Re: A maturity model for Apache projects
On 6 Jan 2015 at 19:01:01, Daniel Gruno (humbed...@apache.org) wrote: On 2015-01-06 18:53, Vincent Keunen wrote: Good idea. I would just remove the only from Releases: source code only. Maybe say Releases: source code at the minimum ? It's not a problem to have some projects also release binaries, is it? Releasing binaries have, to this point, always been a convenience service provided by individuals, but that may very well change with the new code signing service. I agree that this will need some mulling over. I think you might be misinterpreting the original intention. Since the only official releases *are* source releases the statement “source code only” probably applies to the source code release, meaning that it should not contain any binaries. Since convenience binaries are not official anyway, it might not make that much sense checking them (we could, to make sure that notice and license files are there). Another thing we might want to do is to check if releases are really placed in /dist/ because that is something that I have seen in the past not happening (only releasing to Maven central for example). Greetings, Marcel
Re: ApacheCon Community track
On 14 Feb 2014, at 14:39 pm, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: On 02/13/2014 06:28 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:26 AM, jan i j...@apache.org wrote: Especially for the community track a panel discussion, with a short introduction from each panel member could be a lot more lively and thereby giving for us all. The community track is all about our communities, so why not do some of the talks in that form. but thats just my personal opinion. My strong +1 to that -- a panel with a cool moderator is worth a couple of presos in my book ;-) Do you have a specific topic or question that a panel could address? Needs to be something that there's actually some room for debate, so that it's not a bunch of me too. A couple of questions come to mind, based on discussions on our mailing lists: 1) Communities at Apache are free to choose either Subversion or Git as their version control system. Git and more recently, Github integration, has been a hot topic. This warrants a few questions to panel members, such as how have you setup your workflow as far as working on bugfixes, codechanges and accepting patches goes? 2) Apache is all about source releases. This is what we vote on and make available on our distribution server and mirrors. At the same time, a lot of projects also provide convenience binaries to many different channels. Quite a few projects, inside and out of Apache, are adoption fast release cycles, where it's not uncommon to have a weekly release. What's your take on this and how could Apache facilitate such a process better? 3) If you were approached by a community that was currently working outside of Apache and they would ask you what the benefits are of bringing their project to Apache, what would be your response? Also, where could such a community get more information about Apache and the incubator? I'm sure these questions will trigger some responses, controversy or other questions. :) Greetings, Marcel
Keynote idea: Revolutionizing Education
I would like to propose another idea for a keynote at ApacheCon, given by Jurriaan Souer who works at PulseOn: PulseOn is a cloud based web application, built on open source technologies, many of which originating from Apache, that provides students with a personalized, lifelong learning environment. The project was started a couple of years ago with the goal to change the way we educate our children. The school system in The Netherlands, like in many other countries in the world, has not changed significantly over the last century. Children still go through a system that focusses on standard text books and a fixed curriculum. Personal learning styles and preferences are ignored, which means that we are teaching everybody in a sub-optimal way. With PulseOn we provide a digital environment that leverages current technologies and tracks each student individually, providing them with content that suits their learning style and personal goals. That means that basically, instead of providing standard books, we chop those up into small pieces of content that are assembled dynamically based on the profile of the individual. Furthermore, the system also contains formal and informal tests, that provide us with a good insight into how well the student understands the various pieces of information. The end result is a system with which they can learn more quickly and more efficiently. Our mission is to maximize human potential through personalized learning, worldwide because we believe that education is the foundation on which society is built. With PulseOn we believe we can contribute to a better world, allowing each learner to become what they are and can be. The PulseOn platform builds on several key Apache technologies, including Apache Felix to create a modular back-end, Apache Wink for REST support, Apache CXF and ServiceMix to connect to other enterprise applications, Apache ACE for dynamic provisioning of the platform in the cloud and Apache Commons for various utilities. These open source technologies have all been consolidated in an open source platform called Amdatu. The keynote is not technical, but instead focusses on how this platform helps improve the way we teach our children. As such I think it’s an excellent example of how open source improves our daily lives. Jurriaan is a Product Manager at PulseOn. He has 15 years of experience in online product development, management, marketing and sales engineering and a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences. WDYT? Greetings, Marcel
Re: Keynote idea: Revolutionizing Education
Hello Alex, Of course. Not all of the information is already available in english, but here you go: http://www.pulseon.nl/site/en/ If you want to see the application in action, the following (dutch) screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzm_Ow9XL5Y In theory, you can turn on captions and translate them, but you end up with some funny english sentences that way. :) And here are some (somewhat older) slides about it: http://www.slideshare.net/__hansb__/adaptive-recommended-learning-april-2012 Greetings, Marcel On 14 Jan 2014, at 19:48 pm, Alexei Fedotov alexei.fedo...@gmail.com wrote: Marcel, would you mind sharing with some URL about the project so we are on the same page? On 1/14/14, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.eu wrote: Hello Alex, Amdatu itself is not an educational platform, it is a generic cloud platform for creating modular web applications. I would argue that modularity is a quality that will help you build applications in general (and it's nothing new either). PulseOn is built on top of the Amdatu project. I'm sure I can dig up some data about how many PulseOn deployments are currently live, if that's what you're asking? Greetings, Marcel On 14 Jan 2014, at 18:30 pm, Alexei Fedotov alexei.fedo...@gmail.com wrote: I'm involved in different local educational initiatives. I have read through Amdatu main concept on the web site and may humbly notice that teachers / educational gurus rarely consider modularity as a main requirement for digital education. I wonder if there is some data on Amdatu reception in Netherlands. On 1/14/14, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: I would like to propose another idea for a keynote at ApacheCon, given by Jurriaan Souer who works at PulseOn: PulseOn is a cloud based web application, built on open source technologies, many of which originating from Apache, that provides students with a personalized, lifelong learning environment. The project was started a couple of years ago with the goal to change the way we educate our children. The school system in The Netherlands, like in many other countries in the world, has not changed significantly over the last century. Children still go through a system that focusses on standard text books and a fixed curriculum. Personal learning styles and preferences are ignored, which means that we are teaching everybody in a sub-optimal way. With PulseOn we provide a digital environment that leverages current technologies and tracks each student individually, providing them with content that suits their learning style and personal goals. That means that basically, instead of providing standard books, we chop those up into small pieces of content that are assembled dynamically based on the profile of the individual. Furthermore, the system also contains formal and informal tests, that provide us with a good insight into how well the student understands the various pieces of information. The end result is a system with which they can learn more quickly and more efficiently. Our mission is to maximize human potential through personalized learning, worldwide because we believe that education is the foundation on which society is built. With PulseOn we believe we can contribute to a better world, allowing each learner to become what they are and can be. The PulseOn platform builds on several key Apache technologies, including Apache Felix to create a modular back-end, Apache Wink for REST support, Apache CXF and ServiceMix to connect to other enterprise applications, Apache ACE for dynamic provisioning of the platform in the cloud and Apache Commons for various utilities. These open source technologies have all been consolidated in an open source platform called Amdatu. The keynote is not technical, but instead focusses on how this platform helps improve the way we teach our children. As such I think it’s an excellent example of how open source improves our daily lives. Jurriaan is a Product Manager at PulseOn. He has 15 years of experience in online product development, management, marketing and sales engineering and a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences. WDYT? Greetings, Marcel -- -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, http://openmeetings.apache.org/ [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings -- -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, http://openmeetings.apache.org/ [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings
Re: Apache Ambassadors
On Jun 25, 2013, at 14:42 PM, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: 3) Someone to estimate what it'll cost to ship these out to various people in various countries. Should someone just take a sufficient number to events, or should we ship to each individual? Get prices. It might be worth finding various local places to print them instead of centrally trying to print and distribute them. Greetings, Marcel
Re: [VOTE] Participate in a GSoC like project
+1
