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Posted to user@accumulo.apache.org by Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> on 2021/04/14 21:10:47 UTC
Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using the maling list.
Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant info.
I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to meet the deadline.
Thanks.
Ed Coleman
---- begin report ----
## Description:
The mission of Apache Accumulo is the creation and maintenance of software
related to a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with cell-based
access control and customizable server-side processing.
## Issues:
There are no new issues requiring board attention.
The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to minimize
volunteer efforts.
## Membership Data:
Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
Community changes, past quarter:
- Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
- Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
## Project Activity:
No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
- accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
- accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being actively
worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
- Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
- Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has been
extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
- Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve reliability
- Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions
and increase the diversity of the OSS communities.
## Community Health:
Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent. Decreases
in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
- contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community involvement
and consistent participation.
Re: Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
Posted by Michael Wall <mj...@gmail.com>.
thoughts and comments inline
Mike
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:10 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
> The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using the
> maling list.
>
> Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was
> upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that
> it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project
> Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly
> difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have
> trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant
> info.
>
> I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to meet
> the deadline.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed Coleman
>
> ---- begin report ----
>
> ## Description:
> The mission of Apache Accumulo is the creation and maintenance of software
> related to a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with cell-based
> access control and customizable server-side processing.
>
> ## Issues:
> There are no new issues requiring board attention.
>
> The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
> domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
> domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to
> minimize
> volunteer efforts.
>
Probably want to link to the mailing list. There are new boards members
that haven't seen this and those that have may not remember
>
> ## Membership Data:
> Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
> There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
> The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
>
> Community changes, past quarter:
> - Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
> - Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
>
> ## Project Activity:
> No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
> - accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
> - accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
>
> Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
> improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being
> actively
> worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
> - Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
> - Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
> necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has
> been
> extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
> - Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve
> reliability
> - Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
> hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
> involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for
> contributions
> and increase the diversity of the OSS communities.
>
I would highlight the diversity part, maybe using the subject from Billie's
email and start with something like
"- The Apache Accumulo PMC agreed to participate in an Open Source
Hackathon for Diversity..."
and then again include a link (https://tiny.cc/osshack)
> ## Community Health:
> Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent.
> Decreases
> in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
> transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
> reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
> - contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community
> involvement
> and consistent participation.
s/GotHub/Github
Most of the time the board is going to say they don't want statistics from
issues and lists, they want our interpretation of those statistics. When I
look at the reporter stats at
https://reporter.apache.org/wizard/statistics?accumulo, what I see is a
decrease in mailing list traffic to dev and user, but a marked increase in
commits, issues closed and a slight increase in PRs. Clearly work is
happening, so the conversations must be in the github tickets and pull
requests. I believe we setup that to go to notifications@accumulo.a.o, and
the reporter shows a 42% increase in that mailing list
Re: Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
Posted by Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org>.
Thanks everyone. The report has been submitted. Text below.
--- begin report ---
## Description:
The Apache Accumulo isa robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with
cell-based access control and customizable server-side processing.
## Issues:
There are no new issues requiring board attention.
The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
domain expires on 2021-06-28. Initial emails are at
[1] and follow-up discussions at [2] No action has been required and allowing
the domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP in
Jan-2021 [3] to minimize volunteer efforts.
## Membership Data:
Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
Community changes, past quarter:
- Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
- Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
## Project Activity:
No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
- accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
- accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being actively
worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
- Removal of potentially harmfully terminology to more inclusive terms
continues.
- Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has been
extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
- The Apache Accumulo PMC agreed to participate in an Open Source Hackathon
for Diversity (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions
and increase the diversity of the OSS communities. Event details at: [open
source hackathon](
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-source-hackathon-tickets-150583967701)
## Community Health:
Overall community health is good and GitHub activity remains consistent.
- Decreases in Jira and dev mailing list activity reflect the community
transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GitHub issues.
- contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community involvement
and consistent participation.
## Links
[1]:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/514d3cf9162e72f4aa13be1db5d6685999fc83755695308a529de4d6@%3Cprivate.accumulo.apache.org%3E
[2]:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc8c07db43222e08b9992fd739b8f24d18569ba9af3decfdb52c4a3e%40%3Cprivate.accumulo.apache.org%3E
[3]:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r408e3eed907e3ad24a7c84b5247f51973a4c965c891b01215e45ee17%40%3Cprivate.accumulo.apache.org%3E
On 2021/04/14 22:56:49, Christopher <ct...@apache.org> wrote:
> Note: removed user@ list and added dev@ list. Preparing the board
> report is a PMC responsibility, and we decided to prepare it publicly
> on the dev mailing list, but it's probably not something most users
> care about, and we should avoid spamming the user list with PMC
> business, so that way users subscribed to that list for announcements,
> bugs, and peer help won't feel the need to unsubscribe due to
> unrelated activity.
>
> The report looks fine overall to me. Two notes:
>
> * If we have a link to the hackathon, that might be good to include,
> in case the board wants more details on that.
>
> * The phrase "The mission of Apache X is the creation and maintenance
> of software related to" that prefaces the project description is
> probably a bit redundant and unnecessarily, since it applies to every
> ASF project, and delays the point. Have we had such a prefacing phrase
> before? It might be good to try to get directly to the point in the
> description, since the board has to look at dozens of these each
> month.
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:10 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using the maling list.
> >
> > Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant info.
> >
> > I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to meet the deadline.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Ed Coleman
> >
> > ---- begin report ----
> >
> > ## Description:
> > The mission of Apache Accumulo is the creation and maintenance of software
> > related to a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with cell-based
> > access control and customizable server-side processing.
> >
> > ## Issues:
> > There are no new issues requiring board attention.
> >
> > The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
> > domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
> > domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to minimize
> > volunteer efforts.
> >
> > ## Membership Data:
> > Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
> > There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
> > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
> >
> > Community changes, past quarter:
> > - Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
> > - Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
> >
> > ## Project Activity:
> > No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
> > - accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
> > - accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
> >
> > Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
> > improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being actively
> > worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
> > - Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
> > - Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
> > necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has been
> > extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
> > - Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve reliability
> > - Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
> > hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
> > involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions
> > and increase the diversity of the OSS communities.
> >
> > ## Community Health:
> > Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent. Decreases
> > in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
> > transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
> > reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
> > - contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community involvement
> > and consistent participation.
> >
> >
>
Re: Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
Posted by Mike Miller <mm...@apache.org>.
Looks good to me. Thanks Ed.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 7:17 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
> Thanks. Updated version:
> --- begin report ---
> ## Description:
> The Apache Accumulo is a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with
> cell-based access control and customizable server-side processing.
>
> ## Issues:
> There are no new issues requiring board attention.
>
> The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
> domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
> domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to
> minimize
> volunteer efforts.
>
> ## Membership Data:
> Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
> There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
> The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
>
> Community changes, past quarter:
> - Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
> - Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
>
> ## Project Activity:
> No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
> - accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
> - accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
>
> Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
> improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being
> actively
> worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
> - Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
> - Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
> necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has
> been
> extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
> - Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve
> reliability
> - Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
> hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
> involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for
> contributions
> and increase the diversity of the OSS communities. Event details at:
> [open
> source hackathon](
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-source-hackathon-tickets-150583967701)
>
> ## Community Health:
> Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent.
> Decreases
> in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
> transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
> reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
> - contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community
> involvement
> and consistent participation.
> On 2021/04/14 22:56:49, Christopher <ct...@apache.org> wrote:
> > Note: removed user@ list and added dev@ list. Preparing the board
> > report is a PMC responsibility, and we decided to prepare it publicly
> > on the dev mailing list, but it's probably not something most users
> > care about, and we should avoid spamming the user list with PMC
> > business, so that way users subscribed to that list for announcements,
> > bugs, and peer help won't feel the need to unsubscribe due to
> > unrelated activity.
> >
> > The report looks fine overall to me. Two notes:
> >
> > * If we have a link to the hackathon, that might be good to include,
> > in case the board wants more details on that.
> >
> > * The phrase "The mission of Apache X is the creation and maintenance
> > of software related to" that prefaces the project description is
> > probably a bit redundant and unnecessarily, since it applies to every
> > ASF project, and delays the point. Have we had such a prefacing phrase
> > before? It might be good to try to get directly to the point in the
> > description, since the board has to look at dozens of these each
> > month.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:10 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using
> the maling list.
> > >
> > > Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was
> upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that
> it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project
> Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly
> difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have
> trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant
> info.
> > >
> > > I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to
> meet the deadline.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Ed Coleman
> [deleted]
>
Re: Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
Posted by Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org>.
Thanks. Updated version:
--- begin report ---
## Description:
The Apache Accumulo is a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with
cell-based access control and customizable server-side processing.
## Issues:
There are no new issues requiring board attention.
The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to minimize
volunteer efforts.
## Membership Data:
Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
Community changes, past quarter:
- Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
- Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
## Project Activity:
No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
- accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
- accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being actively
worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
- Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
- Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has been
extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
- Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve reliability
- Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions
and increase the diversity of the OSS communities. Event details at: [open
source hackathon](
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-source-hackathon-tickets-150583967701)
## Community Health:
Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent. Decreases
in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
- contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community involvement
and consistent participation.
On 2021/04/14 22:56:49, Christopher <ct...@apache.org> wrote:
> Note: removed user@ list and added dev@ list. Preparing the board
> report is a PMC responsibility, and we decided to prepare it publicly
> on the dev mailing list, but it's probably not something most users
> care about, and we should avoid spamming the user list with PMC
> business, so that way users subscribed to that list for announcements,
> bugs, and peer help won't feel the need to unsubscribe due to
> unrelated activity.
>
> The report looks fine overall to me. Two notes:
>
> * If we have a link to the hackathon, that might be good to include,
> in case the board wants more details on that.
>
> * The phrase "The mission of Apache X is the creation and maintenance
> of software related to" that prefaces the project description is
> probably a bit redundant and unnecessarily, since it applies to every
> ASF project, and delays the point. Have we had such a prefacing phrase
> before? It might be good to try to get directly to the point in the
> description, since the board has to look at dozens of these each
> month.
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:10 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using the maling list.
> >
> > Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant info.
> >
> > I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to meet the deadline.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Ed Coleman
[deleted]
Re: Quarterly Community Report due 4/16.
Posted by Christopher <ct...@apache.org>.
Note: removed user@ list and added dev@ list. Preparing the board
report is a PMC responsibility, and we decided to prepare it publicly
on the dev mailing list, but it's probably not something most users
care about, and we should avoid spamming the user list with PMC
business, so that way users subscribed to that list for announcements,
bugs, and peer help won't feel the need to unsubscribe due to
unrelated activity.
The report looks fine overall to me. Two notes:
* If we have a link to the hackathon, that might be good to include,
in case the board wants more details on that.
* The phrase "The mission of Apache X is the creation and maintenance
of software related to" that prefaces the project description is
probably a bit redundant and unnecessarily, since it applies to every
ASF project, and delays the point. Have we had such a prefacing phrase
before? It might be good to try to get directly to the point in the
description, since the board has to look at dozens of these each
month.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:10 PM Ed Coleman <ed...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> The Accumulo community has agreed to draft the quaterly reports using the maling list.
>
> Sorry for the late notice on this - I had a vague notion that this was upcoming, but didn't realize until the first email today from Apache that it was due so soon. Please, if you have any suggestions on Project Activity or Community Health - I find writing those sections particularly difficult. I go from things are fine to writing release notes and have trouble striking the right balance or even if I've included the relevant info.
>
> I'll incorporate comments as received and will submit on Friday to meet the deadline.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed Coleman
>
> ---- begin report ----
>
> ## Description:
> The mission of Apache Accumulo is the creation and maintenance of software
> related to a robust, scalable, distributed key/value store with cell-based
> access control and customizable server-side processing.
>
> ## Issues:
> There are no new issues requiring board attention.
>
> The trademark issue with http:www.accumulodata.com is still open until the
> domain expires on 2021-06-28. No action has been required and allowing the
> domain to expire was deemed a viable option by Brand Management VP to minimize
> volunteer efforts.
>
> ## Membership Data:
> Apache Accumulo was founded 2012-03-21 (9 years ago)
> There are currently 39 committers and 39 PMC members in this project.
> The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 1:1.
>
> Community changes, past quarter:
> - Karthick Narendran was added to the PMC on 2021-01-22
> - Karthick Narendran was added as committer on 2021-01-22
>
> ## Project Activity:
> No new releases this reporting period. Last release dates:
> - accumulo-2.0.1 was released on 2020-12-24.
> - accumulo-1.10.1 was released on 2020-12-22.
>
> Project activity on the next release remains active with significant
> improvements to the current baseline. The remaining issues are being actively
> worked. Highlights of changes this reporting period:
> - Removal of problematic process names to more inclusive terms.
> - Formalization of public API. Previously, certain internal classes were
> necessary for users for some functions (iterators) - the interface has been
> extracted and formally declared as part of the Accumulo public API.
> - Internal improvements handling threads and exceptions to improve reliability
> - Accumulo community agreed to participate in an upcoming OSS virtual
> hackathon (April 29-30) The goal of the hackathon is to kick-start
> involvement in the OSS community and foster an environment for contributions
> and increase the diversity of the OSS communities.
>
> ## Community Health:
> Overall community health is good and activity remains consistent. Decreases
> in Jira (-65%) and dev mailing list activity (-53%) reflect the community
> transition to using GitHub as a focal point for development. This is
> reflected in the increased activity for PRs and GotHub issues.
> - contributions from 14 individuals reflecting continued community involvement
> and consistent participation.
>
>