+1 On 2018/06/08 14:43:53, Chris Thistlethwaite <chr...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All (again), > > I'd like to start a vote on accepting Warble into the Apache Incubator. > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1d62a2948d047cea38e6f01f92d5f138f8 > 3acd2c9d86349023fb28e4@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E > > 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 Warble into the Apache Incubator > [ ] +0 Abstain. > [ ] -1 Do not accept Warble into the Incubator > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki: > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WarbleProposal > > > Thank you, > Chris T. > > > > = Apache Warble Proposal = > > == Abstract == > > Apache Warble is a distributed endpoint monitoring solution where > the agent is hosted on your own hardware. The aim of Warble is to > produce a more balanced and less binary view of services and > systems, lowering the rates of false positives while also providing > greater insight into possible peering issues and proactive trend > analysis. > > == Proposal == > > The goal of Warble will be to bring internal control of > distributed monitoring back to the end user. Warble can be used as > an independent service running on your own infrastructure > monitoring other services in your infrastructure. > > == Background and Rationale == > > The beginning of this project was prompted by the service > pingmybox.com (PMB) going end of life. This brought up > conversation about FOSS services that can monitor internal and > external services. PMB offered a unique code base to build this > service upon a known infrastructure. > > === Initial Goals === > > Bring PMB code into the ASF, refactor the client/server into > a more reusable structure. Further reuse of code gives us the a > great starting point to build a starting point. > > == Current Status == > > The software exists as a proprietary service. We wish to convert > this to a FLOSS solution. > > == Meritocracy == > > The initial PMC list covers new folks coming into the ASF. > > == Community == > > There exists a large user-base of software like Warble, as well > as existing users of the old propietary service. It is our hope > that we can convert a great deal of these to contributors and > testers for the new open source product. > > == Core Developers == > > The initial set of developers are a lot of newcomers: > > * Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> > * Chris Thistlethwaite <chr...@apache.org> > * Haig Didizian <h...@didizian.com> > * Andrew Karetas <ajkare...@gmail.com> > * Chandler Claxton <claxtonchand...@gmail.com> > * Luke Stevens <snevets.e...@gmail.com> > * Mike Andescavage <michael.andescav...@live.com> > * Chris Lambertus <c...@apache.org> > > == Known Risks == > > There are many existing services that provide external > monitoring. They are well established and have large user bases. > > === Orphaned Products === > > The initial PMC has great interest in open source projects, though > no formal projects have been run. > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > Most of the initial PPMC members are new to the ASF and some are > new to open source projects. However, all are very interested in > giving back to the community and projects. Having said that, there > are several people involved with extensive experience in the > Apache Way and our procedures and processes. > > === Homogenous Developers === > > The initial set of developers are employed by a variety of > companies, located across the world, and used to working on a > variety of distributed projects. > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > We do not expect the interest of the proposed initial PMC to be > directly tied to current employment, but will actively seek to > grow our volunteer base regardless. > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > Not much to say here. Many ASF projects make use of the proprietary > offering, we wish to open source it and have people engage in the > development of the project. There are, at present, indirect > relationships in that some dependencies are built on Apache > software, but these are generally by proxy and does not merit > considering Warble as a sub-project of an existing TLP. > > > == Initial Source == > > The initial task of the PMC will be assessing what we wish the > project to contain. The proprietary vendor is willing to donate the > software, but considerable rewriting and relicensing will have to > take place. This will likely happen in stages, with the scrapers > and UI being ported first, and a backend auth system being partly > ported/donated, and partly developed from scratch at the ASF. > > === Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan === > > All the existing code in question (from the PMB suite) is owned by > Quenda IvS, and will be donated to the ASF. > > === External Dependencies === > > The current code base depends on incompatible licenses for > visualizations. We will work towards 100% compatibility with the > Apache License v/2. > > === Cryptography === > > Warble will make use of some SSL/TLS and cryptography in order to > transmit data between nodes and main server, however we will not > be incorporating any cryptography in the project code itself, but > rather rely on existing encryption libraries and protocols. > > == Required Resources == > > === Mailing Lists === > > priv...@warble.apache.org (moderated subscriptions) > > comm...@warble.apache.org > > iss...@warble.apache.org > > d...@warble.apache.org > > us...@warble.apache.org > > === Repositories === > > * https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-warble.git > > === Issue Tracking === > > We will be starting with just GitHub Issues/PRs and later assess > the possible need for something else. > > === Other Resources === > > We have no other requirements at present. > We will require one or more VMs at some point, however, it may be > the case that we can get these donated by companies interested in > furthering the development of the project. > > > === domain name: === > > https://warble.apache.org > > == Initial PMC == > > * Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> > * Chris Thistlethwaite <chr...@apache.org> > * Haig Didizian <h...@didizian.com> > * Andrew Karetas <ajkare...@gmail.com> > * Chandler Claxton <claxtonchand...@gmail.com> > * Luke Stevens <snevets.e...@gmail.com> > * Mike Andescavage <michael.andescav...@live.com> > > === Affiliations === > > PMC members are employees of ASF, Microsoft, Evolve Guest > Solutions, Revolt Consulting, and independently employed > > > == Sponsors == > > === Champion === > > Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> > > === Nominated Mentors === > > Daniel Pono Takamori <p...@apache.org> > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
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