Looks good to me. I think I need to update our website though to link to some cwiki pages.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > The incubator board report is due this Wednesday. This will be our first > report. > > Here is what I'd propose we send in (for reference, below you'll find a > more > detailed report from a few weeks ago), but I'd love feedback, edits, > additions: > > Shindig is a reference implementation of the OpenSocial and gadgets stack. > > Incubating since: 2007-12-06 > (Note this report covers since inception, as we've not yet submitted any > other reports, and will submit for the next 3 months to compensate) > > High-level status summary: Shindig making rapid progress since inception > in > December 2007. > > - Accepted a couple rounds of "bootstrapping" Java and JS code > contributions from Google (with appropriate IP licensing) > - Large patch written by a community member for PHP port committed > - Healthy community growing, though committers still Google-heavy > - JIRA queue moving in full force > - Initial website created: http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/ > > <http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/February2008>Comments? > > Cheers, > -Dan > > P.S. For reference, here is the wiki page for February 2008: > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/February2008 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:35 AM > Subject: State of the Shindig - February 2008 > To: [email protected] > > > Hi all, > > The note regarding the Apache Board Reports got me thinking that it would > be > an ideal time to touch on the status of Shindig. Since this is essentially > the first thread of this form since inception, I'll include some > pre-Febraury details as well, for historical sake. Please note that this > is > generally longer than the February status reports I saw, but I felt it > would > be better to over communicate given that we're a bit late to the game with > these reports. Please do correct anything I may have stated inaccurately. > > High-level summary: Shindig's Java implementation making rapid progress > since inception in December 2007. > > - All committers have Apache accounts and access to the repository > - Accepted a couple rounds of "bootstrapping" Java and JS code > contributions from Google (with appropriate IP licensing) > - Generally-functional out of the box experience > - Good progress on (optional) Caja integration for improved security > - Preliminary website created: http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/ > - Healthy community growing, though committers still Google-heavy > - JIRA queue moving in full force > - Majority of progress on the Java server port > - Emerging PHP port, which many people are excited about > > > Now, to jump into some more particular areas... > > OpenSocial and Gadgets specification compliance (referring to the Java > implementation): > > For Gadgets, the compliance with the XML spec is very far along, though > Shindig doesn't yet support icons or preloads, and doesn't correctly > handle > all message bundle substitutions. In terms of the core gadgets JavaScript > API, it is also quite far along, though gadgets.util.getFeature is broken. > For the "highly-recommended features," all, with the exception of skins.js > , > are implemented in Shindig. > > For OpenSocial compliance, Shindig is not as far along. The initial sample > container was a very basic non-standard implementation for quick testing > purposes. However, the sample container is now in the middle of being > modified to use OpenSocial properly. This means that it is being > refactored > to speak via very recently created interfaces, to get data stored in a > flatfile as a mock implementation that can easily be swapped out in > favor ofmore sophisticated versions, depending upon deployment needs. > In addition, > there is discussion about some initial infrastructure work for the Gateway > server component, though the OpenSocial RESTful API is under discussion > over > on the spec discussion forum. > > Usage status: > > To facilitate early access for developers, orkut and hi5 are running > Shindig-based > sandbox instances (of the Java server port), and plan to use Shindig for > upcoming production user-facing launches as well. Ning is similarly > running > an early instance based on the PHP port. Due to the activity on > shindig-dev, > it is very likely there are others in similar positions, so please feel > free > to chime in. > > What is coming in the near-term (the next several weeks)? > > - Improved support for OpenSocial 0.7, via a well-defined interface > and a flatfile-backed method for supporting people, activities, and > persistence (as mentioned above) > - Rounding out compliance with the Gadgets spec > - Initial, but *large* "update" patch to the PHP server port > - Initial infrastructure work for supporting the OpenSocial RESTful > API > - Performance improvements to the GadgetServer > > What else is going on? Please speak up if you're working on things that > weren't touched on, or if I didn't accurately describe the state > ofsomething that was touched on. > > Cheers, > -Dan > > P.S. If you're looking to get involved, I'd suggest browsing through JIRA, > and finding an issue that you'd like to take -- please speak up on > shindig-dev > when you do so, to avoid duplicate effort. Details documented here: > http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/#tab-support & > http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/#tab-contribute -- Other questions? > Just > Ask! > -- ~Kevin
