Re: [DRAFT] Daffodil Podling Report - December 2020

[Kevin Ratnasekera <dj...@gmail.com>]

Hi Steve,

Thank you for submitting the report. I have signed off the report.

Regards
Kevin

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 11:59 PM Beckerle, Mike <
mbeckerle@owlcyberdefense.com> wrote:

> +1 from me. Looks good.
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Lawrence <sl...@apache.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 11:25 AM
> To: dev@daffodil.apache.org <de...@daffodil.apache.org>
> Subject: [DRAFT] Daffodil Podling Report - December 2020
>
> ## Daffodil
>
> Apache Daffodil is an implementation of the Data Format Description
> Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and XML/JSON.
>
> Daffodil has been incubating since 2017-08-27.
>
> ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
>
> 1. Increase community growth and participation beyond Owl (main
>    priority)
> 2. Work with other Apache projects where Daffodil could provide extra
>    functionality
> 3. Continue frequent release schedule
>
> ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
>
> * None
>
> ### How has the community developed since the last report?
>
> * Pull requests merged from three first-time contributors (one non-Owl)
> * Continued involvement in mailing lists
>   * dev: 167 emails sent by 22 people, divided into 43 topics,
>     49 subscribers (+17)
>   * users: 14 emails sent by 5 people, divided into 9 topics,
>     59 subscribers (+16)
> * Owl is continuing to encourage other companies with known Daffodil
>   interests to make public contributions and increase involvement
> * Smooks (https://www.smooks.org) 2.0.0-M2 has been released with
>   Daffodil integration
>
> ### How has the project developed since the last report?
>
> * Released Daffodil 3.0.0
> * 44 commits merged from 10 different contributors
> * 55 issues created, 54 issues resolved
> * Changes include SAX support, ability to stream data larger than
>   available memory, reduced memory usage, improved diagnostics, and
>   numerous bug fixes
> * Upcoming changes include support for parser/unparser code generation
>   and improved validation with new APIs and plugability
>
> ### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
>
> Please feel free to add your own commentary.
>
> - [ ] Initial setup
> - [ ] Working towards first release
> - [X] Community building
> - [ ] Nearing graduation
> - [ ] Other:
>
> ### Date of last release:
>
> 2020-11-20
>
> ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
>
> * 2020-06-15 - John Interrante (PPMC)
> * 2019-11-26 - Olabusayo Kilo (Committer)
> * 2019-06-20 - Brandon Sloane (PPMC)
>
> ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
>
> * Yes, recently helped to find a third mentor which should help the
>   release process.
>
> ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
>
> * No known cases of a 3rd party incorrectly using the Daffodil
>   name/brand
> * Podling name search has been completed and approved by Brand
>   Management Committee:
>   https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-147
>