+1 on "the Apache way" On Jun 27, 2013, at 13:30 , Aaron Peeler <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our > efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community. > > > Aaron > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <[email protected]> wrote: >> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I >> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the >> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next >> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have. >> >> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good >> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, & >> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being >> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as >> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL >> based on questions asked by new people on the user list. >> >> The not so good news is that development involvement has not >> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a >> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of >> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The >> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the >> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this >> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report >> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their >> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their >> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our >> report from this month's board agenda: >> >> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg] >> >> See Attachment AW >> >> [ VCL. >> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc >> comments: >> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition? >> ] >> >> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/) >> >> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this >> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development >> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything, >> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There >> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to >> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than >> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach >> out to people who may be committer candidates. >> >> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1 >> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable? >> >> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of >> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of >> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are >> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to >> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before >> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a >> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout >> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be >> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but >> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing >> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly. >> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve >> the dev list in the things you are working on. >> >> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add. >> >> Thank You, >> Andy > > > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -- Thank you, Dmitri Chebotarov VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
