[REPORT] Apache MRUnit December 2012

[Brock Noland <br...@cloudera.com>]

DESCRIPTION

MRUnit is a Java library that helps developers unit test Apache Hadoop
MapReduce jobs. Unit testing is a technique for improving project quality
and reducing overall costs by writing a small amount of code that can
automatically verify the software you write performs as intended. This is
considered a best practice in software development since it helps identify
defects early, before they're deployed to a production system.

RELEASES
* The last release of Apache MRUnit was version 0.9.0-incubating, released on
  May 12, 2012 while in Incubation.
* MRUnit is currently working on a 1.0.0 release.

CURRENT ACTIVITY
* Development activity continues as can be seen from the following report:
  http://s.apache.org/MNZ
* 20 JIRAs were resolved since September 1st
* Mail traffic is largely on the DEV list. Messages since Sept 1st:
dev 299, user 85
* Dave Beech has stepped up as the 1.0.0 release manager.
* Work continues on MRUNIT-69 which is a new/easier to use API

COMMUNITY

* The composition of the committers and PMC members has not changed since
  the last report.
* Currently there are:
  - Total of 30 subscribers to the developer list.
  - Total of 48 subscribers to the user list.
  - Total of 10 committers
  - Total of 10 PMC members

ISSUES

* There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.