Hi -
I know that the March report was produced quickly. Unfortunately the VP,
Incubator thinks it was a bit sparse. Part of the purpose of podlings reports
to the Incubator is to prepare a community to meet its reporting requirement to
the Board once they become a TLP (or PMC).
Let’s review the report submitted in March with some notes about how the April
Report can be better.
NLPCraft
A Java API for NLU applications
NLPCraft has been incubating since 2020-02-13.
Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
• Community growth.
——> Is anything else “unfinished”. Website. Marketing? Outreach.Multiple
Release Managers? I’m guessing here.
Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
No.
——> This is appropriate.
How has the community developed since the last report?
Project have several new contributors that we are expecting to formally join
the project/ASF in the future.
——> How are these new contributors helping? Do they improve the diversity of
the project? By diversity I mean from different companies that are considering
using NLPCraft? Are they purely individuals? Are some of them helping with
documentation or non-code activities? How many new contributors are there? How
many forks?
How has the project developed since the last report?
Project produced 2 releases.
——> Be specific about the releases. Were they done by different release
managers? Is activity on JIRA and Github increasing? If there is a roadmap then
what is the progress?
How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
• Initial setup
• Working towards first release
• Community building
• Nearing graduation
• Other:
——> “Community building” is correct.
Date of last release:
Jan 31, 2021.
——> What was released that date?
When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
Aug, 2020.
——> Who were the committers added? Were any PPMC members added? If none since
the last report then tell us the most recent for both classes.
Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
We have some problems with getting attention from mentors. Release voting can
go for weeks without attention from mentors that is slowing down the progress
on the project.
——> I got the message and rejoined. Is anything open to be VOTEd right now?
Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
Yes, no issues.
——> Correct.
All The Best,
Dave
