+1 Tim
On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 10:15 AM Daniel Takamori <p...@apache.org> wrote: > +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 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
