With 8 binding +1s (Henry Saputra, Enis Söztutar, Roman Shaposhnik, Konstantin Boudnik, Jakob Homan, Andrew Purtell, John D. Ament and Daniel Dai) and 2 non-binding +1s (P. Taylor Goetz, Naresh Agarwal), the vote passes. Thanks everyone for taking time to vote. I will proceed with next steps.
Thanks, Daniel On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Naresh Agarwal <naresh.agar...@inmobi.com> wrote: > +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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