the Apache VXQuery podling has been active for a while [1] and its
community agrees that it is ready to graduate from the incubator
to be
TLP.
The podling has a relatively small but stable community and it has
demonstrated its ability to add committers (2 so far) and to
create
apache
releases (also 2 so far, see also [2]).
The podling's community passed a supporting vote with 8 +1 votes,
2 of
those were from the podling's mentors Ant Elder and Marvin
Humphrey [3].
The proposed board resolution is attached.
Please vote if the Apache Incubator PMC should recommend the
creation of
the Apache VXQuery project to the Board.
[ ] +1 Recommend the creation of the Apache VXQuery project.
[ ] 0 Don't care.
[ ] -1 The Apache VXQuery podling is not ready to graduate because
...
Thanks for your VOTE,
Till (on behalf of the Apache VXQuery PPMC).
[1] https://whimsy.apache.org/incubator/podlings/by-age
[2] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/vxquery.html
[3] http://s.apache.org/vxquery-graduation-vote-result
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Proposed Board Resolution:
Establish the Apache VXQuery Project
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management
Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of
open-source software, for distribution at no charge to
the public, related to providing an implementation of a
parallel XML Query processor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache VXQuery Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache VXQuery Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to providing an implementation of a parallel XML
Query processor; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, VXQuery" be
and hereby is created, the person holding such office to
serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair
of the Apache VXQuery Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache VXQuery Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and
hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the
Apache VXQuery Project:
Vinayak Borkar ([email protected])
Till Westmann ([email protected])
Preston Carman ([email protected])
Steven Jacobs ([email protected])
Michael Carey ([email protected])
Ant Elder ([email protected])
Cezar Andrei ([email protected])
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Till Westmann
be appointed to the office of Vice President, VXQuery, to
serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until
death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification,
or until a successor is appointed; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache VXQuery PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache VXQuery Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache VXQuery Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Incubator VXQuery podling; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Incubator VXQuery podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
Project are hereafter discharged.
