svn commit: r540778 - in /velocity/site/site/src/site/apt: board-reports.apt reports/report-2007-05.apt

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Author: henning
Date: Tue May 22 15:33:15 2007
New Revision: 540778

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=540778
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Add 05/2007 board report.


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Modified: velocity/site/site/src/site/apt/board-reports.apt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/velocity/site/site/src/site/apt/board-reports.apt?view=diff&rev=540778&r1=540777&r2=540778
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  quarterly due and public. As part of our move to become a top-level
  project (TLP), we have to report monthly for the first three months.
 
+ * {{{reports/report-2007-05.html}May 2007 Report}}
+
  * {{{reports/report-2007-02.html}February 2007 Report}}
 
  * {{{reports/report-2007-01.html}January 2007 Report}}

Added: velocity/site/site/src/site/apt/reports/report-2007-05.apt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/velocity/site/site/src/site/apt/reports/report-2007-05.apt?view=auto&rev=540778
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+ ----
+ The Apache Velocity Project
+ ----
+ dev@velocity.apache.org
+
+Apache Velocity Project Board report for May 2007
+
+* General information
+
+ The Apache Velocity project had an exciting first quarter of 2007
+ with the long anticipated release of the Velocity engine.
+
+ We have no board-level issues at this time.
+
+ Our various releases since the beginning of 2007 sent a clear message
+ out to the Java world that the Velocity project was never dormant and
+ is picking up speed. The number of messages on the develpment and
+ user lists reflect this nicely. The Velocity Engine 1.5 release was
+ covered in depth on various Java related web sites
+ (e.g. theserverside.com).
+
+ The Velocity project tried to organize a formal press release for the
+ Velocity engine release and even postponed the official release date
+ to get possible better coverage. Will Glass-Husain worked as our
+ liaison with the PRC.
+
+ Unfortunately, this press release did not work out. While we tried to
+ work in a timely manner (we started six weeks before the actual
+ release date collecting quotes from Velocity users for the release
+ and circulated drafts to the PRC), Will reported that the PRC did not
+ respond at times and seemed to be dormant and he had to ping the
+ chair directly. Various objections came up only hours before the
+ intended release date even though we tried to give ample time for the
+ PRC to review drafts. In the end, the Velocity PMC decided to
+ withdraw the press release draft.
+
+ The experience working with the PRC was interesting, though not
+ entirely good. We hope that the PRC and other PMCs can learn from our
+ experience and we streamline the review/feedback process for the next
+ time.
+
+ The Velocity project created three new sub projects in Q1:
+
+  * Velocity Anakia, formerly a part of the Velocity Engine
+
+  * Velocity Texen, formerly a part of the Velocity Engine
+
+  * Velocity DocBook Framework, intended to generate high-quality documentation suitable for on-line viewing and printing
+
+ The Velocity project has discussed to sponsor the incubation of the
+ Click Framework, which is based on Velocity. The Click community has
+ already reached consensus that they want to be incubated to become an
+ Apache project; discussion is still open whether this will be a
+ sub-project of Velocity or a TLP in its own right. We expect to see a
+ formal incubation proposal in Q2.
+
+* Community changes
+
+ Claude Brisson was voted to become a member of the Velocity PMC on
+ April, 3rd. He accepted his nomination.
+
+ No new committers were added to the Velocity project in Q1.
+
+* Google Summer of Code
+
+ The Velocity community is proud that a proposal to the Google Summer
+ of Code 2007 was accepted:
+
+ Supun Madhushanka Kamburugamuva will work to improve the Velocity
+ Macro capabilities (see: {{http://code.google.com/soc/asf/appinfo.html?csaid=75DF2BC1378C84A5}} ),
+ Will Glass-Husain, Velocity PMC member will mentor him.
+
+
+* Velocity Engine project
+
+ The Velocity Engine team released Apache Velocity 1.5 on March 13th. 
+
+ Work on Velocity 1.x continues at the usual pace.
+
+
+* Velocity Tools project
+
+ Velocity Tools currently works towards a 2.0 release. No release have
+ been made in Q1.
+
+
+* Velocity DVSL project
+
+ Since the inception of the Velocity TLP, the DVSL code base was not
+ changed and there seems to be no interest in it from users and
+ developers. We will discuss mothballing it in Q2.
+
+
+* Velocity Anakia
+
+ Anakia is an old/new tool that used to be part of the Velocity
+ engine.  It was spun out of the engine after the 1.5 release to allow
+ different release cycles.
+
+ Velocity Anakia 1.0, which is just a repackaged version, was released
+ on April 28th.
+
+
+* Velocity Texen
+
+ Texen is an old/new tool that used to be part of the Velocity
+ engine. It was spun out of the engine after the 1.5 release to allow
+ different release cycles.
+
+ Velocity Texen 1.0, which is just a repackaged version, was released
+ on April 28th.
+
+
+* Velocity DocBook Framework
+
+ The DocBook Framework is intended to help everyone that wants to
+ write documentation in an industry-wide accepted format that is
+ suitable for printing and on-line viewing.
+
+ For the time being (and because it is used to generate the Velocity
+ documentation), this stays as part of the Velocity project. If it
+ fits better into another TLP in the future, it is expected to leave
+ Velocity).
+
+ Velocity DocBook Framework 1.0 was released on April 9th.
+
+
+