Thank you -- I will proceed with a name search and work up a proposal draft as next steps.
I am tracking this work in [1] for anyone who wishes to follow along. [1] https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8491 On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:24 PM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > You could also look into how Solr was spun out of Lucene. > > It would be up to your PMC whether to make the new PMC identical or not. > > Doing a podling name search on > DataFusion does check a box for the board. > > The best place to continue this discussion is bo...@apache.org > > Best, > Dave > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 15, 2023, at 8:02 AM, Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you Julian. This is very helpful. I will review the archives. > > > > Andrew > > > >> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 10:55 AM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I believe the process is for the Board to create a new PMC whose IP and > >> PMC members are an exact copy of the parent PMC. (Like the Unix “fork” > >> function.) And then both PMCs delete the stuff, and PMC members, they no > >> longer need. > >> > >> Arrow itself was created via this process (from Drill). You could search > >> the archives for the board resolution that created Arrow. The Incubator > is > >> not involved in the process. (Except in some minor ways, such as a name > >> search.) > >> > >> Julian > >> > >>>> On Dec 15, 2023, at 7:09 AM, Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I apologize if this is not the right list on which to ask this > question. > >>> > >>> Can someone point to information about the procedure to propose > >>> “graduating” an *existing* sub project to a new top level project? > >>> > >>> Specifically, we are working on a proposal to graduate the “Apache > Arrow > >>> DataFusion”[1] sub project to its own Top Level Project. The > DataFusion > >>> project has sort of been “incubating” within the Arrow top level > project > >>> for several years and has grown to the point where it can both stand on > >> its > >>> own as well as benefit from more focused community[2]. > >>> > >>> I searched the archives of this list [3] and did not find anything that > >>> seemed relevant. > >>> > >>> I did find, farther back in history, that the Mahout, Avro and HBase > >>> projects appear to have previously “graduated” from sub projects of > >> Hadoop > >>> to their own top level projects but could not determine how they did > so. > >>> > >>> Thank you for any guidance you may be able to provide, > >>> > >>> Andrew > >>> > >>> [1] https://arrow.apache.org/datafusion/ > >>> > >>> [2] https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 > >>> > >>> [3] https://lists.apache.org/list.html?general@incubator.apache.org > >>> [4] > >>> > >> > https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces4 > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >> > >> >
