Dan, Thank you very much for the positive analysis. We indeed have come a long way in terms of diversity since we last attempted graduation. As for the last release, it was delayed a bit due to key people being on vacation (unavoidable as we were in the middle of the most popular vacation period). Also certain components came into the release cycle a bit late. Some of the positive out comes of the release is that there was a lot less legal and process issues compared to our previous releases. However I agree that things can be improved and I am sure each time we will build on the experience from the past release cycles. Also a note of thanks to you for reviewing our releases etc and helping out with process issues.
Regards, Rajith On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Daniel Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll just go on record and say that I think Qpid has come a long way since > the > last attempt and I appreciate the efforts. From what I can tell, since > the last vote: > > 1) You have voted in several people independent of JPMC and RedHat. > That's > very good. > > 2) The weekly concall thing has been discontinued. Also very good. > (concalls are very exclusionary) > > 3) The github development stuff has ceased. > > 4) You did do a release. I DO have concerns around this since it took 5 > attempts to get it through the IPMC. I'm hoping the community learned > from > it and when you next do a release, the release managers are more careful > and > the voters do a better job of reviewing the release prior to voting. > (Maybe I'll hang around and annoy^H^H^H^H^Hhelp out again. ;-) > > 5) Discussions on the dev list have been fairly good. The total dev list > activity is declining (except spike in october), but that can easily > accounted for from things stabilizing in the code and in the spec. I > don't > see any major issues there. > > Anyway, from my standpoint, things look a LOT better than they did back in > March. I applaud the QPid community for making the efforts needed to get > the project on track. > > Dan > > > > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 8:38:06 pm Carl Trieloff wrote: > > It is with the support of our mentors and a community vote on our dev > > list that Qpid would > > like to proceed to graduation. In our last graduation vote the incubator > > PMC felt that the > > Qpid project should increase its diversity. Over the intervening months > > Qpid has added > > more independents to the project & PPMC, bringing the diversity to 7 > > legally > > independent parties (not counting those mentors who will stay on to help > > advise). > > Qpid also continues to attract more contributors, so the committer pool > > and diversity > > should continue to expand as contributors are voted in as committers. > > > > Qpid has also made an additional release since the last graduation > > attempt and is currently > > working through close down of the next release. > > > > Attached is the graduation resolution, which was critiqued (/bashed :-) > > on the general list > > on our last graduation attempt with updated would be PMC... > > > > Please review our resolution, and provide any feedback or questions > > before a vote is started > > on the general list to graduate Qpid as a top level project > > > > many thanks. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---- > > > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the > > Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management > > Committee charged with the creation and maintenance > > of open-source software related to distributed messaging, > > for distribution at no charge to the public. > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Qpid Project", > > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > > Foundation; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Qpid Project be and hereby is > > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > > related to distributed messaging; a multiple language > > implementation providing daemons and APIs for publish & > > subscribe, eventing and a wide range of message distribution patterns > > based on the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) and > > related technologies such as (transaction management, federation, > > security, management); and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Qpid" be and > > hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at > > the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the > > Apache Qpid Project, and to have primary responsibility for > > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > > of the Apache Qpid Project; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > > hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the > > Apache Qpid Project: > > > > * Aidan Skinner > > * Alan Conway > > * Arnaud Simon > > * Andrew Stitcher > > * Carl Trieloff > > * Craig Russell > > * Gordon Sim > > * John O'Hara > > * Kim van der Riet > > * Lahiru Gunathilake > > * Marnie McCormack > > * Martin Ritchie > > * Manuel Teira > > * Paul Fremantle > > * Nuno Santos > > * Rafael Schloming > > * Rajith Attapattu > > * Robert Greig > > * Robert Godfrey > > * Rupert Smith > > * Steve Huston > > * Yoav Shapira > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that > > Carl Trieloff be appointed to the office of Vice President, > > Qpid, to serve in accordance with and subject to the > > direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the > > Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or > > disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it > > further > > > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Qpid > > encumbered upon the Apache Incubator be hereafter discharged. > > > > -- > Daniel Kulp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dankulp.com/blog > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Regards, Rajith Attapattu Red Hat http://rajith.2rlabs.com/
