Looks good to me
> On 29 Jun 2018, at 12:45 am, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de>
> wrote:
>
> Hope I didn’t miss anything … also hope this time I didn’t put in things the
> board isn’t interested in.
>
>
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>
> Apache PLC4X (incubating)
>
> PLC4X is a set of libraries for communicating with industrial programmable
> logic controllers (PLCs) using a variety of protocols but with a shared API.
>
> Most important issues to address while moving towards graduation:
>
> Building the community: The PPMC and committer group has a large percentage
> of codecentric employees, we have been recruiting people from other
> companies, but will have to continue these efforts for establishing a healthy
> Apache community.
> Onboarding of new committers: With PLC4X several people on the team are not
> very familiar with the Apache Way. We have started and will continue our
> efforts on this onboarding.
> Make our first release
>
> Any Issues the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware of:
>
> Not at the moment.
>
> How has the community developed since the last report?
>
> Christofer has invested most of his time in May and June spreading the word
> about PLC4X.
> There have been several conference talks on PLC4X:
> - Building IoT 2018 in Cologne: Christofer Dutz – Industrial IoT und
> Edge Computing mit Apache PLC4X und Apache Edgent
>
> * @Vanced Network Meetup in Solingen: Christofer Dutz – Open-Source in der
> Industrie mit Apache PLC4X
> * Apache Roadshow EU in Berlin: Christofer Dutz - Revolutionizing the
> Production Industry with Apache PLC4X
>
> A blog post in a major corporate tech-blog has been published with the
> content of the JavaSPEKTRUM article on Apache Edgent and Apache PLC4X:
> https://blog.codecentric.de/2018/06/edge-computing-industrial-iot-apache-edgent-apache-plc4x/
>
> As a direct result on a talk in Berlin about mentoring new committers, we
> have started creating “low-hanging-fruit” tagged issues and have started
> promoting them.
> As a result we have 2 potential contributors interested in tackling these.
> Hopefully this will result in continued activity from their side.
>
> We have reached out to a developer offering Modbus, EthernetIP and OPC-UA
> drivers on his Github page to get him to join our efforts.
>
> The dev-list subscriptions has gone up by 7 (now 29) from the last report.
>
> We now have a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ApachePlc4x as another
> channel of communicating interesting PLC4X facts.
> After tweeting a lot about our project, the number of followers to that has
> drastically increased to 41
>
> How has the project developed since the last report?
>
> We have setup a VPN for the CI server and other committers to be able to
> communicate with real PLCs, however this feature has not proven to improve
> the involvement of other committers so far.
>
> We have recently found a set of git repos with Apache licensed code for
> accessing Modbus, Ethernet/IP and UPC-UA devices. We have reached out to the
> original developer to maybe get him on board with our team.
>
> How does the podling rate their own maturity?
>
> We have a mix of new participants and experienced Apache people involved.
> So far, the new participants have shown great willingness and success in
> adopting the Apache Way.
> However, we still need to continue: the on-boarding increasing the diversity
> of the team
> Also, will we need to decide and establish all the processes involved in
> releasing software at Apache
>
>
