That's how many people have contributed code (even just one small patch). The people on the committer list have all made significant and high quality contributions.
On Sep 4, 2013, at 3:28 AM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <r...@wymiwyg.com> wrote: > +1 (unbinding) > Looking very good. Just wondering why there are only 7 initial committers > when you say that the storm developer community has 46 members. > > Cheers. > Reto > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Srinath Perera <srin...@wso2.com> wrote: > >> +1, look good. >> >> --Srinath >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Nathan Marz <nat...@nathanmarz.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I'd like to propose Storm to be an Apache Incubator project. After much >>> thought I believe this is the right next step for the project, and I look >>> forward to hearing everyone's thoughts and feedback! >>> >>> Here's a link to the proposal: >>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/StormProposal >>> >>> The proposal is also pasted below. >>> >>> -Nathan >>> >>> >>> = Storm Proposal = >>> >>> == Abstract == >>> >>> Storm is a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance realtime >>> computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing of >>> data. >>> >>> == Proposal == >>> >>> Storm is a distributed real-time computation system. Similar to how >> Hadoop >>> provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm >>> provides a set of general primitives for doing real-time computation. Its >>> use cases span stream processing, distributed RPC, continuous >> computation, >>> and more. Storm has become a preferred technology for near-realtime >>> big-data processing by many organizations worldwide (see a partial list >> at >>> https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By). As an open source >>> project, Storm’s developer community has grown rapidly to 46 members. >>> >>> == Background == >>> >>> The past decade has seen a revolution in data processing. MapReduce, >>> Hadoop, and related technologies have made it possible to store and >> process >>> data at scales previously unthinkable. Unfortunately, these data >> processing >>> technologies are not realtime systems, nor are they meant to be. The lack >>> of a "Hadoop of realtime" has become the biggest hole in the data >>> processing ecosystem. Storm fills that hole. >>> >>> Storm was initially developed and deployed at BackType in 2011. After 7 >>> months of development BackType was acquired by Twitter in July 2011. >> Storm >>> was open sourced in September 2011. >>> >>> Storm has been under continuous development on its Github repository >> since >>> being open-sourced. It has undergone four major releases (0.5, 0.6, 0.7, >>> 0.8) and many minor ones. >>> >>> == Rationale == >>> >>> Storm is a general platform for low-latency big-data processing. It is >>> complementary to the existing Apache projects, such as Hadoop. Many >>> applications are actually exploring using both Hadoop and Storm for >>> big-data processing. Bringing Storm into Apache is very beneficial to >> both >>> Apache community and Storm community. >>> >>> The rapid growth of Storm community is empowered by open source. We >> believe >>> the Apache foundation is a great fit as the long-term home for Storm, as >> it >>> provides an established process for community-driven development and >>> decision making by consensus. This is exactly the model we want for >> future >>> Storm development. >>> >>> == Initial Goals == >>> >>> * Move the existing codebase to Apache >>> * Integrate with the Apache development process >>> * Ensure all dependencies are compliant with Apache License version 2.0 >>> * Incremental development and releases per Apache guidelines >>> >>> == Current Status == >>> >>> Storm has undergone four major releases (0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8) and many >> minor >>> ones. Storm 0.9 is about to be released. Storm is being used in >> production >>> by over 50 organizations. Storm codebase is currently hosted at >> github.com >>> , >>> which will seed the Apache git repository. >>> >>> === Meritocracy === >>> >>> We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the >>> requirements in an open forum. Several companies have already expressed >>> interest in this project, and we intend to invite additional developers >> to >>> participate. We will encourage and monitor community participation so >> that >>> privileges can be extended to those that contribute. >>> >>> === Community === >>> >>> The need for a low-latency big-data processing platform in the open >> source >>> is tremendous. Storm is currently being used by at least 50 organizations >>> worldwide (see https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By), and >>> is >>> the most starred Java project on Github. By bringing Storm into Apache, >> we >>> believe that the community will grow even bigger. >>> >>> === Core Developers === >>> >>> Storm was started by Nathan Marz at BackType, and now has developers from >>> Yahoo!, Microsoft, Alibaba, Infochimps, and many other companies. >>> >>> === Alignment === >>> >>> In the big-data processing ecosystem, Storm is a very popular low-latency >>> platform, while Hadoop is the primary platform for batch processing. We >>> believe that it will help the further growth of big-data community by >>> having Hadoop and Storm aligned within Apache foundation. The alignment >> is >>> also beneficial to other Apache communities (such as Zookeeper, Thrift, >>> Mesos). We could include additional sub-projects, Storm-on-YARN and >>> Storm-on-Mesos, in the near future. >>> >>> == Known Risks == >>> >>> === Orphaned Products === >>> >>> The risk of the Storm project being abandoned is minimal. There are at >>> least 50 organizations (Twitter, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Groupon, Baidu, >>> Alibaba, Alipay, Taobao, PARC, RocketFuel etc) are highly incentivized to >>> continue development. Many of these organizations have built critical >>> business applications upon Storm, and have devoted significant internal >>> infrastructure investment in Storm. >>> >>> === Inexperience with Open Source === >>> >>> Storm has existed as a healthy open source project for several years. >>> During that time, we have curated an open-source community successfully, >>> attracting over 40 developers from a diverse group of companies including >>> Twitter, Yahoo!, and Alibaba. >>> >>> === Homogenous Developers === >>> >>> The initial committers are employed by large companies (including >> Twitter, >>> Yahoo!, Alibaba, Microsoft) and well-funded startups. Storm has an active >>> community of developers, and we are committed to recruiting additional >>> committers based on their contributions to the project. >>> >>> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >>> >>> It is expected that Storm development will occur on both salaried time >> and >>> on volunteer time, after hours. The majority of initial committers are >> paid >>> by their employer to contribute to this project. However, they are all >>> passionate about the project, and we are confident that the project will >>> continue even if no salaried developers contribute to the project. We are >>> committed to recruiting additional committers including non-salaried >>> developers. >>> >>> === Relationships with Other Apache Products === >>> >>> As mentioned in the Alignment section, Storm is closely integrated with >>> Hadoop, >>> Zookeeper, Thrift, YARN and Mesos in a numerous ways. We look forward to >>> collaborating with those communities, as well as other Apache communities >>> (including Apache S4 which focuses on stateful low-latency processing). >>> >>> === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >>> >>> Storm is already a healthy and well known open source project. This >>> proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, the >>> primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationale >>> section. >>> >>> == Documentation == >>> >>> The reader will find these websites highly relevant: >>> >>> * Storm website: http://storm-project.net >>> * Storm documentation: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki >>> * Codebase: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm >>> * User group: https://groups.google.com/group/storm-user >>> >>> == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == >>> >>> The Storm codebase is currently hosted on Github: >>> https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm. >>> >>> This is the exact codebase that we would migrate to the Apache >> foundation. >>> >>> The Storm source code is currently licensed under Eclipse Public License >>> Version 1.0. Some source code was contributed under a contributor >> agreement >>> based on the Sun contributor agreement (v1.5). More recent code has been >>> contributed under an Apache style agreement (see >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133901206/storm-apache-style-cla.txt >> ). >>> >>> Upon entering Apache, Storm will migrate to an Apache License 2.0 with >> all >>> contributions licensed to the Apache Foundation. In certain cases where >>> individuals or organizations hold copyright, we will ensure they grant a >>> license to the Apache Foundation. Going forward, all commits will be >>> licensed directly to the Apache foundation through our signed Individual >>> Contributor License Agreements for all committers on the project. >>> >>> Yahoo! is also willing to move Storm-on-YARN code from github to be a >>> subproject of Apache Storm project. Storm-on-YARN is currently licensed >>> under Apache License 2.0 and receive contribution under Apache style CLA. >>> Upon entering Apache, Yahoo! will sign over copyright to Apache >> foundation. >>> >>> == External Dependencies == >>> >>> To the best of our knowledge, all of Storm dependencies (except 0MQ/JMQ) >>> are distributed under Apache compatible licenses. Upon acceptance to the >>> incubator, we would begin a thorough analysis of all transitive >>> dependencies to verify this fact and introduce license checking into the >>> build and release process (for instance integrating Apache Rat). >>> >>> Storm has used 0MQ and JMQ as the default mechanism for internal >> messaging >>> layer, and 0MQ/JMQ is licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License. >>> Recently, we have made Storm messaging layer pluggable, and plan to use >>> Netty (which is licensed under Apache License v2) as our default >> messaging >>> plugin (while keep 0MQ as an optional plugin). >>> >>> == Cryptography == >>> >>> We do not expect Storm to be a controlled export item due to the use of >>> encryption. >>> >>> Storm enable encryptions via 2 plugins: >>> >>> * SASL authentication plugins … Currently, we have provide “no-op” >>> authentication and digest authentication. In near future, we will >> introduce >>> Kerberos authentication. >>> * Tuple payload serialization plugins … Storm provides plugins for >>> plain-object serialization and blowfish encryption. >>> >>> == Required Resources == >>> >>> === Mailing lists === >>> >>> * storm-user >>> * storm-dev >>> * storm-private (with moderated subscriptions) >>> >>> === Subversion Directory === >>> >>> Git is the preferred source control system: git://git.apache.org/storm >>> >>> === Issue Tracking === >>> >>> JIRA Storm (STORM) >>> >>> == Initial Committers == >>> >>> * Nathan Marz <nathan at nathanmarz dot com> >>> * James Xu <xumingmingv at gmail dot com> >>> * Jason Jackson <jason at cvk dot ca> >>> * Andy Feng <afeng at yahoo-inc dot com> >>> * Flip Kromer <flip at infochimps dot com> >>> * David Lao <davidlao at microsoft dot com> >>> * P. Taylor Goetz <ptgoetz at gmail dot com> >>> >>> == Affiliations == >>> >>> * Nathan Marz - Nathan’s Startup >>> * James Xu - Alibaba >>> * Jason Jackson - Twitter >>> * Andy Feng - Yahoo! >>> * Flip Kromer - Infochimps >>> * David Lao - Microsoft >>> * P. Taylor Goetz - Health Market Science >>> >>> == Sponsors == >>> >>> === Champion === >>> >>> * Doug Cutting <cutting at apache dot org> >>> >>> === Nominated Mentors === >>> >>> * Ted Dunning <tdunning at maprtech.com> >>> * Arvind Prabhaker <arvind at apache dot org> >>> * Devaraj Das <ddas at hortonworks dot com> >>> >>> === Sponsoring Entity === >>> >>> The Apache Incubator >> >> >> >> -- >> ============================ >> Srinath Perera, Ph.D. >> Director, Research, WSO2 Inc. >> Visiting Faculty, University of Moratuwa >> Member, Apache Software Foundation >> Research Scientist, Lanka Software Foundation >> Blog: http://srinathsview.blogspot.com/ >> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemapani/ >> Phone: 0772360902 >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
