Re: [DISCUSS] First Apache release

[Alan Gates]

Gianmarco De Francisci Morales mailto:g...@apache.org
April 27, 2015 at 1:10
Hi,

I think the time is ripe for us to cut the first Apache release.
Apart from a few fixes, I would like to include the new Flink integration.
If you would like something else to be included, this is the right place.

I volunteer to be the release manager for this round.

I have a few questions on the prerequisites for the release that maybe our
mentors might answer:

1) Do we need to fix the namespace of the source to an org.apache.* one?
You don't have to, but in my opinion this is great opportunity to do 
it.  After a release it's harder because you'll (hopefully) have users 
that don't want you to change it.  I realize you may already have users 
who don't want the change, but moving to Apache is a natural boundary 
that makes it easier to get the change done.

2) Do we need to change the artifacts produced to be apache compliant?
In what way?  The licensing, code grants, etc. certainly need to be 
dealt with.

3) Is there a guide to help cutting the release?

http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html

Alan.


Thanks,
--
Gianmarco

Hadoop Summit EU 2017

[Alan Gates]

The DataWorks Summit EU 2017 (including Hadoop Summit) is going to be in Munich 
April 5-6 2017.  I’ve pasted the text from the CFP below.  

Would you like to share your knowledge with the best and brightest in the data 
community? If so, we encourage you to submit an abstract for DataWorks Summit 
with Hadoop Summit being held on April 5-6, 2017 at The ICM – International 
Congress Center Munich. 

DataWorks Summit with Hadoop Summit is the premier event for business and 
technical audiences who want to learn how data is transforming business and the 
underlying technologies that are driving that change. 

Our 2017 tracks include: 
· Applications
· Enterprise Adoption
· Data Processing & Warehousing
· Apache Hadoop Core Internals
· Governance & Security
· IoT & Streaming
· Cloud & Operations
· Apache Spark & Data Science
For questions or additional information, please contact Joshua Woodward. 

Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2017.
Submission Link: 
http://dataworkssummit.com/munich-2017/abstracts/submit-abstract/

Alan.

CFP for Dataworks Summit Sydney

[Alan Gates]

The Australia/Pacific version of Dataworks Summit is in Sydney this year, 
September 20-21.   This is a great place to talk about work you are doing in 
Apache Samoa or how you are using Samoa.  Information on submitting an abstract 
is at https://dataworkssummit.com/sydney-2017/abstracts/submit-abstract/

Tracks:
Apache Hadoop
Apache Spark and Data Science
Cloud and Applications
Data Processing and Warehousing
Enterprise Adoption
IoT and Streaming
Operations, Governance and Security

Deadline: Friday, May 26th, 2017.

Alan.

Re: June 2017 Report

[Alan Gates]

+1.

Alan.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Nicolas Kourtellis <nkourtel...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> Please check the last report and make any comments before I append it to
> the wiki.
> Needs to be done in the next couple of days, so please provide any feedback
> today-tomorrow.
> Thanks!
>
> Nicolas
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
> SAMOA
>
> SAMOA provides a collection of distributed streaming algorithms for the
> most common data mining and machine learning tasks such as classification,
> clustering, and regression, as well as programming abstractions to develop
> new algorithms that run on top of distributed stream processing engines
> (DSPEs). It features a pluggable architecture
> that allows it to run on several DSPEs such as Apache Flink, Apache Storm,
> Apache Apex and Apache Samza.
>
> SAMOA has been incubating since 2014-12-15.
>
> Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
>
>   1. Grow the developer base
>   2. Grow the user base
>   3. Add some more ML techniques
>
> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware
> of?
>
>   None
>
> How has the community developed since the last report?
>
> Mailing list activity (March 2017 - May 2017):
>   * @dev: 38 messages
>
>   Jira issues backlog (March 2017 - May 2017):
>   * Created:  6
>   * Resolved: 1
>
>   - We organized a 2-day internal workshop on SAMOA at Telefonica I+D with
> researchers of Orange Labs, Telecom Paris and QCRI. Various have been
> discussed to improve SAMOA's ML and other interfaces with systems like
> Kafka, etc.
>
>   - We submitted a proposal for funding which will help the development of
> new features on Samoa.
>
>   - We started working on a new release 0.5.0. This release will have
> support for Kafka, a more well-rounded support for Avro and Json formats,
> as well as support to store predictions outputted from the model.
>
>   - There was also significant work done to integrate correctly the
> instances between MOA and SAMOA, as there was a deviation of how they were
> defined and hindered the portability of new methods from MOA to SAMOA.
>
>   - Early discussions to increase the committers / developers team by
> inviting new contributors to the panel.
>
> How has the project developed since the last report?
>
>   - We are looking into new ML techniques for development.
>
>   - Worked on the integration of Samoa-MOA instances
>
>   - Engaging interactions with new parties (Orange Labs) and potential
> collaborations
>
> How would you assess the podling's maturity?
> Please feel free to add your own commentary.
>
>   [ ] Initial setup
>   [ ] Working towards first release
>   [X] Community building
>   [ ] Nearing graduation
>   [ ] Other:
>
> Date of last release:
>
>   2016-09-30
>
> When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
>
>   None
>
> Signed-off-by:
>
>   [ ](samoa) Alan Gates
>  Comments:
>   [ ](samoa) Ashutosh Chauhan
>  Comments:
>   [ ](samoa) Enis Soztutar
>  Comments:
>   [ ](samoa) Ted Dunning
>  Comments:
>

Re: CFP for Dataworks Summit Sydney

[Alan Gates]

For a limited number of applicants Apache does offer travel assistance for 
ApacheCon and Apache BigData, see [1] for details.  But as the Dataworks Summit 
is hosted by Hortonworks, the Apache assistance doesn't apply.  Hortonworks 
does not offer any travel assistance, though registration to the conference is 
free if your talk is accepted.

Alan.

1. https://www.apache.org/travel/

On May 5, 2017, 04:02 -0700, Nicolas Kourtellis <nkourtel...@gmail.com>, wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> Thank you for the heads-up on this event! It looks like a great event to
> disseminate Apache Samoa.
> I definitely encourage our members in the dev list to submit abstracts
> based on their experiences running Samoa for experimental or production
> purposes.
>
> By the way, I was wondering if you are aware of any travel funding / grants
> from ASF or Linux Foundation that can be of use to a member that gets their
> abstract accepted or at least is interested in participating in the
> Dataworks summit. After all, it is in Australia and the costs rack up quite
> easily.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Alan Gates <alanfga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Australia/Pacific version of Dataworks Summit is in Sydney this year,
> > September 20-21. This is a great place to talk about work you are doing
> > in Apache Samoa or how you are using Samoa. Information on submitting an
> > abstract is at https://dataworkssummit.com/sydney-2017/abstracts/submit-
> > abstract/
> >
> > Tracks:
> > Apache Hadoop
> > Apache Spark and Data Science
> > Cloud and Applications
> > Data Processing and Warehousing
> > Enterprise Adoption
> > IoT and Streaming
> > Operations, Governance and Security
> >
> > Deadline: Friday, May 26th, 2017.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Nicolas Kourtellis

Fwd: Travel Assistance applications open. Please inform your communities

[Alan Gates]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Gavin McDonald 
Date: Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:34 AM
Subject: Travel Assistance applications open. Please inform your communities
To: travel-assista...@apache.org


Hello PMCs.

Please could you forward on the below email to your dev and user lists.

Thanks

Gav…

—
The Travel Assistance Committee (TAC) are pleased to announce that travel
assistance applications for ApacheCon NA 2018 are now open!

We will be supporting ApacheCon NA Montreal, Canada on 24th - 29th
September 2018

 TAC exists to help those that would like to attend ApacheCon events, but
are unable to do so for financial reasons.
For more info on this years applications and qualifying criteria, please
visit the TAC website at < http://www.apache.org/travel/ >. Applications
are now open and will close 1st May.

*Important*: Applications close on May 1st, 2018. Applicants have until the
closing date above to submit their applications (which should contain as
much supporting material as required to efficiently and accurately process
their request), this will enable TAC to announce successful awards shortly
afterwards.

As usual, TAC expects to deal with a range of applications from a diverse
range of backgrounds. We therefore encourage (as always) anyone thinking
about sending in an application to do so ASAP.
We look forward to greeting many of you in Montreal

Kind Regards,
Gavin - (On behalf of the Travel Assistance Committee)
—

Re: Time to Retire SAMOA from Incubation?

[Alan Gates]

I agree that we need to see activity in the podling very soon or move
towards retirement.  Mentors have brought up concerns before in Sept 2018
[1], March 2018 [2], December 2017 [3], March 2017 [4], and December 2016
[5].  Should we ask them to report again next month and if we don't see
strong indications of progress move towards retirement?

Alan.

1. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/September2018
2. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/March2018
3. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/December2017
4. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/March2017
5. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/December2016

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 12:47 PM Dave Fisher  wrote:

> Hi -
>
> AFAICT It's been almost two years since the last commits to Master. There
> are PRs open that are yet to be merged. There is little discussion on the
> dev@ mailing list in the last year.
>
> Will the podling reboot? If not then it seems to be time to discuss
> retirement.
>
> Retirement does not mean that SAMOA has to go away. The repository may be
> forked and activity moved elsewhere.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>

Re: [VOTE] Release SAMOA 0.5.0 (incubating) RC1

[Alan Gates]

I haven't had a chance to finish reviewing this yet, but one I thing I
noticed off the bat is that you used sha1 and md5 to sign it.  Both of
those are deprecated.  You should be using sha256 or sha512.  See
https://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html

Alan.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 12:50 PM Maciej Grzenda  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Good to see new release candidate.
>
> +1
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maciej
>
> On 2020-01-23 04:29, Corey Sterling wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Please vote on releasing the following release candidate as Apache SAMOA
> > (incubating) version 0.5.0.
> >
> > This release will be the third release for SAMOA in the incubator.
> >
> > -
> > The commit to be voted on is in the branch
> "releases/0.5.0-incubating-RC1"
> > (commit b5f5ddc2f782ddb4fe8bd68cb0cf466e4af489c4):
> >
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-samoa.git;a=commit;h=b5f5ddc2f782ddb4fe8bd68cb0cf466e4af489c4
> >
> > Tag v0.5.0-incubating:
> >
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-samoa.git;a=commit;h=495a23be7b7bb2d52ecd670aa422d48acc0f30f1
> >
> > Release artifacts are signed with the following key:
> > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/csterling
> >
> > The staging repository for this release can be found at:
> >
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/org/apache/samoa/samoa/0.5.0-incubating/
> >
> > The developer's version artifacts:
> >
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/samoa/0.5.0-incubating-rc1/
> >
> > -
> >
> > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache SAMOA 0.5.0 (incubating).
> >
> > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if a majority of at
> least
> > three +1 PPMC votes are cast.
> >
> > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache SAMOA 0.5.0 (incubating)
> > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ...
> >
> > I'm +1 (non-binding) on the release.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Corey.
> >
>
>

Stepping down as a mentor

[Alan Gates]

Samoa team, it's time for me to step down from the Incubator PMC, which
means I need to step down from mentoring Samoa.  Since I'm currently your
only mentor, I will work with others on the IPMC to find you a mentor
before I officially step down.

Thank you for having me as a mentor.  I'm hopeful that with your recent new
additions to the community and a new release that your momentum is moving
in the right direction.

Alan.