[Incubator Wiki] Update of "March2017" by JigneshPatel

[Apache Wiki <wi...@apache.org>]

Dear Wiki user,

You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Incubator Wiki" for change notification.

The "March2017" page has been changed by JigneshPatel:
https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/March2017?action=diff&rev1=47&rev2=48

  --------------------
  Quickstep
  
- Quickstep is a high-performance database engine.
+ Quickstep is a high-performance database engine that is designed to exploit the full potential of hardware that is packed in modern servers. The initial effort targets single-node in-memory environments.
  
  Quickstep has been incubating since 2016-03-29.
  
  Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
  
-   1.
-   2.
-   3.
+   1. Building a Quickstep community.
+   2. More adoption of the Quickstep technology.
+   3. Making the technology easier to understand and use.
  
  Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
  aware of?
  
+ None.
  
- 
- How has the community developed since the last report?
- 
- 
- 
- How has the project developed since the last report?
+ How has the community developed since the last report?
  
+ Members of the community have become more aware about the release process. The details about the release process that we plan to use are well documented so that future releases will be smooth and more frequent.
  
+ How has the project developed since the last report?
- How would you assess the podling's maturity?
- Please feel free to add your own commentary.
  
+ We are working on our first release. Since the last report, we have done the following: 
+ * We have made several changes to the code base. Some highlights are: Cleaning up the third party library code as per the Apache hygiene, improve the code performance by adding several novel features.
+ * Preparation for release: Created scripts and step by step procedural documentation for how to
+ make a Quickstep release.
+ * Scripts have been added to the main repo while documentation is on confluence.
+ * We went through several release candidates.
+ * During this period, we identified some usability issues on our supported
+ platforms and fixed them.
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ How would you assess the podling's maturity?
+ Please feel free to add your own commentary.
+ 
    [ ] Initial setup
-   [ ] Working towards first release
+   [X] Working towards first release
    [ ] Community building
    [ ] Nearing graduation
    [ ] Other:
@@ -1216, +1226 @@

  
  When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
  
+ November 2016.
  
  
  Signed-off-by:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: cvs-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: cvs-help@incubator.apache.org