+1 binding Paul
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (Not binding) > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Raymond Feng <enjoyj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> +1 (non binding), bring Nuvem into Incubator. >> >> Thanks, >> Raymond >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Raymond Feng >> rf...@apache.org >> Apache Tuscany PMC member and committer: tuscany.apache.org >> Co-author of Tuscany SCA In Action book: www.tuscanyinaction.com >> Personal Web Site: www.enjoyjava.com >> ________________________________________________________________ >> >> On Jun 19, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Luciano Resende wrote: >> >>> After initial discussion [1], please vote on the acceptance of Nuvem >>> Project for incubation at the Apache Incubator. The full proposal is >>> available at the end of this message and on the wiki at >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Nuvem >>> >>> We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the project with Luciano Resende >>> as the Champion and Jean-Frederic Clere, Paul Fremantle, Ant Elder and >>> Donald Woods volunteering to be mentors. >>> >>> Please cast your votes: >>> >>> [ ] +1, bring Nuvem into Incubator >>> [ ] +0, I don't care either way >>> [ ] -1, do not bring Nuvem into Incubator, because... >>> >>> The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the >>> Incubator PMC are binding. >>> >>> [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/general@incubator.apache.org/msg24841.html >>> [2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Nuvem >>> >>> >>> ================================================= >>> Apache Nuvem, a cross-cloud application programming interface >>> ================================================= >>> >>> Abstract >>> ----------- >>> >>> Nuvem will define an open application programming interface for common >>> cloud application services, allowing applications to be easily ported >>> across the most popular cloud platforms. >>> >>> Proposal >>> ----------- >>> >>> * Define an open API that abstracts common cloud platform services to >>> help decouple the application logic from the particulars of a specific >>> proprietary cloud. >>> * Implement the Nuvem API for popular clouds such as Google >>> AppEngine, Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. >>> * Initially focus on User Authentication and Authorization, >>> Distributed Cache, Data Store, Queuing; then extend to other services >>> such as Chat, Logging, and Debugging. >>> >>> Background >>> ---------------- >>> >>> An important issue for application developers is to avoid lock-in to a >>> specific cloud application platform. By providing a cross-cloud >>> application programming interface that abstracts common cloud platform >>> services, Nuvem addresses this concern and strives to help make >>> applications easily portable across multiple clouds. >>> >>> In mixed cloud deployments, applications need to access platform >>> services across cloud boundaries. Nuvem will make this possible by >>> providing a remote API for these cloud application platform services. >>> >>> Rationale >>> ------------- >>> >>> There are currently no efforts to define a truly open-source API to >>> abstract common cloud platform services. Nuvem strives to create a >>> community around building an open-source cloud application programming >>> interface in a manner that fully allows for tried-and-true open source >>> mechanisms such as user-driven innovation. >>> >>> Initial Goals >>> ---------------- >>> >>> A Nuvem prototype is currently being developed in an Apache Tuscany >>> sandbox, providing initial support for some cloud platform services >>> from Google AppEngine and Amazon EC2. We look at moving this prototype >>> to the Apache Incubator as the next step to broaden the community, >>> expand the API to support more services and cloud platforms. >>> >>> Current Status >>> -------------------- >>> >>> The initial code has been developed under the Apache Software License >>> 2.0 by current Apache committers. >>> >>> Meritocracy >>> --------------- >>> >>> We recognize the importance of running the project as a meritocracy. >>> We are eager to engage other members of the community and operate to >>> the standard of meritocracy that Apache emphasizes; we believe this is >>> the most effective method of growing our community and enabling >>> widespread adoption. >>> >>> Community >>> --------------- >>> >>> The initial committer list consists of a couple of independent >>> developers. We expect that the project will greatly increase in >>> contribution base, and this is one aspect the project will monitor in >>> becoming ready for graduation. >>> >>> Alignment >>> -------------- >>> >>> Currently, there are no other Apache projects concerned with building >>> a cross-cloud API for application platform services. We feel that it >>> would be a good complement to the set of Apache projects and could >>> provide them with an API for interacting with cloud application >>> platforms. >>> >>> Nuvem complements Apache libCloud and Deltacloud projects (which both >>> cover provisioning and elasticity in the cloud), providing portability >>> of applications and application services across heterogeneous cloud >>> environments. >>> >>> Orphaned Products >>> -------------------------- >>> >>> The Nuvem developers have a long-term interest in use and maintenance >>> of the code and there is also hope that different cloud providers will >>> be interested in providing support for the Nuvem API and will join the >>> project. We feel that it is important to put formal governance in >>> place both for the project and the contributors as the project >>> expands. We feel the ASF is the best location for this. >>> >>> Inexperience with Open Source >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Luciano Resende have been involved with Open Source Software for >>> several years; he has actively contributed to Apache Tuscany, Apache >>> PhotArk and contributed to and/or mentored other Apache podlings. He >>> is also part of the Apache Community Development PMC and >>> Admin/co-Admin for the Google Summer of Code mentoring project. >>> Raymond Fend, is also a long time committer and PMC member of Apache >>> Tuscany and/or other Apache projects. >>> >>> Reliance on Salaried Developers >>> -------------------------------------------- >>> >>> The project is being implemented by developers in their independent >>> personal time and is not founded by a specific corporation. >>> >>> Relationships with Other Apache Products >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Apache Tuscany is currently used to wire different implementations of >>> application platform services to applications and expose these >>> services remotely. >>> >>> For clouds that does not provide a specific application service on >>> their platform, we would work with Apache sibling projects such as >>> Hadoop, CouchDB and Cassandra for data store, or ActiveMQ and Qpid for >>> queueing for example, to close the gap. >>> >>> An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> We seek to build a lasting community around the Nuvem API. The most >>> important reason for proposing this project for incubation is to gain >>> visibility, and to allow contributors to more easily join and >>> contribute to the project. >>> >>> Documentation >>> --------------------- >>> >>> There isn't much of a documentation available. >>> >>> Initial Source >>> ------------------- >>> >>> The Apache Nuvem prototype has been developed in the Apache SVN >>> repository and is available at: >>> >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/sandbox/sca-cloud-tutorial/ >>> >>> External Dependencies >>> -------------------------------- >>> >>> Nuvem is written in Java and is currently using Apache Tuscany. >>> >>> Cryptography >>> ------------------- >>> >>> N/A >>> >>> Required Resources >>> ----------------------------- >>> >>> * Mailing lists >>> * nuvem-dev >>> * nuvem-commits >>> * nuvem-private >>> * Subversion >>> * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/nuvem >>> >>> * Issue Tracking >>> * JIRA (nuvem) >>> >>> Initial Committers >>> ------------------------ >>> >>> Luciano Resende (lresende AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Raymond Feng (rfeng AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Senaka Fernando (senaka AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar (shankar AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Sagara Gunathunga (sagara AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Jean-Sebastien Delfino (jsdelfino AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Sonal Goyal (sgoyal AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Donald Woods (dwoods AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Chintana Wilamuna (chintana AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Champion >>> -------------- >>> >>> Luciano Resende (lresende AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Nominated Mentors >>> -------------------------- >>> >>> Jean-Frederic Clere (jfclere AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Paul Fremantle (pzf AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Ant Elder (antelder AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Donald Woods (dwoods AT apache DOT org) >>> >>> Sponsoring Entity >>> ----------------------- >>> >>> Incubator PMC >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Luciano Resende >>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >>> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 >>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein > > "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a > professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less > than your best." > - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship > > "Stay hungry, stay foolish." > - Steve Jobs > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Paul Fremantle Co-Founder and CTO, WSO2 Apache Synapse PMC Chair OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org p...@wso2.com "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
