We definitely need a storm-user list as the existing google groups mailing list for Storm is quite active. So we'll need to transition that over. I agree on adding a storm-commits list and added it to the proposal.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Excited about Storm coming to Apache. Small comment about the mailing list, > you may want to propose having: > * storm-dev > * storm-commits > * storm-private (with moderated subscriptions) > > instead for starting into incubator. > > However, Storm has been a well known open source project, maybe it does > valid to have storm-user from the beginning. But I think you may need > storm-commits > list to separate commits log from dev discussions. > Mentors can chime in about this. > > Thanks, > > Henry > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Nathan Marz <nat...@nathanmarz.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'd like to propose Storm to be an Apache Incubator project. After much > > thought I believe this is the right next step for the project, and I look > > forward to hearing everyone's thoughts and feedback! > > > > Here's a link to the proposal: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/StormProposal > > > > The proposal is also pasted below. > > > > -Nathan > > > > > > = Storm Proposal = > > > > == Abstract == > > > > Storm is a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance realtime > > computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing of > > data. > > > > == Proposal == > > > > Storm is a distributed real-time computation system. Similar to how > Hadoop > > provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm > > provides a set of general primitives for doing real-time computation. Its > > use cases span stream processing, distributed RPC, continuous > computation, > > and more. Storm has become a preferred technology for near-realtime > > big-data processing by many organizations worldwide (see a partial list > at > > https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By). As an open source > > project, Storm’s developer community has grown rapidly to 46 members. > > > > == Background == > > > > The past decade has seen a revolution in data processing. MapReduce, > > Hadoop, and related technologies have made it possible to store and > process > > data at scales previously unthinkable. Unfortunately, these data > processing > > technologies are not realtime systems, nor are they meant to be. The lack > > of a "Hadoop of realtime" has become the biggest hole in the data > > processing ecosystem. Storm fills that hole. > > > > Storm was initially developed and deployed at BackType in 2011. After 7 > > months of development BackType was acquired by Twitter in July 2011. > Storm > > was open sourced in September 2011. > > > > Storm has been under continuous development on its Github repository > since > > being open-sourced. It has undergone four major releases (0.5, 0.6, 0.7, > > 0.8) and many minor ones. > > > > == Rationale == > > > > Storm is a general platform for low-latency big-data processing. It is > > complementary to the existing Apache projects, such as Hadoop. Many > > applications are actually exploring using both Hadoop and Storm for > > big-data processing. Bringing Storm into Apache is very beneficial to > both > > Apache community and Storm community. > > > > The rapid growth of Storm community is empowered by open source. We > believe > > the Apache foundation is a great fit as the long-term home for Storm, as > it > > provides an established process for community-driven development and > > decision making by consensus. This is exactly the model we want for > future > > Storm development. > > > > == Initial Goals == > > > > * Move the existing codebase to Apache > > * Integrate with the Apache development process > > * Ensure all dependencies are compliant with Apache License version 2.0 > > * Incremental development and releases per Apache guidelines > > > > == Current Status == > > > > Storm has undergone four major releases (0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8) and many > minor > > ones. Storm 0.9 is about to be released. Storm is being used in > production > > by over 50 organizations. Storm codebase is currently hosted at > github.com > > , > > which will seed the Apache git repository. > > > > === Meritocracy === > > > > We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the > > requirements in an open forum. Several companies have already expressed > > interest in this project, and we intend to invite additional developers > to > > participate. We will encourage and monitor community participation so > that > > privileges can be extended to those that contribute. > > > > === Community === > > > > The need for a low-latency big-data processing platform in the open > source > > is tremendous. Storm is currently being used by at least 50 organizations > > worldwide (see https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By), and > > is > > the most starred Java project on Github. By bringing Storm into Apache, > we > > believe that the community will grow even bigger. > > > > === Core Developers === > > > > Storm was started by Nathan Marz at BackType, and now has developers from > > Yahoo!, Microsoft, Alibaba, Infochimps, and many other companies. > > > > === Alignment === > > > > In the big-data processing ecosystem, Storm is a very popular low-latency > > platform, while Hadoop is the primary platform for batch processing. We > > believe that it will help the further growth of big-data community by > > having Hadoop and Storm aligned within Apache foundation. The alignment > is > > also beneficial to other Apache communities (such as Zookeeper, Thrift, > > Mesos). We could include additional sub-projects, Storm-on-YARN and > > Storm-on-Mesos, in the near future. > > > > == Known Risks == > > > > === Orphaned Products === > > > > The risk of the Storm project being abandoned is minimal. There are at > > least 50 organizations (Twitter, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Groupon, Baidu, > > Alibaba, Alipay, Taobao, PARC, RocketFuel etc) are highly incentivized to > > continue development. Many of these organizations have built critical > > business applications upon Storm, and have devoted significant internal > > infrastructure investment in Storm. > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > > > Storm has existed as a healthy open source project for several years. > > During that time, we have curated an open-source community successfully, > > attracting over 40 developers from a diverse group of companies including > > Twitter, Yahoo!, and Alibaba. > > > > === Homogenous Developers === > > > > The initial committers are employed by large companies (including > Twitter, > > Yahoo!, Alibaba, Microsoft) and well-funded startups. Storm has an active > > community of developers, and we are committed to recruiting additional > > committers based on their contributions to the project. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > > > It is expected that Storm development will occur on both salaried time > and > > on volunteer time, after hours. The majority of initial committers are > paid > > by their employer to contribute to this project. However, they are all > > passionate about the project, and we are confident that the project will > > continue even if no salaried developers contribute to the project. We are > > committed to recruiting additional committers including non-salaried > > developers. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > > > As mentioned in the Alignment section, Storm is closely integrated with > > Hadoop, > > Zookeeper, Thrift, YARN and Mesos in a numerous ways. We look forward to > > collaborating with those communities, as well as other Apache communities > > (including Apache S4 which focuses on stateful low-latency processing). > > > > === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > > > Storm is already a healthy and well known open source project. This > > proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, the > > primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationale > > section. > > > > == Documentation == > > > > The reader will find these websites highly relevant: > > > > * Storm website: http://storm-project.net > > * Storm documentation: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki > > * Codebase: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm > > * User group: https://groups.google.com/group/storm-user > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > > > The Storm codebase is currently hosted on Github: > > https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm. > > > > This is the exact codebase that we would migrate to the Apache > foundation. > > > > The Storm source code is currently licensed under Eclipse Public License > > Version 1.0. Some source code was contributed under a contributor > agreement > > based on the Sun contributor agreement (v1.5). More recent code has been > > contributed under an Apache style agreement (see > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133901206/storm-apache-style-cla.txt > ). > > > > Upon entering Apache, Storm will migrate to an Apache License 2.0 with > all > > contributions licensed to the Apache Foundation. In certain cases where > > individuals or organizations hold copyright, we will ensure they grant a > > license to the Apache Foundation. Going forward, all commits will be > > licensed directly to the Apache foundation through our signed Individual > > Contributor License Agreements for all committers on the project. > > > > Yahoo! is also willing to move Storm-on-YARN code from github to be a > > subproject of Apache Storm project. Storm-on-YARN is currently licensed > > under Apache License 2.0 and receive contribution under Apache style CLA. > > Upon entering Apache, Yahoo! will sign over copyright to Apache > foundation. > > > > == External Dependencies == > > > > To the best of our knowledge, all of Storm dependencies (except 0MQ/JMQ) > > are distributed under Apache compatible licenses. Upon acceptance to the > > incubator, we would begin a thorough analysis of all transitive > > dependencies to verify this fact and introduce license checking into the > > build and release process (for instance integrating Apache Rat). > > > > Storm has used 0MQ and JMQ as the default mechanism for internal > messaging > > layer, and 0MQ/JMQ is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License. > > Recently, we have made Storm messaging layer pluggable, and plan to use > > Netty (which is licensed under Apache License v2) as our default > messaging > > plugin (while keep 0MQ as an optional plugin). > > > > == Cryptography == > > > > We do not expect Storm to be a controlled export item due to the use of > > encryption. > > > > Storm enable encryptions via 2 plugins: > > > > * SASL authentication plugins … Currently, we have provide “no-op” > > authentication and digest authentication. In near future, we will > introduce > > Kerberos authentication. > > * Tuple payload serialization plugins … Storm provides plugins for > > plain-object serialization and blowfish encryption. > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > === Mailing lists === > > > > * storm-user > > * storm-dev > > * storm-private (with moderated subscriptions) > > > > === Subversion Directory === > > > > Git is the preferred source control system: git://git.apache.org/storm > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > > > JIRA Storm (STORM) > > > > == Initial Committers == > > > > * Nathan Marz <nathan at nathanmarz dot com> > > * James Xu <xumingmingv at gmail dot com> > > * Jason Jackson <jason at cvk dot ca> > > * Andy Feng <afeng at yahoo-inc dot com> > > * Flip Kromer <flip at infochimps dot com> > > * David Lao <davidlao at microsoft dot com> > > * P. Taylor Goetz <ptgoetz at gmail dot com> > > > > == Affiliations == > > > > * Nathan Marz - Nathan’s Startup > > * James Xu - Alibaba > > * Jason Jackson - Twitter > > * Andy Feng - Yahoo! > > * Flip Kromer - Infochimps > > * David Lao - Microsoft > > * P. Taylor Goetz - Health Market Science > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > === Champion === > > > > * Doug Cutting <cutting at apache dot org> > > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > > > * Ted Dunning <tdunning at maprtech.com> > > * Arvind Prabhaker <arvind at apache dot org> > > * Devaraj Das <ddas at hortonworks dot com> > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > > > The Apache Incubator > > > -- Twitter: @nathanmarz http://nathanmarz.com
