+1 Thanks for bringing up this topic, Luciano. I definitely think it is the right time to start discussing graduation. The past 16 months have shown a sustained and growing level of commitment to the project, with several exciting new areas of development that the community is continuing to work on. As a community, we've grown to value and embrace the Apache process, and it's allowed us to hold effective public discussions on code, branding, etc., to the benefit of the project.
-- Mike Dusenberry GitHub: github.com/dusenberrymw LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikedusenberry Sent from my iPhone. > On Mar 3, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Nakul Jindal <naku...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 > > Thank you Luciano for starting this discussion and the guidance you've > provided on this project. > In addition to the aforementioned accomplishments of the project, the > roadmap (which has been on the mailing list) also directs us towards making > continued healthy progress. > > Nakul Jindal > > >> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Glenn Weidner <gweid...@us.ibm.com> wrote: >> >> +1 >> >> Thank you Luciano for starting the discussion and for all the guidance >> you've provided from the beginning of the project. I agree that the Apache >> SystemML community has grown and achieved many exciting things during >> incubation. For example, today we completed our fifth release of Apache >> SystemML after releasing previous version in February. Graduating to a >> top-level project will be another important accomplishment and help >> continue momentum with developers and users. >> >> Regards, >> Glenn >> >> >> [image: Inactive hide details for Deron Eriksson ---03/03/2017 12:02:35 >> PM---+1 Thank you for starting this important discussion Lucian]Deron >> Eriksson ---03/03/2017 12:02:35 PM---+1 Thank you for starting this >> important discussion Luciano, and thank you for >> >> From: Deron Eriksson <deroneriks...@gmail.com> >> To: dev@systemml.incubator.apache.org >> Date: 03/03/2017 12:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] SystemML Graduation >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> +1 >> >> Thank you for starting this important discussion Luciano, and thank you for >> all the guidance that you have provided us regarding the Apache Incubator, >> the Apache Software Foundation, and open-source software development! I'd >> also like to thank Henry for all the great assistance and hard work since >> becoming an additional mentor for the project. >> >> I believe that we may indeed be ready to graduate to a top level project >> due both to our technical efforts and our community efforts. Since we >> became an incubator project, in terms of code we have consistently >> demonstrated a high level of excellent activity from a wide range of >> contributors. We have 1,065 commits since we became an incubator project >> and have closed 391 pull requests in that time. Additionally, over time, we >> have all learned many best practices and Apache guidelines, for example how >> to properly validate our source releases in terms of content and licenses. >> We have also learned the processes involved with topics such as JIRA, >> GitHub, Git, Subversion, and software releases, and how to interact with >> groups such as Apache infrastructure to effectively develop open-source >> software following the Apache way. >> >> I think everyone on the SystemML project has also worked hard to build an >> open community around the project. We have open discussions on technical >> matters, especially in the area of pull requests, and these discussions >> demonstrate a consistent ability to reach consensus while allowing >> respectful disagreement. I believe our mailing list could be used more >> frequently, since it offers a more centralized location for discussions >> (compared to pull request discussions), which could be an addition way to >> help the community. However, we do have important discussions on the >> mailing list, for example in regards to questions from users, and >> communication on the mailing list is positive and encouraging to community >> growth. >> >> Deron >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It has been an exciting 16 months so far, and the project has >> accomplished >>> 4 official Apache Releases and is currently requesting the IPMC to >> approve >>> the 5th release. We have voted 3 new committers and PPMC members and >>> welcomed a new Mentor. The community continues to evangelize the project >> at >>> universities, blog posts, public webcasts, and in multiple conferences >>> which culminate in the project being awarded 'Best Paper' at VLDB 2016. >> And >>> last, but not least, the Incubator has asked us to evaluate and possibly >>> start the graduation process [1]. >>> >>> For now, I would like to get the community to take a quick look at the >>> 'Graduation Guide' [2] and use this thread to discuss your opinion about >>> SystemML graduation. >>> >>> In parallel, I will start working on updating the project page [3] with >>> milestones, and other details. >>> >>> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/general@incubator.apache.org/ >> msg58614.html >>> [2] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html >>> [3] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/systemml.html >>> >>> -- >>> Luciano Resende >>> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 >>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Deron Eriksson >> Spark Technology Center >> http://www.spark.tc/ >> >> >> >>
