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> On Mar 24, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Siddharth Anand <san...@agari.com.INVALID> > wrote: > > Following the discussion earlier: > https://s.apache.org/AirflowDiscussion > > I would like to call a VOTE for accepting Airflow as a new incubator project. > > The proposal is available at: > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AirflowProposal > > The proposal is also included at the bottom of this email. > > Vote is open until at least Tues, 29 March 2016, 23:59:00 PDT > [ ] +1 accept Airflow into the Apache Incubator > [ ] ±0 > [ ] -1 because... > > +1 (non-binding) > > Thanks, > -s (Sid) > > > == Abstract == > > Airflow is a workflow automation and scheduling system that can be > used to author and manage data pipelines. > > == Proposal == > > Airflow provides a system for authoring and managing workflows a.k.a. > data pipelines a.k.a. DAGs (Directed Acyclic Graphs). The developer > authors DAGs in Python using an Airflow-provided framework. He/She > then executes the DAG using Airflow’s scheduler or registers the DAG > for event-based execution. A web-based UI provides the developer with > a range of options for managing and viewing his/her data pipelines. > Background > > Airflow was developed at Airbnb to enable easier authorship and > management of DAGs than were possible with existing solutions such as > Oozie and Azkaban. For starters, both Oozie and Azkaban rely on one or > more XML or property files to be bundled together to define a > workflow. This separation of code and config can present a challenge > to understanding the DAG - in Azkaban, a DAG’s structure is reflected > by its file system tree and one can find himself/herself traversing > the file system when inspecting or changing the structure of the DAG. > Airflow workflows, on the other hand, are simply and elegantly defined > in Python code, often a single file. Airflow merges the powerful > Web-based management aspects of projects like Azkaban and Oozie with > the simplicity and elegance of defining workflows in Python. Airflow, > less than a year old in terms of its Open Source launch, is currently > used in production environments in more than 30 companies and boasts > an active contributor list of more than 100 developers, the vast > majority of which (>95%) are outside of Airbnb. > > We would like to share it with the ASF and begin developing a > community of developers and users within Apache. > > == Rationale == > > Many organizations (>30) already benefit from running Airflow to > manage data pipelines. Our 100+ contributors continue to provide > integrations with 3rd party systems through the implementation of new > hooks and operators, both of which are used in defining the tasks that > compose workflows. > > == Current Status == > > === Meritocracy === > > Our intent with this incubator proposal is to start building a diverse > developer community around Airflow following the Apache meritocracy > model. Since Airflow was open-sourced in mid-2015, we have had fast > adoption and contributions by multiple organizations the world over. > We plan to continue to support new contributors and we will work to > actively promote those who contribute significantly to the project to > committers. > > === Community === > > Airflow is currently being used in over 30 companies. We hope to > extend our contributor base significantly and invite all those who are > interested in building large-scale distributed systems to participate. > > === Core Developers === > > Airflow is currently being developed by four engineers: Maxime > Beauchemin, Siddharth Anand, Bolke de Bruin, and Chris Riccomini. > Chris is a member of the Apache Samza PMC and a contributor to various > Apache projects, including Apache Kafka and Apache YARN. Maxime, > Siddharth, and Bolke have contributed to Airflow. > > === Alignment === > The ASF is the natural choice to host the Airflow project as its goal > of encouraging community-driven open-source projects fits with our > vision for Airflow. > > == Known Risks == > > === Orphaned Products === > > The core developers plan to work part time on the project. There is > very little risk of Airflow being abandoned as all of our companies > rely on it. > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > All of the core developers have experience with open source > development. Chris is a member of the Apache Samza PMC and a > contributor to various Apache projects, including Apache Kafka and > Apache YARN. Bolke is contributor on multiple open source projects and > a few Apache projects as well, including Apache Hive, Apache Hadoop, > and Apache Ranger. > > === Homogeneous Developers === > > The current core developers are all from different companies. Our > community of 100 contributors hail from over 30 different companies > from across the world. > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > Currently, the only developer paid to work on this project is Maxime. > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > Airflow is deeply integrated with Apache products. It currently > provides hooks and operators to enable workflows to leverage Apache > Pig, Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Apache Sqoop, Apache Hadoop, etc… We > plan to add support for other Apache projects in the future. > > === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > While we respect the reputation of the Apache brand and have no doubts > that it will attract contributors and users, our interest is primarily > to give Airflow a solid home as an open source project following an > established development model. We have also given reasons in the > Rationale and Alignment sections. > > == Documentation == > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AirflowProposal > > == Initial Source == > https://github.com/airbnb/airflow > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > As soon as Airflow is approved to join Apache Incubator, Airbnb will > execute a Software Grant Agreement and the source code will be > transitioned onto ASF infrastructure. The code is already licensed > under the Apache Software License, version 2.0. We know of no legal > encumberments that would inhibit the transfer of source code to the > ASF. > > == External Dependencies == > > The dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses. > > * > [[https://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/alembic/src/9538c3e1a71c946a53f8762e68e94cfbcb9f932f/LICENSE?fileviewer=file-view-default|alembic > (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/boto/boto/blob/develop/LICENSE|boto (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/celery/celery/blob/master/LICENSE|celery (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/mher/chartkick.py/blob/master/LICENSE|chartkick (MIT)]] > * > [[https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/blob/master/LICENSE.APACHE|cryptography > (Apache 2.0/BSD)]] > * > [[https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/src/b74c40b2c107db17f0775be5ec6c44f5e1cf5cbf/LICENSE.txt?fileviewer=file-view-default|coverage > (Apache 2.0)]] > * > [[https://github.com/coagulant/coveralls-python/blob/master/LICENCE|coveralls > (MIT)]] > * [[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/croniter|croniter (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill/blob/master/LICENSE|dill (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/docker/docker-py/blob/master/LICENSE|docker-py > (Apache 2.0)]] > * > [[https://bitbucket.org/fabian/filechunkio/src/84289d7599a207f575cb28db719dd9d44e880208/LICENCE?fileviewer=file-view-default|filechunkio > (MIT)]] > * > [[https://bitbucket.org/tarek/flake8/src/a209fb69350c572c9b2d7b4b09c7657be153be5e/LICENSE?fileviewer=file-view-default|flake8 > (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/mitsuhiko/flask/blob/master/LICENSE|flask (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/flask-admin/flask-admin/blob/master/LICENSE|flask-admin > (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/thadeusb/flask-cache/blob/master/LICENSE|flask-cache > (BSD)]] > * > [[https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/master/LICENSE|flask-login > (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/mher/flower/blob/master/LICENSE|flower (BSD)]] > * > [[https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/blob/master/LICENSE.txt|future > (MIT)]] > * [[https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/blob/master/LICENSE|gunicorn (MIT)]] > * > [[https://github.com/youngwookim/hive-thrift-py/blob/master/setup.py|hive-thrift-py > (Apache 2.0)]] > * [[https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/COPYING.rst|ipython (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/blob/master/LICENSE|jinja2 (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/blob/master/LICENSE.md|markdown > (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/pydata/pandas/blob/master/LICENSE|pandas (BSD)]] > * [[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pygments|pygments (BSD)]] > * pyhive > * pydruid > * PyOpenSSL > * PySmbClient > * python-dateutil > * redis > * requests > * setproctitle > * statsd > * sphinx > * sphinx-argparse > * sphinx_rtd_theme > * Sphinx-PyPI-upload > * sqlalchemy (MIT) > * thrift > * jaydebeapi > * mysqlclient > * unicodecsv > * slackclient > * ldap3 > * Flask-WTF > * lxml > * [[https://github.com/bgamble/pykerberos/blob/master/LICENSE|pykerberos > (Apache 2.0)]] > * [[https://github.com/pyca/bcrypt/blob/master/LICENSE|bcrypt (Apache 2.0)]] > * > [[https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-bcrypt/blob/master/LICENSE|flask-bcrypt > (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/blob/master/LICENSE.txt|mock (BSD)]] > * [[https://github.com/mtth/hdfs/blob/master/LICENSE|hdfs (MIT)]] > > == Cryptography == > > None > > == Required Resources == > > === Mailing Lists === > > * priv...@airflow.incubator.apache.org (moderated) > * d...@airflow.incubator.apache.org > * comm...@airflow.incubator.apache.org > > === Subversion Directory === > > Git is the preferred source control system: git://git.apache.org/Airflow > > === Issue Tracking === > > JIRA Airflow (Airflow) > > === Other Resources === > > The existing code already has unit tests, so we would like a Travis > instance to run them whenever a new patch is submitted. This can be > added after project creation. > > == Initial Committers == > > * Maxime Beauchemin > * Siddharth Anand > * Chris Riccomini > * Bolke de Bruin > * Arthur Wiedmer > * Dan Davydov > * Jeremiah Lowin > * Patrick Leo Tardif > > == Affiliations == > > * Maxime Beauchemin (Airbnb) > * Siddharth Anand (Agari) > * Chris Riccomini (WePay) > * Bolke de Bruin (ING) > * Arthur Wiedmer (Airbnb) > * Dan Davydov (Airbnb) > * Jeremiah Lowin (Kokino) > * Patrick Leo Tardif (Airbnb) > > == Sponsors == > > === Champion === > > Chris Riccomini (WePay, Apache Samza PMC) > > === Nominated Mentors === > > * Chris Nauroth (HortonWorks, Apache Hadoop Committer/PMC Member, > Apache ZooKeeper Committer, Apache Software Foundation Member) > * Hitesh Shah (HortonWorks, Apache Hadoop Committer/PMC Member, > Apache Ambari Committer/PMC Member, Apache Tez Committer/PMC Member, > Apache Software Foundation Member) > * Jakob Homan (OfferUp, Apache Hadoop Committer/PMC Member, Apache > Kafka Committer/PMC Member, Apache Samza Committer/PMC Member, Apache > Giraph Committer/PMC Member, Apache Software Foundation Member) > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
