+1 -- very nice first report!  Thanks, Aditi!

Marvin Humphrey

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:57 AM, P. Taylor Goetz <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 looks good to me.
>
> Nice work on responding to and incorporating feedback into the report.
>
> -Taylor
>
>> On Nov 3, 2015, at 6:14 PM, aditi hilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Marvin,
>>
>> Thanks for the explanation - I understand now.
>>
>> Here is the modified report.
>>
>> --------------------
>> Mynewt
>>
>> Mynewt is a real-time operating system for constrained embedded systems.
>>
>> Mynewt has been incubating since 2015-10-20.
>>
>> Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
>>
>>  1. Produce a first Apache release of downloadable RTOS image with
>>     support for multiple peripherals and network connectivity.
>>  2. Develop a roadmap and release schedule for the Mynewt Operating System
>>  3. Expand the community, increase dev list activity, and add new
>>     committers/pmc members.
>>
>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
>> aware of?
>>
>>  Just started incubation, nothing specific to report at this time.
>>
>> How has the community developed since the last report?
>>
>>  We are approximately 2 weeks into the incubation process.
>>
>>    1. Core infrastructure has been set up. Core contributors have completed
>>       their ICLA’s. Apache accounts, mailing lists, JIRA, and website are in
>>       place.
>>    2. First drop of documentation is linked to the incubator website on AFS.
>>    3. Participation on the @dev mailing list was seen with installation 
>> queries
>>       and troubleshooting questions from mentors and 1 new subscriber.
>>
>> How has the project developed since the last report?
>>
>>  Early activity:
>>
>>  1. Initial code drop on Apache git repository for Mynewt RTOS for M4 and M3
>>     architectures in debug environment
>>  2. Initial code drop on Apache git repository for newt tool to build basic
>>     RTOS images
>>  3. Core infrastructure is set up
>>
>> Date of last release:
>>
>>  No release yet.
>>
>> When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
>>
>>  Initial list of committers have been on-boarded.
>>  No new members added on top of the initial committer list.
>>
>> Signed-off-by:
>>
>>  [ ](mynewt) Sterling Hughes
>>  [ ](mynewt) Jim Jagielski
>>  [ ](mynewt) Justin Mclean
>>  [ ](mynewt) Greg Stein
>>  [ ](mynewt) P. Taylor Goetz
>>
>> Shepherd/Mentor notes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Aditi,
>>>
>>> I think what Justin is getting at is that graduation from the
>>> Incubator is not related to the maturity of the technology, but rather
>>> the maturity of the community.
>>>
>>> Apache is largely technology-agnostic -- the Foundation, and the Board
>>> of Directors acting on the Foundation's behalf when they oversee our
>>> projects, do not set technical direction for the projects, beyond
>>> requiring that they adhere to various policies.  And thus they
>>> Incubator PMC, when evaluating whether a podling should graduate from
>>> the Incubator and be recommended as a TLP, does not care about
>>> project-specific technical milestones.
>>>
>>> Take a look at this "Apache Project Maturity Model" to see the kinds
>>> of things that the are more relevant for graduation:
>>>
>>> https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html
>>>
>>> The Maturity Model is relatively new, but some podlings have started
>>> evaluating their progress against it as a step just prior to
>>> graduation, and that seems to be working out well.
>>>
>>> Marvin Humphrey
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:19 AM, aditi hilbert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> It’s a good point. I wondered about this esp. after the discussion we had 
>>>> yesterday about next steps. How about:
>>>>
>>>> “Add configuration subsystem and interface (API) to manage and monitor 
>>>> embedded devices”
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> aditi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 3, 2015, at 3:24 AM, Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks good to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Add support for additional micro controller architectures.
>>>>>
>>>>> Very minor. It’s a nice to have, but that's not really a requirement for 
>>>>> graduation. Can we think of something else to replace it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Justin
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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