[RESULT][VOTE] Accept Fluo into the Apache Incubator

[Billie Rinaldi <bi...@apache.org>]

This vote is now closed and passes with 11 binding +1 votes, 1 non-binding
+1 vote, and no other votes.

+1 binding:
Billie Rinaldi
Julian Hyde
Drew Farris
Henry Saputra
Hitesh Shah
Roman Shaposhnik
James Taylor
Ted Dunning
Suneel Marthi
Josh Elser
Jean-Baptiste Onofré

+1 non-binding:
David Lyle

Thanks to all who voted!

Billie

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Billie Rinaldi <bi...@apache.org> wrote:

> Since discussion has died down, I would like to call a VOTE on accepting
> Fluo into the Apache Incubator.
>
> Proposal: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FluoProposal
>
> [ ] +1 Accept Fluo into the Apache Incubator
> [ ] +0 Abstain.
> [ ] -1 Do not accept Fluo into the Apache Incubator because…
>
> This vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>
> Here is my +1 (binding).
>
> Billie
> ------
>
> Fluo Proposal
>
> Abstract
>
> Fluo is a distributed system for incrementally processing large data sets
> stored in Accumulo.
>
> Proposal
>
> Fluo is a distributed transaction and notification system that enables the
> incremental processing of large data sets. Its transaction system allows
> for concurrent, cross-node updates to data stored in Accumulo. Its
> notification system enables developers to write code to be executed when
> observed data changes. Fluo provides a core API to perform transactional
> updates using minimalistic get/set methods. Fluo also provides a higher
> order recipes API that builds on the core API to support more complex
> methods for transactional updates.
>
> Background
>
> Several frameworks exist for batch (i.e Spark, MapReduce) and stream (i.e
> Storm, Spark Streaming) processing of data. While batch and stream
> processing have strong use cases, they are not suited for joining incoming
> data in real-time to a large existing data set. To fill this need, Google
> developed an incremental processing system called Percolator and described
> it in the paper, Large-scale Incremental Processing Using Distributed
> Transactions and Notifications1.
>
> Rationale
>
> Fluo fills the need for cross-row (and cross-node) transactions in
> Accumulo by providing it with an open source implementation of Percolator.
> Fluo also satisfies a gap in Accumulo’s ability to incrementally process
> data. Fluo also provides a novel recipes API which offers higher level
> abstractions for transactional updates.
>
> Current Status
>
> Fluo currently exists as an open source project on GitHub and has been in
> active development since 2013. The project has made an alpha release and
> two beta releases. The major features of Fluo outlined in this proposal
> have been implemented. Several example Fluo applications have been created
> and run successfully on clusters (up to 24 nodes).
>
> Meritocracy
>
> The Fluo project operates as a meritocracy and will continue to do so
> because we feel that a project comprised of a diverse set of committers
> will thrive. Therefore, we welcome new contributors and encourage them on
> their path to committership.
>
> Community
>
> Fluo is currently being used by a subset of the Accumulo community. The
> initial developers have been responsive to external contributions through
> pull requests and issues on GitHub. As Fluo releases a stable 1.0 version
> that is production-ready, we expect this community to grow. To encourage
> growth, we have created a project website with documentation, given talks
> at Meetups and the Accumulo Summit, and engaged with new users on GitHub
> and the Fluo mailing list.
>
> Core Developers
>
> The project was started by Keith Turner (an Apache Member and
> committer/PMC on Gora and Accumulo) in 2013, and the development has
> primarily consisted of his and Mike Walch’s continued efforts. Additional
> developers have contributed over time, which has led to new committers.
>
> Alignment
>
> Fluo is closely linked to the Accumulo community, and fits well within the
> larger Hadoop ecosystem at Apache. Fluo utilizes several Apache projects,
> such as Accumulo, YARN, Twill, and ZooKeeper. Enabling closer collaboration
> between these communities through its coexistence within the ASF would help
> further drive the success of them all.
>
> In addition to our technical ties to other ASF projects, our development
> philosophy aligns with Apache philosophies. Based on our experience with
> existing Apache projects, we are interested in establishing formal
> governance with a PMC and community bylaws, which we feel would best be
> done within Apache.
>
> Known Risks
>
> Orphaned Products
>
> Fluo could be orphaned if the project fails to gain adoption and the core
> developers abandon their interest (this is not anticipated). This risk can
> be mitigated by attracting more committers and developing further
> documentation to ease adoption.
>
> Inexperience with Open Source
>
> Fluo has been an open source project on GitHub from the start of its
> development. Several Fluo developers are committers on other ASF projects
> as well as open source projects outside ASF, and understand open source
> development.
>
> Homogeneous Developers
>
> The initial committers work for different employers. We hope add more
> developers from other employers and industries.
>
> Reliance on Salaried Developers
>
> While most of the initial committers are paid to work on Fluo, there have
> been many contributions from developers working independently.
>
> Relationships with Other Apache Products
>
> Fluo uses Accumulo, Hadoop (HDFS & YARN), Twill, ZooKeeper, Curator,
> Thrift, and various Commons libraries. During development, contributions
> have been made to some of these Apache projects to better support Fluo use
> cases.
>
> Apache Brand
>
> While we recognize the impact of the Apache brand, we feel that Fluo would
> fit well in Apache because of its relationship to other Apache projects and
> because we share the ASF values of meritocracy and community over code.
>
> Documentation
>
> Information about Fluo can be found on the project website at
> http://fluo.io/. This includes:
>
>     General documentation - http://fluo.io/docs/
>
>     API documentation - http://fluo.io/apidocs/
>
>     Release notes - http://fluo.io/release-notes/
>
>     Blog posts - http://fluo.io/blog/
>
> Initial Source
>
> The initial source code is publicly available as an open source project on
> GitHub at https://github.com/fluo-io/fluo
>
> Supplemental repositories also exist on GitHub at
> https://github.com/fluo-io and some of those will become part of the
> initial code base (perhaps in separate repositories).
>
> Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan
>
> All of the Fluo’s source code is available under the Apache License,
> Version 2.
>
> The Fluo logo was designed and contributed to the Fluo project, for use by
> the project, and the contributors would like it to remain the logo of the
> project within the ASF, granting any necessary rights to the ASF, while
> continuing to use the logo on Fluo-related historical sites and project
> pages (such as Fluo’s current GitHub site).
>
> External Dependencies
>
> Fluo has made it a point from its beginning to use dependencies which are
> compatible with the expectations of an ASF project. The following are its
> current dependencies, grouped by license.
>
> Apache License, Version 2.0
>
>     accumulo
>     commons-{collections,configuration,io}
>     curator
>     dropwizard metrics
>     easymock
>     guava
>     hadoop
>     jcommander
>     maven
>     thrift
>     twill
>     zookeeper
>
> BSD License (2-Clause)
>
>     HdrHistogram
>
> Eclipse Public License - v 1.0
>
>     junit (not bundled)
>     logback (binary bundling only)
>
> MIT License (Expat)
>
>     slf4j
>
> Cryptography
>
> none
>
> Required Resources
>
> Mailing Lists
>
>     private at fluo.incubator.apache.org
>     dev at fluo.incubator.apache.org
>     notifications at fluo.incubator.apache.org
>
> Git Repository
>
>     https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fluo.git
>
>         (The developers will use a git-based site for project
> documentation in the asf-site branch of the repo.)
>
>     https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fluo-recipes.git
>
> Issue Tracking
>
>     https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUO
>
>         (Currently, the developers rely on GitHub issues. If possible,
> GitHub integration for issue tracking would be preferred. If this is
> possible, the Fluo developers could work with INFRA to transfer the
> existing GitHub repositories to the Apache GitHub organization to bring the
> existing GitHub issues.)
>
> Continuous Integration
>
>     Travis CI on the GitHub mirror is fine (flag set to build only if
> .travis.yml file is present)
>
> Initial Committers
>
>     Keith Turner (kturner at apache dot org)
>     Mike Walch (mike.walch at ptech-llc dot com)
>     Corey Nolet (cjnolet at apache dot org)
>     Christopher Tubbs (ctubbsii at apache dot org)
>     Josh Elser (elserj at apache dot org)
>
> Affiliations
>
>     Keith Turner (Peterson Technologies, ASF Member, Accumulo PMC, Gora
> PMC)
>     Mike Walch (Peterson Technologies)
>     Corey Nolet (Tetra Concepts LLC, Accumulo PMC)
>     Christopher Tubbs (U.S. Government, ASF Member, Accumulo PMC)
>     Josh Elser (Hortonworks, ASF Member, Accumulo PMC, Calcite PMC, IPMC)
>
> Sponsors
>
> Champion
>
>     Billie Rinaldi (billie at apache dot org) has volunteered to be our
> Champion
>
> Nominated Mentors
>
>     Drew Farris (drew at apache dot org)
>     Josh Elser (elserj at apache dot org)
>     Billie Rinaldi (billie at apache dot org)
>
> Sponsoring Entity
>
>     The Fluo team requests sponsorship from the Incubator PMC
>
>     USENIX (2010), http://research.google.com/pubs/pub36726.html (1)
>
>
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