Hi, This looks good me! Also, thank you for the honor of suggesting myself as VP! :)
I would think that the committers mentioned on this page http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html would also be in the list? Many of them have been active, if not on JIRA, recently. Brock On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Jim Donofrio <[email protected]> wrote: > In our last incubator report [1] the 3 blockers were: > * Grow the community size and diversity > * Make another incubating release > * Construct an MRUnit website to replace the existing stub > > We have since: > * Added a new committer > * 0.9.0-incubating will get released in the next few days > * We have a new website > > From the beginning of incubation we have: > * Added 3 new committers/PPMC members > * Done 4 releases once 0.9.0-incubating is released > * Created a real website > > I think it is time to draft a proposal. Once we get consensus we can start a > VOTE thread within the PPMC. > If all goes well then we can start a DISCUSS thread on general@incubator and > eventually a VOTE thread there. > > Here is the proposal I came up with. As Chris suggested below I am also +1 > on making Brock VP. I started the initial PMC list > with the current 3 active committers, I wasnt sure who of the mentors and > previous Hadoop committers want to also be part of the PMC. > > The proposal is just the canned one from [2] except I replaced MRUnit for > ${Project} and put in Brock for VP along with the PMC members. > I guess besides the initial PMC list the only part to think about is the > ${DESCRIPTION-AND-SCOPE} which I set to be: unit testing Apache Hadoop map > reduce jobs . > > X. Establish the Apache MRUnit 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 related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map > reduce jobs for distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache MRUnit Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map reduce jobs; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MRUnit" 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 MRUnit Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache MRUnit Project; 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 MRUnit Project: > > * Brock Noland [email protected] > * Jim Donofrio [email protected] > * Jarek Jarcec Cecho [email protected] > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Brock Noland > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MRUnit, 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 initial Apache MRUnit PMC be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache MRUnit Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator MRUnit podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator MRUnit podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > > [1]:http://incubator.apache.org/mrunit/ppmc/incubator_reports.html#march-2012 > [2]: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates/podling-tlp-resolution.txt > >> Hi Jim, >> >> On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jim Donofrio wrote: >> >> > I updated the status page at >> > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html and rebuilt the Clutch >> > with news, most up to date committer list, and links to all of our >> > status reports. >> > >> > Is improving the website the only holdup to graduation to a TLP at this >> > point or is that even necessary? What are the next steps after that? >> > There has been a large uptick in interest in the project over the last >> > month or so and I think graduation would only help to continue this. >> >> I agree. I think website branding and improvement is something that's >> pretty important, >> especially considering some of the recent discussions around Thrift which >> graduated >> from the Incubator a while ago, but hadn't really done a lot of work to >> reflect branding >> on its website. I think we need to spruce it up. It's not a blocker, but >> it's a "good thing" >> to do IMHO. >> >> > >> > Over the last month or so we have gotten 2 useful patches from 2 >> > independent contributors in MRUNIT-68 and MRUNIT-91, several new JIRA's >> > added from 3 independent reporters in MRUNIT-91, 88, 70, and a tutorial >> > on our wiki from another independent contributor. >> >> Yep I think we're pretty much there. To really start the discussion, I'd >> recommend >> checking out some existing TLPs which recently graduate, and their >> graduation >> resolution, e.g., here's some discussion around Lucy's: >> >> http://s.apache.org/o2 >> >> Besides the resolution, we'd need to: >> >> 1. Hold a community VOTE on lucy-dev@ (I'd recommend drafting the >> resolution there >> first). >> 2. Hold a VOTE on general@incubator with the IPMC (they are the ones >> making >> the recommendation to the board) >> 3. Add the resolution to the board agenda for its next meeting, which >> would be sometime >> in April. >> >> A precursor to #1 is deciding who would be the most likely candidate for >> MRUnit VP. I >> think Brock would make a good VP for the project, based on the work and >> effort he's >> put in so far, and his willingness to be part of the Apache process and to >> help prepare >> the existing reports. >> >> That being said, it would be great to target the April or May board >> meeting for graduation, >> but I think that's plenty of time to at least build a minimal website for >> the MRUnit project >> that complies with Apache branding requirements. It doesn't have to be >> flashy, but should >> at least comply with branding. >> >> My 2c. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: [email protected] >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -- Apache MRUnit - Unit testing MapReduce - http://incubator.apache.org/mrunit/
