Wow, sounds very exciting to have graphviz here. Incubator being mainly about validating there is a community@asf I think it makes sense to go through incubator first. Also it will let Graphviz time to handle the license switch. That said the promotion to a TLP can be quite fast since most of the community is already here and I don't see it being that far from ASF requirements so I think going through incubator is a good path.
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance> Le dim. 3 juin 2018 à 17:29, <sha...@apache.org> a écrit : > Hi All > > I received this request from Stephen so am forwarding to the general > incubator mailing list for discussion and any suggestions for options. > > Thanks > Sharan > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: graphviz as a potential apache project > Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:51:04 -0400 > From: Stephen North <scno...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Stephen North <scno...@gmail.com> > To: sha...@apache.org > > > > Hi, Sharan. I hope you’re the right person for this. (Your org. just > sent an invitation > to an Apache roadshow event under your name.) > > I’m one of the founders of Graphviz, 20+ years ago, and it’s useful > infrastructure > software with new and old applications in bioinformatics, machine > learning, software > engineering and other fields, including plugins for R, python, Haskell, > transpiled > into javascript, who knows what else. I think for example clang, llvm, > maybe Go > use it for debug output. See www.graphviz.org > > We started this in AT&T Labs but AT&T discontinued all support for the > work, > eliminated some of our jobs or encouraged us to leave, has disclaimed the > project, > so we’re on our own. We maintain the software and the website, that we > moved to gitlab. > > We are looking for a more stable institutional home for Graphviz. Apache > seems like > a great match. Is this possible? How is a decision like that made? I’m > not sure a mature > project like this fits the incubator model. Are there other ways? > > Sorry if this has gone long (I could say a lot more, too, for example how > we could put > focus effort on new features, or providing better resources to people that > need > network visualization as a service). I’m hoping you’re the right person to > start the conversation. > > Thank you for your time, and for your consideration. > > Stephen North > > >
