+1 (non-binding) Thanks Naresh
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 7:22 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 binding > > On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 5:10:50 PM Konstantin Boudnik <c...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > +1 (binding). > > > > I small comment: we don't do users@ list of podlings, do we? If so > > samoa-users@googlegroups --> us...@samoa.incubator.apache.org > > will need to be converged into dev@. > > > > > Not all podlings use a users@, but they can if they like. Usually if it's > coming from an established community there will be one. > > > > Cos > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:02AM, Daniel Dai wrote: > > > Following the discussion earlier, I'm calling a vote to accept SAMOA > as a > > > new Incubator project. > > > > > > [ ] +1 Accept SAMOA into the Incubator > > > [ ] +0 Indifferent to the acceptance of SAMOA > > > [ ] -1 Do not accept SAMOA because ... > > > > > > The vote will be open for at least 72h and closes at the earliest on > Dec > > 14 > > > 19:00 GMT. > > > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/SAMOAProposal > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Daniel > > > > > > = SAMOA = > > > == Abstract == > > > SAMOA is an an open-source platform for mining big data streams. > > > > > > == Proposal == > > > SAMOA provides a collection of distributed streaming algorithms for the > > > most common data mining and machine learning tasks such as > > classification, > > > clustering, and regression, as well as programming abstractions to > > develop > > > new algorithms that run on top of distributed stream processing engines > > > (DSPEs). It features a pluggable architecture that allows it to run on > > > several DSPEs such as Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apache Samza. > > > > > > == Background == > > > Hadoop and its ecosystem have changed the way data are processed by > > > allowing to push algorithms to unprecedented scale. As an example, > Mahout > > > allows to run data mining and machine learning algorithms on very large > > > datasets. However, Hadoop and Mahout are not suited to handle streaming > > > data. Simply put, the goal of SAMOA is to provide a streaming > counterpart > > > to Mahout. > > > > > > == Rationale == > > > SAMOA aims to fill the current gap in tools for mining large scale > > streams. > > > Many organizations can benefit from a scalable stream mining platform > > > system such as SAMOA. > > > > > > SAMOA is a natural fit for the Apache Software Foundation. It is > licensed > > > under the ASL v2.0. It already interoperates with several existing > Apache > > > projects such as Storm, S4, and Samza. Furthermore, it is complementary > > to > > > existing Apache projects such as Mahout. The initial committers are > > > familiar with the Apache process and subscribes to the Apache mission. > > > Indeed, the team includes multiple Apache committers. Finally, joining > > > Apache will help coordinate the development effort of the growing > number > > of > > > organizations which contribute to SAMOA. > > > > > > == Initial Goals == > > > * Move the existing codebase to Apache > > > * Integrate with the Apache development process > > > * Incremental development and releases per Apache guidelines > > > > > > == Current Status == > > > SAMOA started as a research project at Yahoo Labs in 2013 and was > > > open-sourced in October the same year. It has been under development on > > > Yahoo's public GitHub repository since being open-sourced. It has > > undergone > > > two releases (0.1, 0.2). > > > > > > === Meritocracy === > > > The SAMOA project already operates on meritocratic principles. Today, > > SAMOA > > > has several developers and has accepted multiple patches from outside > of > > > Yahoo Labs. However, our intent with this incubator proposal is to > start > > > building a more diverse developer community around SAMOA that follows > the > > > Apache meritocracy model. We will identify all committers and PPMC > > members > > > for the project operating under the ASF meritocratic principles. We > plan > > to > > > continue support for new contributors and work with those who > contribute > > > significantly to the project to make them committers. > > > > > > === Community === > > > SAMOA is currently being used internally at Yahoo. Acceptance into the > > > Apache foundation would bolster the existing user and developer > community > > > around SAMOA. That community includes contributors from several > > > institutions, active mostly on GitHub's pages. SAMOA has been starred > > more > > > than 300 times and forked more than 50 times on GitHub as of November > > 2014. > > > > > > === Core Developers === > > > The core developers are a diverse group, many of which already very > > > experienced with open source. There are two existing Apache committers, > > > along with people from various companies and universities. > > > > > > === Alignment === > > > The ASF is the natural choice to host SAMOA. First, its goal of > > encouraging > > > community-driven open-source projects fits with our vision for SAMOA. > > > Additionally, many other projects that SAMOA is based on, such as > Apache > > > Storm, S4, Samza, and HDFS, are hosted by the ASF. Close proximity of > > SAMOA > > > to these projects within the ASF will provide mutual benefit. > > > > > > == Known Risks == > > > === Orphaned Products === > > > Given the current level of investment in SAMOA the risk of the project > > > being abandoned is minimal. There are several constituents who are > highly > > > incentivized to continue development, and Yahoo Labs relies on SAMOA > as a > > > platform for a large number of long-term research projects. However, > the > > > small number of initial committers might be a concern. We plan to > address > > > this issue during incubation by growing the community and the number of > > > committers. > > > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > > SAMOA has existed as a healthy open source project for one year. During > > > this time, we have curated an open-source community successfully, > > > attracting developers from a diverse group of universities and > companies > > > including Huawei, Yahoo, University of Porto, and Universitat > Politecnica > > > de Catalunya. > > > > > > Gianmarco is a committer for Apache Pig, Matthieu for Apache S4. Albert > > is > > > one of the lead developers of MOA, an open-source tool for streaming > > > machine learning. > > > > > > === Homogenous Developers === > > > The initial list of committers includes developers from several > > > institutions, both academic and industrial. The committers are > > > geographically distributed across Europe, America, and Asia. > > > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > > Like most open source projects, SAMOA receives a substantial support > from > > > salaried developers. In addition, those working from within > corporations > > > often devote “after hours” or spare time in the project - and these > come > > > from several organizations. We will work to ensure the ability for the > > > project to continuously be stewarded and to proceed forward > independently > > > of salaried developers. > > > > > > === Relationship with Other Apache Products === > > > SAMOA interoperates with several existing Apache projects, mainly by > > using > > > them as stream processing engines: Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apache > > > Samza. It is a counterpart of Apache Mahout for streaming. It also uses > > > several other Apache components, including Apache Maven and several > > Apache > > > Commons libraries. > > > > > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > > SAMOA is already a healthy and relatively well known open source > project. > > > This proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, > the > > > primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationale > > > section. We are more interested in establishing a strong community that > > can > > > drive the project independently of Yahoo. > > > > > > == Documentation == > > > The reader will find these websites relevant: > > > > > > * SAMOA website: http://samoa-project.net/ > > > * SAMOA documentation: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa/wiki/ > > > * Issue tracking: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa/issues > > > * Codebase: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa > > > * User group: http://groups.google.com/group/samoa-user > > > > > > == Initial Source == > > > The SAMOA codebase is currently hosted on GitHub: > > > https://github.com/yahoo/samoa. This is the exact codebase that we > would > > > migrate to the Apache foundation. > > > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > > Currently, the SAMOA codebase is distributed under an Apache license > > v2.0. > > > The vast majority of code has copyright held by Yahoo. Upon entering > the > > > Incubator, Yahoo will grant a license to the Apache foundation. In > > certain > > > cases where individuals or organizations hold copyright, we will ensure > > > they grant a license to the Apache foundation. Going forward, all > commits > > > will be licensed directly to the Apache foundation through our signed > > > Individual Contributor License Agreements for all committers on the > > project. > > > > > > == Cryptography == > > > We do not expect SAMOA to be a controlled export item due to the use of > > > encryption. > > > > > > == External Dependencies == > > > To the best of our knowledge, all dependencies of SAMOA are distributed > > > under Apache compatible licenses. Upon acceptance to the incubator, we > > > would begin a thorough analysis of all transitive dependencies to > verify > > > this fact and introduce license checking into the build and release > > process > > > (for instance integrating Apache Rat). > > > > > > == Required Resources == > > > === Mailing Lists === > > > We will migrate the existing SAMOA mailing lists as follows: > > > > > > * samoa-users@googlegroups --> us...@samoa.incubator.apache.org > > > * samoa-developers@googlegroups --> d...@samoa.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > SAMOA commits are hosted on GitHub, so we would request the following > > > mailing list: > > > > > > * comm...@samoa.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > We would also request the following mailing list: > > > > > > * priv...@samoa.incubator.apache.org (with moderated subscription) > > > > > > === Source control === > > > The SAMOA team would like to use Git for source control, due to our > > current > > > use of Git. We request a writeable Git repo for SAMOA, and mirroring to > > be > > > set up to GitHub through INFRA. > > > > > > * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-samoa.git > > > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > > SAMOA currently uses GitHub for issue tracking. We will migrate to the > > > Apache JIRA instance. http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMOA > > > > > > == Initial Committers & Affiliations == > > > * Albert Bifet, Huawei, <abifet at waikato dot ac dot nz> > > > * Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Yahoo Labs, <gdfm at apache dot org> > > > * Nicolas Kourtellis, Yahoo Labs, <nkourtellis at gmail dot com> > > > * Matthieu Morel, Yahoo Labs, <mmorel at apache dot org> > > > * Arinto Murdopo, Living Analytics Research Centre, <arintom at smu dot > > edu > > > dot sg> > > > * Olivier Van Laere, BlueShift Labs, <olivier at getblueshift dot com> > > > > > > == Sponsors == > > > === Champion === > > > * Daniel Dai <daijy at apache dot org> > > > > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > > * Alan Gates <gates at apache dot org> > > > * Ted Dunning <tdunning at apache dot org> > > > * Ashutosh Chauhan <hashutosh at apache dot org> > > > * Enis Soztutar <enis at apache dot org> > > > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > > The Apache Incubator > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > -- _____________________________________________________________ The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. 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