Hi, It's an interesting project. I have two questions:
1. do you have some interactions/dependencies with other Apache projects, especially CXF for instance ? 2. what's the comparison between brpc and gRPC ? An alternative ? Different features ? I might be interested by mentoring the project, I would like to understand exactly the target/purposes. Thanks ! Regards JB On 13/09/2018 08:20, Tan,Zhongyi wrote: > Hi, guys, > > brpc is one open source RPC framework that is very popular in baidu and china. > We want to contribute it to ASF to make it more successful. > And we are looking for champion and mentor for this project, > if anyone would like to volunteer, we will be very appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > Here is the draft for brpc proposal. > > > # brpc Proposal > > ## Abstract > > brpc is an industrial-grade RPC framework for building reliable and > high-performance services. > > ## Proposal > > We propose to contribute the brpc codebase and associated artifacts(e.g. > documentation etc.) to the Apache Software Foundation, and aim to build a > wider open community around it in the 'Apache Way'. > > > ## Background > > The RPC framework used in Baidu before 2014 was developed at 2008 and limited > in protocols and performance, and there were also serveral implementations > focused on their own scenarios from Baidu's different BU. As an > infrastructural team in Baidu, we tried to build a new framework to unify all > RPC scenarios inside. The framework was named "baidu-rpc" internally the > early versions were adopted and online at late 2014. The framework was > rapidly iterated at 2015-2017, and thousands kinds of services and almost all > core services adopted it. And in 2017, we opensourced it as "brpc" and hope > to get more adoptions and contributions from outside. At the time of > opensourcing, there're more than 1 million instances inside Baidu using > baidu-rpc (not counting clients). > > > ## Rationale > > brpc has been approved inside baidu, since many high performance core > services are using it. > And since its open source, it has been adopted by several other companies, > including Iqiyi, Didi, Sougou, BiliBili etc. > > ## Current Status > > brpc has been an open source project on GitHub (https://github.com/brpc/brpc) > since 2017. > > Currently it has more than 7.3k stars, 1.6k forks, and is one of the most > popular repositories in topic of rpc category in GitHub rpc catelogy. > It has been widely used in Baidu, with 1,000,000+ instances and thousands > kinds of services. > Besides, many other companies have already used it also, such as Iqiyi, Didi, > Sougou, BiliBili etc. > > ### Meritocracy > > brpc was originally created by Ge Jun and Chen zhangyi inside baidu from 2014. > Since its opensource in 2017, it has already followed meritocracy principles. > It accepts multiple contributions from other companies. > And now, the core developers are from several different companies. > > We will follow Apache way 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 brpc a successful project. > > > ### Community > > brpc has been building an active community since its open source. Currently, > the community includes over 31 contributors. > The core developers of brpc are listed below. > > ### Core Developers > > * Ge Jun(https://github.com/jamesge jge...@gmail.com) > * Chen Zhangyi(https://github.com/chenzhangyi frozen....@gmail.com) > * Jiang Rujie(https://github.com/old-bear jrjb...@gmail.com) > * Zhu Jiashun(http://github.com/zyearn zhujiashun2...@gmail.com) > * Wang Yao(https://github.com/ipconfigme ipconfi...@gmail.com) > > ### Alignment > > brpc is useful for building reliable and high-performance applications. > Since ASF has many famous performance-related and rpc-related projects, > we believe that ASF is a perfect choice to help brpc project to attract > more developers and users as well as having more cooperation with existing > projects. > > ## Known Risks > > ### Orphaned Products > > Since our core developers are from different companies and many companies are > using it, > the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal. > For example, Baidu is extensively using it in their production environment > and many large corporations including Iqiyi, Didi, Sougou, BiliBili use it in > their production applications. > > > ### Inexperience with Open Source > > brpc has been an active open source project for more than one year. > During that time, the project has attracted 30+ contributors and gained a lot > of attention. > The core developers are all active users and followers of open source. > > ### Homogenous Developers > > brpc was created inside Baidu, but after brpc was open sourced, it received a > lot of bug fixes and enhancements from other developers not working at Baidu. > And the core developers now are from different companies now. > > ### Reliance on Salaried Developers > > Baidu invested in brpc as a general rpc framework used in company widely. > The core developers have been dedicated to this project for about four years. > And after its open source, developers around the world have involved in. > Besides, we want more developers and researchers to contribute to the project. > > ### An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > The mission of brpc is to help developers build reliable and high-performance > services quickly and easily. > It has been widely used in production environment throughout Baidu and after > opensource, it has gained much attention and attracted developers all over > the world. > Apache Brand is very respected. We are very honored to have the opportunity > to join ASF, with the understanding that its brand policies being respected. > And we hope Apache can help us build the ecosystem around brpc and attract > more developers. > > > ## Documentation > > The following links provide more information about brpc in open source: > > Codebase at Github: https://github.com/brpc/brpc > Issue Tracking: https://github.com/brpc/brpc/issues > Overview: https://github.com/brpc/brpc/blob/master/docs/en/overview.md > > ## Initial Source > > brpc has been developed since 2014 by a team of engineers at Baidu Inc. > We currently use Github to maintain our source code and track issues at > https://github.com/brpc/brpc. > We need to move our repository to Apache infrastructure. > > ## Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > brpc source code is available under Apache V2 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 > > brpc has the following external dependencies. > > * Google gflags (BSD) > * Google protobuf (BSD) > * Google leveldb (BSD) > > ## Required Resources > > ### Mailing List > > There are currently no mailing lists. The usual mailing lists are expected to > be set up when entering incubation: > > * priv...@brpc.incubator.apache.org > * d...@brpc.incubator.apache.org > * comm...@brpc.incubator.apache.org > > ### Git Repositories: > > Upon entering incubation, we want to transfer the existing repo from > https://github.com/brpc/brpc to Apache infrastructure like > https://github.com/apache/incubator-brpc. > > ### Issue Tracking: > > brpc currently uses GitHub to track issues. Would like to continue to do so > while we discuss migration possibilities with the ASF Infra committee. > > ### Other Resources: > > Currently brpc has no dedicated website except Github homepage. In the future > the website url should be http://brpc.incubator.apache.org/ to follow apache > incubator conventions. > > ## Sponsors > > ### Champion > > * todo > > ### Mentors > > * todo > > ### Sponsoring Entity > > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > -- Jean-Baptiste Onofré jbono...@apache.org http://blog.nanthrax.net Talend - http://www.talend.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
