This message is opening a VOTE to graduate the Apache Curator podling from the Apache Incubator as an Apache Top Level Project. Apache Curator entered the Incubator in April of 2013. We have made significant progress with the project since moving to Apache. We currently have 4 committers listed on our status page [1] including 2 who were accepted after the podling was formed. A VOTE was held on the curator-dev group with 8 binding +1 and 2 non-binding +1 votes for graduation [2]. A VOTE was also held to adopt the graduation resolution (below) with 7 +1 votes for acceptance [3]. According to Ohloh, Curator has a "large, active development team" [4]. During incubation, Curator: * Produced 4 releases * Added 2 new Committer/PPMC members and showed constant community activities * Cleared IP on code * Developed roadmap(s) for major and minor releases in a community process [5] * Established that Apache Curator is a suitable name [6] * Showed that its community is active, healthy, and growing and has demonstrated the ability to self-govern using accepted Apache practices Please cast your vote: [ ] +1 Graduate the Apache Curator podling from Apache Incubator as a TLP [ ] +0 Indifferent to the graduation status of Apache Curator podling [ ] -1 Reject graduation of Apache Curator podling from Apache Incubator because ...
We'll run the vote for at least 72 hours. [1] http://curator.incubator.apache.org/team-list.html#Contributors [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-curator-dev/201308.mbox/%3C44CD80F8-10B1-4FBA-A9D9-6DDEA7280FA5%40jordanzimmerman.com%3E [3] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-curator-dev/201308.mbox/%3C3859DF43-460C-406E-B816-DD9F4049B4DC%40jordanzimmerman.com%3E [4] http://www.ohloh.net/p/apache-curator/factoids#FactoidTeamSizeLarge [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aroadmap-panel [6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-28 Sincerely, The Apache Curator Team Resolution: X. Establish the Apache Curator 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, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to a library and tools for working with Apache ZooKeeper. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Curator Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Curator Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a library and tools for working with Apache ZooKeeper; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Curator" 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 Curator Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Curator 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 Curator Project: * Jordan Zimmerman (randgalt) * Jay Zarfoss (zarfide) * Eric Tschetter (cheddar) * Ioannis Canellos (iocanel) * Patrick Hunt (phunt) * Mahadev Konar (mahadev) * Luciano Resende (lresende) * Enis Söztutar (enis) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jordan Zimmerman be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Curator, 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 Curator PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache Curator Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Curator Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Curator podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Curator podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
