[Incubator Wiki] Update of "January2018" by DanielDekany

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  Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
  
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-   2.
-   3.
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+   We have a large user base but a rather small group of committers.
+   This was actually expected, given the maturity (and topic) of the project.
+   While the FreeMarker 3 branch, which was started 11 month ago, will be much
+   more appealing for contributors, development and growth due to that will
+   certainly take a long time. In other respects the project is mature and
+   ready for graduation.
+   
  Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
  aware of?
  
+   We are eager to graduate but we're afraid that the number of active
+   contributors will prevent that in the foreseeable future. But remaining in
+   the incubator for several years is a grooving problem as well, as at this
+   point we will attempt graduation.
  
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- How has the community developed since the last report?
- 
- 
- 
- How has the project developed since the last report?
+ How has the community developed since the last report?
  
+   We have two new PPMC members, Jacques Le Roux and Woonsan Ko.
  
+ How has the project developed since the last report?
- How would you assess the podling's maturity?
- Please feel free to add your own commentary.
  
+   There was further discussion about graduation, and we will very soon have a graduation vote on
+   the podling list. We have done some preparations, like we have switched from freemarker.org
+   to freemarker.apache.org as our official domain, created the DOAP file, adjusted home page
+   content to align better with the recommendations.
+   
+   We have also made a new release (2.3.27-incubating).
+ 
+ How would you assess the podling's maturity?
+ Please feel free to add your own commentary.
+ 
    [ ] Initial setup
    [ ] Working towards first release
    [ ] Community building
-   [ ] Nearing graduation
+   [X] Nearing graduation
    [ ] Other:
  
  Date of last release:
  
-   XXXX-XX-XX
+   2017-11-03
  
  When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
  
- 
+   2017-11-13 Jacques Le Roux, PPMC
  
  Signed-off-by:
  
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       Comments:
    [ ](freemarker) Jean-Frederic Clere
       Comments:
+   [ ](freemarker) David E. Jones
+      Comments:
    [ ](freemarker) Ralph Goers
       Comments:
    [ ](freemarker) Sergio Fernández
       Comments:
  
  IPMC/Shepherd notes:
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  Gobblin

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