Re: [RESULTS][VOTE] Accept the brpc Project into the Apache Incubator.

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[RESULTS][VOTE] Accept the brpc Project into the Apache Incubator.

[Dave Fisher]

Hi -

The VOTE passes with 9 Binding +1 votes and no -1 votes.

In addition there were 8 non-binding +1 votes.

Welcome to the Incubator brpc!

Vote thread: 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/81e959cb22349a68ceec2e2e50df814b7542e0f89286d97cb24b167a@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
 


Regards,
Dave


> On Nov 8, 2018, at 11:25 AM, Dave Fisher  wrote:
> 
> Hi -
> 
> This is a VOTE to accept the brpc Project into the Apache Incubator.
> 
> It will last for at least 72 hours and will pass if at least 3 +1 IPMC Votes 
> and more IPMC Votes are +1 than -1.
> 
> [ ] +1, accept the brpc proposal.
> [ ] -1, reject the brpc proposal
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
> = brpc Proposal =
> 
> === Abstract ===
> 
> brpc is an industrial-grade RPC framework for building reliable and 
> high-performance services.
> 
> 
> === Proposal ===
> 
> We propose to contribute the brpc codebase and associated artifacts(e.g. 
> documentation etc.) to the Apache Software Foundation, and aim to  build a 
> wider open community around it in the 'Apache Way'.
> 
> === Background ===
> 
> The RPC framework used in Baidu before 2014 was developed at 2008 and limited 
> in protocols and performance, and there were also serveral implementations 
> focused on their own scenarios from Baidu's different BU. As an 
> infrastructural team in Baidu, we tried to build a new framework to unify all 
> RPC scenarios inside. The framework was named "baidu-rpc" internally the 
> early versions were adopted and online at late 2014. The framework was 
> rapidly iterated at 2015-2017, and thousands kinds of services and almost all 
> core services adopted it. And in 2017, we opensourced it as "brpc" and hope 
> to get more adoptions and contributions from outside. At the time of 
> opensourcing, there're more than 1 million instances inside Baidu using 
> baidu-rpc (not counting clients).
> 
> 
> === Rationale ===
> 
> brpc has been approved inside baidu, since many high performance core 
> services are using it.
> And since its open source, it has been adopted by several other companies, 
> including Iqiyi, Didi, Sougou, BiliBili etc.
> 
> 
> === Current Status ===
> 
> brpc has been an open source project on GitHub (https://github.com/brpc/brpc 
> ) since 2017.
> 
> Currently it has more than 7.3k stars, 1.6k forks, and is one of the most 
> popular repositories in topic of rpc category in GitHub rpc catelogy.
> It has been widely used in Baidu, with 1,000,000+ instances and thousands 
> kinds of services.
> Besides, many other companies have already used it also, such as Iqiyi, Didi, 
> Sougou, BiliBili etc.
> 
> 
> === Meritocracy ===
> 
> brpc was originally created by Ge Jun and Chen zhangyi inside baidu from 2014.
> Since its opensource in 2017, it has already followed meritocracy principles.
> It accepts multiple contributions from other companies.
> And now, the core developers are from several different companies.
> 
> We will follow Apache way 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 brpc a successful project.
> 
> 
> === Community ===
> 
> brpc has been building an active community since its open source. Currently,
> the community includes over 31 contributors.
> The core developers of brpc are listed below.
> 
> === Core Developers ===
> 
>  * Ge Jun(https://github.com/jamesge  
> jge...@gmail.com )
>  * Chen Zhangyi(https://github.com/chenzhangyi 
>  frozen@gmail.com 
> )
>  * Jiang Rujie(https://github.com/old-bear  
> jrjb...@gmail.com )
>  * Zhu Jiashun(http://github.com/zyearn  
> zhujiashun2...@gmail.com )
>  * Wang Yao(https://github.com/ipconfigme  
> ipconfi...@gmail.com )
> 
> === Alignment ===
> 
> brpc is useful for building reliable and high-performance applications.
> Since ASF has many famous performance-related and rpc-related projects,
> we believe that ASF is a perfect choice to help brpc project to attract
> more developers and users as well as having more cooperation with existing 
> projects.
> 
> === Known Risks ===
>  Orphaned products 
> 
> Since our core developers are from different companies and many companies are 
> using it,
> the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal.
> For example, Baidu is extensively using it in their production environment
> and many large corporations including Iqiyi, Didi, Sougou, BiliBili use it in 
> their production applications.
> 
>  Inexperience with Open Source 
> 
> brpc has been an active open