Good news! I think Dubbo will be more and more popular. On 2018/02/04 04:06:44, Xin Wang <d...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (non-binding)> > I'm glad to see the coming of Dubbo which is a very popular RPC framework.> > > > 2018-02-03 19:44 GMT+08:00 Huxing Zhang <hu...@apache.org>:> > > > Dear Apache Incubator Community,> > >> > > Please accept the following proposal for presentation and discussion:> > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/DubboProposal> > >> > > Dubbo is a high-performance, lightweight, Java based RPC framework.> > > Dubbo offers three key features, which includes interface based remote> > > call, fault tolerance & load balancing, and automatic service> > > registration & discovery.> > >> > > Any feedback from the incubator community is much appreciated.> > >> > > I've attached the proposal below.> > >> > > Best Regards,> > > Huxing> > >> > > = Dubbo Proposal => > >> > > == Abstract ==> > >> > > Dubbo is a high-performance, lightweight, java based RPC framework> > > open-sourced by Alibaba. As in many RPC systems, Dubbo is based around> > > the idea of defining a service, specifying the methods that can be> > > called remotely with their parameters and return types. On the server> > > side, the server implements this interface and runs a Dubbo server to> > > handle client calls. On the client side, the client has a stub that> > > provides the same methods as the server.> > >> > > == Proposal ==> > >> > > Dubbo has a fairly huge community today, and is widely adopted by many> > > companies and organizations, but most of them are in China. We believe> > > running Dubbo in Apache Software Foundation can facilitate development> > > of a stronger and more diverse community.> > >> > > Alibaba submits this proposal to donate Dubbo's source code and its> > > side projects to the Apache Software Foundation. The code is already> > > under the Apache License Version 2.0. Dubbo source code and its side> > > projects are hosted on github right now:> > >> > > * Dubbo code base: https://github.com/alibaba/dubbo> > > * Web site: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo.github.io> > > * Documentations: User> > > Guide(http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-user-book-en), Development> > > Guide(http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-dev-book-en), Admin> > > Manual(http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-admin-book-en)> > > * Other side projects hosted under dubbo group(https://github.com/dubbo)> > >> > > == Background ==> > >> > > Dubbo was developed at Alibaba in 2011 and has been widely used in> > > many production lines there since then. Dubbo offers three key> > > features, which include interface based remote call, fault tolerance &> > > load balancing, and automatic service registration & discovery. Since> > > Dubbo is open-sourced on github, it's been received up to 15k stars,> > > and has been forked for more than 10k times. Besides being widely> > > adopted inside Alibaba, Dubbo is also used in approximately 80% of> > > internet companies in China, including JingDong(http://www.jd.com),> > > DangDang(http://www.dangdang.com), Qunar(https://www.qunar.com),> > > NetEase Kaola(https://www.kaola.com), etc. In 2017, Dubbo has won the> > > TOP 10 most popular open source projects in China for 2 consecutive> > > years since 2016.> > >> > > We'd like to share this outstanding framework at the Apache Software> > > Foundation, and start developing a wider community through the Apache> > > way. We believe more people and organizations can be benefit from it> > > by doing so.> > >> > > == Rationale ==> > >> > > Remote procedure call (RPC) is one of the cornerstones to build> > > distributed systems, especially useful in today's e-commercial> > > industry and cloud computing providers. Dubbo is the java-based RPC> > > implementation. By using Dubbo, developers can call the remote service> > > just like call a local method but without worrying about the details> > > for the remote interaction. We expect more interesting features and> > > use cases to emerge from the community ranging from microservices to> > > cloud computing, and many other areas.> > >> > > == Current Status ==> > >> > > === Meritocracy ===> > >> > > The intent of this proposal is to start building a diverse developer> > > and user community around Dubbo following the ASF meritocracy model.> > > Since Dubbo was open sourced, many companies in China adopted Dubbo to> > > build up their own contributing system, moreover, we received many> > > enhancements or issue reports from them at the same time. The codebase> > > is now mainly managed by the development team inside Alibaba who's> > > responsible for building internal distributed system too. Any> > > suggestion or issue is discussed on> > > https://github.com/alibaba/dubbo/issues and more casual talk happens> > > in gitter channel (https://gitter.im/alibaba/dubbo). We plan to invite> > > more people as committers if they contribute to this project.> > >> > > === Community ===> > >> > > Dubbo is currently being developed by the development team inside> > > Alibaba who's responsible for building internal distributed system> > > too. Since it's open-sourced, Dubbo is widely adopted by many other> > > companies including CNUCC (China Nets Union Clearing Corporation),> > > ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), China Life Insurance,> > > DiDi, Qunar, Dangdang, NetEase Kaola, Maoyan Movie, GOME, Haier, CSDC> > > (China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited),> > > AsiaInfo, and many more. We hope to grow the base of contributors by> > > inviting all those who offer contributions and excel through the use> > > of The Apache Way. Contributions from outside of Alibaba are> > > constantly accepted by Dubbo project and its side projects. Right> > > now, we make use of github as code hosting as well as both Google> > > Groups and gitter for community communication.> > >> > > === Core Developers ===> > >> > > Dubbo is currently being developed by engineers from Alibaba,> > > Dangdang, Qunar and WeiDian. Ding Li, Huxing Zhang, Ian Luo, Jun Liu,> > > Liujie Qin, Mercy Ma, Von Gosling, William Liang are working for> > > Alibaba. Most of them are working in Alibaba middleware team, and some> > > of them are also the core members of internal RPC framework, HSF (high> > > speed service framework). Von Gosling is the co-creator of Apache> > > RocketMQ, while Huxing Zhang is one of Apache Tomcat PMC members.> > > Besides, the Dubbo core developers also includes Xin Wang from> > > WeiDian, Liang Zhang from DangDang, Zhaohui Yu from Qunar. All of them> > > are in charge of building and maintaining distributed system in their> > > organizations, and have great passion in contributing back into Dubbo> > > project.> > >> > > === Aligment ===> > >> > > The ASF is the natural choice to host the Dubbo project as its goal of> > > encouraging community-driven open source projects fits with our vision> > > for Dubbo. The ASF is also the home to many other projects with which> > > we are familiar with and hope to integrate better with Dubbo including> > > Apache Thrift, Apache Zookeeper, etc. We believe that there will be> > > mutual benefit by close proximity to these and other projects.> > >> > > == Known Risks ==> > >> > > === Orphaned products ===> > >> > > The core developers currently work full-time on RPC area for Alibaba.> > > Dubbo is widely adopted by many companies and individuals. There's no> > > realistic chance of it becoming orphaned.> > >> > > === Inexperience with Open Source ===> > >> > > The core developers are all active contributors, users and followers> > > of open source. They are all already committers and contributors to> > > Dubbo project, and have gained good experience in running open-source> > > project in Github and interacting with the community. Moreover, Von> > > Gosling and Huxing Zhang from the initial committer, both are working> > > on Apache projects (RocketMQ and Tomcat respectively), will guide> > > others to practice the Apache Way together along with other incubator> > > mentors.> > >> > > === Homogenous Developers ===> > >> > > The current set of developers work across a variety of organizations> > > including Alibaba, DangDang, Qunar, and WeiDian. Furthermore, many> > > other companies forked Dubbo and continued to enhance in their own> > > private repositories. We plan to encourage them to contribute and> > > invite them as contributors to work on one common code base.> > >> > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers ===> > >> > > Currently, most of core developers are paid to work on Dubbo project> > > by Alibaba. We look forward to attracting more people outside Alibaba> > > to join this project, either payed engineers working on RPC area, or> > > individual volunteers, as long as they have enthusiasm for the Dubbo> > > project.> > >> > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products ===> > >> > > Dubbo integrates Apache Thrift as one of RPC protocols it supports,> > > and Apache Zookeeper as one of service registration/discovery> > > machanisms. We look forward to collaborating with those communities> > > and any others which use RPC.> > >> > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand ===> > >> > > While we respect the reputation of the Apache brand and have no doubt> > > that it will attract new contributors and users, our interest is> > > primarily to give Dubbo a solid home as an open source project> > > following an established development model. More reasons are provided> > > in the Rationale and Alignment sections.> > >> > > == Documentation ==> > >> > > A complete set of Dubbo documentations is provided on dubbo.io in both> > > English and Simplified Chinese.> > >> > > * Dubbo user guide:> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-user-book-en(English),> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-user-book(Chinese)> > > * Dubbo development guide:> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-dev-book-en(English),> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-dev-book(Chinese)> > > * Dubbo admin manual:> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-admin-book-en(English),> > > http://dubbo.io/books/dubbo-admin-book(Chinese)> > >> > > == Initial Source ==> > >> > > Dubbo was initially developed within Alibaba, and then was> > > open-sourced with The Apache License 2.0 under Alibaba Group on Github> > > in 2011. Besides the core code base, Dubbo also hosts its side> > > projects on github but in a dedicated group instead of Alibaba.> > > Specifically, the initial source includes:> > >> > > * Dubbo code base: https://github.com/alibaba/dubbo> > > * Spring Boot Support: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-spring-boot-project> > > * Dubbo Admin Console: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-ops> > > * Json RPC extension: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-rpc-jsonrpc> > > * Home Page: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo.github.io> > > * Dubbo Documentation:> > > * User guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-user-book-en> > > * Developer guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-dev-book-en> > > * Admin guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-admin-book-en> > > * Dubbo Documentation (Chinese)> > > * User guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-user-book> > > * Developer guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-dev-book> > > * Admin guide: https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-admin-book> > > * Samples/Demo:> > > * https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-feature-test> > > * https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-docker-sample> > > * https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-http-demo> > > * https://github.com/dubbo/dubbo-ws-demo> > >> > >> > > == External Dependencies ==> > >> > > As all dependencies are managed using Apache Maven, none of the> > > external libraries need to be packaged in a source distribution. The> > > dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses. These include BSD,> > > CDDL, CPL, MPL and MIT licensed dependencies. There are only 3> > > transitive dependencies(javassist, netty, and spring-context), and all> > > the other dependencies are optional, which are not included in a Dubbo> > > release.> > >> > > Dependency License Optional?> > > javassist Apache License 2.0/MPL 1.1 false> > > netty Apache License 2.0 false> > > spring-context Apache License 2.0 false> > > httpclient Apache License 2.0 true> > > zookeeper Apache License 2.0 true> > > zkclient Apache License 2.0 true> > > curator-framework Apache License 2.0 true> > > cxf Apache License 2.0 true> > > libthrift Apache License 2.0 true> > > commons-logging Apache License 2.0 true> > > commons-lang Apache License 2.0 true> > > mina Apache License 2.0 true> > > fastjson Apache License 2.0 true> > > xmemcached Apache License 2.0 true> > > hessian Apache License 1.1 true> > > tomcat Apache License 2.0 true> > > jetty Apache License 2.0/EPL 1.0 true> > > validation-api Apache License 2.0 true> > > hibernate-validator Apache License 2.0 true> > > cache-api Apache License 2.0 true> > > log4j Apache License 2.0 true> > > easymock Apache License 2.0 true> > > cglib-nodep Apache License 2.0 true> > > resteasy Apache License 2.0 true> > > fst Apache License 2.0 true> > > slf4j-api MIT true> > > jmockit MIT true> > > jedis MIT true> > > grizzly CDDL 1.1 true> > > servlet-api CDDL 1.1 true> > > javax.el CDDL 1.1 true> > > logback-classic EPL 1.0 true> > > junit EPL 1.0 true> > > kryo BSD 3-clause true> > >> > >> > > == Required Resources ==> > >> > > === Mailing lists ===> > >> > > * dubbo-private (PMC discussion)> > > * dubbo-dev (developer discussion)> > > * dubbo-user (user discussion)> > > * dubbo-commits (SCM commits)> > > * dubbo-issues (JIRA issue feed)> > >> > > === Subversion Directory ===> > >> > > Instead of subversion, Dubbo prefers to git as source control> > > management system: git://git.apache.org/dubbo> > >> > > === Issue Tracking ===> > >> > > JIRA Dubbo (Dubbo)> > >> > > === Other Resources ===> > >> > > The existing source code already has unit tests so we will make use of> > > existing Apache continuous testing infrastructure. The resulting load> > > should not be very large.> > >> > > == Initial Committers ==> > >> > > (In alphabetical order)> > >> > > * Ding Li (oldratlee at gmail dot com)> > > * Huxing Zhang (huxing at apache dot org)> > > * Ian Luo (ian.luo at gmail dot com)> > > * Jean-Frederic Clere (jfclere at apache dot org)> > > * Jun Liu (ken.lj.hz at gmail dot com)> > > * John D. Ament (johndament at apache dot org)> > > * Justin McLean (jmclean at apache dot org)> > > * Liang Zhang (terrymanu at 163 dot com)> > > * Liujie Qin (qinliujieyangliu at gmail dot com)> > > * Mark Thomas (markt at apache dot org)> > > * Mercy Ma (mercyblitz at gmail dot com)> > > * Von Gosling (vongosling at apache dot org)> > > * William Liang (liangfei0201 at gmail dot com)> > > * Xin Wang (lovepoem at hotmail dot com)> > > * Zhaohui Yu (yuyijq at gmail dot com)> > >> > > == Affiliations ==> > >> > > (In alphabetical order)> > >> > > * Alibaba: Ding Li, Huxing Zhang, Ian Luo, Jun Liu, Liujie Qin, Mercy> > > Ma, Von Gosling, Willia [message truncated...]
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