Steve, That makes complete sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Thanks, -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lawrence <slawre...@apache.org> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2025 11:40 AM To: dev@daffodil.apache.org Subject: Re: Draft for review: Quarterly Daffodil ASF Board Report for July 2025 Just to clarify "committer" is term/role that carries specific meaning within the ASF: https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works/#roles In the eyes of the ASF and for this report, Jeremy is considered a developer/contributor. On 2025-06-04 02:39 PM, Hitesh Dalsania wrote: > Mike, > > Here is some project activity for the VS Code Extension work. > > Better overall error handling, improved reliability of Data Editor, corrected > several schema completion usability issues and created new-user onboarding > and new developer onboarding documentation. > > We also have a new committer added to the VS Code project. His is name is > Jeremy Yao and he was added on 2025-02-07 > > Thanks, > Hitesh Dalsania > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Beckerle <mbecke...@apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 11:40 AM > To: dev@daffodil.apache.org > Subject: Draft for review: Quarterly Daffodil ASF Board Report for July 2025 > > Our quarterly board report is due next week on June 11. > > Below is a starter draft. Please review. > > I'd like to add a short paragraph under "Project Activity" about the > functional changes in the VSCode work. > > Did I miss any other key changes? > > ## Description: > The mission of Apache Daffodil is the creation and maintenance of software > related to an implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) > used to convert between fixed format data and more readily processed forms > such as XML or JSON > > ## Project Status: > Current project status: Ongoing. High activity. > Issues for the board: None. > > ## Membership Data: > Apache Daffodil was founded 2021-02-16 (4 years ago) There are currently 19 > committers and 18 PMC members in this project. > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 1:1. > > Community changes, past quarter: > - No new PMC members. Last addition was Peter Katlic on 2024-03-17. > - No new committers. Last addition was Peter Katlic on 2024-03-17. > > ## Project Activity: > As of this writing, new releases of all our outputs are in the works. > Daffodil > 3.11.0, sbt-daffodil 1.4.0, and the Daffodil VSCode extension v1.4.1 are all > in the works with votes and RCs happening. > > For the main library, and supporting sbt-daffodil plugin, the project is > engaged in updating the version of Scala we are using, as we are 2 revisions > behind the current modern Scala. This means we're focused on these painful > infrastructure transitions, and not on fixes or new functionality. > > ## Community Health: > Good activity level in email and commit activity. > > Attracting new contributors with diverse interests and uses for the project > remains an ongoing challenge and in the long run, as with all projects, is a > risk factor. > > In our prior report we raised concern about risk to the project because of > USG funding uncertainty. The current primary user community for Daffodil is > in cyber security, and this remains a USG funding priority according to > statements from the current USG administration. So our concern has been > lessened about sudden loss of current funding for our contributors. > > That said, in the long run broadening the use of Daffodil to more application > areas such as big data and data integration is an ongoing need.
