FWIW, nice summary, good to see Avro going strong...
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 10:12 PM Sean Busbey <bus...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > Here's the report for the quarter I submitted. Let me know if there are any > last minute changes y'all would like to see. > > ---- > ## Description: > Apache Avro is a data serialization system with a compact binary format. It is > used for storing and transporting schema driven serialized data. The unique > features of Avro include automatic schema resolution - when the reader's > expected schema is different from the actual schema with which the data was > serialized the data is automatically adapted to meet reader's requirements. > > ## Issues: > The project currently has no issues that require board attention. > > ## Membership Data: > Apache Avro was founded 2010-04-20 (10 years ago) > There are currently 33 committers and 23 PMC members in this project. > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 3:2. > > Community changes, past quarter: > - No new PMC members. Last addition was Nándor Kollár on 2019-08-29. > - No new committers. Last addition was Ryan Skraba on 2019-12-12. > > ## Project Activity: > Apache Avro 1.9.2 was released on 2020-02-12. This release included some new > experimental features that try to improve performance[1]. > > Work has continued to update both build tools, language versions, third party > dependencies, and ease of integration in preparation for a new major release > currently planned for May 2020, version 1.10.0. > > The previously reported need to document and update how the project versions > releases came up for discussion again but no action has been taken yet. > > ## Numbers > For those who prefer metrics: > > Mailing Lists: > - dev@avro.apache.org had 1034 emails (24% increase) > - u...@avro.apache.org had 91 emails (15% increase) > > JIRA: > - 115 issues opened (42% increase) > - 76 issues closed (7% increase) > > GitHub: > - 88 PRs open (9% increase) > - 68 PRs closed (7% decrease) > > Code Repository: > - 122 commits in the past quarter (67% increase) > - 25 code contributors in the past quarter (39% increase) > > ## Community Health: > Community health is doing well at drawing in contributions. The PMC still > needs to work to recognize contributors through committership. Current focus > is on working towards releases. > > [1]: user facing details about these experimental additions is available: > https://s.apache.org/6pcpo