On 30 Apr 2012, at 12:04, Ross Gardler wrote:

> As a general comment Wookie reports tend to be a bit wordy. Bullets
> are usually sufficient. That being said, I think having the detail is
> good, even if only for our own records.
> 
> Perhaps  move the bullets from the end to a summary section at the
> start and have the wordy version in a details section for interested
> folk.
> 
> I've added your text (with my presumably non-controversial changes) to
> the wiki at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2012
> 
> Other edits should be done there.

+1 
Thanks Ross


> 
> On 30 April 2012 11:21, Scott Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How's this look?
>> 
>> --------------------
>> Wookie
>> 
>> Wookie is a Java server application that allows you to upload and deploy
>> widgets for your applications. Wookie is based on the W3C Widgets
>> specification, but widgets can also be included that use extended APIs
>> such as Google Wave Gadgets and OpenSocial.
>> 
>> Wookie has been incubating since 17th July 2009.
>> 
>> In our last report we identified our target for this period was to identify 
>> ways to
>> improve the diversity of the Wookie community.
>> 
>> Since our last report we added a new committer (Tien) and we are now diverse
>> enough to graduate (6 committers from 4 organisations), although we are 
>> still a small
>> community.
>> 
>> We feel that graduation of the project will also help attract new 
>> contributors, and
>> we will seek approval to graduate during the next quarter, after the 0.10 
>> release
>> which is imminent.
>> 
>> As well as graduation, we have agreed that having more frequent scheduled
>> releases, coordinated with Apache Rave may also help with community 
>> development.
>> 
>> Matt Franklin has joined Wookie as a mentor and is active in helping with 
>> this process.
>> 
>> We've also created a lot of detailed documentation on the release process
>> and are encouraging more committers take a turn at being release manager
>> to both test the documentation and to spread the experience of doing this 
>> more
>> widely.
>> 
>> Our first release under the new schedule will be 15th May.
>> 
>> Another approach we're (still) looking at is how we can use Wookie to deploy 
>> widgets
>> that relate to ASF processes and activities as a way of raising awareness 
>> and interest;
>> we've done some experiments with Widgets using the Jira API as a starting 
>> point for a
>> demonstrator and we may want to explore this further.
>> 
>> We also have a GSoC student project with Wookie this year.
>> 
>> Since February 2012:
>> 
>>  - 0.9.2 release
>>  - Hoang Minh Tien added as Committer
>>  - Matt Franklin added as Mentor
>>  - Improved release documentation
>>  - GSoC student project
>> 
>> Next steps:
>> 
>>  - implement new release schedule
>>  - 0.10.0 release using new release process
>>  - start graduation process after release
>>  - ASF Widgets demo
>> 
>> Issues before graduation:
>> 
>>  - none
>> 
>> Signed off by mentor:
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> Programme Leader (Open Development)
> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

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