Alex, That's awesome! Thanks for the clarification.
-Jeremy On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:18 AM Alexandre Dutra <alexandre.du...@datastax.com> wrote: > Hi Alex and Jeremy, > > We've been thinking of the driver codebase on a repository level in the > CEP, which is why we do not mention any specific branch. To clarify, our > intention is to donate the entire repository, including all existing > commits, branches and tags. So don't worry: the Java driver 3.x branch > would naturally be part of the donation. I will include a sentence in the > CEP to make this statement explicit. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:30 PM Jeremy Chapman <jere...@netflix.com.invalid > > > wrote: > > > +1 on both starting with just the Java driver first and contributing all > > 3.x and 4.x branches. Some of our long-running apps may continue using > 3.x > > for quite a while simply due to the extra effort due to their > > deep-maintenance lifestyle. > > > > -Jeremy > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:26 AM Oleksandr Petrov < > > oleksandr.pet...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I've tried to find this information in the document above, but couldn't > > > find an explicit mention of it, possibly because it's implied. If we > take > > > java-driver as an example, is this CEP proposing to contribute all > > branches > > > (3.x and 4.x) or only the latest one? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > -- Alex > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:16 PM Alexandre Dutra < > > > alexandre.du...@datastax.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Dinesh, > > > > > > > > While we think that maintaining the drivers together as a long-term > > goal > > > > would be beneficial as it would allow the drivers to evolve together > > and > > > > adopt similar design decisions, we also understand that donating 7 > > > drivers > > > > at once may put the whole operation at risk, as some folks here > already > > > > pointed out. > > > > > > > > The current CEP text actually advocates for a phased approach (see > > > > "Approach" section): > > > > > > > > [...] the donation process will be iterative, and will start with > only > > > the > > > > > Java driver in a first phase; then, in a second phase, it will be > > > > extended > > > > > to the remaining drivers. > > > > > Once the Java driver is transferred, and before the others are > > > > > transferred, we will revise the methodology described in this CEP, > > and > > > if > > > > > necessary, revise its parameters and adjust them accordingly. A > > second > > > > CEP > > > > > may be required if the changes to the methodology are found to be > > > > > substantial. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you think of this idea, does it sound reasonable ? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:53 PM Dinesh Joshi <djo...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Alexandre, > > > > > > > > > > I gave the document a quick read and TL;DR seems to be that we'd > like > > > to: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Bring in all drivers > > > > > 2. They're part of the C* project > > > > > > > > > > If so, I would prefer if we add the Java driver first to the > project. > > > > > Based on that experience we can move forward with other drivers. > > > > However, I > > > > > am open to the idea of adding all the drivers to the project. > > > > > > > > > > Please correct me if I misunderstood something. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Dinesh > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 2020, at 8:41 PM, Nate McCall <zznat...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This is fantastic, Alexandre, thanks for putting this together! > > > > > > > > > > > > I put an initial set of comments/concerns on there and will loop > > back > > > > > later > > > > > > this week after other folks have a go. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -Nate > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:35 AM Alexandre Dutra < > > > > > > alexandre.du...@datastax.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> As per the CEP process guidelines, I'm starting a formal DISCUSS > > > > > >> thread to resume the conversation > > > > > >> started here[1]. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On behalf of the developers who maintain the DataStax drivers, I > > > > > >> confirm that we are offering to > > > > > >> donate to the Apache Software Foundation all seven > DataStax-funded > > > > > >> drivers, and are therefore > > > > > >> opening this CEP[2] to discussion. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> In the CEP document linked above, we tried our best to address > all > > > the > > > > > >> issues that we anticipate > > > > > >> going forward with this endeavor, but the task is big: your > > > > > >> suggestions, remarks and comments are > > > > > >> most welcome. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> As stated previously, we understand that we're all primarily > > focused > > > > > >> on the C* 4.0 release > > > > > >> currently; therefore we don't mind deferring any concrete > progress > > > on > > > > > >> this until after C* 4.0 is > > > > > >> out. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> However, as you can judge from the CEP draft document, the > > donation > > > is > > > > > >> likely to have many > > > > > >> implications on sensitive areas, e.g. on project governance; > which > > > is > > > > > >> why we think best to open the > > > > > >> discussion as early as possible, so that we all have enough time > > to > > > > > >> determine what we think best > > > > > >> suits the project going forward. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Kind regards, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Alex Dutra > > > > > >> > > > > > >> [1] > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7caa1dd42ccaa04bcabfbc33233995c125c655f9a3cdb2c7bd8e9f7%40%3Cdev.cassandra.apache.org%3E > > > > > >> [2] > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e0SsZxjeTabzrMv99pCz9zIkkgWjUd4KL5Yp0GFzNnY/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> Alexandre Dutra > > > > > >> alexandre.du...@datastax.com > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alexandre Dutra > > > > e. alexandre.du...@datastax.com > > > > w. www.datastax.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > alex p > > > > > > > > -- > Alexandre Dutra > e. alexandre.du...@datastax.com > w. www.datastax.com >
