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Posted to dev@mesos.apache.org by Chris Mattmann <ma...@apache.org> on 2014/10/15 16:13:05 UTC
FW: Project report summary - Meeting of October 15, 2014
Hi Mesos folks,
As of now, we still don¹t have a board report for your
project.
Cheers,
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: "chairman@apache.org" <ch...@apache.org>
Reply-To: "board@apache.org" <bo...@apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 5:40 AM
To: "board@apache.org" <bo...@apache.org>
Subject: Project report summary - Meeting of October 15, 2014
>The next meeting of the Board of Directors will occur on October 15, 2014.
>The current agenda can be viewed at:
>
> https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15
>
>The meeting is scheduled for 10:30am Pacific and will begin as
>soon thereafter that a sufficient attendance to constitute a
>quorum is recognized by the chairman.
>
> Other Time Zones: http://timeanddate.com/s/2qxk
>
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>
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>purposes.
>
>Missing Project Reports
>-----------------------
>
>The following projects have not yet submitted a report:
> - Mesos
> - OpenMeetings
> - Perl
> - TomEE
>
>Summaries of Submitted Project Reports
>--------------------------------------
>
>Accumulo
>
> The Apache Accumulo sorted, distributed key/value store is a robust,
> scalable, high performance data storage system that features cell-based
> access control and customizable server-side processing. It is based on
> Google's BigTable design and is built on top of Apache Hadoop,
> Zookeeper, and Thrift.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Accumulo
>
>ACE
>
> Apache ACE is a software distribution framework that allows you to
> centrally manage and distribute modular software components,
> configuration data and other artifacts to OSGi based and related target
> systems.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/ACE
>
>ActiveMQ
>
> Apache ActiveMQ is a popular and powerful open source messaging
> server. Apache ActiveMQ is fast, supports many Cross Language Clients
> and Protocols, comes with easy to use Enterprise Integration Patterns
> and many advanced features while fully supporting JMS 1.1 and J2EE
> 1.4.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/ActiveMQ
>
>Airavata
>
> Apache Airavata is a software framework to construct, execute, and
>manage
> long running applications and workflows on distributed computing
>resources.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Airavata
>
>Aries
>
> Apache Aries delivers a set of pluggable Java components enabling an
> enterprise OSGi application programming model.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Aries
>
>Attic
>
> A quiet quarter - one ticket on helping the WS/Axis TLP retire three of
> their subprojects is all the activity that has been required of the
>Attic.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Attic
>
> Comments:
> cm: please add the year too regarding last PMC/committer addition.
> Thanks!
>
>Avro
>
> Apache Avro is a cross-language data serialization system.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Avro
>
>Axis
>
> The Apache Axis project is responsible for the creation and maintenance
>of
> software related to the Axis Web Services frameworks and subsidiary
> components.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Axis
>
> Comments:
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>Celix
>
> Celix is an OSGi like implementation in C with a distinct focus on
> interoperability between Java and C.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Celix
>
>Chukwa
>
> Apache Chukwa is a log collection and analysis framework for Apache
>Hadoop
> Clusters.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Chukwa
>
>Crunch
>
> Apache Crunch is a Java library for writing, testing, and running
>MapReduce
> and Spark pipelines on Apache Hadoop.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Crunch
>
>CXF
>
> Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and
> develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS and
> JAX-RS. These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP,
> XML/HTTP, RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports
> such as HTTP, JMS or JBI.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/CXF
>
> Comments:
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>DB
>
> The Apache DB TLP consists of the following subprojects:
> o DdlUtils : a small, easy-to-use component for working with
> Database Definition (DDL) files.
> o Derby : an open source relational database implemented entirely
>in Java.
> o JDO : focused on building the API and the TCK for compatibility
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/DB
>
> Comments:
> rg: Please include dates of releases - thanks
>
>Deltacloud
>
> Apache Deltacloud defines a web service API for interacting with cloud
> service providers and resources in those clouds in a unified manner. In
> addition, it consists of a number of implementations of this API for the
> most popular clouds. It also provides an implementation of DMTF CIMI,
> and tools around that API to help make it more easily consumable.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Deltacloud
>
> Comments:
> sr: The report states a problem, but doesn't state a plan to address
> it.
> bp: agree, needs follow up
>
>Directory
>
> The Apache Directory Project provides directory solutions entirely
>written
> in Java. These include a directory server, which has been certified as
> LDAPv3 compliant by the Open Group (ApacheDS), Eclipse-based directory
>tools
> (Apache Directory Studio) and a client API that can be used to
>communicate
> with any directory server (Apache LDAP API).
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Directory
>
> Comments:
> rb: I wonder if we really want to make such negative remarks about
> new community members in the public minutes, particularly in the
> context of trying to attract new committers.
> sr: This report could have stopped at "Lucas, who was invited as a
> committer in January, has proven to be a valuable member for the
> project." and worked for me. Mark the rest as private?
> cm: +1 to marking the rest as private.
> jj: +1
> bd: +1
>
>Geronimo
>
> Apache Geronimo is an open source server runtime that integrates the
>best open
> source projects to create Java/OSGi server runtimes that meet the needs
>of
> enterprise developers and system administrators.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Geronimo
>
> Comments:
> rg: Please add dates of last releases - thanks
>
>Hadoop
>
> Hadoop is a set of related tools and frameworks for creating and
>managing
> distributed applications running on clusters of commodity computers.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Hadoop
>
>HBase
>
> HBase is a distributed column-oriented database
> built on top of Hadoop Common and Hadoop HDFS
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/HBase
>
> Comments:
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!.
>
>Incubator
>
> The Apache Incubator is the entry path into the ASF for projects and
>codebases
> wishing to become part of the Foundation's efforts.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Incubator
>
>Isis
>
> Apache Isis is a framework to enable the creation of software using
> domain-driven design principles, being an implementation of the naked
> objects architectural pattern
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Isis
>
> Comments:
> bp: some clarification on the relationship between the addons and
> the project would be helpful. Are they external just for
> splitting out, licensing, different community, making use of
> other github features?
>
>James
>
> The Apache James Project delivers a rich set of open source modules and
> libraries, written in Java, related to Internet mail which build into an
> advanced enterprise mail server.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/James
>
>jclouds
>
> A cloud agnostic library that enables developers to access a variety of
> supported cloud providers using one API.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/jclouds
>
>Jena
>
> Apache Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic
> Web and Linked Data applications based on W3C and
> community standards.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Jena
>
> Comments:
> bp: are PMC able to continue following up TM issue, or does it need
> any further action from board or other officers at this stage?
>
>JMeter
>
> The Apache JMeter desktop application is a pure Java application
>designed to
> load test functional behavior and measure performance.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/JMeter
>
> Comments:
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>JSPWiki
>
> JSPWiki is a Java-based wiki engine
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/JSPWiki
>
>Lucy
>
> The Apache Lucy search engine library provides full-text search for
>dynamic
> programming languages. It is a "loose" C port of the Apache Lucene
>search
> engine library for Java.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Lucy
>
> Comments:
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>Mahout
>
> Apache Mahout has implementations of a wide range of machine learning
>and
> data mining algorithms: clustering, classification, collaborative
>filtering
> and frequent pattern mining
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Mahout
>
> Comments:
> bp: I see new committers last quarter, last PMC and release mid
> 2013. Helpful to keep those dates in the report for future
> reference.
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>Maven
>
> Apache Maven is a widely-used project build tool, targeting mainly Java
> development. Apache Maven promotes the use of dependencies via a
> standardized coordinate system, binary plugins, and a standard build
> lifecycle.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Maven
>
> Comments:
> sr: Does this address the external contributions quesion?
> http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html
> hboutemy: need help to use it (grants.txt for example), and pretty
> sure it will not give crystal clear result since in our case, we
> have a lot of individuals, git push requests, probably some
> copy/paste from some OSS libraries.
> rg: If the PMC wish to ask for legal guidance then should contact
> legal-discuss, legal-internal or open a legal JIRA as the
> sitaution dictates.
> sr: @hboutemy: you will find the people in the incubator helpful.
>
>MINA
>
> Apache MINA is a network application framework which helps users
> develop high performance and high scalability network applications
> easily.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/MINA
>
>MRUnit
>
> 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
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/MRUnit
>
> Comments:
> rb: Please mention in future reports the dates of the last changes
> to the PMC and committers.
>
>MyFaces
>
> The Apache MyFaces project is an umbrella project of the
> Apache Software Foundation for projects relating to the
> JavaServer Faces (JSF) technology.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/MyFaces
>
> Comments:
> bp: unclear on TCK - assume this is the same as the stalled issue
> for other projects, but isn't clear. Also, Jan report seemed to
> indicate a core release would be blocked by that, but one has
> happened.
> rg: The Jan 2014 report says "The release of MyFaces-Core is
> problematic due to an inability to acquire a JSF TCK more recent
> than February 2013... we probably do not have enough expertise
> to resolve how to acquire a newer TCK or how to do a release
> without the TCK"
>
> A release of MyFaces core was made in July 2014 (i.e. after the
> above report). How problematic is the TCK issue?
>
> VP Legal report this month indicates "No progress on the TCK
> issue" (are these the same thing?)
>
> Is there anything we can do to help MyFaces unblock their
> release?
>
>Nutch
>
> Apache Nutch is a highly extensible and scalable open source web
>crawler
> software project. Stemming from Apache Lucene, the project has
>diversified
> and now comprises two codebases, based respectively on Apache Hadoop
> datastructures and Apache Gora for leveraging NoSQL databases.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Nutch
>
>ODE
>
> Apache ODE (Orchestration Director Engine) executes business processes
> written following the WS-BPEL standard. It talks to web services,
>sending
> and receiving messages, handling data manipulation and error recovery
>as
> described by your process definition. It supports both long and short
>living
> process executions to orchestrate all the services that are part of
>your
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/ODE
>
> Comments:
> rg: Please include the date of your last release - thanks
>
>Onami
>
> Apache Onami is a project focused on the development and maintenance
> of a set of Google Guice extensions not provided out of the box by the
> library itself nor the Google developers team, such as integration
> with 3rd part frameworks or extra functionalities.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Onami
>
> Comments:
> rb: Your August report also states "Onami-Persist 1.0.0 has been
> released". Is this a typo in the version number, or cut/pasted
> from previous report? Attaching a release date to the mention of
> a release would help clarify this.
> cm: Please list dates of last PMC/committer addition. Thanks!
>
>OpenJPA
>
> There are no items requiring board attention at this time.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/OpenJPA
>
> Comments:
> rb: Please mention dates when the PMC and commiters were last
> modified. Also, your July report contains the identical
> paragraph under 'Releases'. I assume that this is a cut/paste
> error, but adding release dates would help clarify if you're
> talking about the same release as before.
> bp: the report is the same as in July, except that it removed two
> sentences. April is not much different. It needs to be more
> specific to avoid being repeated every month (e.g. what
> contributors are there to monitor,). Community size/health needs
> to be addressed, in addition to "development work" that is there
> now - from previous reports, these haven't changed since 2010.
> cm: withholding my approval - needs more detail.
>
>OpenOffice
>
> Apache OpenOffice is an open-source, office-document productivity
> suite providing six productivity applications based around the
> OpenDocument Format (ODF). OpenOffice is released on multiple
> platforms and in dozens of languages.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/OpenOffice
>
> Comments:
> sr: No mention of the user being banned from the mailing list? Nor
> the lack of consensus between the moderators on this action?
> IMO, this deserves at least a <private> mention.
> cm: what happened with the user and the ADA act?
> rg: Please note the extensive response to the ADA query on the board
> list - in short "no further communications recieved"
> bd: Is the PMC ok with the status of the custom wiki/forums
> infrastructure? Is sufficient manpower available to take care of
> possible emergencies? If not, the PMC might need to work with
> the ASF infra team to make sure adequate help is available.
>
>PDFBox
>
> The Apache PDFBox library is an open source Java tool for working with
>PDF
> documents.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/PDFBox
>
>Rave
>
> Apache Rave is a widgets-based, web-and-social mashup platform.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Rave
>
>Shindig
>
> Apache Shindig is an Opensocial Reference implementation in wide use by
> both social networks and enterprise software. Shindig graduated from the
> Incubator in January 2010.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Shindig
>
> Comments:
> bp: Last PMC & committer was in Jan 2014. Please list these in
> future!
>
>Sqoop
>
> Apache Sqoop is a tool designed for efficiently transferring bulk data
> between Apache Hadoop and structured datastores such as relational
> databases. It can be used to import data from external structured
> datastores into Hadoop Distributed File System or related systems like
> Hive and HBase. Conversely, Sqoop can be used to extract data from
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Sqoop
>
>Steve
>
> Apache Steve is a collection of tools and programs used by the
> ASF to implement the STV voting system and tallying of results.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Steve
>
>Storm
>
> Apache Storm is a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance
>realtime
> computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing of
> data.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Storm
>
>Struts
>
> The Apache Struts MVC framework is a solution stack for creating elegant
> and modern action-based Java web applications. It favors convention over
> configuration, is extensible using a plugin architecture, and ships with
> plugins to support REST, AJAX and JSON.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Struts
>
> Comments:
> bp: Nice work on the site
>
>Tapestry
>
> Apache Tapestry is a Java component-based web framework that features
>high
> productivity, great code reuse, robust deployment, and terrific
>performance.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Tapestry
>
>Tcl
>
> Apache Tcl is an umbrella for Tcl-Apache integration efforts. Current
> projects are
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Tcl
>
>Tez
>
> Apache Tez is an effort to develop a generic application framework
> which can be used to process arbitrarily complex DAGs of
> data-processing tasks and also a re-usable set of data-processing
> primitives which can be used by other projects.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Tez
>
>Thrift
>
> Thrift is a framework for providing cross-platform RPC and
>serialization.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Thrift
>
>Tika
>
> What is Tika?
> =========================
> Apache Tika is a dynamic toolkit for content detection, analysis, and
> extraction. It allows a user to understand, and leverage information
>from, a
> growing a list over 1200 different file types including most of the
>major
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Tika
>
> Comments:
> cm: Tyler Palsulich added as a PMC member recently too.
>
>Traffic Server
>
> Apache Traffic Server is an HTTP proxy server and cache, similar to
>Squid
> and Varnish in functionality and features.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Traffic-Server
>
>VXQuery
>
> Apache VXQuery implements a parallel XML Query processor.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/VXQuery
>
>Web Services
>
> Releases within this quarter:
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Web-Services
>
>Wookie
>
> Apache Wookie develops software related to implementation of the W3C
> Widgets family of specifications.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/Wookie
>
>ZooKeeper
>
> ZooKeeper is a reliable coordination service for distributed systems.
>
> - https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2014-10-15/ZooKeeper
>
> Comments:
> rb: In future reports, please mention the dates on which the PMC and
> committer lists were last modified. Thanks.
>