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Posted to user@vcl.apache.org by Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> on 2013/06/27 17:56:57 UTC
State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
The not so good news is that development involvement has not
increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
report from this month's board agenda:
AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
See Attachment AW
[ VCL.
approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
comments:
cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
]
("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
out to people who may be committer candidates.
I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
the dev list in the things you are working on.
Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add.
Thank You,
Andy
Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>.
+1
I think the stated goals are reasonable. I've not been so good at posting
development to the dev list either. I'll try to do better about that.
One problem I think we've seen with getting new committers is management
buy-in. I think there are technical people out there managing installs of VCL
that are very capable of being committers but who do no have the backing of
their managers to allow them to regularly spend time developing for VCL. If
any of you find yourself in this situation, it would be great if you could
respond. We may be able to provide some guidance as to how to get your
management to be more supportive. If you do not feel comfortable responding
on the list, you can contact any of the current committers directly. The
current committers are
Aaron Coburn - acoburn at amherst dot edu
Aaron Peeler - aaron underscore peeler at ncsu dot edu
Andy Kurth - andy underscore kurth at ncsu dot edu
David Hutchins - david dot hutchins at gmail dot com
Dmitri Chebotarov - dchebota at gmu dot edu
Josh Thompson - josh underscore thompson at ncsu dot edu
Josh
On Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:57:13 PM Dmitri Chebotarov wrote:
> +1 on "the Apache way"
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 13:30 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
> > efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
> >
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> >> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
> >> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
> >> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
> >> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
> >>
> >> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
> >> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
> >> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
> >> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
> >> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
> >> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
> >>
> >> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
> >> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
> >> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
> >> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
> >> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
> >> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
> >> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
> >> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
> >> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
> >> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
> >>
> >> report from this month's board agenda:
> >> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
> >>
> >> See Attachment AW
> >>
> >> [ VCL.
> >>
> >> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
> >>
> >> comments:
> >> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
> >>
> >> ]
> >>
> >> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
> >>
> >> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
> >> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
> >> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
> >> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
> >> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
> >> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
> >> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
> >> out to people who may be committer candidates.
> >>
> >> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
> >> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
> >>
> >> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
> >> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
> >> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
> >> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
> >> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
> >> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
> >> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
> >> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
> >> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
> >> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
> >> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
> >> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
> >> the dev list in the things you are working on.
> >>
> >> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to
> >> add.
> >>
> >> Thank You,
> >> Andy
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> Dmitri Chebotarov
> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers &
> Messaging 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
--
-------------------------------
Josh Thompson
Systems Programmer
Advanced Computing | VCL Developer
North Carolina State University
Josh_Thompson@ncsu.edu
919-515-5323
my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu
All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
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Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>.
+1
I think the stated goals are reasonable. I've not been so good at posting
development to the dev list either. I'll try to do better about that.
One problem I think we've seen with getting new committers is management
buy-in. I think there are technical people out there managing installs of VCL
that are very capable of being committers but who do no have the backing of
their managers to allow them to regularly spend time developing for VCL. If
any of you find yourself in this situation, it would be great if you could
respond. We may be able to provide some guidance as to how to get your
management to be more supportive. If you do not feel comfortable responding
on the list, you can contact any of the current committers directly. The
current committers are
Aaron Coburn - acoburn at amherst dot edu
Aaron Peeler - aaron underscore peeler at ncsu dot edu
Andy Kurth - andy underscore kurth at ncsu dot edu
David Hutchins - david dot hutchins at gmail dot com
Dmitri Chebotarov - dchebota at gmu dot edu
Josh Thompson - josh underscore thompson at ncsu dot edu
Josh
On Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:57:13 PM Dmitri Chebotarov wrote:
> +1 on "the Apache way"
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 13:30 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
> > efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
> >
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> >> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
> >> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
> >> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
> >> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
> >>
> >> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
> >> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
> >> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
> >> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
> >> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
> >> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
> >>
> >> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
> >> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
> >> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
> >> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
> >> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
> >> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
> >> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
> >> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
> >> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
> >> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
> >>
> >> report from this month's board agenda:
> >> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
> >>
> >> See Attachment AW
> >>
> >> [ VCL.
> >>
> >> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
> >>
> >> comments:
> >> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
> >>
> >> ]
> >>
> >> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
> >>
> >> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
> >> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
> >> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
> >> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
> >> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
> >> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
> >> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
> >> out to people who may be committer candidates.
> >>
> >> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
> >> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
> >>
> >> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
> >> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
> >> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
> >> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
> >> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
> >> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
> >> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
> >> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
> >> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
> >> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
> >> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
> >> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
> >> the dev list in the things you are working on.
> >>
> >> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to
> >> add.
> >>
> >> Thank You,
> >> Andy
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> Dmitri Chebotarov
> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers &
> Messaging 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
--
-------------------------------
Josh Thompson
Systems Programmer
Advanced Computing | VCL Developer
North Carolina State University
Josh_Thompson@ncsu.edu
919-515-5323
my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu
All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Dmitri Chebotarov <dc...@gmu.edu>.
+1 on "the Apache way"
On Jun 27, 2013, at 13:30 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> +1
>
> I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
> efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
>
>
> Aaron
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
>> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
>> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
>> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
>> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
>>
>> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
>> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
>> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
>> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
>> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
>> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
>>
>> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
>> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
>> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
>> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
>> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
>> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
>> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
>> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
>> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
>> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
>> report from this month's board agenda:
>>
>> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
>>
>> See Attachment AW
>>
>> [ VCL.
>> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
>> comments:
>> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
>> ]
>>
>> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
>>
>> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
>> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
>> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
>> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
>> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
>> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
>> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
>> out to people who may be committer candidates.
>>
>> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
>> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
>>
>> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
>> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
>> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
>> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
>> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
>> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
>> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
>> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
>> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
>> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
>> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
>> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
>> the dev list in the things you are working on.
>>
>> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Andy
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
>
--
Thank you,
Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Dmitri Chebotarov <dc...@gmu.edu>.
+1 on "the Apache way"
On Jun 27, 2013, at 13:30 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> +1
>
> I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
> efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
>
>
> Aaron
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
>> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
>> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
>> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
>> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
>>
>> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
>> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
>> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
>> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
>> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
>> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
>>
>> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
>> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
>> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
>> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
>> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
>> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
>> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
>> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
>> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
>> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
>> report from this month's board agenda:
>>
>> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
>>
>> See Attachment AW
>>
>> [ VCL.
>> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
>> comments:
>> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
>> ]
>>
>> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
>>
>> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
>> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
>> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
>> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
>> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
>> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
>> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
>> out to people who may be committer candidates.
>>
>> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
>> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
>>
>> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
>> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
>> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
>> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
>> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
>> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
>> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
>> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
>> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
>> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
>> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
>> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
>> the dev list in the things you are working on.
>>
>> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Andy
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
>
--
Thank you,
Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
+1
I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
Aaron
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
>
> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
>
> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
> report from this month's board agenda:
>
> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
>
> See Attachment AW
>
> [ VCL.
> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
> comments:
> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
> ]
>
> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
>
> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
> out to people who may be committer candidates.
>
> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
>
> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
> the dev list in the things you are working on.
>
> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add.
>
> Thank You,
> Andy
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
Re: State of Apache VCL: 2012-2013
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
+1
I agree, I like the goal. This is a great time to revitalize our
efforts in moving Apache VCL forward as a community.
Aaron
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> It has been 1 year since VCL graduated to a top level project. I
> thought it would be a good idea to start a thread to discuss the
> current state of the project and our plans and goals for the next
> year. Please reply with any additional thoughts you may have.
>
> I think the project and community are doing fairly well. The good
> news is that we have completed 4 releases - 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, &
> 2.2.2. Traffic on the user list has been steady with questions being
> answered skillfully by more and more people. It also appears as
> though several new institutions are evaluating or implementing VCL
> based on questions asked by new people on the user list.
>
> The not so good news is that development involvement has not
> increased. Our mentors stressed this during incubation and we made a
> concerted effort to encourage people to contribute with the goal of
> adding new committers to the project. This needs to continue. The
> project's lack of growth is beginning to come to the attention of the
> ASF Board of Directors. As chair, I act as the interface between this
> project and the board. One duty involves submitting a board report
> every 3 months. The board members review the reports prior to their
> monthly meeting and approve each project's report by adding their
> initials and comments. The following is the approval section for our
> report from this month's board agenda:
>
> AW. Apache VCL Project [Andy Kurth / Greg]
>
> See Attachment AW
>
> [ VCL.
> approved: cm, sr, jj, bd, rf, bp, sc, dc
> comments:
> cm: When was the last PMC or committer addition?
> ]
>
> ("cm" is Chris Mattmann. See: http://apache.org/foundation/board/)
>
> I don't think there is any need to panic at the current time but this
> should serve as a wake up call. Our drive to attract development
> involvement didn't end when the the project graduated. If anything,
> attracting people and gaining committers should become easier. There
> are more people demonstrating their knowledge of VCL by responding to
> questions on the lists and submitting very thoughtful Jira issues than
> there was a year ago. We need to continue to encourage this and reach
> out to people who may be committer candidates.
>
> I would like to set a goal of adding at least 3 new committers and 1
> PMC member over the next year. Does this seem reasonable?
>
> Another area where there is room for improvement is the amount of
> traffic on the dev list discussing development topics. This is one of
> the most important aspects of "the Apache way". Anything you are
> working on, especially if it is a major change or new feature, has to
> be discussed on the dev list. The topic should be brought up before
> you begin development in order to allow others in the community a
> chance to share their thoughts and to volunteer to help. Throughout
> development, updates should be provided to the dev list. This can be
> tedious and may go against how you have done things in the past but
> everything needs to be discussed openly. I am guilty of not doing
> this very well myself and will make an effort to post more regularly.
> I kindly ask others to make a dutiful effort to make sure you involve
> the dev list in the things you are working on.
>
> Please reply if you agree, disagree, or have any additional comments to add.
>
> Thank You,
> Andy
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