Added the report with Henry's correction: https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2014
Mentors please help sign it off :-) 2014-04-02 7:21 GMT+02:00 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: > Small correction about Date of last release should be Jan 21, 2014 > > Other than that looks good to me. Thanks for writing up the report, Kasper. > > - Henry > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Kasper Sørensen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Please provide your feedback for this draft/proposal report for April > 2014: > > > > ------ > > > > MetaModel > > > > MetaModel is a data access framework, providing a common interface for > > exploration and querying of different types of datastores. > > > > MetaModel has been incubating since 2013-06-12. > > > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > > > 1. Finalize 4.1 release to demonstrate new functionality and evolution > > within Apache > > 2. More contributors to increase diversity of the community > > 3. Determine approach to technical documentation across different > > software versions > > > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > > aware of? > > > > None > > > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > > > We finished our first release and are seeing some initial interest from > > users. Mostly > > there are interactions to add new features or connectivity to new types > > of datastores. > > For instance, it has been proposed to look into building connectivity > to > > semantic web > > technologies, iRods, Apache Phoenix - and within the contributors group > > there has been > > some focus on adding HBase and Cassandra support. > > > > Discussions about community by-laws are not very active at this point. > It > > does not seem to be top-of-mind for most community members, and also > > shepherd/mentor notes from January 2014 indicate that this is not > > important right now. > > > > We're improving on the point of registering JIRA issues and running > > patches through > > the review board. By now this is the approach taken every time, unless > a > > commit is > > found to be very trivial. > > > > Still the core group of developers seems a bit small, but by focusing > on > > broader > > connectivity and keeping the releases coming, we think we can attract a > > larger > > community to the project. > > > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > > > Apache MetaModel 4.0.0-incubating was released on Jan 21. > > > > We are working on new features for a 4.1 version. The 4.1 version will > > represent > > the point in time where Apache MetaModel starts to show significant new > > functionality > > when compared to the old eobjects.org MetaModel project. > > > > A new module for providing easy Spring framework integration has been > > implemented. > > > > Finishing touches are being made to a new module for connecting to > Apache > > HBase. > > > > Various API changes are being planned and discussed. > > > > Many bugfixes and performance improvements has been implemented. > > > > Date of last release: > > > > None > > > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > June 2013 > > > > Signed-off-by: > > > > [ ](metamodel) Henry Saputra > > [ ](metamodel) Arvind Prabhakar > > [ ](metamodel) Matt Franklin > > [ ](metamodel) Noah Slater >
