Hey all - Here's a starting point for our status update. Please let me know if this looks good, or you'd like to make any edits. Its entirely likely I missed some noteworthy accomplishment or we should highlight different graduation-related issues, so please speak up if you see something I missed!
""" HCatalog is a table and storage management service for data created using Apache Hadoop. HCatalog entered Apache incubator in March 2011. What has the project accomplished since the last report? * Released version 0.4 * Voted in one new committer * Received patches from 19 people What are the top 2-3 things to resolve before graduation? * Grow the user and developer communities. There has been progress in this area with new users asking questions on the mailing list, receiving patches from an increasing number of contributors, adding a new committer, and work towards publishing pre-built artifacts in the Apache repository. We need to continue in this positive direction. * Make HCatalog more robust & featureful. While off to a good start, certain key features are not yet available (such as support for all data types) and Hive dependency issues prevent adding some new features. * Resolve a review process issue that affects our ability to develop new features. Time between receiving patches and committing has increased to problematic levels, often causing code rot and contributors extra work to rebase patches against trunk. At this time we feel confident in our ability to make progress toward resolving these issues. """ --travis On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Travis Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds good! I'll read a few past ones and send out a proposed one shortly. > > --travis > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote: >> Generally someone volunteers to put it together and circulates it. Then as >> long as everyone's ok with it we ask one of the mentors to sign off, then >> post it. Feel free to take a crack at it and circulate your proposed report. >> >> Alan. >> >> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Travis Crawford wrote: >> >>> Hey all - >>> >>> Today's the deadline for this status update. I've never done one of >>> these before so not entirely sure how that works. >>> >>> Looking at http://incubator.apache.org/projects/hcatalog we see the >>> last report was in March, and there's been some good stuff since then. >>> There's been the release of 0.4, a new committer (me :) and some good >>> user discussions on the mailing list. There's also some issues, such >>> as the review latency issue. >>> >>> How does putting this together usually work? Should I look at some >>> past reports and put together what I think makes sense, and send to >>> the list to get some feedback? Hopefully we can do this today so its >>> not late. >>> >>> --travis >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Marvin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear podling, >>>> >>>> This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache >>>> Incubator PMC. >>>> It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your >>>> quarterly >>>> board report. >>>> >>>> The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 19 September 2012, 10:00:00 PST. >>>> The report >>>> for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The >>>> Incubator PMC >>>> requires your report to be submitted 2 weeks before the board meeting, to >>>> allow >>>> sufficient time for review and submission (Wed, Sep 5th). >>>> >>>> Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the incubator PMC, >>>> and >>>> subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very latest you >>>> should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the board meeting. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> The Apache Incubator PMC >>>> >>>> Submitting your Report >>>> ---------------------- >>>> >>>> Your report should contain the following: >>>> >>>> * Your project name >>>> * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of the >>>> project >>>> or necessarily of its field >>>> * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >>>> graduation. >>>> * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be >>>> aware of >>>> * How has the community developed since the last report >>>> * How has the project developed since the last report. >>>> >>>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: >>>> >>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/September2012 >>>> >>>> Note: This manually populated. You may need to wait a little before this >>>> page is >>>> created from a template. >>>> >>>> Mentors >>>> ------- >>>> Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on the >>>> Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are following the >>>> project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms for the Incubator >>>> PMC. >>>> >>>> Incubator PMC >>>> >>
