On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote: > In general looks good. A few comments inline. > > Alan. > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Travis Crawford wrote: > >> Hey all - >> >> Here's a starting point for our status update. Please let me know if >> this looks good, or you'd like to make any edits. Its entirely likely >> I missed some noteworthy accomplishment or we should highlight >> different graduation-related issues, so please speak up if you see >> something I missed! >> >> """ >> HCatalog is a table and storage management service for data created >> using Apache Hadoop. HCatalog entered Apache incubator in March 2011. >> >> What has the project accomplished since the last report? >> >> * Released version 0.4 >> * Voted in one new committer >> * Received patches from 19 people >> >> What are the top 2-3 things to resolve before graduation? >> >> * Grow the user and developer communities. There has been progress in >> this area with new users asking questions on the mailing list, >> receiving patches from an increasing number of contributors, adding a >> new committer, and work towards publishing pre-built artifacts in the >> Apache repository. We need to continue in this positive direction. > Given that we now have active committers from three distinct commercial > entities and patches from 19 different people in the last 3 months the > incubator is going to say we've reached a reasonable diversity level for > graduation. So you might change this to say given these things, we believe > we've satisfied the diversity requirements.
SG. I just looked at: http://incubator.apache.org/hcatalog/whoweare.html And I see people listed from HW, Yahoo, Facebook & Twitter. Is that correct? If so we're actually at 4 entities. I did a quick search for jira assigned/reported by FB and did not see any, so not sure if we should list them. Thoughts? --travis > >> * Make HCatalog more robust & featureful. While off to a good start, >> certain key features are not yet available (such as support for all >> data types) and Hive dependency issues prevent adding some new >> features. > This is irrelevant for graduation, as the incubator is concerned with our > community development, not the maturity of our product in a technical sense. > (I'm pretty sure this was on previous reports and I probably even signed > those reports, so I see why you put it here.) > >> * Resolve a review process issue that affects our ability to develop >> new features. Time between receiving patches and committing has >> increased to problematic levels, often causing code rot and >> contributors extra work to rebase patches against trunk. >> >> At this time we feel confident in our ability to make progress toward >> resolving these issues. >> """ >> >> --travis >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Travis Crawford >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Sounds good! I'll read a few past ones and send out a proposed one shortly. >>> >>> --travis >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Generally someone volunteers to put it together and circulates it. Then >>>> as long as everyone's ok with it we ask one of the mentors to sign off, >>>> then post it. Feel free to take a crack at it and circulate your proposed >>>> report. >>>> >>>> Alan. >>>> >>>> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Travis Crawford wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all - >>>>> >>>>> Today's the deadline for this status update. I've never done one of >>>>> these before so not entirely sure how that works. >>>>> >>>>> Looking at http://incubator.apache.org/projects/hcatalog we see the >>>>> last report was in March, and there's been some good stuff since then. >>>>> There's been the release of 0.4, a new committer (me :) and some good >>>>> user discussions on the mailing list. There's also some issues, such >>>>> as the review latency issue. >>>>> >>>>> How does putting this together usually work? Should I look at some >>>>> past reports and put together what I think makes sense, and send to >>>>> the list to get some feedback? Hopefully we can do this today so its >>>>> not late. >>>>> >>>>> --travis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Marvin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear podling, >>>>>> >>>>>> This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache >>>>>> Incubator PMC. >>>>>> It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your >>>>>> quarterly >>>>>> board report. >>>>>> >>>>>> The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 19 September 2012, 10:00:00 PST. >>>>>> The report >>>>>> for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The >>>>>> Incubator PMC >>>>>> requires your report to be submitted 2 weeks before the board meeting, >>>>>> to allow >>>>>> sufficient time for review and submission (Wed, Sep 5th). >>>>>> >>>>>> Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the incubator >>>>>> PMC, and >>>>>> subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very latest >>>>>> you >>>>>> should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the board meeting. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> The Apache Incubator PMC >>>>>> >>>>>> Submitting your Report >>>>>> ---------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Your report should contain the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> * Your project name >>>>>> * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of the >>>>>> project >>>>>> or necessarily of its field >>>>>> * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move >>>>>> towards >>>>>> graduation. >>>>>> * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be >>>>>> aware of >>>>>> * How has the community developed since the last report >>>>>> * How has the project developed since the last report. >>>>>> >>>>>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/September2012 >>>>>> >>>>>> Note: This manually populated. You may need to wait a little before this >>>>>> page is >>>>>> created from a template. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mentors >>>>>> ------- >>>>>> Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on >>>>>> the >>>>>> Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are following the >>>>>> project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms for the >>>>>> Incubator PMC. >>>>>> >>>>>> Incubator PMC >>>>>> >>>> >
