+1 (non-binding)
-- Hao On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:49 AM, William Guo <gu...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > Thanks, > William > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:10 PM, Huxing Zhang <hux...@apache.org> wrote: > > > +1(non-binding) > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project > in > > as > > > an Apache incubator podling. > > > > > > The ASF voting rules are described: > > > > > > https://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. > > > > > > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows > > > [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator > > > [ ] +0 Abstain. > > > [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ... > > > > > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki: > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal > > > > > > Regards, > > > KAM > > > > > > > > > ECharts Proposal > > > > > > Abstract > > > > > > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in > > JavaScript. > > > > > > Proposal > > > > > > ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data > visualization > > > library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage. > > > > > > Background > > > > > > A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information > > clearly > > > and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics. > > > > > > Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually > > > communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users > > to > > > analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1] > > > > > > Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and > > propagation in > > > web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It > brings > > > great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web > browsers, > > but > > > also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment > via > > > the techniques of headless browser. > > > > > > Rationale > > > > > > ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow, > > > visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements > > with > > > declarative language, and produces interactive charts and components. > We > > > will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that ECharts > > > already has, and our concerns and our visions: > > > > > > User Diversity: > > > > > > ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also > > people > > > with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to describe > data > > and > > > settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier but > without > > > losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store. > > > > > > Configurable Interactions: > > > > > > ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more. > > Both > > > human interactions and the interactions with upper program are > supported > > and > > > can be configurable. > > > > > > Large Data: > > > > > > Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance > > > limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have > > been > > > adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit of the > > > amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the fluency of > > > interactions and animations. > > > > > > Cross-Platform: > > > > > > The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between > > HTMLCanvas, > > > SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings opportunities > > to > > > optimize performance according to different platform and usage > scenarios. > > > Besides, ECharts can also works in backend environment via headless > > > techniques. > > > > > > ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports > on > > > more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited > devices > > > > > > Extension and Customization: > > > > > > ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and > > > components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render > > > techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of > > > extensions based on ECharts.[2] > > > > > > Current Status > > > > > > ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. > > Currently > > > it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in NPM, > > and > > > is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data visualization > > > category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu > and > > > other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News > > > Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, State Grid > > Corporation > > > of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc. > > > > > > Meritocracy > > > > > > The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. It was > > > originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers worldwide > and > > > has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set of contributors. > > > > > > We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more developers > > to > > > contribute in this project. We know that only active and committed > > > developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts a > > successful > > > project. We are also improving the project documentation and code to > help > > > new developers to get started quickly. > > > > > > Community > > > > > > ECharts has been building an active community for the last four years. > > > Currently, the community includes over 50 contributors . The core > > developers > > > of our project are listed below. > > > > > > Core Developers > > > > > > Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com ) > > > > > > Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com ) > > > > > > Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com ) > > > > > > Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Alignment > > > > > > ECharts is popular in data visualization and charting on web projects. > > And > > > ASF has many famous web projects and big data related projects. We > > believe > > > that ASF is a perfect choice to help ECharts project to attract more > > > developers and have more cooperation with existing projects. > > > > > > Known Risks > > > > > > Orphaned products > > > > > > Given the current level of investment in ECharts and the stakeholders > > using > > > it - the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal. Baidu, for > > example, > > > is in active development to use ECharts in many of its services and > many > > > large corporations including Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, Sina, Lenovo use > > it > > > in their production applications. > > > > > > Inexperience with Open Source > > > > > > ECharts has been an active open source project for more than 4 years. > > During > > > that time, the project has attracted 50+ contributors. > > > > > > Homogenous Developers > > > > > > The most of core developers are from Baidu, but after ECharts was open > > > sourced, ECharts received a lot of bug fixes and enhancements from > other > > > developers not working at Baidu. And the founder of ECharts,Lin Zhifeng > > > still contributes a lot after he left Baidu. > > > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > > > > > Although some of the developers are salaried, the project is personally > > > initiated from the beginning. The core developers have been dedicated > to > > > this project for four years and have kept the project independent with > > > developers around the world involved. > > > > > > Relationships with Other Apache Products > > > > > > There are several existing Apache projects that using ECharts already, > > > including: > > > > > > Apache Eagle > > > Apache Griffin (Incubating) > > > Apache Kylin > > > > > > Apache SkyWalking (Incubating) > > > > > > A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > > > > > Our interests and motivations are based on the factors mentioned in the > > > Rationale section rather than the publicity. Furthermore, the brand of > > > ECharts has been successful in the past years on their own and we would > > be > > > happy to keep on this path. We are honored at getting the opportunity > to > > > join the ASF, with the understanding to ensure its brand policies are > > > respected.Also we expect that Apache brand will help to attract more > > > contributors. > > > > > > Documentation > > > > > > [1] Data Visualization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Data_visualization > > > > > > [2] ECharts Extensions: https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts#resources > > > > > > [3] ECharts Information: https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts > > > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html > > > > > > [4] ECharts in NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/echarts > > > > > > [5] GitHub Data Visualization Topic: > > > https://github.com/topics/data-visualization > > > > > > Initial Source > > > > > > ECharts has been developed since 2013. It currently has an active > > developer > > > and user community with a codebase in JavaScript. We currently use > > Github to > > > maintain our source code and track issues at > > > https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts We need to move our respository to > > Apache > > > infrastructure. > > > > > > Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > > > > > ECharts source code is available under BSD-3 license and owned by > Baidu. > > We > > > will work with the committers to get ICLAs signed. We will provide a > > > Software Grant Agreement from an authorized signer per > > > https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant-template.pdf > > > > > > External Dependencies > > > > > > All The dependencies are released under Apache compatible licenses, > > > including BSD and MIT. > > > > > > Required Resources > > > > > > Mailing List: > > > > > > There are currently no mailing lists. The usual mailing lists are > > expected > > > to be set up when entering incubation: > > > > > > priv...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > d...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > comm...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > Git Repositories: > > > > > > Upon entering incubation: https://github.com/apache/incubator-echarts > > After > > > incubation, we want to move the existing repo from > github/ecomfe/echarts > > to > > > Apache infrastructure. > > > > > > Issue Tracking: > > > > > > ECharts currently uses GitHub to track issues. there are more than 7k > > > issues. Would like to continue to do so while we discuss migration > > > possibilities with the ASF Infra committee. > > > > > > URL: > > > > > > Currently the website url is > > > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html. It will be > > moved > > > to http://echarts.incubator.apache.org/ to follow incubator > conventions. > > > > > > Initial Committers > > > > > > Lin Zhifeng (https://github.com/kener kener.linf...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com) > > > > > > Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com) > > > > > > Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > > Wang Junting > > > > > > Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Huang Houjin (https://github.com/chriswong w...@foxmail.com) > > > > > > Sponsors: > > > > > > Champion: > > > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > > > > Mentors: > > > > > > Daniel Gruno > > > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > Dave Fisher > > > John D. Ament > > > > > > Sponsoring Entity > > > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > > > > > > -- > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > > > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > > > > -- > > Best Regards！ > > Huxing > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > >
