+1 (non binding), bring Nuvem into Incubator. Thanks, Raymond ________________________________________________________________ Raymond Feng rf...@apache.org Apache Tuscany PMC member and committer: tuscany.apache.org Co-author of Tuscany SCA In Action book: www.tuscanyinaction.com Personal Web Site: www.enjoyjava.com ________________________________________________________________
On Jun 19, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Luciano Resende wrote: > After initial discussion [1], please vote on the acceptance of Nuvem > Project for incubation at the Apache Incubator. The full proposal is > available at the end of this message and on the wiki at > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Nuvem > > We ask the Incubator PMC to sponsor the project with Luciano Resende > as the Champion and Jean-Frederic Clere, Paul Fremantle, Ant Elder and > Donald Woods volunteering to be mentors. > > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1, bring Nuvem into Incubator > [ ] +0, I don't care either way > [ ] -1, do not bring Nuvem into Incubator, because... > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the > Incubator PMC are binding. > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/general@incubator.apache.org/msg24841.html > [2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Nuvem > > > ================================================= > Apache Nuvem, a cross-cloud application programming interface > ================================================= > > Abstract > ----------- > > Nuvem will define an open application programming interface for common > cloud application services, allowing applications to be easily ported > across the most popular cloud platforms. > > Proposal > ----------- > > * Define an open API that abstracts common cloud platform services to > help decouple the application logic from the particulars of a specific > proprietary cloud. > * Implement the Nuvem API for popular clouds such as Google > AppEngine, Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. > * Initially focus on User Authentication and Authorization, > Distributed Cache, Data Store, Queuing; then extend to other services > such as Chat, Logging, and Debugging. > > Background > ---------------- > > An important issue for application developers is to avoid lock-in to a > specific cloud application platform. By providing a cross-cloud > application programming interface that abstracts common cloud platform > services, Nuvem addresses this concern and strives to help make > applications easily portable across multiple clouds. > > In mixed cloud deployments, applications need to access platform > services across cloud boundaries. Nuvem will make this possible by > providing a remote API for these cloud application platform services. > > Rationale > ------------- > > There are currently no efforts to define a truly open-source API to > abstract common cloud platform services. Nuvem strives to create a > community around building an open-source cloud application programming > interface in a manner that fully allows for tried-and-true open source > mechanisms such as user-driven innovation. > > Initial Goals > ---------------- > > A Nuvem prototype is currently being developed in an Apache Tuscany > sandbox, providing initial support for some cloud platform services > from Google AppEngine and Amazon EC2. We look at moving this prototype > to the Apache Incubator as the next step to broaden the community, > expand the API to support more services and cloud platforms. > > Current Status > -------------------- > > The initial code has been developed under the Apache Software License > 2.0 by current Apache committers. > > Meritocracy > --------------- > > We recognize the importance of running the project as a meritocracy. > We are eager to engage other members of the community and operate to > the standard of meritocracy that Apache emphasizes; we believe this is > the most effective method of growing our community and enabling > widespread adoption. > > Community > --------------- > > The initial committer list consists of a couple of independent > developers. We expect that the project will greatly increase in > contribution base, and this is one aspect the project will monitor in > becoming ready for graduation. > > Alignment > -------------- > > Currently, there are no other Apache projects concerned with building > a cross-cloud API for application platform services. We feel that it > would be a good complement to the set of Apache projects and could > provide them with an API for interacting with cloud application > platforms. > > Nuvem complements Apache libCloud and Deltacloud projects (which both > cover provisioning and elasticity in the cloud), providing portability > of applications and application services across heterogeneous cloud > environments. > > Orphaned Products > -------------------------- > > The Nuvem developers have a long-term interest in use and maintenance > of the code and there is also hope that different cloud providers will > be interested in providing support for the Nuvem API and will join the > project. We feel that it is important to put formal governance in > place both for the project and the contributors as the project > expands. We feel the ASF is the best location for this. > > Inexperience with Open Source > ------------------------------------------ > > Luciano Resende have been involved with Open Source Software for > several years; he has actively contributed to Apache Tuscany, Apache > PhotArk and contributed to and/or mentored other Apache podlings. He > is also part of the Apache Community Development PMC and > Admin/co-Admin for the Google Summer of Code mentoring project. > Raymond Fend, is also a long time committer and PMC member of Apache > Tuscany and/or other Apache projects. > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > -------------------------------------------- > > The project is being implemented by developers in their independent > personal time and is not founded by a specific corporation. > > Relationships with Other Apache Products > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Apache Tuscany is currently used to wire different implementations of > application platform services to applications and expose these > services remotely. > > For clouds that does not provide a specific application service on > their platform, we would work with Apache sibling projects such as > Hadoop, CouchDB and Cassandra for data store, or ActiveMQ and Qpid for > queueing for example, to close the gap. > > An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We seek to build a lasting community around the Nuvem API. The most > important reason for proposing this project for incubation is to gain > visibility, and to allow contributors to more easily join and > contribute to the project. > > Documentation > --------------------- > > There isn't much of a documentation available. > > Initial Source > ------------------- > > The Apache Nuvem prototype has been developed in the Apache SVN > repository and is available at: > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/sandbox/sca-cloud-tutorial/ > > External Dependencies > -------------------------------- > > Nuvem is written in Java and is currently using Apache Tuscany. > > Cryptography > ------------------- > > N/A > > Required Resources > ----------------------------- > > * Mailing lists > * nuvem-dev > * nuvem-commits > * nuvem-private > * Subversion > * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/nuvem > > * Issue Tracking > * JIRA (nuvem) > > Initial Committers > ------------------------ > > Luciano Resende (lresende AT apache DOT org) > > Raymond Feng (rfeng AT apache DOT org) > > Senaka Fernando (senaka AT apache DOT org) > > Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar (shankar AT apache DOT org) > > Sagara Gunathunga (sagara AT apache DOT org) > > Jean-Sebastien Delfino (jsdelfino AT apache DOT org) > > Sonal Goyal (sgoyal AT apache DOT org) > > Donald Woods (dwoods AT apache DOT org) > > Chintana Wilamuna (chintana AT apache DOT org) > > Champion > -------------- > > Luciano Resende (lresende AT apache DOT org) > > Nominated Mentors > -------------------------- > > Jean-Frederic Clere (jfclere AT apache DOT org) > > Paul Fremantle (pzf AT apache DOT org) > > Ant Elder (antelder AT apache DOT org) > > Donald Woods (dwoods AT apache DOT org) > > Sponsoring Entity > ----------------------- > > Incubator PMC > > > -- > Luciano Resende > http://people.apache.org/~lresende > http://twitter.com/lresende1975 > http://lresende.blogspot.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
