2008/5/15, Vincent Siveton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi
>
>  I guess it would be "complete the status file [1]" (and should be the
>  first one IMHO)

BTW I guess that we also need to use and integrate existing ML, ie
shindig-commits@ and shindig-issues@

Cheers,

Vincent


>  Cheers,
>
>  Vincent
>
>  [1] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/shindig.html
>
>
>  2008/5/15, Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Good suggestions everyone -- I actually see only 2 issues to resolve prior
>  >  to graduation.
>  >
>  >  Is there a third that isn't coming to mind right now?
>  >
>  >  Planning to submit the below in 2 hours:
>  >
>  >
>  >  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
>  >
>  >    - Aiming to get Infrastructure to provision a Zone (but progress is
>  >    slow): https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-1585
>  >
>  >    - Retired 10 inactive committers (from Google)
>  >
>  >    - Shindig docs are coming together:
>  >    
> http://chrisschalk.com/shindig_docs/shindig_sql_tutorial/shindig_data_tutorials.html
>  >
>  >    - Technical progress:
>  >       - Initial work towards implementing OpenSocial v0.8
>  >       - Lots of progress getting new RESTful server implemented
>  >       - Implemented full OAuth support
>  >
>  >    - Top 3 things to resolve prior to graduation:
>  >       - Improve diversity of committers (progress, but on-going)
>  >       - Run through at least one release (seems like 0.8-compliance is a
>  >       good time)
>  >       - <there seem to be only 2>
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  -Dan
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Vincent Siveton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  >  wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >  > Hi Dan,
>  >  >
>  >  > Since Shindig build was capricious this month, I think that board
>  >  > needs to be aware about INFRA-1585: we definitely need a CI and a zone
>  >  > will help us to test snapshots.
>  >  >
>  >  > Cheers,
>  >  >
>  >  > Vincent
>  >  >
>  >  > 2008/5/14, Dan Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>  >  > > 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
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  >  > >  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
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  >  > >  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
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  ---------- 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!
>  >  > >
>  >  >
>  >
>

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