Hey Julian,
I think that the DB project would be a good home for SQLLine. DB already
has a SQL REPL tool called ij, which can be deployed against any JDBC
database. The ij REPL tool is part of the Derby toolset:
https://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.15/tools/ctoolsij34525.html There
could be some interesting cross-pollination between SQLLine and ij.
Craig Russell hangs out at the DB project. He has a wealth of experience
incubating projects and can probably help guide you through the process.
You probably already know much more about the Apache incubator than I
do, given your stewardship of Calcite. At first blush, it sounds as
though you need to sort out some IP issues and attract a couple more
active contributors in order to pass the incubator hurdles.
I don't know what you need from DB at this point. Maybe Craig can weigh in.
Welcome and a big +1 to folding SQLLine into Apache DB.
Cheers,
-Rick
On 10/28/21 8:49 PM, Julian Hyde wrote:
Is the DB project interested in adding sub-projects? And if so, what
are the criteria for acceptance, and what is the process?
SQLLine [1] is an open-source project that provides a command-line
shell for any JDBC data source. It is widely used, including in Apache
projects such as Drill and Calcite, and even more widely forked (e.g.
Hive’s Beeline). The project was founded in around 2002 [2] and around
2012 I adopted it, moved it to GitHub, and started making releases
again [3]. We have two regular contributors (myself and Sergey
Nuyanzin) and several occasional contributors, and make one or two
releases per year.
In the SQLLine project, we have recently started a conversation about
governance, branding and IP ownership. Based on its GitHub URL,
people tend to assume that it is a single-developer project, and that
perception may hurt adoption and participation. We have been moving
towards an ASF-style governance model based on a PMC and committers,
but we are just short of critical mass.
We think that SQLLine might be a good fit for the DB project. As a
Java-based tool for interacting with databases it fits the mission
perfectly; several of us are active in ASF projects and therefore know
how things work in Apache. If accepted, we could contribute to the
running of the DB project (voting on other sub-projects’ releases, for
example).
Please let us know whether you think it would be a good fit for our projects.
Julian
[1] https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline
[2] https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlline/files/sqlline/
[3] https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline/blob/master/HISTORY.md
