Re: November 2018 Board Report Final Draft

[Mark Bretl]

Board report has been posted, thanks Robert!

--Mark

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 10:00 AM Robert Houghton 
wrote:

> Here is the final form our report for the quarter. If it passes muster, can
> someone commit it to the Apache repository for me?
>
> ## Description:
> >
> > Apache Geode provides a database-like consistency model, reliable
> >> transaction
> >
> > processing and a shared-nothing architecture to maintain very low latency
> >
> > performance with high concurrency processing.
> >
> >
> >> ## Issues:
> >
> > There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
> >
> >
> >> ## Activity:
> >
> > - We released v1.7.0, containing 859 commits resolving 196 bugs, 98
> >> improvements
> >
> >  and features, and a total of 357 JIRA tickets
> >
> > - We've made a number of build improvements, including upgrading to
> Gradle
> >> v4.10.1
> >
> > - We've begun testing with Java 11 and have added automated Windows
> >> testing to our CI jobs.
> >
> > - We have reviewed and acted on a number of code issues reported by
> >> lgtm.com .
> >
> > - We discussed use of Lombok and decided that adoption would prove to be
> a
> >> barrier to users and contributors.
> >
> > - We added a notifications@ mailing list to track GitHub PR activity.
> >
> > - We agreed to adopt a quarterly release schedule to improve
> >> predictability of releases.
> >
> > - We reorganized the top-level wiki for better navigation and
> >> discoverability.  We also added a page to track conference
> >
> >  presentations, blog postings, and other media.
> >
> > - The Geode Summit at SpringOnePlatform 2018 was very well-attended with
> >> over 400 people filling the conference room.
> >
> >  Both users and committers alike presented 15 talks during the
> >> conference.  The sessions were recorded and available on
> >
> >  youtube.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> ## Health report:
> >
> > - Overall project momentum is picking back up. We are seeing good results
> >> from the efforts
> >
> >  to improve test reliability
> >
> >
> >> ## PMC changes:
> >
> >
> >> - Currently 46 PMC members.
> >
> > - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months
> >
> > - Last PMC addition was Dick Cavender on Tue Feb 20 2018
> >
> >
> >
> > ## Committer base changes:
> >
> >
> >> - Currently 98 committers.
> >
> > - New commmitters:
> >
> >- Addison Huddy was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >- Alexander Murmann was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
> >
> >- Blake Bender was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >- Helena Bales was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >- Ivan Godwin was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >- Juan Ramos was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
> >
> >- Ryan McMahon was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >- Michael Martell was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
> >
> >- Michael Oleske was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
> >
> >- Robert Houghton was added as a committer on Mon Oct 01 2018
> >
> >- Sean Goller was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
> >
> >
> >> ## Releases:
> >
> >
> >> - 1.7.0 was released on Thu Oct 04 2018
> >
> > - We have begun work on the 1.8.0 release.  We expect the release to
> >> include geode-native (a C++/C# client for Geode)
> >
> >  for the first time.
> >
> > - We're continuing to rotate release manager duties among committers to
> >> ensure the release process is well documented
> >
> >  and repeatable.
> >
> >
> >> ## Mailing list activity:
> >
> >
> >> - Mailing lists have remained active and have been seen a marked
> increase
> >> in use
> >
> >  for both development and issues
> >
> > - The increase in the user@ mailing list is very encouraging and seems
> to
> >> correlate with the Geode Summit.
> >
> >
> >> - dev@geode.apache.org:
> >
> >- 190 subscribers (up 8 in the last 3 months):
> >
> >- 889 emails sent to list (624 in previous quarter)
> >
> >
> >
> > - iss...@geode.apache.org:
> >
> >- 55 subscribers (up 1 in the last 3 months):
> >
> >- 4283 emails sent to list (2707 in previous quarter)
> >
> >
> >
> > - notificati...@geode.apache.org:
> >
> >- 7 subscribers (up 7 in the last 3 months):
> >
> >- 1998 emails sent to list (0 in previous quarter)
> >
> >
> >
> > - u...@geode.apache.org:
> >
> >- 249 subscribers (up 7 in the last 3 months):
> >
> >- 201 emails sent to list (138 in previous quarter)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ## JIRA activity:
> >
> >
> >> - 456 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months
> >
> > - 485 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months
> >
> >
> >>
>

November 2018 Board Report Final Draft

[Robert Houghton]

Here is the final form our report for the quarter. If it passes muster, can
someone commit it to the Apache repository for me?

## Description:
>
> Apache Geode provides a database-like consistency model, reliable
>> transaction
>
> processing and a shared-nothing architecture to maintain very low latency
>
> performance with high concurrency processing.
>
>
>> ## Issues:
>
> There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
>
>
>> ## Activity:
>
> - We released v1.7.0, containing 859 commits resolving 196 bugs, 98
>> improvements
>
>  and features, and a total of 357 JIRA tickets
>
> - We've made a number of build improvements, including upgrading to Gradle
>> v4.10.1
>
> - We've begun testing with Java 11 and have added automated Windows
>> testing to our CI jobs.
>
> - We have reviewed and acted on a number of code issues reported by
>> lgtm.com .
>
> - We discussed use of Lombok and decided that adoption would prove to be a
>> barrier to users and contributors.
>
> - We added a notifications@ mailing list to track GitHub PR activity.
>
> - We agreed to adopt a quarterly release schedule to improve
>> predictability of releases.
>
> - We reorganized the top-level wiki for better navigation and
>> discoverability.  We also added a page to track conference
>
>  presentations, blog postings, and other media.
>
> - The Geode Summit at SpringOnePlatform 2018 was very well-attended with
>> over 400 people filling the conference room.
>
>  Both users and committers alike presented 15 talks during the
>> conference.  The sessions were recorded and available on
>
>  youtube.
>
>
>>
>> ## Health report:
>
> - Overall project momentum is picking back up. We are seeing good results
>> from the efforts
>
>  to improve test reliability
>
>
>> ## PMC changes:
>
>
>> - Currently 46 PMC members.
>
> - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months
>
> - Last PMC addition was Dick Cavender on Tue Feb 20 2018
>
>
>
> ## Committer base changes:
>
>
>> - Currently 98 committers.
>
> - New commmitters:
>
>- Addison Huddy was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>- Alexander Murmann was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
>
>- Blake Bender was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>- Helena Bales was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>- Ivan Godwin was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>- Juan Ramos was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
>
>- Ryan McMahon was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>- Michael Martell was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
>
>- Michael Oleske was added as a committer on Sat Sep 08 2018
>
>- Robert Houghton was added as a committer on Mon Oct 01 2018
>
>- Sean Goller was added as a committer on Sat Sep 01 2018
>
>
>> ## Releases:
>
>
>> - 1.7.0 was released on Thu Oct 04 2018
>
> - We have begun work on the 1.8.0 release.  We expect the release to
>> include geode-native (a C++/C# client for Geode)
>
>  for the first time.
>
> - We're continuing to rotate release manager duties among committers to
>> ensure the release process is well documented
>
>  and repeatable.
>
>
>> ## Mailing list activity:
>
>
>> - Mailing lists have remained active and have been seen a marked increase
>> in use
>
>  for both development and issues
>
> - The increase in the user@ mailing list is very encouraging and seems to
>> correlate with the Geode Summit.
>
>
>> - dev@geode.apache.org:
>
>- 190 subscribers (up 8 in the last 3 months):
>
>- 889 emails sent to list (624 in previous quarter)
>
>
>
> - iss...@geode.apache.org:
>
>- 55 subscribers (up 1 in the last 3 months):
>
>- 4283 emails sent to list (2707 in previous quarter)
>
>
>
> - notificati...@geode.apache.org:
>
>- 7 subscribers (up 7 in the last 3 months):
>
>- 1998 emails sent to list (0 in previous quarter)
>
>
>
> - u...@geode.apache.org:
>
>- 249 subscribers (up 7 in the last 3 months):
>
>- 201 emails sent to list (138 in previous quarter)
>
>
>
>
>
> ## JIRA activity:
>
>
>> - 456 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months
>
> - 485 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months
>
>
>>