Thanks, Craig, for the explanations. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Craig L Russell <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Kevin, > > On Jul 8, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Kevin Sutter wrote: > > Craig, >> Is there any common location that compares stats of the Apache projects? >> > > Not that I know of. > > For example, we always report the forum postings and user registrations. >> How do we know if these are modest changes vs extremely active vs dormant? >> > > We don't. What I put into the report is what I think is important for the > board to know about OpenJPA. I don't track others' reports with the same > degree of interest. > > Just curious if there are common stats gathered and communicated across >> projects. Or, do we have to dive through the individual reports and come >> to >> our own conclusions? >> > > Dive away. > > In Apache, each project is run by the PMC with some absolute rules and some > guidelines; and the rest is up to the project. If too little information is > provided by the project to the board, the board asks the project to improve. > But the board really tries hard to stay out of the way of projects. It would > be considered micromanaging the project for the board to require statistics, > but not micromanaging to ask for reporting new committers and PMC members. > > Regards, > > Craig > > > Thanks. >> >> Kevin >> >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Author: clr >>> Date: Mon Jul 6 22:37:08 2009 >>> New Revision: 791638 >>> >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=791638&view=rev >>> Log: >>> Please review this report before Friday July 10 >>> >>> Added: >>> openjpa/board/2009-07.txt (with props) >>> >>> Added: openjpa/board/2009-07.txt >>> URL: >>> >>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openjpa/board/2009-07.txt?rev=791638&view=auto >>> >>> >>> ============================================================================== >>> --- openjpa/board/2009-07.txt (added) >>> +++ openjpa/board/2009-07.txt Mon Jul 6 22:37:08 2009 >>> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ >>> +2009-July Status Report for the Apache OpenJPA Project >>> + >>> +Highlights >>> + >>> +OpenJPA continues to implement the latest JPA 2.0 JSR-317, which is in >>> +Proposed Final Draft status. The latest draft was issued 13-March-2009 >>> and >>> +contains several very large changes that will keep the project busy for >>> +another few months. Additionally, the spec has continued to evolve after >>> +the publication of the PFD. >>> + >>> +OpenJPA still has a Field Of Use problem with the draft JPA 2.0 >>> specification >>> +license. The license contains language restricting distribution of the >>> early >>> +implementation of JSR-317. The way we read this is that OpenJPA will be >>> +unable to offer an early release of OpenJPA that supports JPA 2.0 until >>> +and unless 2.(iii) is amended to remove the clause "is made available >>> for >>> +testing and evaluation purposes only". >>> + >>> +This issue was raised with Geir Magnusson, Apache VP, JCP on February 3, >>> 2009, >>> +and is still unresolved. >>> + >>> +Community >>> + >>> +Donald Woods was offered, and he accepted, committer status on the >>> project. >>> + >>> +Mailing lists continue to be very active, with an average of close to >>> 500 >>> +messages per month on the dev alias and approximately 250 messages per >>> +month on the users alias. >>> + >>> +OpenJPA continues to experience a modest increase in email subscriptions >>> and >>> +activity. There are over 150 subscribers to dev and over 225 to users. >>> + >>> +A vote is underway for a logo for OpenJPA, with 15 entries. Information >>> here: >>> +http://cwiki.apache.org/openjpa/logo-contest.html >>> + >>> +A vote to change the maximum line length for source files resulted in >>> +allowing 120 character lines. We do bike sheds too. >>> + >>> +The community is working well together. Questions from the community >>> +are answered promptly, often resulting in a JIRA being filed. >>> + >>> +Governance >>> + >>> +The PMC continues to track contributors with an eye toward making them >>> +committers, and committers PMC members. >>> + >>> +Releases >>> + >>> +none this quarter >>> >>> Propchange: openjpa/board/2009-07.txt >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> svn:eol-style = LF >>> >>> >>> >>> > Craig L Russell > Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > >
