Sorry for the lateness, as one of the Amber mentors I would like to sign off on the amber portion of this report.
thanks david jencks On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Matt Benson, Srinath Perera, and Michael McCandless all joined the > Incubator. Several more will be joining this week. > > Shiro is set to graduate, and it seems that at least a couple of projects > are in good shape to graduate in the near future. > > On to a topic for the Board's attention. There has been some lively > discussion this past week, initiated by Joe Schaefer regarding making > Incubator projects more self-governing. Although a valid goal, the actual > proposals appear troubling in terms of ASF governance structure. > > A specific proposal, for which Joe would like a formal vote, amounts to > whether the ASF Board approves the granting of Committer status without PMC > approval, and bypassing the PMC on the matter. Individual current and past > Directors have already engaged, but it is requested that the Board consider > the issue, and respond. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > = Amber = > > Amber is a project to develop a Java library which provides an API > specification for, and an unconditionally compliant implementation of > the OAuth v1.0, v1.0a and v2.0 specifications. OAuth is a mechanism > that allows users to authenticate and authorise access by another > party to resources they control while avoiding the need to share their > username and password credentials. > > The most important issues that must be addressed before graduation are: > > * attract new users and developers > * making a release > > The Incubator PMC / ASF Board should be aware that: > > * Involved people have been very busy due to personal/business issues in > the last month. > > Latest activity: > > * apply the API definition choices approved by the community. > * started implementing the Signing algorithms. > > Next steps: > > * finalize the API definition. > * implementation of different specification versions (client and server). > > Community: > > * The community is in the first stages of formation and solely > consists of the developers, though a few users start to appear on the > mailing lists. > > > = Bluesky = > > Did not report, but has reported several months running. The only activity > observed is the following e-mail: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-bluesky-dev/201008.mbox/% > 3caanlkti=nafbwoofuu1faxkxyxaiqf2rat5zqdcl1p...@mail.gmail.com%3e > > > > = BeanValidation = > > Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 Bean > Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, 2010. > > A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards > graduation. > > * First release of artifacts - Done > * Grow the community and committer base - ongoing > * Decide on graduation target of TLP or subproject - TBD > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware > of? > > * None at this time. > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > * Committer offer was extended and accepted by Matt Benson. > * A couple of new users on the dev list. > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > * Currently a 0.2-incubating RC2 release vote is underway. > > > > = Chukwa = > > Chukwa is a distributed log collection and processing system built on top of > Hadoop. It is a former Hadoop subproject. CLAs are on file and ASF holds > all copyrights. We have been in incubation since July 13, 2010. Since > then, we have switched to incubation SVN naming and updated our website to > reflect this change. We still need to move mailing lists to incubation. > [Pending on Bernd.] We still need to move our website to > incubator.apache.org [Pending on permissions]. Should bring onboard more > committers; Bill Graham would be the first Chukwa commiter not originally > part of the project. > > > = Clerezza = > > Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based modular > application and set of components (bundles) for building RESTFul Semantic > Web applications and services. The are currently no issues requiring board > attention. > > Recent activity: > > * Added support for roaming useres with WebId > * Added support for ssl > * Started support for editing own foaf-profile with cleint certificate > generation > * Faster ScalaServer Pages using Scala 2.8.0 > * Improved User documentation > > Next steps: > > * Streamline architecture around type-handlers and type-renderer > * Add ability to easily overwrite the styling in full or partially > (skinning) with a bundle > > > Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: > > * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. > * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. > * Prepare for a first release > > > = Deltacloud = > > Deltacloud is a cross-cloud RESTful abstraction API. The are currently no > issues requiring board attention. > > Recent activity: > > * Grant of initial code finalized: code relicensed under ASL2.0, iCLA's of > all contributor's on file, cCLA from Red Hat for initial submission also on > file, code imported to subversion > * First draft of an API specification sent to developer's list > * Initial content for project website in svn; need to clear up some > technical hurdles to make it live > * Added support for executing commands and copying files into cloud > instances > * Work on adding blob storage to API under way > * Work on publishing reports from a private Hudson instance to a public > site (since it seems we can't get access to Apache's Hudson) > * Numerous bug fixes and smaller enhancements > > Next steps: > > * Continue work on API additions > * Finalize initial API (including the spec) > * Prepare for an initial release with a stable API > > Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: > > * Make an Apache release > * Make a diverse community of active committers > * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. > > > = Droids = > > Droids is an Incubator project arrived from Apache Labs. Droids entered > incubation on October, 2008. > > It's an intelligent standalone robot framework that allows one to create and > extend existing web robots. > > What we've completed in the last months: > > * new elected committers: Bertil Chapuis and Richard Frovarp, there have > been a miss-understanding of the vote calling for this committers. We have > to redo them on the general list. > * many people have joined the last three month and the incoming patches are > getting applied by a couple of "old committers" > * release preparation are under going, but stop due to the lack of a > release manager > > Issues before graduation : > > * Do a release > * IP clearance > > > = HISE = > > DID NOT REPORT > > > = Libcloud = > > Libcloud is a unified interface into various cloud service providers, > written in python. Libcloud joined the Incubator on November 3rd, 2009. > > LibCloud are pleased to have added two more committers to the project in > Eric Woods and Roman Bogorodskiy - welcome to you both. Since the last > report LibCloud codebase has been moving along nicely, with the introduction > of a Java codebase, many issues resolved from the issue tracker and working > towards an imminent 0.40 release. > > Many new features are being discussed and implemented and existing drivers > are being well maintained. There is healthy discussions happening on the > development mailing lists and the diverse developers are working well > together. Overall the project is doing well. > > (Mentors Note: LibCloud as a project is going along nicely on its own, this > quarter although I watch the lists, yet again as a non-coding mentor I find > I have had nothing to do. However this next quarter I fully expect to see > about helping to move the project towards graduating by the end of the next > quarter if not sooner.) > > > = Lucy = > > Lucy will be a loose port of the Lucene search engine library, written in C > and targeted at dynamic language users. > > Lucy was voted into the Incubator on July 22, 2010. > > Issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > * Make a 1.0 stable release as quickly as possible. > * Concentrate on community expansion. > * Disperse knowledge of codebase among developers. > > Issues for Incubator PMC or ASF Board: > > * None. > > Progress since the last report: > > * Accounts requested for new committers Peter Karman and Nathan Kurz. > * Existing JIRA and MoinMoin Wiki installations transitioned. > * Mailing lists requested. (INFRA-2901) > * Trademark inquiry begun. (LUCY-121) > * Subversion repository created. > * Existing Lucene subproject codebase moved from lucene to incubator. > (LUCENE-2563) > > Community development since the last report: > > * During the Incubator proposal period, Lucy added Mentors Upayavira and > Mike > McCandless, and committer Simon Willnauer. > > > = NPanday = > > NPanday allows projects using the .NET framework to be built with Apache > Maven. NPanday allows .NET projects to be converted into Maven projects thus > allowing them to fully utilize the other technologies driven by Maven. > NPanday has been incubating since August, 2010. > > NPanday was accepted just days before the Incubator report was due, so is > only just getting started on setting up. Expect a more complete report on > infrastructure and status in September which will be the first official > report. > > The first steps for the podling will be: > * establishing mailing lists and a PPMC > * deciding how to approach the code history when importing from Codeplex > * starting discussion on NPanday 2.0 development > > There are no issues for the Incubator PMC or board at this time. > > > = Nuvem = > > Apache 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. > > Nuvem was accepted for Incubation on June, 2010. > > Nuvem infrastructure is ready, and project is slowly getting started. > > > = PhotArk = > > Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery application > including a content repository for the images, a display piece, an access > control layer, and upload capabilities. > > * PhotArk was accepted for Incubation on August 19, 2008. > * Issues before graduation : > * PhotArk started as a project with no initial code-base, and we have > grown the community to the minimal 3 independent committer size required for > graduation and have been seeing slow but continuous interest in the project. > We might be soon in a position to discuss graduation if others don't see an > independent, active but small community as an issue. > > * PhotArk M2 released. > * The PhotArk community continues to make good progress code wise > particularly around GSoC projects > > > = SIS = > > Apache SIS is a toolkit that spatial information system builders or users > can use to build applications containing location context. This project will > look to store reference implementations of spatial algorithms, utilities, > services, etc. as well as serve as a sandbox to explore new ideas. Further, > the goal is to have Apache SIS grow into a thriving Apache top-level > community, where a host of SIS/GIS related software (OGC datastores, > REST-ful interfaces, data standards, etc.) can grow from and thrive under > the Apache umbrella. > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware > of? > > Not at this time > > Community progress since the last report > > There was a few projects undertaken in Chris Mattmann's CSCI 572: Search > Engines and Information Retrieval class regarding SIS, in particular, one by > Nga Chung, wherein which she implemented a full R-tree spatial index in Java > from scratch, as well as bounding box and point-radius queries. Nga has > kindly signed up for the mailing list, and allowed for the contribution of > her code to SIS. In addition, a few other projects included representation > of spatial data in GeoRSS format (from William Quach, another 572 student), > and those projects will be packaged up and contributed also. SIS'ers need to > follow up after the meeting with ESRI to determine if they are interested > with participating in the community. Much of the other activity continues to > be from the mentors and committers. > > Project progress since last report > > SIS was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC on February 21, 2010. > > Chris Mattmann led the development of the SIS website and stood the site up > at http://incubator.apache.org/sis/, completing SIS-2. The code prepared in > CS572: Search Engines and Information Retrieval at USC will be packaged up > and attached to JIRA and committed to SIS. In particular, the R-tree > implementation as well as the point/radius and bounding box implementations. > The GeoRSS code will also be packaged up and contributed to SIS. Patrick > O'Leary is investigating map projections and coordinate systems including > transformations to Polar coordinates which should help on the observational > data side. > > > = Stonehenge = > > Stonehenge has been incubating since December 2008. Stonehenge includes a > set of example applications for Service Oriented Architecture that spans > languages and platforms and demonstrates best practices and interoperability > by using currently defined W3C and OASIS standard protocols. > > Since the last Stonehenge report in May, the Stonehenge community has > concluded very extensive testing of the M2 milestone. M2 was released on > July 10th with a rich feature set: > > - Added a StockTrader implementation based on the Sun/Oracle Metro > stack fully exercising the WS-* features in Metro > - Introduced support for WS-Trust, WS-Federation and WS-Security specs > in all of the supported implementations of StockTrader. > - Added claims based access using active and passive STS for .NET, > Axis2 and Metro > - A slick configuration UI that allows for dynamic configuration of > backend services, selecting any service from each tack > > The community also has welcomed the addition of two new committers based on > their hard work in M2, Pablo Cibraro and Nicholas Hauenstein. > > The community is currently reviewing strategic options for the project > moving forward. > > > = VCL = > > VCL has been incubating since December 2008. VCL is a cloud computing > platform for the management of physical and virtual machines. > > Community Involvement > > * As stated in the previous report, the Apache VCL community continues > to grow. We're seeing more people start to contribute to our online > documentation and file JIRA issues. > * As reported in the last board report a few people from the community > have been contacted by PPMC members encouraging them to become more involved > in the project. There was positive interest from a few, they submitted > iCLA's but have yet to contribute anything for the PPMC's to review for > acceptance. > * We see people from new locations asking questions on the vcl-dev list > which shows that interest in VCL is growing. > > Plans for next Release > > * The next release has been delayed slightly to make sure all jira > issues were satisfied correctly. The new target date is to have the next > release candidate out available by the end of August 2010. > > Top Issues Before Graduation > > * Continue to increase contributors from multiple institutions > > > = Whirr = > > Whirr provides code for running a variety of software services on cloud > infrastructure. > > Whirr was accepted into the incubator on 11 May 2010. Status information is > available at http://incubator.apache.org/projects/whirr.html. > > Progress since the last report: We continue to get contributions from > outside the initial committer base. More work has been done to add Whirr > infrastructure (Hudson). We did not do a release this month as planned (we > have been held up on upgrading to the latest jclouds release, amongst other > things), but we plan to cut a release in the next period. > > Plans for the next period: > > * Do an initial 0.1.0 release. > * Set up the website. > > Top three items to resolve before graduation: > > * Increase community involvement in the project > * Make several incubating releases > * Support at least three services on Whirr > > > = Wink = > > Apache Wink is a project that enables development and consumption of REST > style web services. The core server runtime is based on the JAX-RS (JSR 311) > standard. The project also introduces a client runtime which can leverage > certain components of the server-side runtime. Apache Wink will deliver > component technology that can be easily integrated into a variety of > environments. > > Apache Wink has been incubating since 2009-05-27. > > Notable Activity: > > * Released Apache Wink 1.1 and 1.1.1. 1.1.1 fixes a potential security > vulnerability which affected several projects using XML parsers. See > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/wink/trunk/security/CVE-2010-2245. > pdf for details. > * Changes to logging and trace code for the project as well as other fixes > and features. > > Planned Activity: > > * Java EE 6 integration > > Top issues before graduation: > > Build community > > Signed off by mentor: kevan > > = Wookie = > No issues currently require IPMC or Board attention > > Notable activities: > > * Added plugable persistence component > * Integrated RAT into Wokkie build and corrected issues found > * JIRA Activity continues to grow > > Items to be resolved before graduation: > > * Remove GPL dependencies > * Create a release > * Develop community > > > = Zeta Components = > > Zeta Components is a high-quality library of loosely-coupled PHP components. > It has entered incubation on 2010-05-21. Therefore the project is still in > ramp up phase. > > In the past month, > > * the code drop has been finalized and license has been changed > * the website has been created > * development discussions have been started > > The 3 most important issues to be tackled are: > > * discuss and realize potential copyright notice changes > * collect missing iCLAs from previous contributors > * finish setting up infrastructure (CI, etc.) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
