+1 (non-binding) Regards Ram
-----Original Message----- From: Zheng, Kai [mailto:kai.zh...@intel.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 1:54 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: [VOTE] Accept Gearpump into the Apache Incubator +1 (non-binding). Regards, Kai -----Original Message----- From: JiangAlan [mailto:whji...@outlook.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 3:21 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: [VOTE] Accept Gearpump into the Apache Incubator +1 (non-binding) > From: r...@databricks.com > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 23:14:30 -0800 > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept Gearpump into the Apache Incubator > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > +1 (binding) > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 5:05 PM, James Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> wrote: > > > +1 (binding) > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > The discussion of the Gearpump proposal has concluded. Please vote > > > to accept Gearpump into the Apache Incubator. I will leave this > > > vote open > > for > > > at least the next 72 hours and will aim to close it Monday the 7th > > > of March, 2016 at midnight PT. Gearpump is a flexible, efficient, > > > and > > scalable > > > micro-service based real-time big data streaming engine. The text > > > of the proposal is included below and is also available at > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/GearpumpProposal > > > > > > [ ] +1 Accept Gearpump as an Apache Incubator podling. > > > [ ] +0 Abstain. > > > [ ] -1 Don’t accept Gearpump as an Apache Incubator podling because ... > > > > > > Note that while votes from Incubator PMC members are binding, all > > > are > > most > > > definitely welcome to vote! > > > > > > I am +1 (binding). > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > - Andy > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > = Gearpump Proposal = > > > > > > === Abstract === > > > Gearpump is a flexible, efficient and scalable micro-service based > > > real-time big data streaming engine developed by Intel Corporation > > > which has been licensed by Intel under the Apache License 2.0. > > > > > > === Proposal === > > > Gearpump is a reactive real-time streaming engine; completely > > > based on > > the > > > micro-service Actor model. Gearpump provides extremely high > > > performance stream processing while maintaining millisecond latency > > > message delivery. > > > It enables reusable, composable flows or partial graphs that can > > > be remotely deployed and executed in a diverse set of > > > environments, > > including > > > IoT edge devices. These flows may be deployed and modified at > > > runtime -- > > a > > > capability few real time streaming frameworks provide today. > > > > > > The goal of this proposal is to incubate Gearpump as an Apache > > > project in order to build a diverse, healthy, and self-governed > > > open source > > community > > > around this project. > > > > > > === Background === > > > In past decade, there have been many advances within real-time > > > streaming frameworks. Despite many advances, users of streaming > > > frameworks often complain about flexibility, efficiency, and > > > scalability. Gearpump > > endeavors > > > to solve these challenges by adopting the micro-service Actor > > > model. The Actor model was proposed by Carl Hewitt in 1973. In the > > > Actor model, each actor is a message driven micro-service; actors > > > are the basic building blocks of concurrent computation. By > > > leveraging Actor Model’s location transparency feature,Gearpump > > > allows a graph to be composed of several partial graphs, where, > > > for example, some parts may be deployed to remote IoT edge > > > devices, and other parts to a data center. This division and > > > deployment model can be changed at runtime to adapt to a changing > > physical > > > environment, providing extreme flexibility and elasticity in > > > solving various ingestion and analytics problems. We’ve found > > > Actors to be a much smaller computation unit compared with > > > threads, where smaller usually > > means > > > better concurrency, and potentially better CPU utilization. > > > > > > === Rationale === > > > Gearpump tightly integrates and enhances the big data community of > > > Apache projects. Intel believes Gearpump can bring benefits to the > > > Apache community in a number of ways: > > > > > > 1. Gearpump complements many existing Apache projects, in > > > particular, > > those > > > commonly found within the big data space. Users of this project > > > are also users of other Apache projects, such as Hadoop ecosystem > > > projects. It is beneficial to align these projects under the ASF > > > umbrella. In real-time streaming, Gearpump offers some special > > > features that are useful for > > Apache > > > users, such as exactly-once processing with millisecond message > > > level latency and dynamic DAGs that allow online topology modifications. > > > > > > 2. Gearpump tightly integrates with Apache big data projects. It > > > supports for Apache HDFS, YARN, Kafka, and HBase. It uses Apache > > > YARN for resource scheduling and Apache HDFS as the essential distributed > > > storage system. > > > > > > 3. The micro-service model of reusable flows that Gearpump has > > > adopted is very unique, and it may become common in the > > > future.Gearpump sets a good example about how distributed software > > > can be implemented within a micro-service model. An open project is of > > > best interest to our users. > > By > > > joining Apache, it will be a neutral infrastructure platform that > > > will benefit everyone. > > > > > > 4. The process and development philosophy of Apache will help > > > Gearpump grow, and build a diverse, healthy, and self-governed > > > open source community. > > > > > > === Initial Goals === > > > 1. Migrate the existing codebase to Apache. > > > > > > 2. Setup Jira, website and other development tools by following > > > Apache > > best > > > practices. > > > > > > 3. Start the first release per Apache guidelines as soon as possible. > > > > > > === Current Status === > > > Gearpump is hosted on Github. It has 1922 commits, 38284 line of > > > code, > > and > > > 31 major or minor releases, with release notes highlighting the > > > changes > > for > > > every release. It is licensed under Apache License Version 2. > > > There is a documentation site at http://gearpump.io including > > > a user guide, internal details, use cases and a roadmap. There > > is > > > also an issue tracker where every code commit is tracked by a bug Id. > > Every > > > pull request is reviewed by several reviewers and will only be > > > merged > > based > > > on consensus rule. These match Apache’s development ideals. > > > > > > ==== Meritocracy ==== > > > We think an open, fair, and renewing community culture is what we > > > need > > and > > > what our users require, that will protect everyone in the > > > community. We would like the project to be free from potential > > > undue influence from any single organization. We will invest in > > > supporting a meritocratic model. > > > > > > ==== Community ==== > > > Gearpump has a growing community with hundreds of stars on Github > > > and an active WeChat group with hundreds of subscriptions. We > > > organize regular offline meetup events. These efforts should help > > > us to grow the community at Apache. > > > > > > ==== Core Developers ==== > > > Most of the initial committers are Intel employees from China, the > > > US, > > and > > > Poland. We are committed to build a diverse community which > > > involves more companies and individuals. > > > > > > === Alignment === > > > Gearpump has good alignment with other Apache projects. Gearpump > > > is > > tightly > > > integrated with Apache Hadoop ecosystem. It uses Apache YARN for > > > resource scheduling and Apache HDFS for storage. The unique > > > streaming processing abilities Gearpump complements other Apache > > > big data projects today. We believe there will be a synergistic > > > effect by aligning Gearpump under the Apache umbrella. > > > > > > === Known Risks === > > > > > > ==== Orphaned products ==== > > > Intel has a long-term interest in big data and open source and a > > > proven record of contributing to Apache projects. The risk of > > > theGearpump > > project > > > being abandoned is very small. Besides, Intel is seeing an > > > increasing interest in Gearpump from different organizations. We > > > are committed to > > get > > > more support, adoption, and code contribution from different companies. > > > > > > ==== Inexperience with Open Source ==== Gearpump is an existing > > > project under the Apache License, Version 2.0 > > with > > > a long history record of open development. Initial committers of > > > this project have years of open sourcing contribution experiences, > > > including code contribution to HDFS, HBase, Storm, YARN, Sqoop, > > > and etc. Some of > > the > > > initial committers are also committers to other Apache projects. > > > > > > ==== Homogeneous Developers ==== > > > The current list of committers includes developers from different > > > geographies and time zones; they are able to collaborate > > > effectively in a geographically dispersed environment. We are > > > committed to recruit more committers from different companies to get a > > > more diverse mixture. > > > > > > ==== Reliance on Salaried Developers ==== Most of our current > > > Gearpump developers are Intel employees who are contributing to > > > this project. Our developers are passionate about this project and > > > spend a lot of their own personal time on the project. We are > > > confident that their interests will remain strong. We are > > > committed to recruiting additional committers from the community as well. > > > > > > ==== Relationships with Other Apache Product ==== Gearpump > > > codebase is closely integrated with Apache Hadoop, Apache HBase, > > > and Apache Kafka. Gearpump also has some similarities with Apache Storm. > > > Although Gearpump and Storm are both systems for real-time stream > > > processing, they have fundamentally different architectures. In > > particular, > > > Gearpump adopts the micro-service model, building on the Akka > > > framework, for concurrency, isolation and error handling, which we > > > believe is a > > future > > > trend for building distributed software. We look forward to > > > collaboration with other Apache communities. > > > > > > ==== An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand ==== The ASF > > > has a strong brand; we appreciate that fact and will protect the > > > brand. Gearpump is an existing open source project with many > > > committers > > and > > > years of effort. The reasons to join Apache are outlined in the > > Rationale > > > section above. > > > > > > === Documentation === > > > Information on Gearpump can be found at: > > > Gearpump website: http://gearpump.io > > > Codebase: https://github.com/gearpump/gearpump > > > > > > === Initial Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan === > > > The Gearpump codebase is currently hosted on Github: > > > https://github.com/ gearpump/gearpump. We will use this codebase > > > to migrate to the Apache foundation. The Gearpump source code is > > > licensed under Apache License Version 2.0 and will be kept that > > > way. All contributions on the project will be licensed directly to > > > the Apache foundation through signed Individual Contributor > > > License Agreements or Corporate Contributor > > License > > > Agreements. > > > > > > === External Dependencies === > > > All of Gearpump dependencies are distributed under Apache > > > compatible licenses. > > > > > > Gearpump leverages Akka which has Apache 2.0 licensing for current > > > and planned versions > > > > > > > > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.3.12/project/licenses.html#Licenses_f > > or_Dependency_Libraries > > > > > > === Cryptography === > > > Gearpump does not include or utilize cryptographic code. > > > > > > === Required Resources === > > > We request that following resources be created for the project to > > > use > > > > > > ==== Mailing lists ==== > > > > > > gearpump-priv...@incubator.apache.org (with moderated > > > subscriptions) gearpump-dev gearpump-user gearpump-commits > > > > > > ==== Git repository ==== > > > Git is the preferred source control system: git:// > > git.apache.org/gearpump > > > > > > ==== Documentation ==== > > > https://gearpump.incubator.apache.org/docs/ > > > > > > ==== JIRA instance ==== > > > JIRA Gearpump (GEARPUMP) > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/gearpump > > > > > > === Initial Committers === > > > * Xiang Zhong <xiang dot zhong at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Tianlun Zhang <tianlun dot zhang at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Qian Xu <qian dot a dot xu at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Huafeng Wang <huafeng dot wang at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Kam Kasravi <kam dot d dot kasravi at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Weihua Jiang <weihua dot jiang at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Tomasz Targonski <tomasz dot targonski at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Karol Brejna <karol dot brejna at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Gang Wang <gang1 dot wang at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Mark Chmarny <mark dot chmarny at intel dot com> > > > > > > * Xinglang Wang <xingwang at ebay dot com > > > > > > > * Lan Wang <lan dot wanglan at huawei dot com> > > > > > > * Jianzhong Chen <jianzhong dot chen at cloudera dot com> > > > > > > * Xuefu Zhang <xuefu at apache dot org> > > > > > > * Rui Li <rui dot li at intel dot com> > > > > > > === Affiliations === > > > * Xiang Zhong – Intel > > > > > > * Tianlun Zhang – Intel > > > > > > * Qian Xu – Intel > > > > > > * Huafeng Wang – Intel > > > > > > * Kam Kasravi – Intel > > > > > > * Weihua Jiang – Intel > > > > > > * Tomasz Targonski – Intel > > > > > > * Karol Brejna – Intel > > > > > > * Mark Chmarny – Intel > > > > > > * Gang Wang – Intel > > > > > > * Mark Chmarny – Intel > > > > > > * Xinglang Wang – Ebay > > > > > > * Lan Wang – Huawei > > > > > > * Jianzhong Chen – Cloudera > > > > > > * Xuefu Zhang – Cloudera > > > > > > * Rui Li – Intel > > > > > > === Sponsors === > > > > > > ==== Champion ==== > > > Andrew Purtell <apurtell at apache dot org> > > > > > > ==== Nominated Mentors ==== > > > * Andrew Purtell <apurtell at apache dot org> > > > > > > * Jarek Jarcec Cecho <Jarcec at cloudera dot com> > > > > > > * Todd Lipcon <todd at cloudera dot com> > > > > > > * Xuefu Zhang <xuefu at apache dot org> > > > > > > * Reynold Xin <rxin at databricks dot com> > > > > > > ==== Sponsoring Entity ==== > > > Apache Incubator PMC > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
