Hey Christian, your mail and the other responses are showing to me that it was understood, what I wanted to express. This leads me to switch my -1 to a +1. I like the project and I'll see how I can help.
Best Regards, Daniel 2012/8/4 Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > Hello Daniel, > > my +1 is based on the fact, that DM is running in the Apache way. When > you say, there is no project leader i would like to oppose that Apache > projects should not have project managers or leaders. If you want > something to happen, you need to do it yourself. > > This is one interesting link: > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#community > > I totally see an open and friendly community here. I see it is stable > and I am sure it will not die in near future. > > Another question is the process of development. It is no requirement > for incubating projects to implement peer reviews, use Jenkins or > write documentation. Of course it is helping to attract new users and > so. And yes, I agree it is only to the benefit of DM if that project > would start doing such stuff. But it is not required for graduating > the project out of the incubator. > > As you have heard on the responses to your mail, people got your > message. And I honestly think that there really could be more > discussion on a roadmap or maybe a discussion on peer reviews. > > My suggestion is that you bring up this discussion on the dev list and > maybe you have some good ideas how to improve the things you > mentioned. The project definitely needs people like you who can see > what is missing and who are willing to lend a hand to improve them. As > I mentioned before, if you want to see a change you are welcome to do > it - that's why we call Apache a do-cracy often. It does not matter if > you are committer or not, so just discuss the things you want to see > to happen. > > Here is a good link on the ASF itself: > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html > > Hopefully you read some cool things there which motivates you to help > DM further and bring in some of your idea to the project. > > Cheers > Christian > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Daniel Manzke > <daniel.man...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > don't get me wrong (I'll clarify in a second) but I give it a -1. > > > > It is just my personal feeling. I'm a part of the community since the > early > > beginning and the last months I thought it was quite quiet. Yeah there > was > > the voting for the release and I really appreciate it. > > > > I can see that the project is getting more visiblility, but the concepts, > > the code and all the other stuff is slowly going forward. > > There is no real plan where to go. No real leader which really "leads" > the > > community. Sometimes I have the feeling that new features were > implemented, > > without a real concept how to do it. > > No Review and so on. > > > > All this stuff brings me to my -1. Each project needs people who can push > > projects and a community which has visions. (I know there are visions, > but > > not really written down) > > > > > > I know that DM will get a TLP and I'm happy about it. Just wanted to show > > my personal feelings. > > > > > > Bye, > > Daniel > > > > 2012/8/2 Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > > > >> +1 (ipmc) > >> > >> Followed the project since the beginning, i strongly feel it is ready > >> to take off > >> > >> Good luck! > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Tim Williams <william...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > The DirectMemory community is ready to graduate and become a full TLP. > >> > We began incubation in October 2011 and have demonstrated our ability > >> > to function according to the Apache Way. We've successfully made a > >> > release. We have begun to grow the community. We didn't hold a > >> > separate formal vote - it's not a requirement - but the sense of the > >> > community is that we're ready to go[1]. > >> > > >> > Please VOTE to submit the below resolution to the board for > >> consideration: > >> > > >> > [ ] +1 DirectMemory graduates to TLP > >> > [ ] -1 DirectMemory isn't ready, because... > >> > > >> > Vote will remain open for 72hrs... > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > --tim > >> > > >> > [1] - http://markmail.org/thread/3j4q7xehzn72dhk4 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > X. Resolution to establish the Apache DirectMemory Project > >> > > >> > 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 a > >> > second level, off-heap, cache able to store large amounts of > >> > data without filling > >> > up the Java heap and thus avoiding long garbage collection > cycles. > >> > > >> > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > >> > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache DirectMemory > >> Project", > >> > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > >> > Foundation; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that The Apache DirectMemory Project be and hereby is > >> > responsible for the creation and maintenance of a software > >> > project related to a second level off-heap cache; and be it > >> further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, DirectMemory" 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 > >> > DirectMemory Project, and to have primary responsibility for > >> > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > of > >> > The Apache DirectMemory 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 DirectMemory Project: > >> > > >> > * Ioannic Canellos (iocanel) > >> > * Maurizio Cucchiara (mcucchiara) > >> > * Christian Grobmeier (grobmeier) > >> > * Olivier Lamy (olamy) > >> > * Raffaele P. Guidi (raffaeleguidi) > >> > * Simone Gianni (simoneg) > >> > * Simone Tripodi (simonetripodi) > >> > * Tommaso Teofill (tommaso) > >> > * Benoit Perroud (bperroud) > >> > > >> > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Raffaele P. > >> > Guidi be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice > >> > President, DirectMemory, 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 the initial Apache DirectMemory Project be and > >> hereby > >> > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > >> > Incubator DirectMemory podling; and be it further > >> > > >> > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache > >> > Incubator DirectMemory podling encumbered upon the Apache > >> Incubator > >> > PMC are hereafter discharged. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.grobmeier.de > >> https://www.timeandbill.de > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Viele Grüße/Best Regards > > > > Daniel Manzke > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > -- Viele Grüße/Best Regards Daniel Manzke
