Hi - added this to the wiki. Alan, can you review/sign-off? Thanks,
Joel On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Joel Koshy <jjkosh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like I don't have write access to the incubator wiki, and I have > requested it. Meanwhile, here is the content I have. Would be helpful if > people can review it to see if there is anything else they would like to > add: > > Thanks, > > Joel > > > > Kafka > (introduced to Apache incubator on Jul 4, 2011) > > Kafka provides an extremely high throughput distributed publish/subscribe > messaging system. Additionally, it supports relatively long term > persistence of messages to support a wide variety of consumers, > partitioning of the message stream across servers and consumers, and > functionality for loading data into Apache Hadoop for offline, batch > processing. > > * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards > graduation. > > None. We are considering whether to pursue graduation immediately or focus > exclusively on the development of 0.8. > > * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be > aware of > > None. > > * How has the community developed since the last report > > - The mailing list continues been very active with bug reports, patch > submissions, feature requests and use cases. [(Apr,May,Jun): kafka-users > (151, 261, 251); kafka-dev (142, 195, 380)]. > - Added two new committers. > - Conducted the first Kafka user group meeting with over 50 attendees > (archived video link available here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+papers+and+presentations). > This was a very successful event that gave users and contributors an > opportunity to meet and discuss Kafka usage at various companies, ongoing > development efforts, feature requests, etc. > - Received and reviewed several major patches (including contributions > from non-committers). > > * How has the project developed since the last report. > > - Intra-cluster replication (KAFKA-50) > - Considerable progress has been made on the design and implementation > on this much-anticipated feature. > - Regular status updates are being sent out on the kafka-dev mailing > list. > - Another significant project that is under discussion and development is > the consumer redesign (KAFKA-364) and consumer coordinator implementation > (KAFKA-264). > - Released Kafka 0.7.1 in June. This is the second Kafka release since its > introduction to Apache incubator. > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Marvin <no-re...@apache.org> 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, 18 July 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, Jul 4th). >> >> 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/July2012 >> >> 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 >> >> >
