Excellent, thank you Jake! I will add your name to the proposal. Dave
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Jake Farrell <jfarr...@apache.org> wrote: > I would like to volunteer to be a mentor for this project. > > I am the Apache Thrift project chair and I am involved in the Apache > infrastructure group. I have handled releases for Apache Thrift since its > incubation and am very familiar with new project bootstrapping and > coordination. I think that my experiences with back end systems and scaling > architectures would be a perfect fit for this project along with my desire > to help new comers learn the Apache way. > > Thank you for your consideration > -Jake > > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Dave Lester <d...@ischool.berkeley.edu > >wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > We're pleased to share a draft ASF incubation proposal for Aurora, a > > service scheduler used to schedule jobs onto Apache Mesos that we've > > developed at Twitter. Aurora provides all of the primitives necessary to > > quickly deploy and scale stateless and fault tolerant services in a > > datacenter. The complete proposal can be found: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AuroraProposal, and also pasted below. > > > > In particular, we'd love to add additional mentors to the project. Your > > feedback is appreciated. > > > > Dave > > > > = Abstract = > > > > Aurora is a service scheduler used to schedule jobs onto Apache Mesos. > > > > = Proposal = > > > > Aurora is a scheduler that provides all of the primitives necessary to > > quickly deploy and scale stateless and fault tolerant services in a > > datacenter. > > > > Aurora builds on top of Apache Mesos and provides common features that > > allow any site to run large scale production applications. While the > > project is currently used in production at Twitter, we wish to develop a > > community to increase contributions and see it thrive in the future. > > > > = Background = > > > > The initial development of Aurora was done at Twitter, and is planned to > be > > open sourced. This proposal is for Aurora to join the Apache Incubator. > > > > = Rationale = > > > > While the Apache Mesos core focuses on distributing individual tasks > across > > nodes in a cluster, typical services consist of dozens or hundreds of > > replicas of tasks. As a service scheduler, Aurora provides the > abstraction > > of a "job" to bundle and manage these tasks. Aurora provides many key > > functionalities centered around a job, including: definition, the concept > > of an instance and the serverset, deployment and scheduling, health > > checking, and introspection. It also allows cross-cutting concerns to be > > handled like observability and log collection. > > > > = Current Status = > > > > == Meritocracy == > > > > By submitting this incubator proposal, we’re expressing our intent to > build > > a diverse developer community around Aurora that will conduct itself > > according to The Apache Way and use meritocratic means of accepting > > contributions. Several members of the Aurora team overlap with Apache > > Mesos, which successfully graduated from the Incubator and has embraced a > > meritocratic model of governance; we plan to follow a similar path > forward > > with Aurora and believe that a synergy between both projects will make > this > > even easier. > > > > == Community == > > > > Aurora is currently being used internally at Twitter. By open sourcing > the > > project, we hope to extend our contributor base significantly and create > a > > vibrant community around the project. > > > > == Core Developers == > > > > Aurora is currently being developed by a team of seven engineers at > > Twitter. > > > > == Alignment == > > > > The ASF is a natural choice to host the Aurora project, given the goal of > > open sourcing the project and fostering a community to grow and support > the > > software. Additionally, Aurora integrates with Apache Mesos, and Apache > > ZooKeeper for service discovery. > > > > We believe that inclusion within Apache will build stronger ties between > > these projects, and create further alignment between their goals and > > communities. > > > > = Known Risks = > > > > == Orphaned Products == > > > > The core developers plan to continue working full time on the project, > and > > there is very little risk of Aurora being abandoned since it is running > > hundreds of services as part of Twitter’s infrastructure. Additionally, > > members of the Mesos community beyond Twitter have expressed interest in > an > > advanced scheduler like Aurora (see “Interested Parties” section); we > > believe that need will drive some of the community involvement necessary > > for the project to incubate successfully. > > > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > > > > Initial Aurora committers have varying levels of experience using and > > contributing to Open Source projects, however by working with our mentors > > and the Apache community we believe we will be able to conduct ourselves > in > > accordance with Apache Incubator guidelines. The close relationship > between > > the Aurora team and Apache Mesos means there is an awareness of the > > incubation process and a willingness to embrace The Apache Way. > > > > == Homogenous Developers == > > > > The initial set of committers are from a single organization, however we > > expect that once approved for incubation the project will attract > > contributors from more organizations. We have already had conversations > > with other companies who have expressed an interest in Aurora. > > > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > > > > Initial Aurora committers are salaried developers at Twitter, however > > shortly after open sourcing the code we plan to diversify the project’s > > core committers and contributors. > > > > == Relationships with Other Apache Products == > > > > Initially, Aurora has been developed as a scheduler for Apache Mesos. > > Additionally, it relies on ZooKeeper for service discovery, allowing > > servers to register at a location and clients to subsequently discover > the > > servers. > > > > == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand == > > > > While we respect the reputation of the Apache brand and have no doubts > that > > it will attract contributors and users, our interest is primarily to give > > Aurora a solid home as an open source project following an established > > development model. We have also given reasons in the Rationale and > > Alignment sections. > > > > = Documentation = > > > > This proposal exists online as > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AuroraProposal. Project documentation > > exists and will be released at the same time as an initial code push. > > > > = Initial Source = > > > > JIRA Aurora (AURORA) > > > > Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > The current codebase is available upon request. > > > > = External Dependencies = > > > > All Aurora dependencies have Apache compatible licenses, except cron4j > > (LGPL). An alternative library, most likely Quartz (Apache Public License > > 2.0) will be used prior to an initial code push. > > > > = Cryptography = > > Not applicable. > > > > = Required Resources = > > > > == Mailing Lists == > > > > * aurora-private for private PMC discussions > > * aurora-dev > > * aurora-commits > > * aurora-user > > * aurora-issues > > > > == Subversion Directory == > > > > We prefer to use Git as our source control system: git:// > > git.apache.org/aurora > > > > == Issue Tracking == > > > > JIRA Aurora (AURORA) > > > > = Initial Committers = > > > > * William Farner (bill at twitter dot com) > > * Brian Wickman (wickman at twitter dot com) > > * Kevin Sweeney (ksweeney at twitter dot com) > > * Sathya Hariesh (sathya at twitter dot com) > > * Jonathan Boulle (jon at twitter dot com) > > * Maxim Khutornenko (mkhutornenko at twitter dot com) > > * Suman Karumuri (skarumuri at twitter dot com) > > * Dave Lester (dlester at twitter dot com) > > > > = Affiliations = > > > > Twitter > > > > = Interested Parties = > > > > * Airbnb > > * Foursquare > > * Mesosphere > > > > = Sponsors = > > > > == Champion == > > > > Ben Hindman > > > > == Nominated Mentors == > > > > * Chris Mattmann > > * Ben Hindman > > > > == Sponsoring Entity == > > Incubator PMC > > >
