Hi all, Please review the following status report ASAP so that I can submit it by Wed, Nov. 1.
I’ll fill in the one missing piece of info (#subscribers) shortly - when Will gets me that info. Any other adjustments? Regarding calling out the “Any issues…” item, I believe it’s factual and appropriate to note it. If others disagree, I can replace it with the usual “No”, or change the text as suggested. Thanks, — Dale Edgent Apache Edgent is a programming SDK and micro-kernel style runtime that can be embedded in gateways and small footprint edge devices enabling local, real-time, analytics on the continuous streams of data coming from equipment, vehicles, systems, appliances, devices and sensors of all kinds (for example, Raspberry Pis or smart phones). Working in conjunction with centralized analytic systems, Apache Edgent provides efficient and timely analytics across the whole IoT ecosystem: from the center to the edge. Edgent has been incubating since 2016-02-29. Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: 1. Create and expand a diverse community of contributors and committers around the Edgent project. 2. Attracting at least another independent committer/ppmc member. 3. Finding further real world users of Edgent Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware of? While two contributors are still quite active working on the conversion to maven and towards getting out the next release, there has been very little other community or dev list activity. How has the community developed since the last report? * Will Marshall had a meetup in San Francisco on the 20th of September to demonstrate an Edgent video analytics application which was initially presented at ApacheCon 2017 (Video Analytics at the Edge: Fun with Apache Edgent, OpenCV and a Raspberry Pi). * Chris Dutz gave a presentation at Solutions Hamburg that included Apache Edgent. * There was one new non-committer enhancement/PR merged. * There was one JIRA from a new individual: asked & answered. * Chris Dutz stated that he’s beginning a project where he will be using Edgent * Total, we have #####(TBD - 70 last report) subscribers to our mailing list, an improvement of #####(TBD - 5 last report) since the last report. How has the project developed since the last report? * Two contributors/committers have been very active overhauling the Edgent build system to Maven from Gradle on the features/maven branch. We are very close to merging and working on a release. Maven provides benefits over Gradle, including a more rigid build structure, the Maven package system, and ASF release process integration. The work includes a variety of other cleanup / usability items, such as how we distribute Edgent samples and how users build them. * According to JIRA, 6 new issues were added to the project and 2 issues have been resolved or closed between August 2017 and October 2017. 11 issues are in progress as part of PR-309 (the maven work). How would you assess the podling's maturity? Edgent is making slow but consistent progress towards graduation. While we don't yet meet the diversity requirements, we put emphasis on community growth through outreach which will ultimately pave the way for additional committers and contributors. Additionally, before we graduate it is important that we find users outside of IBM. As most Edgent committers are employed by IBM, external stakeholders help ensure long term contribution to the project. [ ] Initial setup [ ] Working towards first release [X] Community building [ ] Nearing graduation [ ] Other: Date of last release: 2017-05-17 When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? In August 2017, we added Christofer Dutz as a new committer and PPMC member. Signed-off-by: [ ](edgent) Daniel Debrunner Comments: [ ](edgent) Luciano Resende Comments: [ ](edgent) John Ament Comments: [ ](edgent) Justin Mclean Comments: