Hey folks,
It's that time again -- our third board report is due Wednesday (May 14!) --
sorry for the short notice on this note, things have been busy. I need to
submit this to http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2008 in less than 24
hours.
I'd propose the following:
Shindig is a reference implementation of the OpenSocial and gadgets stack.
Incubating since: 2007-12-06
High-level status summary: Shindig community growing and working on
OpenSocial v0.8 implementation.
- Community presence/growth: JavaOne, OpenSocial Summit, Google I/O
- Retired 10 inactive committers (from Google)
- Technical progress:
- Initial work towards implementing OpenSocial v0.8
- Lots of progress getting new RESTful server implemented
- Implemented full OAuth support
Comments? Additions?
For ease of reference, I've included our last two board reports below.
Thanks,
-Dan
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From: Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Subject: Proposed Apache Incubator board report for April 2008
To: [email protected]
Hi everyone,
As far as I'm aware, the incubator board report is due this Wednesday. This
is now our second report.
Here's what I'd propose:
Shindig is a reference implementation of the OpenSocial and gadgets stack.
Incubating since: 2007-12-06
High-level status summary: Shindig making rapid progress since inception in
December 2007.
- Introduced a new committer, primarily focused on PHP server
- Participating in Summer of Code to help build the community
- Giving Fast Feather talk and hosting Shindig BoF at ApacheCon EU
- Technical progress:
- Initial infrastructure for OAuth and signing keys, and completed
crpyto compliance
- Discussions around RESTful implementation design
- Refactoring to introduce a proper sample container, especially for
OpenSocial data
Comments?
For reference, I've included the March report below.
Cheers,
-Dan
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From: Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Subject: Proposed Apache Incubator board report for March 2008
To: [email protected]
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
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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!
