I am travelling around for the next couple of days, so if anyone can take this further from here, please do!
2014-06-30 11:19 GMT+02:00 Kasper Sørensen <[email protected]>: > Here's the updated version then: > > ---- > > 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. More contributors to increase diversity of the community > 2. Finalize 4.2.0 release to demonstrate new functionality and > understanding of ASF policies > 3. Connect with other projects from Apache's ecosystem such as HBase, > Phoenix, Cassandra, Optiq > > 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? > > A few new people have started to work actively on the mailing list. It > is still a small > community, and growth is needed. On the positive side we do see certain > new individuals > starting to contribute continuously to the project. > > We have been working on blogging, tweeting etc. to create more out-going > communication > about MetaModel. We feel that more of such activity is needed. > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > Apache MetaModel 4.1.0-incubating was released on Jan 21. This time with > a new > release engineer, which meant that the release instructions were > re-iterated and updated. > > Communication on mailing list is improving and we see more diversity of > requests. > For instance, connectivity to Hadoop and HBase was previously not very > active > but now it's is taking a good share of the focus. > > Subscribers on @dev mailing list: 48 > > Date of last release: > > May 12th > > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > June 2013 (but a new committer is being invited just now) > > > 2014-06-30 11:08 GMT+02:00 Kasper Sørensen <[email protected] > >: > > OK that makes sense I guess. I would then suggest we go for 4.2.0 next >> time, since it's again adding a lot of stuff (and especially the part about >> making ColumnType an interface instead of an enum is a big change from >> compatibility POV). I'll update the CHANGES.txt file because that is >> currently a mess on master branch then :-P >> >> >> 2014-06-30 9:45 GMT+02:00 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: >> >> Unfortunately that was not the way release in interpreted in ASF, the >>> RC is a release candidate number for 4.1.0. >>> So technically we have released 4.1.0 which delivered with RC1. >>> >>> I missed the subject of the email you sent out for the last MetaModel >>> release VOTE, which included the RC postfix. >>> Mea culpa from me, I assume you know that RC tags are just used to >>> discriminate different attempts to get particular release. >>> >>> We could do next 4.1.1 or 4.2.0. >>> >>> - Henry >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:36 AM, Kasper Sørensen >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Well in my opinion we only released "RC1", so one milestone on the way >>> > towards 4.1 ... But maybe that part needs more sharing of ideas etc. I >>> > would also be fine calling the next release 4.2 and then just skip the >>> > RC-suffix. >>> > >>> > >>> > 2014-06-30 6:49 GMT+02:00 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: >>> > >>> >> HI Kasper, >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for taking stab at the report. >>> >> >>> >> I believe 4.1.0 is out so I recommend change the status to "Apache >>> >> MetaModel 4.1.0-incubating was released on Jan 21. This time ..." >>> >> >>> >> For the "Three most important issues to address in the move towards >>> >> graduation" section, why no 2 is about finalize 4.1 release? >>> >> The 4.1.0 release is out already so we just need to mention about >>> >> having more releases to demonstrate understanding of ASF policies? >>> >> >>> >> - Henry >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Kasper Sørensen >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > How about something like this... >>> >> > - Kasper >>> >> > >>> >> > ---- >>> >> > >>> >> > 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. More contributors to increase diversity of the community >>> >> > 2. Finalize 4.1 release to demonstrate new functionality and >>> evolution >>> >> > within Apache >>> >> > 3. Connect with other projects from Apache's ecosystem such as >>> HBase, >>> >> > Phoenix, Cassandra, Optiq >>> >> > >>> >> > 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? >>> >> > >>> >> > A few new people have started to work actively on the mailing >>> list. It >>> >> is >>> >> > still a small >>> >> > community, and growth is needed. On the positive side we do see >>> certain >>> >> > new individuals >>> >> > starting to contribute continuously to the project. >>> >> > >>> >> > We have been working on blogging, tweeting etc. to create more >>> >> out-going >>> >> > communication >>> >> > about MetaModel. We feel that more of such activity is needed. >>> >> > >>> >> > How has the project developed since the last report? >>> >> > >>> >> > Apache MetaModel 4.1.0-RC1-incubating was released on Jan 21. >>> This time >>> >> > with a new >>> >> > release engineer, which meant that the release instructions were >>> >> > re-iterated and updated. >>> >> > >>> >> > Communication on mailing list is improving and we see more >>> diversity of >>> >> > requests. >>> >> > For instance, connectivity to Hadoop and HBase was previously not >>> very >>> >> > active >>> >> > but now it's is taking a good share of the focus. >>> >> > >>> >> > Date of last release: >>> >> > >>> >> > May 12th >>> >> > >>> >> > When were the last committers or PMC members elected? >>> >> > >>> >> > June 2013 (but a new committer is being invited just now) >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > 2014-06-25 19:27 GMT+02:00 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: >>> >> > >>> >> >> Any volunteer to write up report for July? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> - Henry >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Marvin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Dear podling, >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the >>> Apache >>> >> >> Incubator PMC. >>> >> >> > It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare >>> your >>> >> >> quarterly >>> >> >> > board report. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 16 July 2014, >>> 10:30:30:00 PST. >>> >> >> The report >>> >> >> > for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. >>> The >>> >> >> Incubator PMC >>> >> >> > requires your report to be submitted 2 weeks before the board >>> meeting, >>> >> >> to allow >>> >> >> > sufficient time for review and submission (Wed, Jul 2nd). >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the >>> incubator >>> >> >> PMC, and >>> >> >> > subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very >>> >> latest >>> >> >> you >>> >> >> > should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the board meeting. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Thanks, >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > The Apache Incubator PMC >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Submitting your Report >>> >> >> > ---------------------- >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Your report should contain the following: >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > * Your project name >>> >> >> > * A brief description of your project, which assumes no >>> knowledge of >>> >> >> the project >>> >> >> > or necessarily of its field >>> >> >> > * A list of the three most important issues to address in the >>> move >>> >> >> towards >>> >> >> > graduation. >>> >> >> > * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might >>> wish/need to >>> >> be >>> >> >> aware of >>> >> >> > * How has the community developed since the last report >>> >> >> > * How has the project developed since the last report. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2014 >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Note: This manually populated. 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