On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 at 12:04, Calvin Kirs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > After Auron's community discussion [1] and vote egarding graduation > [2], I'd like to to expand the discussion to the general@incubator. > > Auron entered incubation on August 5, 2025. During nearly one year of > incubation, the community has: > - Currently, our community comprises 22 committers (including mentors) > from more than 13 different companies, with 15 serving as PPMC > members[3]. > - At present, we have 67 contributors. > - Throughout the incubation period, we have made 3 releases over 11 > months, maintaining a stable cadence. > - We have had 3 different release managers to date. > - Our software is used in production by 10+ well-known entities. > - To date, we have opened 797 issues, of which 690 have been > successfully resolved. > - We have submitted a total of 1659 PRs, of which 1628 have been > merged or closed. > - Through self-assessment [4], we have met all maturity criteria as > outlined in [5]. > > We've resolved all branding issues which include Logo, GitHub repo, > document, website, and others [6] [7]. > > We believe the project has successfully established itself as a > sustainable community > governed by the Apache Way. > > The proposed board resolution if/when this proceeds to a formal VOTE is > included below. > > > ----------------------- DRAFT BOARD PROPOSAL ------------------- > > Establish the Apache Auron Project > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests > of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to > establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and > maintenance of open-source software, for distribution at no charge to > the public, related to an accelerator for big data engines (e.g., > Apache Spark, Apache Flink), leveraging native vectorized execution to
I wonder if examples belong in a mission? Seems out of place to me. > accelerate query processing. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Auron Project", be and hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Auron Project be and hereby is responsible > for the creation and maintenance of software related to an accelerator > for big data engines (e.g., Apache Spark, Apache Flink), leveraging ditto > native vectorized execution to accelerate query processing > ; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Auron" be and > hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the > direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache Auron > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Auron > Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, all current Apache Auron committers are invated as the > initial PMC; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are > appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Auron Project: > > * CalvinKirs <[email protected]> > * Becket Qin <[email protected]> > * Nicholas Jiang <[email protected]> > * Xuanwo <[email protected]> > * Hao Li <[email protected]> > * Shaoyun Chen <[email protected]> > * Yuance Li <[email protected]> > * Ruilei Ma <[email protected]> > * Jiashu Xiong <[email protected]> > * Li Zhang <[email protected]> > * Lei Wang <[email protected]> > * Zhen Wang <[email protected]> > * Yijie Shen <[email protected]> > * Junfan Zhang <[email protected]> > * Fei Wang <[email protected]> > * Shilun Fan <[email protected]> > * Huawen Gui <[email protected]> > * Hai Zhou <[email protected]> > * Mang Zhang <[email protected]> > * Shreyesh Arangath <[email protected]> > * Weiqing Yang <[email protected]> > * Ming Wei <[email protected]> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Lei Wang be appointed to > the office of Vice President, Apache Auron, to serve in accordance > with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the > Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal > or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Auron Project be and hereby is tasked with > the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Auron > podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Auron podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > discharged. > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/shxg9l1rkx7jps6lgmsq1rddmbcjfh64 > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/yj03zxmst1hlccoww29oqrwzd7tgdjm1 > [3]https://auron.apache.org/community/committer.html#current-committers > [4] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=444334531&spaceKey=AURON&title=Maturity%2BAssessment%2Bfor%2BApache%2BAuron%E2%84%A2%2BIncubating > [5] > https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html > [6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-239 > [7] https://whimsy.apache.org/pods/project/auron > > -- > Best wishes! > Calvin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
