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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 5:37 PM Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +1 binding
>
> Welcome
>
> Sheng Wu 吴晟
> Twitter, wusheng1108
>
> PJ Fanning <fannin...@apache.org> 于2022年10月19日周三 17:32写道:
> >
> > Thanks Claude and Ryan for putting together the proposal.
> >
> > +1 binding
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 at 09:08, Claude Warren, Jr
> > <claude.war...@aiven.io.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll even kick off the voting:
> > >
> > > +1 binding
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 9:04 AM Claude Warren, Jr <claude.war...@aiven.io>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > After reviewing the [DISCUSS] threads concerning bringing Pekko into the
> > > > incubator [1][2], and finding that there is no further comment, I am
> > > > calling for a VOTE to accept Pekko into the Apache Incubator.  The text 
> > > > of
> > > > the proposal is included below for convenience, final and definitive 
> > > > text
> > > > is in the Pekko Proposal from the Incubator wiki.[3] .
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your time and consideration,
> > > > Claude
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/1t0x6d815td9dgjxhck51b5txcjm28rr
> > > > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/cjo86gdwvqlqslq68gd0c8hxq6ds6yrz
> > > > [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/PekkoProposal
> > > >
> > > > *Pekko Proposal*
> > > >
> > > > *Abstract*
> > > >
> > > > Pekko is a toolkit and an ecosystem for building highly concurrent,
> > > > distributed, reactive and resilient applications for Java and Scala.
> > > >
> > > > *Proposal*
> > > >
> > > > Pekko is a toolkit that brings the actor model (popularised by Erlang) 
> > > > to
> > > > the JVM, providing the basis for building both locally and distributed
> > > > concurrency. On top of this Pekko provides a rich set of libraries 
> > > > built on
> > > > top of Actors to solve modern problems, including:
> > > >
> > > >    - Streams: Fully bi-directional backpressured streams following the
> > > >    Reactive manifesto
> > > >    - HTTP: A fully streamed HTTP client/server built on top of streams
> > > >    that also provides expected tools (such as connection pooling) 
> > > > necessary
> > > >    for highly available web services
> > > >    - connectors: A rich set of connectors for various databases,
> > > >    messaging, persistent services built on top of streams
> > > >    - grpc: A gRPC server/client
> > > >    - projection: Provides abstractions necessary for CQRS pattern such 
> > > > as
> > > >    envelope, necessary for systems such as Kafka.
> > > >
> > > > *Background*
> > > >
> > > > Pekko is a fork of the Akka project just before its licence changed from
> > > > Apache 2 to Business Source License 1.1. The project provides a set of
> > > > tools and frameworks that covers the complex problem space of 
> > > > distributed
> > > > concurrent systems. It is designed to support the design principles of 
> > > > the
> > > > Reactive Manifesto by providing components to efficiently scale up 
> > > > systems
> > > > within a server or scale out across multiple servers, are high 
> > > > performance,
> > > > resilient to failure, distributed systems without a single point of 
> > > > failure.
> > > >
> > > > *Rationale*
> > > >
> > > > There is a large cohort of applications and libraries that were 
> > > > dependent
> > > > upon the original open source version of this project. Numerous 
> > > > developers
> > > > contributed their time in the belief that the project would stay open
> > > > source. When the licence was changed the work of those developers was
> > > > locked up and a vital resource for the cohort of applications and 
> > > > libraries
> > > > disappeared. Apache Flink is an example of a library that used the 
> > > > original
> > > > library upon which this project is based. This project is to continue 
> > > > the
> > > > open source development that was promised under the original Apache 2
> > > > licence. We ask that the Apache Foundation accept this project so as to
> > > > prevent any future incompatible licence switch in the future.
> > > >
> > > > Apache has a long standing tradition of not accepting hostile forks. 
> > > > There
> > > > has been some discussion of whether this project violates that 
> > > > tradition.
> > > > We believe that it does not.
> > > >
> > > > For many years, Lightbend has been a steward for this open source 
> > > > project,
> > > > attracting contributions from many developers and building a community
> > > > under the Apache License. It's within their rights to offer their future
> > > > work under a different licence. The Pekko project will provide the
> > > > continuity of an Apache-licensed home for long-term support, maintenance
> > > > and new features for the developers that wish to continue using and
> > > > building on their previous work. The major historical reason why Apache
> > > > would be a good home for Pekko is that it will protect the project from
> > > > licence changes similar to what is instigating the initial incubation
> > > > proposal. If Pekko becomes part of Apache then it gives confidence to 
> > > > the
> > > > community/users of Pekko that such an incident won’t happen in the 
> > > > future
> > > > again. There are also currently existing Apache projects such as Flink 
> > > > that
> > > > use Akka to varying degrees and hence having Pekko to be part of Apache
> > > > gives confidence to these other Apache projects. We believe that this 
> > > > fork
> > > > is a maintenance of the pre-existing Apache 2 licence and ask that the
> > > > Apache community view it as such.
> > > >
> > > > In general, Akka had a very large penetration in both Scala and Java
> > > > codebases, particularly in large scale enterprise projects/systems. 
> > > > Since
> > > > it is a JVM based library it fits well into the Apache ecosystem. We 
> > > > feel
> > > > that we can contribute to the stability of existing Apache projects as
> > > > Apache can contribute to the stability of Pekko.
> > > >
> > > > *Initial Goals*
> > > >
> > > > Due to the sheer size of Akka, initial goals will be largely be 
> > > > adjusting
> > > > and modifying the codebase so its fit for community orientated
> > > > contributions, this includes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    - Removing the Akka trademark from all sections in the code.
> > > >    - Setting up the build system using github actions to make sure we
> > > >    have a CI system setup whenever pull requests are made (some Akka 
> > > > projects
> > > >    use github actions already, in which case we need to make sure it 
> > > > still
> > > >    works after the work).
> > > >    - Also using github actions for Maven/Github releases, in Scala/SBT
> > > >    projects it's typical to trigger a release when a person with 
> > > > necessary
> > > >    rights pushes a signed git tag. Also need to find a solution for the
> > > >    official Apache source SVN release.
> > > >    - Other adjustments such as using testcontainers to minimise the
> > > >    friction in running tests for projects such as containers.
> > > >    - Update all of the documentation to be appropriate for an Apache
> > > >    project (as well as using the project’s name).
> > > >    - Assure continuity of security fixes and update on the existing
> > > >    Apache-licensed code, which might otherwise be at risk.
> > > >    - Continuously building community and identifying the contributors
> > > >    that might assume project management roles for a successful 
> > > > graduation.
> > > >    - Port and/or merge currently open contributions/PR’s from Akka
> > > >    community, if they are willing, which are currently frozen due to the
> > > >    licence change.
> > > >    - This will be done after the first release of Pekko to accommodate
> > > >    for companies that were using Akka so that they can use a version of 
> > > > Pekko
> > > >    that is functionally equivalent to the last Apache release of Akka.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Current StatusMeritocracy:*
> > > >
> > > > The project upon which Pekko is based was initially very welcoming to
> > > > contributions from external developers. However, they were controlled 
> > > > by a
> > > > commercial entity. Some projects were labelled as “community driven
> > > > projects”, those would not have the guarantee from the entity to have a
> > > > dedicated person working on them, so they needed to rely on community
> > > > participation. The entity allowed trusted external developers to commit 
> > > > to
> > > > the code base and have write access to these mentioned community
> > > > repositories. The new management team understands that, and hopes that
> > > > developers will become engaged with the project and will help drive the
> > > > development of processes as well as code so that we can become the
> > > > welcoming development team we hope to be.
> > > >
> > > > Many of the core developers are experienced Apache developers working on
> > > > other projects. Through their understanding and the work of the mentors 
> > > > we
> > > > are assured that a meritocracy will thrive around this community.
> > > >
> > > > *Community*:
> > > > Akka being an already established open source project already has a
> > > > community. This community was present in many channels, such as
> > > >
> > > >    - Scala reddit (/r/scala)
> > > >    - Akka gitter channel
> > > >    - Lightbend forums
> > > >    - Scala community forums
> > > >
> > > > It is expected that once Pekko is launched a portion of this community
> > > > (specifically the ones interested in open source contributions) would
> > > > migrate to Pekko’s mailing list.
> > > >
> > > > Early discussions in existing community forums have shown that there is
> > > > interest in an Apache project and we have commitment from several 
> > > > channels
> > > > to contribute to this project.
> > > >
> > > > Early participants in the discussions forming this project are
> > > > participants in the above channels and have a broad reach that will 
> > > > bring
> > > > other developers into the project. In addition to software developers we
> > > > have documentation specialists and test engineers participating. We 
> > > > have a
> > > > broad community. And while it does not have the depth we would like, we
> > > > believe that it will continue to grow as we move forward.
> > > >
> > > > *Core Developers:*
> > > >
> > > > The individuals on the committer list are ones who have a history of
> > > > contributing to the Akka project before the licence change as well as
> > > > individuals that participated in community discussion on various Akka
> > > > forums (i.e. Lightbend forums). In addition the individuals have a 
> > > > history
> > > > of working and contributing to open source projects.
> > > >
> > > > Sean Glover is a former member of the Akka team. He primarily maintained
> > > > Akka Streams and related projects Alpakka and Alpakka Kafka. He 
> > > > currently
> > > > uses Akka on the job and in other OSS projects he maintains.
> > > >
> > > > Phillip Warburton feels he is not enough of an expert to contribute code
> > > > but is interested in contributing in to document clean-room fixes.
> > > >
> > > > Andy Chen is a contributor on Akka and his work is based on the Akka
> > > > libraries.
> > > >
> > > > Jean-Luc Deprez works on a small team, mid sized software company,
> > > > subsidiary of a large corporate group. His team built a project on top 
> > > > of
> > > > Akka. The September 7th licence change came as a pretty hard personal 
> > > > blow.
> > > > He will divert his community participation this way, contributing in
> > > > discussions and issues. If the team figure out a fix, you can count on 
> > > > a PR.
> > > >
> > > > Greg Methvin is a maintainer on Play Framework (which is now
> > > > community-maintained). We are evaluating whether this can serve as a
> > > > replacement for Lightbend Akka going forward, as opposed to moving off 
> > > > Akka
> > > > entirely.
> > > >
> > > > Nicolas Vollmar is a maintainer on the akka-kryo-serialization project.
> > > >
> > > > PJ Fanning maintains a few akka related projects: swagger-akka-http and
> > > > micrometer-akka.
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Schröter is a maintainer of the akka-kryo-serialization project.
> > > > Altoo is using akka and has been regularly submitting 
> > > > bugfixes/improvements
> > > > to akka.
> > > >
> > > > Josep Prat is the top 5 contributor of the Akka HTTP module and did all
> > > > contributions during his spare time, also he is in position 45 of all 
> > > > time
> > > > committers in the Akka project.
> > > >
> > > > Matthew de Detrich is a contributor to both Akka and Alpakka, submitting
> > > > extra feature improvements as well as the wider Scala OS ecosystem in
> > > > general (i.e. contributions to Scala stdlib itself, Scalatest etc etc).
> > > > Most of these contributions were done in his spare time.
> > > >
> > > > Alexandru Nedelcu created Monix which is one of the popular
> > > > reactive/future/IO implementation used within the Scala ecosystem that
> > > > adheres to the Reactive Streams protocol. He is a very prolific 
> > > > contributor
> > > > to the Scala OS ecosystem, having been previously part of the Typelevel
> > > > steering committee and also happens to works at a company that heavily 
> > > > uses
> > > > Akka for its payment systems.
> > > >
> > > > Johannes Rudolph is a major contributor to akka and the lead developer 
> > > > for
> > > > akka-http.
> > > >
> > > > *Alignment:*
> > > >
> > > > Apache Flink is using Akka however they are looking for a replacement 
> > > > due
> > > > to the licence change. We expect that other Apache projects will require
> > > > the same.
> > > >
> > > > We believe that we can be a good community member.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Known RisksProject Name*
> > > >
> > > > Several names were floated to replace the Akka name. There was a 
> > > > community
> > > > discussion and vote around the name
> > > >
> > > > We have selected the name Pekko after a vote on candidate names. Akka is
> > > > the Finnish goddess of fertility and the earth. Pekko is the FInnish 
> > > > god of
> > > > farming & protector of the crops which create a nice analogy in a 
> > > > sense. We
> > > > pronounce the name Peck-O.
> > > >
> > > > A search of the WIPO database and EU IPO Search did not turn up any 
> > > > active
> > > > Nice category 9 trademark registrations containing the phrase “pekko”. 
> > > > All
> > > > results were “pekko” compounded with other phrases.
> > > >
> > > > *Orphaned products*
> > > >
> > > > Pekko provides libraries that are used by major companies, Apache
> > > > projects, and individuals. The initial development team comprises
> > > > representatives from these organisations. We believe that Pekko will
> > > > attract open source developers that have contributed to Akka in the past
> > > > and want to see their work continue to be open source. We are here, not
> > > > because we are a potentially orphaned product, but rather because the
> > > > contributors to the existing product want to see the open source project
> > > > continue.
> > > >
> > > > *Inexperience with Open Source:*
> > > >
> > > > The project upon which Pekko is based was, as noted above, an open 
> > > > source
> > > > project. The developers that wish to continue with the development
> > > > understand open source projects. Several of the developers are 
> > > > committers
> > > > on other Apache projects. Several are members of open source project
> > > > offices at their respective employers. Several of our members are
> > > > experienced in developing communities around open source projects.
> > > >
> > > > *Length of Incubation:*
> > > >
> > > > We expect that the incubation process will be quite long as we have
> > > > significant code cleanup and documentation scrubbing to be completed. In
> > > > addition we need to configure the Apache build systems to properly build
> > > > what is a fairly complex project (i.e. akka core has tests that require
> > > > multi node machines). An incubation of 1-2 years would not be 
> > > > unexpected.
> > > >
> > > > *Homogenous Developers:*
> > > >
> > > > The current list of committers spans Asia, Europe, and the Americas. All
> > > > are experienced in working in distributed environments. While there are
> > > > cultural differences, all are committed to open source development.
> > > >
> > > > *Reliance on Salaried Developers:*
> > > >
> > > > While several of the developers have the same employer, no employer has
> > > > specifically stated that they are committing developers to Pekko. Any
> > > > commercial contributions of time/effort are due to the need for
> > > > changes/fixes to the libraries used by the commercial entities.
> > > >
> > > > All developers have shown a specific interest in keeping this project 
> > > > open
> > > > source and we expect that future developers will join for the same 
> > > > reasons.
> > > >
> > > > *Relationships with Other Apache Products:*
> > > >
> > > > As noted above Akka is used by Apache Flink though Flink is planning to
> > > > migrate away. We anticipate that they will transition to Pekko when it
> > > > becomes available. We expect that other projects may find the library of
> > > > use.
> > > >
> > > > *An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand:*
> > > >
> > > > We understand the need to protect the Apache brand. We also understand
> > > > that the Apache brand brings a licensing guarantee. While we are 
> > > > desirous
> > > > of the licensing guarantee, we believe that the project we are bringing 
> > > > is
> > > > viable and important. We think that it will provide support for at least
> > > > two existing Apache projects and contribute to the strength of the 
> > > > Apache
> > > > brand world wide.
> > > >
> > > > *Documentation*
> > > >
> > > > The current documentation can be found at https://akka.io/docs Other
> > > > documentation is available as .md files within the source tree of the
> > > > project.
> > > >
> > > > *Initial Source*
> > > >
> > > > The original source comes from the Lightbend Akka github repository 
> > > > before
> > > > they transitioned to the Business Source License. The code base to be
> > > > imported resides in several repositories under the control of Matthew
> > > > Benedict de Detrich, the base one being
> > > > https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project
> > > >
> > > > *Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan*
> > > >
> > > > Since Pekko is forked from an already existing Akka codebase there is a
> > > > high chance that there may be existing IP/trademarks in the codebase 
> > > > that
> > > > needs to be screened. The Akka name itself needs to be changed/removed
> > > > entirely from the codebase.
> > > >
> > > > In addition there are already existing github triggers and other
> > > > mechanisms that build and test the system. We will need to review the
> > > > triggers to determine how to implement the same or similar 
> > > > functionality on
> > > > the Apache infrastructure.
> > > >
> > > > Our high level plan is to:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    1. A lift and shift of the existing github core repository into the
> > > >    Apache repository.
> > > >    2. Modification of the build and test process to run on the Apache
> > > >    build infrastructure.
> > > >    3. Emphasis on the dev and user mailing lists for help requests and
> > > >    discussions.
> > > >    4. Development and modification of project documentation.
> > > >    5. Create a “release” 0.1.0.
> > > >    6. Verify release
> > > >    7. Functionality
> > > >    8. Documentation
> > > >    9. Meets Apache standards
> > > >    10. Continue using the above process to migrate additional libraries
> > > >    to the Apache libraries with each one being a release “0.x.0”
> > > >    11. Upon completion of the migration of all pertinent libraries
> > > >    release 1.0.0
> > > >    12. This strategy gives us the opportunity of learning the Apache way
> > > >    and the Apache infrastructure with small modules before we move into 
> > > > the
> > > >    more complex systems, building up layer by layer until we have a 
> > > > complete
> > > >    first release.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *External Dependencies:*
> > > >
> > > > The initial code was licensed under Apache Source License v2. As such we
> > > > believe that it meets all the requirements for external dependencies.
> > > > However, as part of the incubation process we will verify that all
> > > > dependencies have appropriate licences. Any dependencies that do not 
> > > > meet
> > > > the requirements will be removed and alternative libraries or code used
> > > > instead.
> > > >
> > > > *Cryptography:*
> > > >
> > > > We believe that there is no cryptographic code in the code base. 
> > > > However,
> > > > as part of the incubation process we will verify that this is true.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Required ResourcesMailing lists:*
> > > >
> > > > priv...@pekko.incubator.apache.org
> > > > d...@pekko.incubator.apache.org
> > > > us...@pekko.incubator.apache.org
> > > > comm...@pekko.incubator.apache.org
> > > > Subversion Directory:
> > > > We do not intend to use subversion.
> > > >
> > > > *Git Repositories:*
> > > >
> > > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-pekko.git
> > > >
> > > > *Issue Tracking:*
> > > > JIRA Pekko (PEKKO)
> > > >
> > > > *Initial Committers*
> > > > Matthew de Detrich mdedetr...@gmail.com (CLA submitted)
> > > > Josep Prat jo...@prat.tech (CLA submitted)
> > > > He Pin hepin1...@gmail.com (CLA submitted)
> > > > Andrea Zito zito.and...@gmail.com
> > > > Andrea Peruffo andrea.peruffo1...@gmail.com
> > > > Alexandru Nedelcu m...@alexn.org
> > > > Joe Brockmeier j...@apache.org
> > > > Sean Glover s...@seanglover.com
> > > > Greg Methvin g...@methvin.net (play framework)
> > > > Nicolas Vollmar nicolas.voll...@altoo.io
> > > > PJ Fanning fannin...@yahoo.com
> > > > Daniel Schröter d...@theone.ch
> > > > Michael Kohout mwkoh...@gmail.com
> > > > jxnu-liguobin dreamyl...@outlook.com
> > > > Salar Rahmanian sa...@softinio.com
> > > > Jonas Chapuis m...@jonaschapuis.com
> > > > Andreas Gabor acc_apa...@beezle.de
> > > > Johannes Rudolph johannes.rudo...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > There has been a lot of interest in being an initial committer, and 
> > > > we've
> > > > tried to pick a fair representation of interested developers from the
> > > > requests. We want to be clear that we welcome all contributions and 
> > > > expect
> > > > that the incubation period is the right time for this list to grow and
> > > > evolve.
> > > >
> > > > *Sponsors*
> > > > No company has committed to providing dedicated developers for the 
> > > > project
> > > > but Aiven and Altoo have committed to supporting development as needed 
> > > > by
> > > > their respective organisations.
> > > >
> > > > *Champion*:
> > > > Claude Warren cla...@apache.org
> > > >
> > > > *Nominated Mentors:*
> > > > Claude Warren cla...@apache.org
> > > > Justin McLean jmcl...@apache.org
> > > > Ryan Skraba rskr...@apache.org
> > > > PJ Fanning fannin...@yahoo.com
> > > > Roman Shaposhnik r...@apache.org
> > > > Wu Sheng wush...@apache.org
> > > > JB Onofré jbono...@apache.org
> > > >
> > > > *Sponsoring Entity:*
> > > > The Incubator
> > > >
> >
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