Hi -

Since the report is past due I went ahead and posted it to the wiki:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/May2019

I left out the statistics.

Regards,
Dave

> On May 3, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Michael Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Pierre,
> 
> I also suggest removing the detailed stats.  I think the board will ask for
> the same, they not going to go back to prior reports and look at trends.
> If there is something of interest in those trends, it is our job to provide
> explanation.  Personally I find these stats interesting but on their own
> they do not measure how well or how poorly a community is doing.
> 
> Is there another way to accomplish your desire to have these statistics
> more publicly available?  One way that comes to mind is an email to the dev
> list with this information.  You should then link to that email in the
> report if anyone wants to see more.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:18 AM Pierre Smits <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> If there is consensus  among the majority of those contributors weighing in
>> on the matter of dropping mailing list stats I will remove those. Otherwise
>> I will submit the report as is.
>> 
>> The rationale behind this is that while some within the community (and/or
>> outside, like IPMC and ASF Board Members) may not be interested in these
>> numbers, the report is going to be a public record.
>> 
>> IMO, the (reporting) responsibility of the project goes beyond the
>> requirements of the IPMC. This record will be made available to all parties
>> in order for them to see how the project is doing, and how its latest
>> report compares to a(ny) previous reporting period. It may be a factor for
>> (potential) adopters{[1] and (potential) contributors in their decision
>> whether to use and/or contribute to the works of the project.
>> As always, parties not interested in such (detailed) information can
>> disregard.
>> 
>> Another factor is that, while the Whimsy tool provides some data (limited)
>> about mailing lists stats, these Whimsy stats are (a) only visible to
>> parties with privileges (a controlled circulation)  and (b) only provide a
>> moment in time snapshot. IMO, there is nothing in there that should be
>> regarded as sensitive information and may not be seen by non-privileged
>> contributors and others.
>> 
>> [1] adopter: any party that is using the works of the project in its
>> (regular) (business) operations.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Pierre Smits
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:57 AM Justin Mclean <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I would drop the mailing statistics as there is no commentary telling us
>>> what they mean. The number while interesting to some don’t mean much to
>>> anyone outside the project without some context.
>>> 
>>>>   - private@: 14, comprising of:
>>>>      - Mentors:,  6 of 6,
>>>>      - PPMC Members being ASF Members: 1 of 3,
>>>>      - Other PPMC Members: 2 of 6
>>> 
>>> If this show that only 1/2 your PPMC is signed up to the mailing list
>> then
>>> I suggest you encourage all PPMC members to sign up.
>>> 
>>> This is nicely displayed in Whimsy btw [1] which shows 6 of the PPMC not
>>> signed up and one extra person signup to the private list who should not
>>> be, I suggest they be removed as only PPMC (and ASF) members can be
>> signed
>>> up to your private list.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Justin
>>> 
>>> 1. https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/ppmc/tuweni
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