Thanks everyone for your participation. If there are no further concerns, I’ll start the formal graduation vote in 24 hours.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 2:57 PM 磊 王 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Sebb > > Thank you for your valuable comment and thoughtful suggestion. > > I agree with your observation that listing specific examples within the > mission statement may not be ideal for this formal resolution text. > > The paragraph is intended to describe the general scope of the project, > and a high‑level description focusing on an accelerator for big‑data > engines with native vectorized execution would be more appropriate for the > board resolution. > > We can revise the wording to remove the concrete product examples while > preserving the core positioning of the project. > > > 发件人: sebb <[email protected]> > 日期: 星期三, 2026年8月26日 20:24 > 收件人: [email protected] <[email protected]> > 主题: Re: [DISCUSS] Graduate Apache Auron as an ASF top level project > 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] > -- Best wishes！ Calvin
