+1 (binding) On Friday, March 1, 2024, Uwe L. Korn <uw...@xhochy.com> wrote:
> +1 (binding) > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024, at 2:37 PM, Andy Grove wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 6:20 AM Weston Pace <weston.p...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> +1 (binding) > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 3:33 AM Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > As we have discussed[1][2] I would like to vote on the proposal to > >> > create a new Apache Top Level Project for DataFusion. The text of the > >> > proposed resolution and background document is copy/pasted below > >> > > >> > If the community is in favor of this, we plan to submit the resolution > >> > to the ASF board for approval with the next Arrow report (for the > >> > April 2024 board meeting). > >> > > >> > The vote will be open for at least 7 days. > >> > > >> > [ ] +1 Accept this Proposal > >> > [ ] +0 > >> > [ ] -1 Do not accept this proposal because... > >> > > >> > Andrew > >> > > >> > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/c150t1s1x0kcb3r03cjyx31kqs5oc341 > >> > [2] https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 > >> > > >> > ---------- Proposed Resolution --------- > >> > > >> > Resolution to Create the Apache DataFusion Project from the Apache > >> > Arrow DataFusion Sub Project > >> > > >> > ============================================================= > >> > > >> > X. Establish the Apache DataFusion Project > >> > > >> > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > >> > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the > >> > Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management > >> > Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of > >> > open-source software related to an extensible query engine > >> > for distribution at no charge to the public. > >> > > >> > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > >> > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache DataFusion Project", > >> > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > >> > Foundation; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that the Apache DataFusion Project be and hereby is > >> > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > >> > related to an extensible query engine; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache DataFusion" be > >> > and hereby is created, the person holding such office to > >> > serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair > >> > of the Apache DataFusion Project, and to have primary responsibility > >> > for management of the projects within the scope of > >> > responsibility of the Apache DataFusion Project; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > >> > hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the > >> > Apache DataFusion Project: > >> > > >> > * Andy Grove (agr...@apache.org) > >> > * Andrew Lamb (al...@apache.org) > >> > * Daniël Heres (dhe...@apache.org) > >> > * Jie Wen (jake...@apache.org) > >> > * Kun Liu (liu...@apache.org) > >> > * Liang-Chi Hsieh (vii...@apache.org) > >> > * Qingping Hou: (ho...@apache.org) > >> > * Wes McKinney(w...@apache.org) > >> > * Will Jones (wjones...@apache.org) > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that the Apache DataFusion Project be and hereby > >> > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > >> > Arrow DataFusion sub-project; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > >> > Arrow DataFusion sub-project encumbered upon the > >> > Apache Arrow Project are hereafter discharged. > >> > > >> > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andrew Lamb > >> > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache DataFusion, to > >> > serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the > >> > Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until > >> > death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, > >> > or until a successor is appointed. > >> > ============================================================= > >> > > >> > > >> > ------- > >> > > >> > > >> > Summary: > >> > > >> > We propose creating a new top level project, Apache DataFusion, from > >> > an existing sub project of Apache Arrow to facilitate additional > >> > community and project growth. > >> > > >> > Abstract > >> > > >> > Apache Arrow DataFusion[1] is a very fast, extensible query engine > >> > for building high-quality data-centric systems in Rust, using the > >> > Apache Arrow in-memory format. DataFusion offers SQL and Dataframe > >> > APIs, excellent performance, built-in support for CSV, Parquet, JSON, > >> > and Avro, extensive customization, and a great community. > >> > > >> > [1] https://arrow.apache.org/datafusion/ > >> > > >> > > >> > Proposal > >> > > >> > We propose creating a new top level ASF project, Apache DataFusion, > >> > governed initially by a subset of the Apache Arrow project’s PMC and > >> > committers. The project’s code is in five existing git repositories, > >> > currently governed by Apache Arrow which would transfer to the new top > >> > level project. > >> > > >> > Background > >> > > >> > When DataFusion was initially donated to the Arrow project, it did not > >> > have a strong enough community to stand on its own. It has since grown > >> > significantly, and benefited immensely from being part of Arrow and > >> > nurturing of the Apache Way, and now has a community strong enough to > >> > stand on its own and that would benefit from focused governance > >> > attention. > >> > > >> > The community has discussed this idea publicly for more than 6 months > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 and > >> > briefly on the Arrow PMC mailing list > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/thv2jdm6640l6gm88hy8jhk5prjww0cs. As > >> > of the time of this writing both had exclusively positive reactions. > >> > > >> > Several current members of the Arrow PMC are both active contributors > >> > to DataFusion and understand and believe deeply in the Apache Way, and > >> > play active governance roles in the Arrow project as PMC members and > >> > PMC chairs, guiding the community, and releasing software versions. > >> > With this existing governance experience and structure, the new top > >> > level project will be able to function well immediately and > >> > independently. > >> > > >> > Overview of DataFusion > >> > > >> > Current Status > >> > > >> > Meritocracy > >> > > >> > DataFusion has been developed as part of Apache Arrow and thus has > >> > been operating as a meritocracy. Many of the developers of DataFusion > >> > are Arrow PMC members or committers. The DataFusion project plans to > >> > continue adding new PMC and committers as the project matures and > >> > grows. > >> > > >> > Community > >> > > >> > The DataFusion development team seeks to foster the development and > >> > user communities. We hope that becoming a separate project will help > >> > both Arrow and DataFusion communities by being more focused. Focused > >> > governance will make it easier to grow the community of committers and > >> > PMC members and make the organization more clear to others. > >> > > >> > Alignment > >> > > >> > The ASF is a natural host for DataFusion given that it is already the > >> > home of Arrow, Parquet, and other related distributed system, storage > >> > and query execution systems. > >> > > >> > Project Leadership > >> > > >> > Proposed Initial PMC > >> > > >> > We propose the following people as the initial DataFusion PMC members. > >> > This is a subset of the existing Arrow PMC members who contribute to > >> > DataFusion https://people.apache.org/phonebook.html?unix=arrow > >> > > >> > Andy Grove (agrove): Arrow PMC Chair > >> > Andrew Lamb (alamb): Arrow PMC, past Arrow PMC Chair > >> > Daniël Heres (dheres) Arrow PMC > >> > Jie Wen (jakevin): Arrow PMC, Doris Committer > >> > Kun Liu (liukun): Arrow PMC, IoTDB PMC, TSFile PMC > >> > Liang-Chi Hsieh (viirya): Arrow PMC, Spark PMC > >> > Qingping Hou: (houqp): Arrow PMC > >> > Wes McKinney(wesm): Arrow PMC, ASF Member > >> > Will Jones (wjones127): Arrow PMC > >> > > >> > We’d like to propose Andrew Lamb as the initial Chair, (and thus ASF > >> > VP) for the DataFusion project. > >> > > >> > Affiliations > >> > > >> > Andy Grove (agrove): NVidia > >> > Andrew Lamb (alamb): InfluxData > >> > Daniël Heres (dheres): Coralogix > >> > Jie Wen (jakevin): SelectDB > >> > Kun Liu (liukun): Ebay > >> > Liang-Chi Hsieh (viirya): Apple > >> > Qingping Hou: (houqp): Scribd > >> > Wes McKinney(wesm): Posit > >> > Will Jones (wjones127): LanceDB > >> > > >> > Proposed Initial Committers > >> > > >> > In addition to the PMC, we propose the following people as the initial > >> > DataFusion committers. This is a subset of the existing Arrow > >> > committers who contribute to DataFusion > >> > https://people.apache.org/phonebook.html?unix=arrow > >> > > >> > akurmustafa Mustafa Akur (Synnada) > >> > avantgardner Brent Gardner (Coralogix) > >> > comphead Oleks V. (Unaffiliated) > >> > jayzhan Jay Zhan (Unaffiliated) > >> > jeffreyvo Jeffry Vo (Unaffiliated) > >> > jiayuliu Liu Jiayu (Airbnb) > >> > mete Metehan Yildirim (Synnada) > >> > mingmwang Wang Mingming (Ebay) > >> > mneumann Marco Neumann (InfluxData) > >> > nju_yaho Zhong Yanghong (Ebay) > >> > ozankabak Mehmet Ozan Kabak (Synnada) > >> > paddyhoran Paddy Horan (Assured Allies) > >> > rdettai Rémi Dettai (Cloudfuse) > >> > sunchao Chao Sun (Apple) > >> > thinkharderdev Daniel Harris (Coralogix) > >> > tustvold Raphael Taylor-Davies (InfluxData) > >> > wayne Ruihang Xia (Greptime) > >> > xudong963 Xudong Wang (ByteDance) > >> > yjshen Yijie Shen (Space and Time) > >> > yangjiang Yang Jiang (ebay) > >> > > >> > > >> > Risk Assessments > >> > > >> > Naming / Trademarks > >> > > >> > As a sub-project of Arrow, the DataFusion name has been used for over > >> > 4 years without any known issues. A podling name search did not turn > >> > up any concerns and was approved: > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-219 > >> > > >> > Legal / IP Clearance > >> > > >> > All DataFusion code has either been donated to the Arrow project with > >> > appropriate IP clearance or has been developed directly under ASF > >> > processes and procedures. Thus creating a new top level project poses > >> > no new Legal or IP risks. > >> > > >> > Code Extraction > >> > > >> > The relevant code is already in 5 separate repositories: > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/ > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion-python > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-ballista > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-ballista-python > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion-comet > >> > > >> > We foresee no issues with code extraction and propose these > >> > repositories be renamed to reflect top level projects > >> > > >> > Note: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs, the Rust implementation of > >> > Arrow, would remain part of the Arrow project. > >> > > >> > Orphaned Products > >> > > >> > DataFusion is known to be used in many open source and commercial > >> > projects > >> > > >> https://arrow.apache.org/datafusion/user-guide/ > introduction.html#known-users > >> > , > >> > has had multiple commits daily for several years, and its adoption and > >> > number of contributors appears to be growing. We do not foresee the > >> > project being orphaned in the next several years. > >> > > >> > Inexperience with Open Source > >> > > >> > The proposed PMC has extensive experience with Apache Arrow and other > >> > Apache projects, and includes PMC members, PMC chairs and an ASF > >> > Member. The DataFusion PMC and more experienced committers will > >> > continue to coach new community members who may be less familiar with > >> > the Apache Way. > >> > > >> > Homogeneous Developers > >> > > >> > The 9 proposed PMC members are from 9 different employers and the > >> > proposed committers are similarly distributed across affiliations. No > >> > specific entity employs more than 3 total proposed developers. > >> > > >> > Reliance on Salaried Developers > >> > > >> > A substantial amount of work on DataFusion has been by salaried > >> > developers, but it also has a long tradition of attracting > >> > contributions from students and hobbyists and we plan no changes in > >> > contribution structure. > >> > > >> > Relationships with Other Apache Products > >> > > >> > DataFusion will obviously have a strong relationship with the Arrow > >> > project given the overlap in people. We don’t foresee close > >> > collaboration with other projects at this time. > >> > > >> > Cryptography > >> > > >> > DataFusion does not directly support encryption and there are no > >> > near-term plans to add support for encryption. Users who need this > >> > functionality can use the extension APIs. > >> > > >> > Required Resources > >> > > >> > Mailing Lists > >> > > >> > - priv...@datafusion.apache.org for private PMC discussions (with > >> > moderated subscriptions) > >> > - d...@datafusion.apache.org > >> > - comm...@datafusion.apache.org > >> > - u...@datafusion.apache.org > >> > > >> > Version Control > >> > > >> > We propose to continue to use git for source control and github for > >> > hosting and testing resources. > >> > > >> > We also need to rename the github repositories to reflect the new top > >> > level names: > >> > > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/ → apache/datafusion > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion-python → > >> > apache/datafusion-python > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-ballista → apache/datafusion-ballista > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-ballista-python → > >> > apache/datafusion-ballista-python > >> > https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion-comet → > >> apache/datafusion-comet > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Issue Tracking > >> > > >> > DataFusion would continue to use github for its issue tracking and > >> > communications > >> > > >> > Other Resources > >> > > >> > The existing repositories already make use of existing Apache > >> > infrastructure, and we expect no change in the initial resource usage. > >> > As the project continues to grow, we expect continued infrastructure > >> > demand growth. > >> > > >> > > >> > FAQ: Has a sub project been promoted to a top level project before? > >> > > >> > Yes, and it appears to happen commonly. The Arrow project itself was > >> > created as a top level project from work that started in Apache Drill, > >> > and there are many sub projects of Hadoop that spun out as their own > >> > top level projects such as Mahout, Avro and HBase: > >> > > >> > > >> https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_ > software_foundation_announces4 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Related material: > >> > Name search request / research for DataFusion: > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-219 > >> > Discussion about this proposal on the arrow mailing list: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/c150t1s1x0kcb3r03cjyx31kqs5oc341 > >> > Discussion about which repositories on the arrow mailing list: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/ob3n0d9ky0bgrryl3xn39w9k566bq00q > >> > Discussion about initial PMC on the arrow mailing list: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/pymrzcdw4qdptvby85f69rg3pcckl15b > >> > Discussion in github about creating a new DataFusion top level > >> > project: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 > >> > Discussion about graduating on incubator list: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/r4n73pmms1lv0jbohyx1o1z13d615t99 > >> > Original Proposal for the Arrow project: > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/x2qzdwglm8pkqp9gv03bbgw17khl7pq3 > >> > > >> >
