+1 (enthusiastic, non-binding) :-) 2016-09-29 8:29 GMT+08:00 David Lyle <dlyle65...@gmail.com>:
> +1 (non-binding) Welcome! > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:53 PM, Bruno Flávio <em...@brunoflavio.com> > wrote: > > > +1 (enthusiastic) > > > > On Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:30:36 WEST Ate Douma wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Now that the discussion thread on the NetBeans Proposal has ended, > > > please vote on accepting NetBeans into the Apache Incubator. > > > > > > The ASF voting rules are described at: > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > > > > > > A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote > > > for which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding. > > > > > > Votes from other people are also welcome as an indication of peoples > > > enthusiasm (or lack thereof). > > > > > > Please do not use this VOTE thread for discussions. > > > If needed, start a new thread instead. > > > > > > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows > > > [] +1 Accept NetBeans into the Apache Incubator > > > [] +0 Abstain. > > > [] -1 Do not accept NetBeans into the Apache Incubator because ... > > > > > > > > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki: > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NetBeansProposal > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ate. > > > > > > == Abstract == > > > > > > NetBeans is an open source development environment, tooling platform, > and > > > application framework, used by 1.5 million individuals each month. > > > > > > == Proposal == > > > Apache NetBeans will continue to focus on the areas it has focused on > > while > > > sponsored by Sun Microsystems and Oracle. It will continue to primarily > > > focus on providing tools for the Java ecosystem, while also being > focused > > > on tools for other ecosystems, languages and technologies, such as > > > JavaScript, PHP, and C/C++. It will continue to actively support its > > > community by means of mailing lists, tutorials, and documentation. > > > > > > == Background == > > > NetBeans started in 1995/96 in Prague, in the Czech Republic, as a > > student > > > project. Sun Microsystems acquired and open sourced it in 2000 and, > with > > the > > > acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle in 2010, became part of > Oracle. > > > Throughout its history in Sun Microsystems and Oracle, NetBeans has > been > > > free and open source and has been leveraged by its sponsor as a > mechanism > > > for driving the Java ecosystem forward. > > > > > > == Rationale == > > > Although NetBeans is already open source, moving it to a neutral place > > like > > > Apache, with its strong governance model, is expected to help get more > > > contributions from various organizations. For example, large companies > > are > > > using NetBeans as an application framework to build internal or > > commercial > > > applications and are much more likely to contribute to it once it moves > > to > > > neutral Apache ground. At the same time, though Oracle will relinquish > > its > > > control over NetBeans, individual contributors from Oracle are expected > > to > > > continue contributing to NetBeans after it has been contributed to > > Apache, > > > together with individual contributors from other organizations, as well > > as > > > self-employed individual contributors. > > > > > > == Initial Goals == > > > The initial goals of the NetBeans contribution under the Apache > umbrella > > are > > > to establish a new home for an already fully functioning project and to > > > open up the governance model so as to simplify and streamline > > contributions > > > from the community. > > > > > > == Current Status == > > > Meritocracy: NetBeans has been run by Oracle, with the majority of > > code > > > contributions coming from Oracle. The specific reason for moving to > > Apache > > > is to expand the diversity of contributors and to increase the level of > > > meritocracy in NetBeans. Apache NetBeans will be actively seeking new > > > contributors and will welcome them warmly and provide a friendly and > > > productive environment for purposes of providing a development > > environment, > > > tooling environment, and application framework. > > > > > > Community: NetBeans has approximately 1.5 million active users > > around > > > the world, in extremely diverse structures and organizations. NetBeans > is > > > used by teachers and instructors at schools and universities to teach > > Java > > > and other languages. It is used by students as an educational tool. It > is > > > used by large organizations who base their software on the application > > > framework beneath NetBeans. It is used by web developers for creating > web > > > sites and by developers using a range of tools, languages, and > > technologies > > > to be productive and efficient software developers. > > > > > > Core Developers: The core developers will come from a range of > > > organizations, including Oracle, which will continue its investment in > > > NetBeans. > > > > > > Alignment: The application framework is the basis of a range of > > mission > > > critical scientific software at large organizations in defense, > > aerospace, > > > logistics, and research, such as at Boeing, Airbus Defense and Space, > > NASA, > > > and NATO. > > > > > > == Known Risks == > > > Orphaned Products: The community proposing NetBeans for incubation > > is > > > strong and vibrant. The size and diversity of the community is a > > guarantee > > > against the project being orphaned. > > > > > > Inexperience with Open Source: NetBeans has been free and open > > source > > > since the early days of its sponsorship by Sun Microsystems. Though > some > > in > > > the NetBeans community may have worked on Apache projects, the majority > > who > > > haven't are well versed in the principles of open source. > > > > > > Homogenous Developers: Individual contributors from Oracle and > other > > > initial committer organizations will contribute code to NetBeans in > > Apache, > > > while at the same time individuals from other organizations will > actively > > > be sought to be added to the project. The aim of the move to Apache is > > > precisely to open up the governance model, hence the desire to build up > > an > > > extremely heterogeneous developer base is strong. For example, several > > > organizations are very heavily invested in the NetBeans application > > > framework, having based their software suites on top of it, hence there > > > will be a significant interest to make available individual > contributors > > > from these organizations, which tend to be large and well established > in > > > the software industry. Also, including and beyond these organizations, > > the > > > NetBeans community around the world is extremely diverse and > heterogenous > > > in relation to geography and backgrounds of developers. > > > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers: Most of the contributors are > > > anticipated to be paid to work on projects in the Java ecosystem. > Others > > > will come from organizations where they are paid to work with other > > > languages and technologies, such as JavaScript, PHP, and C/C++. > However, > > > since Java skills are needed to develop most parts of NetBeans, it is > > > unlikely that the developers will go very far outside the Java > ecosystem. > > > > > > Relationships with Other Apache Products: Many Apache projects > have > > > been supported by tooling in NetBeans over the years, such as Apache > Ant > > > and Apache Maven. A number of Apache projects are used by NetBeans, > such > > as > > > Apache Commons and friends. > > > > > > An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand: NetBeans has a > > strong > > > brand of its own. Though the stability of the Apache ecosystem is > > > attractive, the reason for this proposal is simply to be part of the > > > neutral development sharing ecosystem that Apache makes available. > > > > > > == Documentation == > > > See https://netbeans.org/kb/index.html for an extensive portal to all > > the > > > documentation. > > > > > > == Initial Source == > > > The initial source is in Mercurial at hg.netbeans.org and will be > moved, > > > with assistance from Apache infra team, to Apache Git. > > > > > > == Source and IP Submission Plan == > > > NetBeans is dual licensed, CDDL + GPL v2 with Classpath Exception. Upon > > > entering Apache, the NetBeans license will be migrated to the current > > > Apache License. > > > > > > == Trademarks == > > > Oracle owns trademark registrations for the NetBeans mark in the U.S. > and > > > EU, and would donate those, including the name "NetBeans" and the > > > "netbeans.org" domain, to the Apache Foundation, along with other > > > artifacts, including the U.S. copyright registrations related to > > NetBeans. > > > The trademark and copyright transfers would be detailed in separate > > > documents. > > > > > > == External Dependencies == > > > NetBeans is a large project with multiple dependencies and some changes > > may > > > be needed during incubation to comply with Apache requirements. > > > > > > https://netbeans.org/downloads/licence/8.1/nb81-THIRDPARTYLICENSE.txt > > > > > > Identifying which dependencies are core and non-core will be needed as > > part > > > of the process in meeting Apache requirements about third-party > > > dependencies. (L)GPL (and possibly other) based dependencies and usages > > > will need to be reviewed, and solved, as Apache does not allow (L)GPL > > > dependencies, although these concerns can be resolved during > incubation, > > > and are not upfront blockers. > > > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > > > * Mailing Lists: dev, user, committs, and private @ > netbeans.apache.org > > > * Wiki > > > * Website > > > * Source Control: Git > > > * Issue Tracking > > > * Release Infrastructure - Hudson/Jenkins, etc > > > > > > === Specific Infrastructure Requests === > > > > > > * SIR01 Migration of large existing Mercurial repository to Apache > Git > > > * SIR02 Migration of internal Oracle release infrastructure to Apache > > > infrastructure > > > * SIR04 Migration of website and related content management system to > > > Apache infrastructure > > > * SIR05 Evaluation and identification of other NetBeans > infrastructure > > to > > > be migrated to Apache infastructures > > > > > > SIR03 was initially mentioned as the migration of plugins.netbeans.org > > to > > > Apache infrastructure but after discussing the proposal we have decided > > to > > > remove that goal for now. > > > The plugins service will eventually have to migrate, but that can > happen > > > separately from the project incubation process. > > > > > > == Initial Committers == > > > > > > Below is the initial list of individual contributors, while more > > individual > > > contributors will be added during incubation. > > > > > > ASF members with a specific interest in the project are welcome to > > request > > > being added to this list of initial committers. > > > > > > After the project has been accepted and started in the incubator, > > additional > > > committers can join, as usual, based upon their merit in the project. > > > > > > *Bold* means that there has already been code contributed to NetBeans, > > while > > > those without bold means that the contributor has an intention to > > > contribute to Apache NetBeans while not having done so before. That > does > > > not mean that those in bold are better or worse, just that they'll be > > able > > > to get started more quickly in Apache NetBeans since they've worked > with > > > the NetBeans source code before. > > > > > > Note: Some of the individual contributors listed below belong in > multiple > > > different categories, e.g., NetBeans Dream Team members are often > > NetBeans > > > plugin developers too, etc, while some of those in the NetBeans > Platform > > > customers category are also NetBeans Dream Team members, etc. > > > > > > * Individual contributors from the NetBeans team at Oracle. > > > 1. *Dusan Balek* > > > 2. *Jaroslav Havlin* > > > 3. *Jiri Kovalsky* > > > 4. *Jiri Prox* > > > 5. *Jiri Sedlacek* > > > 6. *Jiri Skrivanek* > > > 7. *Libor Fischmeister* > > > 8. *Martin Balin* > > > 9. *Martin Entlicher* > > > 10. *Miloslav Metelka* > > > 11. *Milutin Kristofic* > > > 12. *Ondrej Vrabec* > > > 13. *Petr Gebauer* > > > 14. *Petr Hejl* > > > 15. *Petr Pisl* > > > 16. *Svatopluk Dedic* > > > 17. *Tomas Hurka* > > > 18. *Tomas Mysik* > > > 19. *Tomas Stupka* > > > 20. *Tomas Zezula* > > > > > > * Individual contributors from the Oracle Developer Studio team at > > Oracle. > > > 1. *Alexander Simon* > > > 2. *Danila Sergeyev* > > > 3. *Dmitry Zharkov* > > > 4. Don Kretsch > > > 5. *Ilia Gromov* > > > 6. Liang Chen > > > 7. *Maria Dalmatova* > > > 8. *Petr Kudriavtsev* > > > 9. *Vladimir Kvashin* > > > 10. *Vladimir Voskresensky* > > > > > > * Individual contributors from the Oracle JET team at Oracle. > > > 1. *Geertjan Wielenga* > > > 2. *John Brock* > > > > > > * Individual contributors from the Oracle Labs team at Oracle. > > > 1. *Jaroslav Tulach* > > > 2. Thomas Wuerthinger > > > > > > * Individual contributors from the Java Platform Group at Oracle. > > > 1. *Jan Lahoda* > > > > > > * Individual contributors from NetBeans Platform customers. > > > 1. Sven Reimers (Airbus Defence and Space) > > > 2. Martin Klaehn (Airbus Defence and Space) > > > 3. Florian Vogler (Airbus Defence and Space) > > > 4. Jörg Michelberger (Airbus Defence and Space) > > > 5. Norman Fomferra (European Space Agency) > > > 6. Marco Peters (European Space Agency) > > > 7. Tonio Fincke (European Space Agency) > > > 8. Mike Kelly (US DOD) > > > 9. Timon Veenstra (Corizon BV) > > > 10. Kendrik Veenstra (Corizon BV) > > > 11. Francesco Perez Duran (Corizon BV) > > > 11. Christian Stolz (Janitza) > > > 13. Ernest Lotter (Institute of Mine Seismology) > > > 14. Neil C. Smith (Praxis LIVE) > > > 15. Valentin Buergel (Simtec Buergel AG) > > > 16. Stephen Cumminger (Sonideft) > > > 17. Steven Yi (blue) > > > 18. Henry Arousell (Björn Lundén Information AB) > > > 19. Thomas Boqvist (Björn Lundén Information AB) > > > 20. Zoran Sevarac (University of Belgrade) > > > > > > * Individual contributors from ex-Sun and ex-Oracle employees. > > > 1. James Gosling (Liquid Robotics) > > > 2. Mike Duigou (Liquid Robotics) > > > 3. *Jesse Glick* > > > 4. *Milos Kleint* (Atlassian) > > > 5. *Radim Kubacki* (currently NBAndroid.org) > > > 6. *Ralph Benjamin Ruijs* (ex refactoring guru from NetBeans team, > > now at > > > Rockstars IT) > > > 7. *Tim Boudreau* (ex window system guru from NetBeans team) > > > 8. *Viktor Lapitsky* (dev/deployment/debug) > > > > > > * Individual contributors from NetBeans Dream Team. > > > 1. Aljoscha Rittner (ETable/Outline component features) > > > 2. Andreas Stefik (accessibility features) > > > 3. *Anton Epple* (DukeScript plugin from Dukehoff) > > > 4. Aristides Villareal (documentation, testing) > > > 5. *Benno Markiewicz* (various independent plugins) > > > 6. Bruno Souza (SouJava) > > > 7. Christian Lenz (website redesigner and more) > > > 8. Constantin Drabo (testing, quality control) > > > 9. David Heffelfinger (documentation in Java EE area) > > > 10. *Emilian Bold* (various plugins from Joseki Bold SRL) > > > 11. Hermien Pellissier (documentation, testing) > > > 12. Ivar Grimstad (JPA Modeler and MVC tooling) > > > 13. Josh Juneau (documentation, testing, MVC tooling) > > > 14. Kirk Pepperdine (jClarity) > > > 15. Johan Vos (Gluon plugin from Gluon) > > > 16. Jose Pereda (Gluon plugin from Gluon) > > > 17. John Kostaras (documentation, testing) > > > 18. Liang Ding (Chinese translator) > > > 19. Mark Stephens (JavaFX PDF viewer plugin from IDR Solutions) > > > 20. Martijn Verburg (jClarity) > > > 21. Michael Nascimento Santos (Improving CEO, working on refactoring > > > tools) 22. Michael Mueller > > > 23. Michel Graciano (tests, documentation) > > > 24. Tushar Joshi (various plugins, documentation, testing) > > > 25. *Wade Chandler* (Independent, working on Groovy support) > > > 26. Zoran Sevarac (plugins for teaching/education) > > > > > > * Individual contributors from NetBeans plugin developers. > > > 1. Georgia Ingham (JavaFX PDF viewer plugin from IDR Solutions) > > > 2. *Emmanuel Hugonnet* (WildFly plugin from Red Hat) > > > 3. Shai Almog (Codename One plugin from Codename One) > > > 4. Steve Hannah (Codename One plugin from Codename One) > > > 5. Attila Kelemen (independent Gradle plugin) > > > 6. Denis Anisimov (Vaadin plugin from Vaadin) > > > 7. Gaurav Gupta (independent JPA Modeler plugin) > > > 8. Junichi Yamamoto (PHP-related plugins) > > > 9. Bruno Flavio (Groovy/Grails-related code) > > > 10. Leonardo Loch Zanivan (JSHint) > > > 11. Mattias Blaesing (various plugins) > > > > > > * Miscellaneous > > > 1. Anuradha Gunasekara (Maven tools) > > > 2. Steve Millidge (Payara Services) > > > 3. Andrew Pielage (Payara Services) > > > 4. Gui Chulin (translation) > > > 5. Yi Zhao (translation) > > > 6. Liyuan Li (translation) > > > 7. CunHui Lin (translation) > > > 8. 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