Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>]

Dear Aurora community,

the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially be attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but more importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win the developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g., general purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).

An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an active Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements. 

I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and volunteers, we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the Aurora project will need to be moved to the Apache attic. 

Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users, contributors, and PMC members.

Best regards,
Stephan

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[Manivanann Selvaraj <ci...@gmail.com>]

+1 

I would also like to contribute and be a committer. Although I haven’t contributed anything for Aurora yet, I’ve been a user Aurora and Mesos since 2014. I’ve contributed to Jenkins Mesos plug-in and I’m one of the committers on that project. Willing to dedicate time to keep the project alive. 

Thanks,
Mani

> On Jun 20, 2019, at 4:56 PM, Renan DelValle <re...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm still willing to dedicate time to the project. Since this announcement
> was made I've heard from a few users offline. Looks like none of us really
> want to see this project end up in the Apache Attic.
> 
> Folks who want to contribute: would any of you feel comfortable stepping up
> and becoming committers? Right now I think that's our biggest hurdle. We
> need votes to get releases out and code reviews to get patches in.
> 
> -Renan
> 
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1:19 PM Mauricio Garavaglia <
> mauriciogaravaglia@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello!
>> 
>> I'm not working with Aurora anymore, but I have experience in the code base
>> and operating it at scale. I certainly wouldn't want to see it go the
>> attic. I'll be glad to help with the chores.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:17 AM <ri...@chartbeat.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We are still strong users of aurora, but have not made any contributions.
>>> Would be happy to help to keep it alive though.
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:21 AM, thinker0 <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a new challenge?
>>>> 
>>>> 2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear Aurora community,
>>>>> 
>>>>> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and
>>>>> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially
>> be
>>>>> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but
>>> more
>>>>> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win
>>> the
>>>>> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g.,
>>> general
>>>>> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
>>>>> 
>>>>> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an
>>> active
>>>>> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the
>>>>> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and
>>> volunteers,
>>>>> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the
>> Aurora
>>>>> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users,
>>> contributors,
>>>>> and PMC members.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Stephan
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[Mauricio Garavaglia <ma...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 4:56 PM Renan DelValle <re...@apache.org> wrote:

> I'm still willing to dedicate time to the project. Since this announcement
> was made I've heard from a few users offline. Looks like none of us really
> want to see this project end up in the Apache Attic.
>
> Folks who want to contribute: would any of you feel comfortable stepping up
> and becoming committers? Right now I think that's our biggest hurdle. We
> need votes to get releases out and code reviews to get patches in.
>

Count on me


> -Renan
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1:19 PM Mauricio Garavaglia <
> mauriciogaravaglia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm not working with Aurora anymore, but I have experience in the code
> base
> > and operating it at scale. I certainly wouldn't want to see it go the
> > attic. I'll be glad to help with the chores.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:17 AM <ri...@chartbeat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We are still strong users of aurora, but have not made any
> contributions.
> > > Would be happy to help to keep it alive though.
> > >
> > > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:21 AM, thinker0 <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a new challenge?
> > > >
> > > > 2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:
> > > >
> > > >> Dear Aurora community,
> > > >>
> > > >> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user
> and
> > > >> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially
> > be
> > > >> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but
> > > more
> > > >> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to
> win
> > > the
> > > >> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g.,
> > > general
> > > >> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
> > > >>
> > > >> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an
> > > active
> > > >> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
> > > >>
> > > >> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like
> the
> > > >> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and
> > > volunteers,
> > > >> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the
> > Aurora
> > > >> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
> > > >>
> > > >> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users,
> > > contributors,
> > > >> and PMC members.
> > > >>
> > > >> Best regards,
> > > >> Stephan
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[Renan DelValle <re...@apache.org>]

I'm still willing to dedicate time to the project. Since this announcement
was made I've heard from a few users offline. Looks like none of us really
want to see this project end up in the Apache Attic.

Folks who want to contribute: would any of you feel comfortable stepping up
and becoming committers? Right now I think that's our biggest hurdle. We
need votes to get releases out and code reviews to get patches in.

-Renan

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1:19 PM Mauricio Garavaglia <
mauriciogaravaglia@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'm not working with Aurora anymore, but I have experience in the code base
> and operating it at scale. I certainly wouldn't want to see it go the
> attic. I'll be glad to help with the chores.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:17 AM <ri...@chartbeat.com> wrote:
>
> > We are still strong users of aurora, but have not made any contributions.
> > Would be happy to help to keep it alive though.
> >
> > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:21 AM, thinker0 <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a new challenge?
> > >
> > > 2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:
> > >
> > >> Dear Aurora community,
> > >>
> > >> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and
> > >> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially
> be
> > >> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but
> > more
> > >> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win
> > the
> > >> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g.,
> > general
> > >> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
> > >>
> > >> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an
> > active
> > >> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
> > >>
> > >> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the
> > >> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and
> > volunteers,
> > >> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the
> Aurora
> > >> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
> > >>
> > >> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users,
> > contributors,
> > >> and PMC members.
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> Stephan
> > >>
> >
>

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[Mauricio Garavaglia <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hello!

I'm not working with Aurora anymore, but I have experience in the code base
and operating it at scale. I certainly wouldn't want to see it go the
attic. I'll be glad to help with the chores.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:17 AM <ri...@chartbeat.com> wrote:

> We are still strong users of aurora, but have not made any contributions.
> Would be happy to help to keep it alive though.
>
> > On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:21 AM, thinker0 <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a new challenge?
> >
> > 2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:
> >
> >> Dear Aurora community,
> >>
> >> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and
> >> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially be
> >> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but
> more
> >> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win
> the
> >> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g.,
> general
> >> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
> >>
> >> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an
> active
> >> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
> >>
> >> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the
> >> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and
> volunteers,
> >> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the Aurora
> >> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
> >>
> >> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users,
> contributors,
> >> and PMC members.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Stephan
> >>
>

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[ri...@chartbeat.com]

We are still strong users of aurora, but have not made any contributions. Would be happy to help to keep it alive though. 

> On Jun 14, 2019, at 10:21 AM, thinker0 <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a new challenge?
> 
> 2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:
> 
>> Dear Aurora community,
>> 
>> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and
>> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially be
>> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but more
>> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win the
>> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g., general
>> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
>> 
>> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an active
>> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
>> 
>> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the
>> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and volunteers,
>> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the Aurora
>> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
>> 
>> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users, contributors,
>> and PMC members.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Stephan
>> 

Re: Status and Health of the Aurora Project

[thinker0 <th...@gmail.com>]

Is there a new challenge?

2019년 6월 14일 (금) 오후 11:09, Stephan Erb <ma...@stephanerb.eu>님이 작성:

> Dear Aurora community,
>
> the Apache Aurora project has seen a significant slowdown of user and
> contributor activity over the most recent months. This can partially be
> attributed to the overall stability and maturity of the project, but more
> importantly this is due to other external projects that managed to win the
> developer mindshare within the container orchestration field (e.g., general
> purpose cloud providers, Kubernetes, ...).
>
> An Apache project requires at least three active PMC members and an active
> Chair. We are currently not meeting these requirements.
>
> I am are hereby asking the community to step up if you would like the
> project to remain active. If there is sufficient interest and volunteers,
> we can reboot the PMC with new members. If there is not, then the Aurora
> project will need to be moved to the Apache attic.
>
> Greetings and thanks to all current and former Aurora users, contributors,
> and PMC members.
>
> Best regards,
> Stephan
>