Re: [VOTE] Accept ECharts for Apache Incubation

2018-01-15 Thread Willem Jiang
+1


Willem Jiang

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On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Kevin A. McGrail 
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project in
> as an Apache incubator podling.
>
> The ASF voting rules are described:
>
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
>
> A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote for
> which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding.
>
> This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows
> [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator
> [ ] +0 Abstain.
> [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ...
>
> The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki:
> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal
>
> Regards,
> KAM
>
>
> ECharts Proposal
>
> Abstract
>
> ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in JavaScript.
>
> Proposal
>
> ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization
> library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage.
>
> Background
>
> A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly
> and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics.
>
> Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually
> communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users to
> analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1]
>
> Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and propagation
> in web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It brings
> great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web browsers,
> but also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment
> via the techniques of headless browser.
>
> Rationale
>
> ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow,
> visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements
> with declarative language, and produces interactive charts and components.
> We will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that ECharts
> already has, and our concerns and our visions:
>
> User Diversity:
>
> ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also
> people with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to describe
> data and settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier but
> without losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store.
>
> Configurable Interactions:
>
> ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more.
> Both human interactions and the interactions with upper program are
> supported and can be configurable.
>
> Large Data:
>
> Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance
> limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have
> been adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit of
> the amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the fluency of
> interactions and animations.
>
> Cross-Platform:
>
> The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between
> HTMLCanvas, SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings
> opportunities to optimize performance according to different platform and
> usage scenarios. Besides, ECharts can also works in backend environment via
> headless techniques.
>
> ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports on
> more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited devices
>
> Extension and Customization:
>
> ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and
> components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render
> techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of
> extensions based on ECharts.[2]
>
> Current Status
>
> ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. Currently
> it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in NPM, and
> is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data visualization
> category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu and
> other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News
> Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, State Grid Corporation
> of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc.
>
> Meritocracy
>
> The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. It was
> originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers worldwide and
> has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set of contributors.
>
> We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more developers to
> contribute in this project. We know that only active and committed
> developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts a successful
> project. We are also improving the project documentation and code to 

Re: [VOTE] Accept ECharts for Apache Incubation

2018-01-15 Thread Hao Chen
+1 (non-binding)


--

Hao


On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:49 AM, William Guo  wrote:

> +1 (non-binding)
>
> Thanks,
> William
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:10 PM, Huxing Zhang  wrote:
>
> > +1(non-binding)
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Kevin A. McGrail 
> > wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project
> in
> > as
> > > an Apache incubator podling.
> > >
> > > The ASF voting rules are described:
> > >
> > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
> > >
> > > A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote
> > for
> > > which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding.
> > >
> > > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows
> > > [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator
> > > [ ] +0 Abstain.
> > > [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ...
> > >
> > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki:
> > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > KAM
> > >
> > >
> > > ECharts Proposal
> > >
> > > Abstract
> > >
> > > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in
> > JavaScript.
> > >
> > > Proposal
> > >
> > > ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data
> visualization
> > > library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage.
> > >
> > > Background
> > >
> > > A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information
> > clearly
> > > and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics.
> > >
> > > Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually
> > > communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users
> > to
> > > analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1]
> > >
> > > Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and
> > propagation in
> > > web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It
> brings
> > > great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web
> browsers,
> > but
> > > also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment
> via
> > > the techniques of headless browser.
> > >
> > > Rationale
> > >
> > > ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow,
> > > visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements
> > with
> > > declarative language, and produces interactive charts and components.
> We
> > > will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that ECharts
> > > already has, and our concerns and our visions:
> > >
> > > User Diversity:
> > >
> > > ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also
> > people
> > > with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to describe
> data
> > and
> > > settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier but
> without
> > > losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store.
> > >
> > > Configurable Interactions:
> > >
> > > ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more.
> > Both
> > > human interactions and the interactions with upper program are
> supported
> > and
> > > can be configurable.
> > >
> > > Large Data:
> > >
> > > Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance
> > > limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have
> > been
> > > adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit of the
> > > amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the fluency of
> > > interactions and animations.
> > >
> > > Cross-Platform:
> > >
> > > The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between
> > HTMLCanvas,
> > > SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings opportunities
> > to
> > > optimize performance according to different platform and usage
> scenarios.
> > > Besides, ECharts can also works in backend environment via headless
> > > techniques.
> > >
> > > ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports
> on
> > > more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited
> devices
> > >
> > > Extension and Customization:
> > >
> > > ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and
> > > components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render
> > > techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of
> > > extensions based on ECharts.[2]
> > >
> > > Current Status
> > >
> > > ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013.
> > Currently
> > > it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in NPM,
> > and
> > > is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data visualization
> > > category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu
> and
> > > other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News
> > > Agency,National Bureau of 

Re: [VOTE] Accept ECharts for Apache Incubation

2018-01-15 Thread William Guo
+1 (non-binding)

Thanks,
William

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:10 PM, Huxing Zhang  wrote:

> +1(non-binding)
>
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Kevin A. McGrail 
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project in
> as
> > an Apache incubator podling.
> >
> > The ASF voting rules are described:
> >
> > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
> >
> > A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote
> for
> > which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding.
> >
> > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows
> > [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator
> > [ ] +0 Abstain.
> > [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ...
> >
> > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki:
> > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal
> >
> > Regards,
> > KAM
> >
> >
> > ECharts Proposal
> >
> > Abstract
> >
> > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in
> JavaScript.
> >
> > Proposal
> >
> > ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization
> > library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage.
> >
> > Background
> >
> > A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information
> clearly
> > and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics.
> >
> > Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually
> > communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users
> to
> > analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1]
> >
> > Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and
> propagation in
> > web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It brings
> > great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web browsers,
> but
> > also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment via
> > the techniques of headless browser.
> >
> > Rationale
> >
> > ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow,
> > visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements
> with
> > declarative language, and produces interactive charts and components. We
> > will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that ECharts
> > already has, and our concerns and our visions:
> >
> > User Diversity:
> >
> > ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also
> people
> > with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to describe data
> and
> > settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier but without
> > losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store.
> >
> > Configurable Interactions:
> >
> > ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more.
> Both
> > human interactions and the interactions with upper program are supported
> and
> > can be configurable.
> >
> > Large Data:
> >
> > Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance
> > limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have
> been
> > adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit of the
> > amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the fluency of
> > interactions and animations.
> >
> > Cross-Platform:
> >
> > The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between
> HTMLCanvas,
> > SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings opportunities
> to
> > optimize performance according to different platform and usage scenarios.
> > Besides, ECharts can also works in backend environment via headless
> > techniques.
> >
> > ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports on
> > more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited devices
> >
> > Extension and Customization:
> >
> > ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and
> > components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render
> > techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of
> > extensions based on ECharts.[2]
> >
> > Current Status
> >
> > ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013.
> Currently
> > it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in NPM,
> and
> > is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data visualization
> > category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu and
> > other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News
> > Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, State Grid
> Corporation
> > of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc.
> >
> > Meritocracy
> >
> > The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. It was
> > originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers worldwide and
> > has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set of contributors.
> >
> > We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to 

[RESULT] [VOTE] Apache AriaTosca Release 0.2.0

2018-01-15 Thread Thomas Nadeau
The vote has passed with: - Three binding "+1" votes - no "0" votes - no
"-1" votes

The votes were: - +1, Suneel Marthi (binding) - +1, John D Ament (binding)
- +1, Justin Mclean (binding) Vote Thread:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b0acd6690fb59b9ad91a7c304ac8285afc1a3eb3e402ad1cf71bfb5@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
The release is approved!

Thanks to all who examined the release artifacts and voted.

Cheers,
--Tom


Re: [VOTE] Accept ECharts for Apache Incubation

2018-01-15 Thread Huxing Zhang
+1(non-binding)

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Kevin A. McGrail  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project in as
> an Apache incubator podling.
>
> The ASF voting rules are described:
>
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
>
> A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority vote for
> which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding.
>
> This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows
> [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator
> [ ] +0 Abstain.
> [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ...
>
> The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki:
> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal
>
> Regards,
> KAM
>
>
> ECharts Proposal
>
> Abstract
>
> ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in JavaScript.
>
> Proposal
>
> ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data visualization
> library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage.
>
> Background
>
> A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly
> and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics.
>
> Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually
> communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps users to
> analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1]
>
> Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and propagation in
> web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It brings
> great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web browsers, but
> also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend environment via
> the techniques of headless browser.
>
> Rationale
>
> ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control flow,
> visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization requirements with
> declarative language, and produces interactive charts and components. We
> will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that ECharts
> already has, and our concerns and our visions:
>
> User Diversity:
>
> ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also people
> with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to describe data and
> settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier but without
> losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store.
>
> Configurable Interactions:
>
> ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing more. Both
> human interactions and the interactions with upper program are supported and
> can be configurable.
>
> Large Data:
>
> Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some performance
> limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts have been
> adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit of the
> amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the fluency of
> interactions and animations.
>
> Cross-Platform:
>
> The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between HTMLCanvas,
> SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings opportunities to
> optimize performance according to different platform and usage scenarios.
> Besides, ECharts can also works in backend environment via headless
> techniques.
>
> ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports on
> more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited devices
>
> Extension and Customization:
>
> ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and
> components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render
> techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of
> extensions based on ECharts.[2]
>
> Current Status
>
> ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. Currently
> it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in NPM, and
> is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data visualization
> category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu and
> other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News
> Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, State Grid Corporation
> of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc.
>
> Meritocracy
>
> The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. It was
> originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers worldwide and
> has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set of contributors.
>
> We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more developers to
> contribute in this project. We know that only active and committed
> developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts a successful
> project. We are also improving the project documentation and code to help
> new developers to get started quickly.
>
> Community
>
> ECharts has been building an active community for the last four years.

Re: Apache Project proposal questions

2018-01-15 Thread John D. Ament
Hi Taher,

Typically, our recommendations lean towards somewhat established codebases
over an empty codebase.  With sites like github now pretty dominant across
the board, it's easy to setup a repository on github and start attracting
users/developers to work with you on it.

John

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 9:56 AM taher koitawala  wrote:

> Hi All,
> I am currently preparing a project proposal which is mainly towards
> the bigdata side. Problems i am facing are
>
>1. I have a proposal which I know will make sense to a lot of people,
>but that's the problem its just a proposal no code to start with.
>2. I have filled the abstract and the proposal sections in the proposal
>format but i don't  know what to fill in the mentor, known issues and
>meritocracy  section. I also I do not know a sponsor or a mentor whom i
> add
>or who can guide me.
>
> Appreciate any help in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Taher Koitawala
>