On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Till Westmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > AsterixDB started incubating a little more than a year ago (2015-02-28). > Since then we have shipped 2 incubating Apache releases for AsterixDB and > Hyracks: > > - Apache AsterixDB 0.8.7-incubating (2015-10-22) and Hyracks > 0.2.16-incubating (2015-09-22) > - Apache AsterixDB 0.8.8-incubating (2016-02-26) and Hyracks > 0.2.17-incubating (2016-02-26) > > The 0.8.7 release provided licensing information for the source artifacts, > and the 0.8.8 release provided licensing information for both source and > binary artifacts. While the LICENSE and NOTICE files for all artifacts are > not yet perfect [1][2], we have improved our understanding significantly > and we were able to check the last open item (Verify distribution rights) > on the incubation status page [3] off with the 0.8.8 release. > > The AsterixDB community today is open and very active and distributed over > several continents. Individual merit is honored in discussions, but > discussions are never exclusive or hostile. Also, the AsterixDB community > has grown, and Chris Hillery (2015-10-20) and Heri Ramampiaro (2016-01-16) > have both been added as committers since incubation began. > I am curious to know how many committers are from outside the academic circle (i.e. those who have not worked in the past on Asterixdb at UC Irvine or other academic institutions ) ? -Sandeep > > It seems to me that the AsterixDB community is in pretty good shape and > would be able to sustain and govern itself as a TLP. > > Thoughts? Concerns? > > Thanks, > Till > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ASTERIXDB-1319 > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ASTERIXDB-1320 > [3] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/asterixdb.html >
