> On Nov 13, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As mentioned, the Apache Way is that "everything happens on the mailing 
> lists." As a matter of fact, key parts of being an incubator is to learn how 
> to operate per the Apache Way and to build communities. We even include 
> statistics about mailing list engagement as an indicator of community 
> building.
> 

Gunnar, I’m going to give you a big -1 to this.  

Unless you can come up with a better global way to A) communicate across a 
medium that everyone uses daily B) archive to search and come back to, I am in 
full disagreement.  Since I have been with Apache (about 14 years), I have yet 
to find a better medium than the lists, and its always been a known fact that 
ultimately, any non-mail list discussions that result in some form of a 
decision are brought to the mail lists for global discussion.

Our mail lists are indexed by Google and others.  Its easy to find what one 
looks for.

Jeff


> The struggle I'm referring is that we're seeing a reluctance to participate 
> in the main Apache communication methods: email. Clearly, we can try to get 
> statistics from the different forums you and I have mentioned but that's 
> really just collecting data points. 
> 
> How can you help? Well, how to we get more people from China (or other 
> companies) to engage with the mailing lists or vice versa? I'm imagining 
> jumping on the QQ group and must admit to be very apprehensive on doing so. 
> It's not an easy thing to get over. 
> 
> Gunnar
> 
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 7:16 AM, Luke Han <luke...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:luke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Gunnar,
> 
> > Given your statistics, I think there is:
> > "everything happens on the mailing lists" just isn't the case when there's
> > a 20K contributor community on WeChat. That's awesome news! But, it's
> > invisible to the rest of us.
> 
>      I think maybe I'm not bring message so clearly, let me try again:
>      Such account is not a GROUP, it's something like twitter account which
> has 20k followers where the author sharing experiences, samples and
> anything else...to help to educate users, help to grow up local
> communities. I have to say, such account helped a lot for ASF projects'
> adoption in China. Back to QQ group, something like Google Group which
> everybody could create in seconds.
> 
>      Is that Trafodion QQ group created and managed by Trafodion PMC or
> someone else? Did your PMCs make decision over there, or just users who
> asking questions over there? If "it's invisible to the rest of us" means
> decision has been made by your PMCs in QQ group but not in mailing
> list...that's really problem and you have to raise to PPMC/IPMC.
> 
>      But if it's about user group, there are many local communities
> everywhere for sure using different languages, in Chinese, in Spanish, in
> Japanese...could we know everything from there? For example, did Hadoop
> report include activities from Hortonworks/Cloudera hosted forum, twitter
> accounts or Facebook pages "like" number or any other online forums/groups?
> They are really user communities too.
> 
>       I just shared my experience with you in last reply about how we
> handle that...hope it could help you to understand what you could do. And
> also brought some facts how user communities formed, operated and what we
> have did. And brought some data from different Apache projects, obviously
> it's not "an Apache-wide issue that needs to be addressed".
> 
>       I'm not argue with you about "Which language is better" or "mailing
> list vs QQ/Google Group", I just want to help you to figure the root cause
> of your original "struggle" problem.
> 
>       But I'm not very agree with you raised such discussion after a new
> incubator project proposal (and just changed the subject name)...looks like
> we are really not friendly to new comers especially from a different, non
> native English speaking (actually most of talent engineers are well
> educated with English in China) and different culture world...the team is
> so "scary" and asked us many times like "will they cancel the vote? do they
> really welcome our project?..." when they saw this thread?
> 
>       And, let's focus on your really issue, maybe we could help you:)
> 
>       Thanks.
> 
> Luke
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards!
> ---------------------
> 
> Luke Han
> 
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Luke:
> >
> > This question was originally asked on the incubator list. The members list
> > was added somewhere on the line.
> >
> > Part of the incubator challenge is to show community growth. In the past, a
> > good metric seems to have been to check interaction on the mailing lists;
> > for example, on the user list.
> >
> > As you note, China changes this equation forming communities on QQ, WeChat,
> > and other places I'm probably not aware of. This means that there can be a
> > thriving user community that the PMC may or may not be aware of. So, how to
> > we assess community involvement that bypass the Apache "everything happens
> > on the mailing lists" principle?
> >
> > Like you noted, it's easy to translate questions and respond to questions
> > in English. The Trafodion project does that, no problems. But, most of the
> > discussion in China happen on the alternative forums with the project's
> > Chinese speakers contributors participating. So, for Trafodion
> > specifically, I can ask those contributors to provide participation
> > statistics so that I can include the information in the next report.
> >
> > However, I was trying to figure out whether there's an Apache-wide issue
> > that needs to be addressed. Given your statistics, I think there is:
> > "everything happens on the mailing lists" just isn't the case when there's
> > a 20K contributor community on WeChat. That's awesome news! But, it's
> > invisible to the rest of us.
> >
> > So, let's think about this from a community building perspective. The
> > traditional way of mailing lists is now being augmented by WeChat, QQ, etc.
> > in an organic fashion. I'd argue that you don't want to police organic
> > growth but rather embrace it so that you can get insights into what's going
> > on.
> >
> > Assuming that people agree that it's important to bridge the communities,
> > I'd start with something simple: how can we find out what communities exist
> > in the different Chinese forums, membership, and activity. Shy of learning
> > Chinese that is. :)
> >
> > My next question is: how can we help those communities? What would make
> > Apache usage grow even more? For Trafodion, I simply pointed to the QQ
> > group but that seems way too little...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gunnar
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Luke Han <luke...@gmail.com 
> > <mailto:luke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > > As mentioned, the Chinese users have chosen to find an alternate means
> > > > to communicate that was invisible to the project until I heard about
> > it.
> > > So, I
> > > > choose to accept reality and provided a link to the discussion group so
> > > that
> > > > others that wanted to discuss in Chinese knew where to go. Maybe that
> > was
> > > > the wrong choice but I rather encourage interaction somewhere than shut
> > > it > down with a "use our mailing lists only."
> > >
> > > And for "invisible to the project", are you talking about PMCs or Users?
> > > That's totally different arguments.
> > >
> > > Would like to share our experience which may help to bring some ideas for
> > > you. At the beginning, there were many people came to Kylin mailing list
> > > and
> > > asked questions in Chinese, but our PMC (most of them are Chinese too)
> > had
> > > tried their best to help to translate to English, again and again. And we
> > > tried to convince people who we knew to ask question in English. And we
> > > have a
> > > simple rule for our PMCs to answer question in English no matter which
> > > Language
> > > of the question.
> > > Not easy for everybody, but finally it works. The point is your PMCs
> > should
> > > keep discussion in mailing list, in English.  And then to influent others
> > > who
> > > want to participate, contribute and use this open source project.
> > >
> > > Why English?
> > > It's only way to cross board for global adoption.
> > >
> > >
> > > On the other hand, from user perspective, they really would like to learn
> > > and
> > > try new technology with their native language so that they could
> > understand
> > > quickly and deeply, people may give up if their English is not good
> > enough
> > > at that time...then they asking question in their native Language is the
> > > right
> > > thing they should to do to get help.
> > >
> > > For projects coming from non-English developer community, the native
> > > language is the best one to attract local users and fans, then
> > developers.
> > > We
> > > shouldn't force "users" how to communicate between them, actually nothing
> > > we can do. For example, there's QQ group for Kylin which is very active
> > who
> > > are discussing and exchanging ideas over there. What can we do? Try to
> > > leading discussion to mailing list and never answer detail question there
> > > but
> > > will do in mailing list. But that's not said people will coming to
> > mailing
> > > list
> > > because they already could help each other.
> > >
> > > Actually, most of Apache projects have QQ or WeChat group(s) in China.
> > > For example, there are hundreds Spark groups each one has 500 people and
> > > more in QQ groups.
> > >
> > > One more reference, I just got to know today there's one popular Hadoop
> > > WeChat Official Account ("official account' is WeChat's product,
> > something
> > > like channel/blog...) who has 20,000 subscribers. And it's just one of
> > such
> > > accounts...
> > >
> > > Then my question is are PPMCs willing to engage them?
> > >
> > > Why Chinese?
> > > To engage the biggest developer community of the world, no matter where's
> > > project coming from.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards!
> > > ---------------------
> > >
> > > Luke Han
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com 
> > > <mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it would be a good idea to separate user lists from other
> > lists?
> > > I
> > > > was specifically referring to users wanting to ask questions and to get
> > > > help. The support side if you will.
> > > >
> > > > As mentioned, the Chinese users have chosen to find an alternate means
> > to
> > > > communicate that was invisible to the project until I heard about it.
> > > So, I
> > > > choose to accept reality and provided a link to the discussion group so
> > > > that others that wanted to discuss in Chinese knew where to go. Maybe
> > > that
> > > > was the wrong choice but I rather encourage interaction somewhere than
> > > shut
> > > > it down with a "use our mailing lists only."
> > > >
> > > > As mention, I prefer to use e-mail lists but it seems that users aren't
> > > > comfortable with that. I'm hoping that people in China can help
> > identify
> > > > what would work for those users.
> > > >
> > > > I have similar issues with documentation but I'll open a separate
> > > > discussion thread on that topic.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Gunnar
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Jeff Genender <jgenen...@apache.org 
> > > > <mailto:jgenen...@apache.org>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I would think that English is generally used because its the most
> > > >> international language, not because its the most used in the world.
> > > Thus
> > > >> it helps cross borders for communication.  At the end of the day, I
> > > think
> > > >> you need to look at your community and ask if you want it to cross
> > > borders
> > > >> or not.  Do you want worldwide contribution (and adoption)?  I can
> > tell
> > > you
> > > >> that I glean a lot of information from the mail lists when I run into
> > > >> problems or issues using Apache software.  If the discussions are in
> > > >> Chinese, you may miss a lot of people who can be a part of the
> > > discussion
> > > >> from outside of China.  I think you really need to think about who you
> > > want
> > > >> your users to be and how you want your product adopted.
> > > >>
> > > >> In addition, this is an incubated project.  AFAICT, the champion
> > doesn’t
> > > >> speak Chinese, and I am wild-guessing maybe 2 of the mentors do.  This
> > > >> means the other mentors may have a difficult time steering the project
> > > when
> > > >> they are needed.  It makes it difficult for the champion to asses any
> > > >> problems without having someone notify him of a translated issue.  In
> > > the
> > > >> unlikely event that the project requires input from the incubation PMC
> > > or,
> > > >> the board for that matter, it would be very difficult to get a proper
> > > >> insight into the issues without have solid knowledge of the language.
> > > >>
> > > >> I personally don’t know of any rule or regulation that locks down a
> > > >> language and perhaps a board member can chime in on that.  But my .02
> > is
> > > >> that if I were bringing a project to Apache, my thoughts about
> > community
> > > >> would be getting as many people and users involved as possible.  If
> > you
> > > >> don’t use a more cross-border/international language, then I believe
> > > that
> > > >> you may ultimately be hindering your project beyond your borders.  I
> > > think
> > > >> that would be a shame.  OTOH, maybe your desire is to keep RocketMQ a
> > > >> Chinese piece of software.  I guess that is ok too… but I would be
> > > >> interested in why.
> > > >>
> > > >> Just my usual .02.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jeff
> > > >>
> > > >> > On Nov 10, 2016, at 11:53 PM, Tom Barber <t...@spicule.co.uk 
> > > >> > <mailto:t...@spicule.co.uk>> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I believe I saw something the other day where someone was talking
> > > about
> > > >> diverse languages on mailing lists. personally I think it's okay but
> > > >> obviously it decreases the chance of participation of others.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > of course the old saying "if it wasn't discussed on the list it
> > never
> > > >> happened" didn't mention the language.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thought must be taken for jira and code comments as well. how would
> > > non
> > > >> Chinese speaking people follow development?
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On 11 Nov 2016 06:45, "Reynold Xin" <r...@apache.org 
> > > >> > <mailto:r...@apache.org> <mailto:
> > > >> r...@apache.org <mailto:r...@apache.org>>> wrote:
> > > >> > Adding members@
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Reynold Xin <r...@apache.org 
> > > >> > <mailto:r...@apache.org>
> > > <mailto:
> > > >> r...@apache.org <mailto:r...@apache.org>>> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > To play devil's advocate: is it OK for Apache projects that
> > consist
> > > >> > > primarily of Chinese developers to communicate in Chinese? Or put
> > it
> > > >> > > differently -- is it a requirement that all communications must be
> > > in
> > > >> > > English?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I can see an inclusiveness argument for having to use English, as
> > > >> English
> > > >> > > is one of the most common languages. However, many talented
> > software
> > > >> > > developers in China don't have the sufficient level of proficiency
> > > >> when it
> > > >> > > comes to English, as the penetration rate of English in China is
> > > much
> > > >> lower
> > > >> > > than other countries. It is as hard for Chinese speakers to learn
> > > >> English
> > > >> > > as for English speakers to learn Chinese.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > One can certainly argue forcing everybody to use English will also
> > > >> exclude
> > > >> > > those Chinese developers, and from the perspective of the number
> > of
> > > >> native
> > > >> > > speakers, Mandarin (a Chinese dialect) outnumbers English 3 to 1
> > > >> according
> > > >> > > to Wikipedia.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Similar argument also applies to Japanese, and many other
> > countries,
> > > >> > > except the number of Chinese speakers is much larger.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Luke Han <luke...@apache.org 
> > > >> > > <mailto:luke...@apache.org>
> > > >> <mailto:luke...@apache.org <mailto:luke...@apache.org>>> wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >> Hi Gunnar,
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> I don't think your point is right, one community's problem (maybe
> > > not
> > > >> > >> real,
> > > >> > >> but just
> > > >> > >> refer to what you mentioned) could NOT represent all
> > contributions
> > > >> from
> > > >> > >> China,
> > > >> > >> or any other territories from all of the world.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> This will misleading people to ignore contributions from Chinese
> > > and
> > > >> LABEL
> > > >> > >> for such
> > > >> > >> contributors and committers..as your pattern, there are tons of
> > > >> "issue" to
> > > >> > >> describe like
> > > >> > >> Russian Contribution, German Contributions, Canada contribution
> > or
> > > >> > >> others...
> > > >> > >> that's not right way.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> Yes, Chinese people are not native English speakers, but they are
> > > >> > >> contributing to
> > > >> > >> most of the ASF projects and others foundation projects very
> > much,
> > > >> > >> involved
> > > >> > >> in many
> > > >> > >> discussion, development, decision and others deeply.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> Let's try to talk with some data, here's summary about last 31
> > days
> > > >> > >> mailing
> > > >> > >> list activity from lists.apache.org <http://lists.apache.org/> 
> > > >> > >> <http://lists.apache.org/ <http://lists.apache.org/>>
> > > [1]:
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> Project         |  Emails    |   Topics    |   Participants
> > > >> > >> HBase         |   610      |    406      |   100
> > > >> > >> Spark           |   412      |    88       |   124
> > > >> > >> Kylin             |   294      |    144      |   61
> > > >> > >> CarbonData |   852      |    250      |   116
> > > >> > >> HAWQ          |   284      |    109      |   57
> > > >> > >> Trafodion      |   87       |    20       |   25
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> There are many Chinese people are participating in these
> > projects,
> > > >> you
> > > >> > >> could check
> > > >> > >> each one and see how Chinese people are discussing within mailing
> > > >> list.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> It's really not easy for Chinese people, they have to find out a
> > > way
> > > >> to
> > > >> > >> access
> > > >> > >> gmail or others since there's GFW, they are not native English
> > > >> speakers,
> > > >> > >> they have limited experiences for open source especially the
> > Apache
> > > >> Way.
> > > >> > >> But they are willing to contribute, willing to participate global
> > > >> > >> community, and try
> > > >> > >> their best to learn and follow The Apache Way. We should have the
> > > >> patience
> > > >> > >> for
> > > >> > >> those new comers.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> As one thing I'm doing now is try to let more people to know our
> > > >> journey,
> > > >> > >> our experience
> > > >> > >>  about how to follow the Apache Way, how we overcome such
> > > >> > >> challenges...through
> > > >> > >> conference, events, meetup, blog, book and so on...and also
> > helping
> > > >> many
> > > >> > >> potential projects
> > > >> > >> who are interesting to join Apache family.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> I would like suggest to change this topic to something like "Help
> > > >> > >> Trafodion
> > > >> > >> community"
> > > >> > >> which will help to focus on real issue and your concern (Does
> > > >> Trafodion
> > > >> > >> PMC
> > > >> > >> know
> > > >> > >> this concern?)  I'm very happy to help...share with you many
> > > >> articles,
> > > >> > >> session recordings and
> > > >> > >> others about open source, even could try to do some face to face
> > > >> > >> discussion
> > > >> > >> if necessary:-)
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> [1] https://lists.apache.org <https://lists.apache.org/> 
> > > >> > >> <https://lists.apache.org/ <https://lists.apache.org/>>  <
> > > >> https://lists.apache.org <https://lists.apache.org/> 
> > > >> <https://lists.apache.org/ <https://lists.apache.org/>>>
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:00 AM, Gunnar Tapper <
> > > >> tapper.gun...@gmail.com <mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com> 
> > > >> <mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com <mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com>>>
> > > >> > >> wrote:
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> > Hi,
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Using the RocketMQ proposal to start a larger discussion.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Apache Trafodion is another project that has a lot of
> > > contribution
> > > >> from
> > > >> > >> > China.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > One of the struggles I've seen is that the contributors aren't
> > > that
> > > >> > >> active
> > > >> > >> > on email. Rather, they prefer to use a forum on QQ
> > communicating
> > > in
> > > >> > >> > Chinese.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > I'm currently the release manager and I must admit that it's
> > hard
> > > >> not to
> > > >> > >> > see all discussions. Several of us are trying to encourage
> > > >> questions etc
> > > >> > >> > via the email lists but users just prefer Chinese forums.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > I suspect that Apache will see more of this behavior moving
> > > >> forward,
> > > >> > >> > especially as other proposals come in. So, I'm hoping that
> > > members
> > > >> in
> > > >> > >> China
> > > >> > >> > can help advise on what can be done to address communication
> > > >> issues like
> > > >> > >> > this.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Thanks,
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Gunnar
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > On Nov 5, 2016 12:21 PM, "Ross Gardler" <
> > > >> ross.gard...@microsoft.com <mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com> 
> > > >> <mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com 
> > > >> <mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com>>>
> > > >> > >> > wrote:
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Some folks may remember my state of the feather session a
> > couple
> > > of
> > > >> > >> years
> > > >> > >> > ago when I called for more awareness of the ASFs role in open
> > > >> source
> > > >> > >> beyond
> > > >> > >> > English speaking countries. This was prompted by a fact finding
> > > >> trip to
> > > >> > >> > China.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > RocketMQ and the team behind it was one of the projects I
> > talked
> > > >> to. We
> > > >> > >> > discussed the Apache way at length, however I have not been
> > > >> involved
> > > >> > >> with
> > > >> > >> > this proposal.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > I'm excited to see this proposal. I hope we can bring this
> > > project
> > > >> and
> > > >> > >> > welcome the excellent team I met in China into the foundation.
> > We
> > > >> will
> > > >> > >> need
> > > >> > >> > to work hard to ensure the project is a success. Like other
> > China
> > > >> born
> > > >> > >> > projects we will find that there are cultural differences that
> > we
> > > >> need
> > > >> > >> to
> > > >> > >> > understand, but this would not be the first time we, as a
> > > >> foundation
> > > >> > >> and as
> > > >> > >> > individuals, accept an opportunity to grow in this way. Having
> > > met
> > > >> some
> > > >> > >> of
> > > >> > >> > the proposing team I am confident that with the right mentors
> > the
> > > >> > >> project
> > > >> > >> > can succeed.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Bruce, thanks for stepping up to help.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Ross
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > ---
> > > >> > >> > Twitter: @rgardler
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > ________________________________
> > > >> > >> > From: Bruce Snyder <bruce.sny...@gmail.com 
> > > >> > >> > <mailto:bruce.sny...@gmail.com> <mailto:
> > > >> bruce.sny...@gmail.com <mailto:bruce.sny...@gmail.com>>>
> > > >> > >> > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 9:21:47 AM
> > > >> > >> > To: general@incubator.apache.org 
> > > >> > >> > <mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> <mailto:
> > gene...@incubator.apac
> > > >> he.org <http://he.org/>>
> > > >> > >> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] RocketMQ Incubation Proposal
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Hi John,
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Proposals for new ASF projects are offered to this list for
> > > >> constructive
> > > >> > >> > feedback. I am happy to help steer the RocketMQ proposal and
> > > >> project
> > > >> > >> using
> > > >> > >> > your suggestions.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > First, as explained previously in this discussion thread by Von
> > > >> Gosling,
> > > >> > >> > there was some company IP that was mistakenly committed to the
> > > >> Github
> > > >> > >> > repository and through a '...unlucky... scavenging activity'
> > the
> > > >> history
> > > >> > >> > was
> > > >> > >> > erased, as Von put it. I interpret this to mean that someone's
> > > >> git-fu
> > > >> > >> went
> > > >> > >> > awry which unintentionally caused the history to be removed.
> > Von
> > > >> also
> > > >> > >> gives
> > > >> > >> > further explanation of the project history in a response below.
> > > >> Indeed,
> > > >> > >> > this is an unfortunate situation (and one that I've seen before
> > > >> with
> > > >> > >> git),
> > > >> > >> > but should this prevent the project from coming to the ASF to
> > > >> improve
> > > >> > >> and
> > > >> > >> > grow under the auspices of the ASF and The Apache Way?
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Second, regarding your statement: 'and its a bit surprising,
> > > since
> > > >> > >> Bruce is
> > > >> > >> > the chair of one of the competitors' -- All projects at the ASF
> > > >> exist
> > > >> > >> > together regardless of their focus and all projects needs good
> > > >> mentors,
> > > >> > >> > regardless of whether they are seen as competing or not. My
> > > >> interest in
> > > >> > >> > helping the RocketMQ project is no different than my interest
> > in
> > > >> > >> continuing
> > > >> > >> > to be involved with the ActiveMQ project. I have nearly 15
> > years
> > > >> > >> experience
> > > >> > >> > at the ASF and I'm not here to play games and favor one project
> > > >> over
> > > >> > >> > another. I continue to be involved with the ASF to collaborate
> > > >> > >> > constructively with others on open source and to foster a
> > > >> community of
> > > >> > >> > inclusiveness where we can all continually learn and grow. The
> > > ASF
> > > >> is an
> > > >> > >> > inclusive place where even experienced projects can learn from
> > > new
> > > >> > >> > projects. As I've said for many years, we all come for code and
> > > >> stay for
> > > >> > >> > the people. My intent is to use my experience to help a new
> > > >> project and
> > > >> > >> > people to the ASF.
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Third, I think the two questions you have posed are both good
> > > >> > >> suggestions
> > > >> > >> > for discussion and debate and might even help to improve the
> > > >> proposal.
> > > >> > >> Even
> > > >> > >> > if there are no solid answers today, I think these would also
> > be
> > > >> great
> > > >> > >> > ideas to debate around the code base and within the project
> > > moving
> > > >> > >> forward.
> > > >> > >> > I really like the idea of cross-pollination with the projects
> > you
> > > >> > >> mentioned
> > > >> > >> > as well as others at the ASF. Since I have not worked on the
> > > >> RocketMQ
> > > >> > >> code
> > > >> > >> > base, I will allow Von to respond to two questions posed by
> > John
> > > >> with
> > > >> > >> his
> > > >> > >> > thoughts:
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Von, can you please provide your thoughts on the following two
> > > >> questions
> > > >> > >> > specifically:
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > - How can RocketMQ work with the existing Kafka or ActiveMQ
> > > >> communities
> > > >> > >> to
> > > >> > >> > build cross platform clients?
> > > >> > >> > - How can RocketMQ look to leverage Cassandra, Geode, Derby as
> > > >> backend
> > > >> > >> > persistence stores?
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > Bruce
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 3:26 PM, John D. Ament <
> > > >> john.d.am...@gmail.com <mailto:john.d.am...@gmail.com> 
> > > >> <mailto:john.d.am...@gmail.com <mailto:john.d.am...@gmail.com>>>
> > > >> > >> > wrote:
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 4:43 PM Roman Shaposhnik <
> > > >> ro...@shaposhnik.org <mailto:ro...@shaposhnik.org> 
> > > >> <mailto:ro...@shaposhnik.org <mailto:ro...@shaposhnik.org>>
> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > wrote:
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > > The proposal looks fine in general, but I'm slightly
> > > concerned
> > > >> > >> about:
> > > >> > >> > > >    https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= 
> > > >> > >> > > > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=> <
> > > >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= 
> > > >> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=>>
> > > >> > >> > https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Falibaba%2FRocketMQ%2Fgraphs%
> > > >> > >> > 2Fcontributors&data=02%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com 
> > > >> > >> > <http://40microsoft.com/> <
> > > >> http://40microsoft.com/ <http://40microsoft.com/>>%
> > > >> > >> > 7Cd12890186efe4c6e60c908d40597dcff%
> > > 7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011
> > > >> > >> > db47%7C1%7C0%7C636139597197176036&sdata=96ixj1Js5%
> > > >> > >> > 2BytkM0Pru7nABYfTTYimOP5se5POgOMleo%3D&reserved=0
> > > >> > >> > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > It seems that the model so far has been -- through huge
> > blobs
> > > >> of
> > > >> > >> > > > code over the wall. Given that the composition of initial
> > > >> committers
> > > >> > >> > > > is all from Alibaba I hope their mentors will spend a lot
> > of
> > > >> time
> > > >> > >> > > > making sure that "commit early, commit often" mentality
> > > >> prevails.
> > > >> > >> > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > In addition to that, I can't seem to reconcile the
> > statement:
> > > >> > >> > > >    "The source code was opened up in 2012."
> > > >> > >> > > > with what I see on GitHub. What am I missing?
> > > >> > >> > > >
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > So I think these are the same points I was bringing up as
> > well.
> > > >> I
> > > >> > >> > suspect
> > > >> > >> > > its a case where there wasn't a ton of open source
> > development
> > > >> on the
> > > >> > >> > > product and it was kept internal.
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > I'm still a bit leary about the "relationship with other
> > apache
> > > >> > >> products"
> > > >> > >> > > section still.  I'm not interested in seeing how a podling
> > > >> competes
> > > >> > >> with
> > > >> > >> > > other projects (and its a bit surprising, since Bruce is the
> > > >> chair of
> > > >> > >> one
> > > >> > >> > > of the competitors), but instead how the podling has
> > synergies
> > > >> with
> > > >> > >> the
> > > >> > >> > > other components.  I raised that they're using ASF projects
> > > >> today in
> > > >> > >> > their
> > > >> > >> > > code base.
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > Some other ways to address this section:
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > - How can RocketMQ work with the existing Kafka or ActiveMQ
> > > >> > >> communities
> > > >> > >> > to
> > > >> > >> > > build cross platform clients?
> > > >> > >> > > - How can RocketMQ look to leverage Cassandra, Geode, Derby
> > as
> > > >> backend
> > > >> > >> > > persistence stores?
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > etc..
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > >
> > > >> > >> > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > Thanks,
> > > >> > >> > > > Roman.
> > > >> > >> > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Brian McCallister <
> > > >> > >> bri...@skife.org <mailto:bri...@skife.org> 
> > > >> > >> <mailto:bri...@skife.org <mailto:bri...@skife.org>>>
> > > >> > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > >> > > > > +1 !
> > > >> > >> > > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Jim Jagielski <
> > > >> j...@jagunet.com <mailto:j...@jagunet.com> <mailto:j...@jagunet.com 
> > > >> <mailto:j...@jagunet.com>>>
> > > >> > >> > wrote:
> > > >> > >> > > > >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> Cool.
> > > >> > >> > > > >>
> > > >> > >> > > > >> +1
> > > >> > >> > > > >>
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > On Nov 3, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Bruce Snyder <
> > > >> > >> bruce.sny...@gmail.com <mailto:bruce.sny...@gmail.com> 
> > > >> > >> <mailto:bruce.sny...@gmail.com <mailto:bruce.sny...@gmail.com>>>
> > > >> > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > Please find below a proposal for a new Incubator
> > podling
> > > >> named
> > > >> > >> > > Apache
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > RocketMQ, a fast, low latency, reliable, scalable,
> > > >> distributed,
> > > >> > >> > easy
> > > >> > >> > > > to
> > > >> > >> > > > >> use
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > message-oriented middleware, especially for processing
> > > >> large
> > > >> > >> > amounts
> > > >> > >> > > > of
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > streaming data.
> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > The draft proposal can be found in the wiki at the
> > > >> following
> > > >> > >> URL:
> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > https://na01.safelinks.protect 
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > <https://na01.safelinks.protect/>
> > > >> ion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A% <http://ion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%> 
> > > >> <https://na01.safelinks.protec <https://na01.safelinks.protec/>
> > > >> tion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A% 
> > > >> <http://tion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%>>
> > > >> > >> 2F%
> > > >> > >> > 2Fwiki.apache.org <http://2fwiki.apache.org/> 
> > > >> > >> > <http://2fwiki.apache.org/ <http://2fwiki.apache.org/>>%2F
> > > >> incubator%2FRocketMQProposal&data=02%
> > > >> > >> > 7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com <http://40microsoft.com/> 
> > > >> > >> > <http://40microsoft.com/ <http://40microsoft.com/>
> > > >%7Cd1
> > > >> 2890186efe4c6e60c908d40597dcff%
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> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > Below, please find the text for the proposal below.
> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > Thanks,
> > > >> > >> > > > >> >
> > > >> > >> > > > >> > Bruce
> > > >> > >> > > > >>
> > > >> > >> > > > >>
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> > https://na01.safelinks <https://na01.safelinks/>
> > > <
> > > >> https://na01.safelinks/ <https://na01.safelinks/>>.
> > > >> > >> > protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbruceblog.org%2F& 
> > > >> > >> > <http://protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbruceblog.org%2F&;>
> > > >> > >> >  <
> > > >> http://protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbruceblog.org%2F&; 
> > > >> <http://protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbruceblog.org%2F&;>>
> > > >> > >> > data=02%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com 
> > > >> > >> > <http://40microsoft.com/> <
> > > >> http://40microsoft.com/ <http://40microsoft.com/>>%7Cd12890186efe4c
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> > > >> > >> > Twitter: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= 
> > > >> > >> > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=> <
> > > >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= 
> > > >> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=>>
> > > >> > >> > http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbrucesnyder&data=02%7C01%
> > > >> > >> > 7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com <http://40microsoft.com/> 
> > > >> > >> > <http://40microsoft.com/ <http://40microsoft.com/>>%7Cd1
> > > >> 2890186efe4c6e60c908d40597dcff%
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> > > >> > >> >
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Gunnar
> > > > *If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.*
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gunnar
> > *If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.*
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gunnar
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