svn commit: r1023259 - /mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt

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Author: srowen
Date: Sat Oct 16 11:56:53 2010
New Revision: 1023259

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1023259&view=rev
Log:
More updates for October report

Modified:
    mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt

Modified: mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt?rev=1023259&r1=1023258&r2=1023259&view=diff
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--- mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt (original)
+++ mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-october.txt Sat Oct 16 11:56:53 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-=== Mahout Status Report: August 2010 ===
+=== Apache Mahout Status Report: October 2010 ===
 
 ISSUES
 
@@ -6,12 +6,22 @@ There are no issues requiring board atte
 
 CURRENT ACTIVITY
 
-The project continues to target September, 2010 for release of version 0.4.
-This is unchanged since the last report. Recent activity in the project
+The project is in "code freeze" leading up to a final 0.4 release
+planned for this week. The 150 issues resolved for this release
 can be viewed here:
 
 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?
- pid=12310751&fixfor=12314396&resolution=1
+  pid=12310751&fixfor=12314396
+
+As of 0.4, the project will still be in a state of significant
+change and evolution. We still plan an 0.5 release in 6 months
+before contemplating a 1.0 release. However we believe the project's
+code base is beginning to stabilize, as relatively more effort is
+going into code cleanup, tests, polishing, removal of stale code.
+
+Judging by volume of mailing list messages and diversity of senders
+we have reason to believe usage of Apache Mahout is beginning to
+significantly expand.
 
 NEW COMMITTERS
 
@@ -20,19 +30,22 @@ work on distributed recommender implemen
 
 GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE
 
-Mahout continues to mentor four GSoC projects. The projects will add or
-enhance capability in the specific areas of:
+Mahout completed its GSoC projects. Two did not complete due to lack of 
+student participation. Two completed successfully. One remains in progress.
+
+MAHOUT IN ACTION
 
-- Boltzmann Machines
-- Support Vector Machines
-- Neural network with back propagation learning
-- Eigencuts spectral clustering
+The book "Mahout in Action", published by Manning, has reached 15/16
+chapters complete and will soon enter final review.
 
-One project was discontinued due to insufficient student participation:
+PROJECT BRANDING
 
-- Singular Value Decomposition for recommendations
+We've reviewed the Apache Mahout home page (http://mahout.apache.org)
+just this week, per the e-mail request regarding branding.
 
-MAHOUT IN ACTION
+Robin is addressing the following issues in this regard:
+- Add standard www.apache.org links to navigation
+- Ensure "TM" is used appropriate in names and logos
+- Add a DOAP file (we are having issues with the generator but that
+  can be taken up offline)
 
-The book "Mahout in Action", published by Manning, continues to be
-written and is in 2/3 completion review with the publisher.