Hey Tim, This is not about the metrics and how to make the numbers look better but rather how to better engage with the community and improve the transparency of communications.
For instance, I am subscribed to the dev list in an attempt to follow what is happening with the project. However, at the moment I have no visibility on what's going on. I don't know what are the major milestones of the project; I don't know anything about the roadmap; I am not aware if help is needed; I am not aware of the hot topics that are being worked on; I don't see how people coordinate with each other. Maybe all the above can be found in GitHub and if that's the case we're good and there's nothing to worry about especially if overall activity is low anyways. My main point is to keep communications as open as possible to allow for anyone to participate and contribute. Best, Stamatis On Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:15 PM Tim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a small amount of communication that happens on the XTable slack, > GitHub issues, and the bi-weekly community syncs. Should that be moved to > the dev-list or is there some way to account for this in the metrics? > > -Tim > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The most concerning for me is the very low activity of the dev mailing > > list. This is the primary way of communication in Apache projects and > > there have been hardly any messages since the beginning of the > > project. > > I would like to highlight that communications in internal channels & > > DM should be avoided because they are against the Apache way and also > > make it hard to attract new contributors. > > The project is still at its early stages but any discussion that > > concerns the project (even if it is between two people) should happen > > in the dev list. Open discussions encourage more people to participate > > in decisions about the future of the project and make the community > > members feel more inclusive. > > > > Best, > > Stamatis > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > The Incubator team worked on a tool to generate podling health > > > reports. We will run this every month to get some metrics about the > > > podlings. > > > > > > Here's the health report for XTable (on 2025-10-31): > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator/blob/master/tools/health/reports/XTable.md > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > >
