A quick update on the progress: the PPMC is nearly complete drafting the proposed resolution, and I've just kicked off the discussion within the Incubator community [1].
I'd encourage everyone to participate in the discussion and carry your enthusiasm there. Thanks! Davor [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b9c1071b35558846836814575ada3cdca61c72dc1e672ab994a9c936@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 > > I see a healthy project which deserves to graduate. > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Davor Bonaci <da...@apache.org> wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic support! > > > > Please keep the thread going, as we kick off the process on private@. > > Please don’t forget to bring up any data points that might help > strengthen > > our case. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Scott Wegner <sweg...@google.com.invalid > > > > wrote: > > > >> +1 (beaming) > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 8:25 AM Robert Bradshaw > >> <rober...@google.com.invalid> > >> wrote: > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Lukasz Cwik <lc...@google.com.invalid> > >> wrote: > >> > +1 > >> > > >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> +1 > >> >> The community if doing very well and behaving very Apache > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Etienne Chauchot < > echauc...@gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > A big +1 of course, very excited to go forward > >> >> > > >> >> > Etienne > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Le 22/11/2016 à 19:19, Davor Bonaci a écrit : > >> >> > > >> >> >> Hi everyone, > >> >> >> With all the progress we’ve had recently in Apache Beam, I think > it > >> is > >> >> >> time > >> >> >> we start the discussion about graduation as a new top-level > project > >> at > >> >> the > >> >> >> Apache Software Foundation. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Graduation means we are a self-sustaining and self-governing > >> community, > >> >> >> and > >> >> >> ready to be a full participant in the Apache Software Foundation. > It > >> >> does > >> >> >> not imply that our community growth is complete or that a > particular > >> >> level > >> >> >> of technical maturity has been reached, rather that we are on a > solid > >> >> >> trajectory in those areas. After graduation, we will still > >> periodically > >> >> >> report to, and be overseen by, the ASF Board to ensure continued > >> growth > >> >> of > >> >> >> a healthy community. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Graduation is an important milestone for the project. It is also > key > >> to > >> >> >> further grow the user community: many users (incorrectly) see > >> incubation > >> >> >> as > >> >> >> a sign of instability and are much less likely to consider us for > a > >> >> >> production use. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> A way to think about graduation readiness is through the Apache > >> Maturity > >> >> >> Model [1]. I think we clearly satisfy all the requirements [2]. > It is > >> >> >> probably worth emphasizing the recent community growth: over each > of > >> the > >> >> >> past three months, no single organization contributing to Beam has > >> had > >> >> >> more > >> >> >> than ~50% of the unique contributors per month [2, see > assumptions]. > >> >> >> That’s > >> >> >> a great statistic that shows how much we’ve grown our diversity! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Process-wise, graduation consists of drafting a board resolution, > >> which > >> >> >> needs to identify the full Project Management Committee, and > getting > >> it > >> >> >> approved by the community, the Incubator, and the Board. Within > the > >> Beam > >> >> >> community, most of these discussions and votes have to be on the > >> >> private@ > >> >> >> mailing list, but, as usual, we’ll try to keep dev@ updated as > much > >> as > >> >> >> possible. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> With that in mind, let’s use this discussion on dev@ for two > things: > >> >> >> * Collect additional data points on our progress that we may want > to > >> >> >> present to the Incubator as a part of the proposal to accept our > >> >> >> graduation. > >> >> >> * Determine whether the community supports graduation. Please > reply > >> >> +1/-1 > >> >> >> with any additional comments, as appropriate. I’d encourage > everyone > >> to > >> >> >> participate -- regardless whether you are an occasional visitor or > >> have > >> >> a > >> >> >> specific role in the project -- we’d love to hear your > perspective. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Data points so far: > >> >> >> * Project’s maturity self-assessment [2]. > >> >> >> * 1500 pull requests in incubation, which makes us one of the most > >> >> active > >> >> >> project across all of ASF on this metric. > >> >> >> * 3 releases, each driven by a different release manager. > >> >> >> * 120+ individual contributors. > >> >> >> * 3 new committers added, 2 of which aren’t from the largest > >> >> organization. > >> >> >> * 1027 issues created, 515 resolved. > >> >> >> * 442 dev@ emails in October alone, sent by 51 individuals. > >> >> >> * 50 user@ emails in the last 30 days, sent by 22 individuals. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Thanks! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Davor > >> >> >> > >> >> >> [1] http://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project- > >> >> >> maturity-model.html > >> >> >> [2] http://beam.incubator.apache.org/contribute/maturity-model/ > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >
