Previously, there was some concern about diversity of the project. It seems obvious to me that this is no longer an issue. I think we should stress that the project feels that this is no longer an issue with a specific bullet item or paragraph.
Otherwise it looks great! Thanks! Regards, Alan On Jul 2, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Joel Koshy wrote: > Hi - added this to the wiki. Alan, can you review/sign-off? > > Thanks, > > Joel > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Joel Koshy <jjkosh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks like I don't have write access to the incubator wiki, and I have >> requested it. Meanwhile, here is the content I have. Would be helpful if >> people can review it to see if there is anything else they would like to >> add: >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joel >> >> >> >> Kafka >> (introduced to Apache incubator on Jul 4, 2011) >> >> Kafka provides an extremely high throughput distributed publish/subscribe >> messaging system. Additionally, it supports relatively long term >> persistence of messages to support a wide variety of consumers, >> partitioning of the message stream across servers and consumers, and >> functionality for loading data into Apache Hadoop for offline, batch >> processing. >> >> * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >> graduation. >> >> None. We are considering whether to pursue graduation immediately or focus >> exclusively on the development of 0.8. >> >> * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be >> aware of >> >> None. >> >> * How has the community developed since the last report >> >> - The mailing list continues been very active with bug reports, patch >> submissions, feature requests and use cases. [(Apr,May,Jun): kafka-users >> (151, 261, 251); kafka-dev (142, 195, 380)]. >> - Added two new committers. >> - Conducted the first Kafka user group meeting with over 50 attendees >> (archived video link available here: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+papers+and+presentations). >> This was a very successful event that gave users and contributors an >> opportunity to meet and discuss Kafka usage at various companies, ongoing >> development efforts, feature requests, etc. >> - Received and reviewed several major patches (including contributions >> from non-committers). >> >> * How has the project developed since the last report. >> >> - Intra-cluster replication (KAFKA-50) >> - Considerable progress has been made on the design and implementation >> on this much-anticipated feature. >> - Regular status updates are being sent out on the kafka-dev mailing >> list. >> - Another significant project that is under discussion and development is >> the consumer redesign (KAFKA-364) and consumer coordinator implementation >> (KAFKA-264). >> - Released Kafka 0.7.1 in June. This is the second Kafka release since its >> introduction to Apache incubator. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Marvin <no-re...@apache.org> 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, 18 July 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, Jul 4th). >>> >>> 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/July2012 >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>
