Hi Antonie, Thanks for the proposal! Feel free to ask any questions about it. By the way, right along with being an initial committer, I would like to help as a mentor too.
Kind Regards, Furkan KAMACI On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 9:10 PM Antoine Toulme <anto...@toulme.name> wrote: > All, thank you for your expressions of interest. > > I have listed all names reported here and a few more colleagues and > contributors in the page: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CavaProposal < > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CavaProposal> > > In particular, thank you for the folks stepping forward to volunteer to > mentor this project. I have listed you all on the page for now. > > There is still a couple of TBD points on the proposal. I will address them > in a new thread. > I will also leave this proposal open until Monday next week, so we can > guarantee maximum public participation. I will engage with the incubator > early next week on next steps. > > Cheers, > > Antoine > > > On Feb 6, 2019, at 5:02 AM, Pierre Smits <pierresm...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Antoine, > > > > Thank you for bringing this proposal to the Apache Incubator. So I gladly > > give my +1. > > > > Having a background in accounting and being one of the Apache OFBiz > > contributors I am very interested in blockchain technology, while being > > very interested in applying its functionalities in an ERP setting like > > Apache OFBiz is. > > > > While the Apache Trafodion project was in incubation I was very much > > involved in helping (mentoring) that project towards graduation, which it > > has successively done. I would like to help out as one of the mentors, > and > > as a contributor/committer (of the other kind). > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President & PMC > > Chair* > > *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* > > Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer > > *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without > privileges) > > since 2008* > > Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 11:42 PM Antoine Toulme <anto...@toulme.name> > wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> We’d like to start a conversation around a new proposal for a set of > >> Java-based blockchain project. > >> > >> I have written a proposal available here, and reproduced below: > >> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CavaProposal < > >> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CavaProposal> > >> > >> At this time, we have a champion, Jim Jagielski (thanks Jim), and would > >> like to recruit additional developers and mentors. > >> > >> We have deliberately left room on the project charter to engage openly > >> with the community. That said, we would start the project with code > coming > >> from ConsenSys, and we will recruit developers from there and elsewhere > >> actively. > >> > >> The goal of this thread is engage with the community and gather interest > >> for participation in the project. Please let us know what you think! > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Antoine Toulme > >> > >> == Abstract == > >> Cava is a set of libraries and other tools to aid development of > >> blockchain and other decentralized software in Java and other JVM > languages. > >> > >> Please note: Cava is a contraction of "ConsenSys Java". The community > >> should consider an alternate name. > >> > >> = Proposal = > >> > >> Cava is a set of libraries and other tools to aid development of > >> blockchain and other decentralized software in Java and other JVM > languages. > >> It includes a low-level bytes library, serialization and deserialization > >> codecs (e.g. RLP), various cryptography functions and primatives, and > lots > >> of other helpful utilities. > >> Cava is developed for JDK 1.8 or higher, and depends on various other > FOSS > >> libraries. > >> > >> === Background === > >> > >> Cava was built as an open source project from the grounds up to > accelerate > >> the maturation of the blockchain ecosystem, particularly in relation > with > >> enterprise products predominantly built in Java. > >> Cava is used by several products today: Orion, Pantheon, and Artemis > from > >> Pegasys. > >> > >> Cava libraries are also used in various experiments regarding > scalability, > >> such as Canto. > >> > >> Several other community members would want to leverage Cava and would > >> benefit from working directly on the project outside of the influence of > >> the original corporate sponsor, ConsenSys. > >> > >> === Rationale === > >> > >> Cava is organized as set of libraries that form the basis of most > >> blockchain, distributed ledgers or cryptography work. > >> > >> Most of the work built for Cava was meant for Ethereum, but can be > reused > >> across other blockchain technologies. > >> > >> There is a need for blockchain implementors to use well trusted, > >> production-ready software to bootstrap their efforts. > >> > >> === Initial Goals === > >> > >> The goal is to form a community of developers and adopters who will be > >> able to collaborate openly around blockchain technologies and mature > >> frameworks > >> to reduce risk when implementing blockain-related projects. > >> > >> === Current Status === > >> > >> The project is well established and counts 2 active committers. Some > >> contributions were made from the community. > >> > >> The project has made several releases, distributed through Maven > Central, > >> with GPG signatures and proper Maven metadata published. > >> > >> '''Meritocracy:''' > >> > >> Active discussions on github issues and PRs has helped identify new > >> possible commiters. > >> > >> Our main goal, moving to Apache is to promote our project as a > meritocracy > >> under the guideline of the Apache Way to help foster a community around > our > >> efforts. > >> > >> * '''Community:''' > >> > >> Blockchain protocol developers organize well in communities, and some > >> lively discussions take place over Twitter, Gitter, Telegram. > >> > >> We would like to create a community for dedicated Java developers to > >> contribute to the blockchain space. > >> > >> We currently have a little activity through the channels mentioned > above, > >> but no channel dedicated specifically to Cava is seeing a lot of > traction. > >> > >> * '''Core Developers:''' > >> > >> Cava was built by two developers with a long experience in open source > >> work. Both lead separate open source projects. > >> One of the developers is the PMC Chair for Apache Buildr and a committer > >> for Apache ODE. > >> > >> * '''Alignment:''' > >> > >> We believe there isn't a blockchain TLP for Java at Apache at this time > >> and would like to participate in establishing a presence in that domain > of > >> expertise. > >> > >> We would rely and integrate closely with a number of projects hosted by > >> the ASF such as Apache Camel. > >> > >> '''Known Risks''' > >> > >> * '''Orphaned products''': > >> > >> The contributors are committed to the development of the blockchain > space > >> and are employed by a leading vendor in blockchain. > >> > >> The source code is used in a production setting by critical projects. > >> > >> However, the number of initial developers and contributors is small, and > >> we will need to ramp up our recruitment efforts. > >> > >> * '''Inexperience with Open Source:''' > >> > >> The project was started from scratch as an open source project. All > >> committers have experience with open source projects. > >> > >> We did not make the effort of creating a detailed roadmap and > organizing a > >> collaborative approach to reaching to the community for feedback. > >> We aim to rely on the ASF infrastructure, especially Jira, to help > create > >> more visibility in this regard. > >> > >> * '''Length of Incubation:''' > >> > >> We will remain in incubation for a period of no less than a year so we > >> can properly invest and build a community of users, contributors and > >> committers around our goals. > >> > >> * '''Homogenous Developers:''' > >> > >> The current list of committers is made of folks working or having worked > >> for the same company. > >> We will aggressively expand to new populations of developers, from a > >> geographical and domain perspective. > >> > >> We believe there is a category of enterprise Java developers who are not > >> experimenting with blockchain technologies because it looks immature or > is > >> built in other languages. > >> We believe addressing this gap will help create a healthy community > around > >> the project. > >> > >> * '''Reliance on Salaried Developers''': > >> > >> The project is made first and foremost of volunteers. One of the initial > >> committers is salaried by one of the sponsors. > >> > >> Given the level of interest into the project, we firmly believe the > >> project would continue without salaried developers contributing to the > >> project. > >> > >> * '''Relationships with Other Apache Products:''' > >> > >> We will work with other Apache and open source projects to help ensure > we > >> offer developers using our framework a cohesive approach to building > >> blockchain middleware products. > >> Currently the project doesn't have strong tie ins to other Apache > >> projects, but we will investigate how to strenghten our relationships > with > >> middleware integration projects such as Apache Camel, queues and > transport > >> projects such as Apache Kafka, and database projects such as Apache > Ignite > >> and Apache Cassandra. > >> > >> * '''A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand:''' > >> > >> We rely on the Apache Way to help bake in the best community around our > >> project. We are educated about the sensitivity of the Apache brand and > how > >> to best preserve it. > >> We will make sure to work with the Incubator PMC and the PRC to ensure > >> the brand policies are respected. > >> > >> '''Documentation''' > >> > >> You can read more about Cava at our current github repository: > >> https://www.github.com/consensys/Cava > >> > >> We publish as part of each build a complete project documentation in > Dokka > >> and Javadoc formats: > >> https://consensys.github.io/cava/docs/kotlin/0.6.0/cava/ > >> > >> '''Initial Source''' > >> > >> All initial source is under the git repository present at > >> https://www.github.com/consensys/Cava. > >> > >> The source is under Apache License v2.0. All source files have headers > >> with a copyright notice. > >> > >> All contributors have signed a ICLA to assign copyright to ConsenSys, > AG. > >> > >> > >> '''Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan''' > >> > >> The source is under Apache License v2.0. All source files have headers > >> with a copyright notice. > >> > >> All contributors have signed a ICLA to assign copyright to ConsenSys, > AG. > >> > >> We have no web properties (domain names or hosted content) outside of > the > >> github repository and the bintray repository. > >> > >> '''External Dependencies''': > >> > >> The dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses. These include > >> BSD, CDDL, CPL, MPL and MIT licensed dependencies. > >> A report of the dependencies is compiled and checked for valid licenses > >> for each build, the latest is: > >> > >> > https://851-137528592-gh.circle-artifacts.com/0/reports/license/license-dependency.html > >> > >> > >> '''Cryptography''' > >> > >> The proposal involves cryptographic code directly and indirectly. > >> > >> '''Required Resources''': > >> > >> * '''Mailing lists:''' > >> > >> * priv...@cava.incubator.apache.org (with moderated subscriptions) > >> * d...@cava.incubator.apache.org > >> * us...@cava.incubator.apache.org > >> * comm...@cava.incubator.apache.org > >> > >> * '''Subversion Directory:''' > >> > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/cava > >> > >> * '''Git Repositories:''' > >> > >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-cava.git > >> > >> * '''Issue Tracking:''' > >> > >> JIRA Cava (CAVA) > >> > >> '''Initial Committers''' > >> > >> Antoine Toulme (toulmean at apache dot org) * > >> > >> '''Interested Developers''' > >> > >> TBD > >> > >> '''Sponsors''' > >> > >> ConsenSys would sponsor this project. > >> > >> * '''Champion:''' > >> > >> Jim Jagielski ( jim at apache dot org ) > >> > >> * '''Nominated Mentors:''' > >> > >> Jim Jagielski ( jim at apache dot org ) > >> > >> * '''Sponsoring Entity''': > >> > >> TBD - the incubator? > >> > >> > >
