > > appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache MXNet Project: > > * Anirudh Subramanian <[email protected]> > > * Bing Xu <[email protected]> > > * Bob Paulin <[email protected]> > > * Carin Meier <[email protected]> > > * Chiyuan Zhang <[email protected]> > > * Chris Olivier <[email protected]> > > * Dick Carter <[email protected]> > > * Eric Xie <[email protected]> > > * Furkan Kamaci <[email protected]> > > * Haibin Lin <[email protected]> > > * Henri Yandell <[email protected]> > > * Hongliang Liu <[email protected]> > > * Indhu Bharathi <[email protected]> > > * Jackie Wu <[email protected]> > > * Jason Dai <[email protected]> > > * Jian Zhang <[email protected]> > > * Joe Spisak <[email protected]> > > * Jun Wu <[email protected]> > > * Leonard Lausen <[email protected]> > > * Liang Depeng <[email protected]> > > * Ly Nguyen <[email protected]> > > * Madan Jampani <[email protected]> > > * Marco de Abreu <[email protected]> > > * Markus Weimer <[email protected]> > > * Mu Li <[email protected]> > > * Nan Zhu <[email protected]> > > * Naveen Swamy <[email protected]> > > * Przemysław Trędak <[email protected]> > > * Qiang Kou <[email protected]> > > * Qing Lan <[email protected]> > > * Sandeep Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> > > * Sergey Kolychev <[email protected]> > > * Sheng Zha <[email protected]> > > * Shiwen Hu <[email protected]> > > * Tao Lv <[email protected]> > > * Terry Chen <[email protected]> > > * Thomas Delteil <[email protected]> > > * Tianqi Chen <[email protected]> > > * Tong He <[email protected]> > > * Tsuyoshi Ozawa <[email protected]> > > * Xingjian Shi <[email protected]> > > * YiZhi Liu <[email protected]> > > * Yifeng Geng <[email protected]> > > * Yu Zhang <[email protected]> > > * Yuan Tang <[email protected]> > > * Yutian Li <[email protected]> > > * Zhi Zhang <[email protected]> > > * Zihao Zheng <[email protected]> > > * Ziheng Jiang <[email protected]> > > * Ziyue Huang <[email protected]> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sheng Zha be appointed to > > the office of Vice President, Apache MXNet, to serve in accordance with > > and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of > > the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or > > disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MXNet Project be and hereby is tasked with the > > migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator MXNet podling; and > > be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > > MXNet podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > > Discharged. > > —------------------------------------------------------ > > If this vote passes, our next step will be to start a graduation discussion > and subsequent vote on the general@incubator list. > > Please vote on graduating Apache MXNet (incubating) as a Top Level Project. > > This vote is open for at least 72 hours and passes if a majority of at > least 3 (+1 PPMC) votes are cast. > > [ ] +1 Yes, graduate Apache MXNet (incubating) as a top level project > > [ ] +0 No opinion > > [ ] -1 No, Apache MXNet (incubating) is not ready to graduate as a Top > Level Project because… > > > Reference: > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20984 > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/l9h2qgb2vqs2y0cm46wh83sgomr9w190 > [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 >
