+1 On 13 January 2018 at 16:03, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > Le 13 janv. 2018 09:17, "Pierre Smits" <pierresm...@apache.org> a écrit : > > > +1 > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > V.P. Apache Trafodion > > > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Sergio Fernández <wik...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > On Jan 12, 2018 14:13, "Kevin A. McGrail" <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I would like to start a VOTE & I vote +1 to bring the ECharts project > > in > > > > as an Apache incubator podling. > > > > > > > > The ASF voting rules are described: > > > > > > > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > > > > > > > > A vote for accepting a new Apache Incubator podling is a majority > vote > > > for > > > > which only Incubator PMC member votes are binding. > > > > > > > > This vote will run for at least 72 hours. Please VOTE as follows > > > > [ ] +1 Accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator > > > > [ ] +0 Abstain. > > > > [ ] -1 Do not accept ECharts into the Apache Incubator because ... > > > > > > > > The proposal is listed below, but you can also access it on the wiki: > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EChartsProposal > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > KAM > > > > > > > > > > > > ECharts Proposal > > > > > > > > Abstract > > > > > > > > ECharts is a charting and data visualization library written in > > > JavaScript. > > > > > > > > Proposal > > > > > > > > ECharts provides a powerful, interactive charting and data > > visualization > > > > library and framework for web browser, mobile App and backend usage. > > > > > > > > Background > > > > > > > > A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information > > > clearly > > > > and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots and other graphics. > > > > > > > > Numerical data may be presented in dots, lines, or bars, to visually > > > > communicate a quantitative message. Effective visualization helps > users > > > to > > > > analyze data .It makes complex data more readable, understandable.[1] > > > > > > > > Now data visualization concerns mainly about presentation and > > propagation > > > > in web, ECharts uses JavaScript as its basic programing language. It > > > brings > > > > great compatibility across multiple platforms, not only in web > > browsers, > > > > but also in mobile Apps via embedded web engine or in backend > > environment > > > > via the techniques of headless browser. > > > > > > > > Rationale > > > > > > > > ECharts encapsulates the underlying data transformation, control > flow, > > > > visual encoding and rendering, receiving the visualization > requirements > > > > with declarative language, and produces interactive charts and > > > components. > > > > We will highlight the features below to illustrate the power that > > ECharts > > > > already has, and our concerns and our visions: > > > > > > > > User Diversity: > > > > > > > > ECharts expects that its users are not only web developers, but also > > > > people with lesser programing skills. So ECharts enables users to > > > describe > > > > data and settings with declarative language, which lowers the barrier > > but > > > > without losing the power, and benefit to transfer and store. > > > > > > > > Configurable Interactions: > > > > > > > > ECharts has provided plenty of interactions and aims at providing > more. > > > > Both human interactions and the interactions with upper program are > > > > supported and can be configurable. > > > > > > > > Large Data: > > > > > > > > Although the browser environment and JavaScript bring some > performance > > > > limits in visualizing large data or performing animations, ECharts > have > > > > been adopting various optimization techniques to rise the upper limit > > of > > > > the amount of data that it can process, and keep improving the > fluency > > of > > > > interactions and animations. > > > > > > > > Cross-Platform: > > > > > > > > The underlying render engine of ECharts can be switched between > > > > HTMLCanvas, SVG, or VML, which provides good compatibility and brings > > > > opportunities to optimize performance according to different platform > > and > > > > usage scenarios. Besides, ECharts can also works in backend > environment > > > via > > > > headless techniques. > > > > > > > > ECharts can be created using headless browsers to pregenerate reports > > on > > > > more powerful machines for better performance on resource-limited > > devices > > > > > > > > Extension and Customization: > > > > > > > > ECharts provides extension mechanisms to make new types of chart and > > > > components, adopt other layout algorithms, or even adopt other render > > > > techniques. Various developers have contributed different types of > > > > extensions based on ECharts.[2] > > > > > > > > Current Status > > > > > > > > ECharts has been an open source project on GitHub[3] since 2013. > > > Currently > > > > it has more than 20k stars, more than 50k monthly downloads[4] in > NPM, > > > and > > > > is one of the most popular repositories in topic of data > visualization > > > > category in GitHub.[5] And it has been used in many products of Baidu > > and > > > > other companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Netease, XinHua News > > > > Agency,National Bureau of Statistics of China, Sina, State Grid > > > Corporation > > > > of China, Lenovo, Ctrip etc. > > > > > > > > Meritocracy > > > > > > > > The ECharts project already operates on meritocratic principles. It > was > > > > originally created by Lin Zhifeng in 2013,adding developers worldwide > > and > > > > has accepted multiple major patches from a diverse set of > contributors. > > > > > > > > We will follow ASF meritocratic principles to encourage more > developers > > > to > > > > contribute in this project. We know that only active and committed > > > > developers from a diverse set of backgrounds can make ECharts a > > > successful > > > > project. We are also improving the project documentation and code to > > help > > > > new developers to get started quickly. > > > > > > > > Community > > > > > > > > ECharts has been building an active community for the last four > years. > > > > Currently, the community includes over 50 contributors . The core > > > > developers of our project are listed below. > > > > > > > > Core Developers > > > > > > > > Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com ) > > > > > > > > Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com ) > > > > > > > > Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com ) > > > > > > > > Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Alignment > > > > > > > > ECharts is popular in data visualization and charting on web > projects. > > > And > > > > ASF has many famous web projects and big data related projects. We > > > believe > > > > that ASF is a perfect choice to help ECharts project to attract more > > > > developers and have more cooperation with existing projects. > > > > > > > > Known Risks > > > > > > > > Orphaned products > > > > > > > > Given the current level of investment in ECharts and the stakeholders > > > > using it - the risk of the project being abandoned is minimal. Baidu, > > for > > > > example, is in active development to use ECharts in many of its > > services > > > > and many large corporations including Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, Sina, > > > > Lenovo use it in their production applications. > > > > > > > > Inexperience with Open Source > > > > > > > > ECharts has been an active open source project for more than 4 years. > > > > During that time, the project has attracted 50+ contributors. > > > > > > > > Homogenous Developers > > > > > > > > The most of core developers are from Baidu, but after ECharts was > open > > > > sourced, ECharts received a lot of bug fixes and enhancements from > > other > > > > developers not working at Baidu. And the founder of ECharts,Lin > Zhifeng > > > > still contributes a lot after he left Baidu. > > > > > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > > > > > > > Although some of the developers are salaried, the project is > personally > > > > initiated from the beginning. The core developers have been dedicated > > to > > > > this project for four years and have kept the project independent > with > > > > developers around the world involved. > > > > > > > > Relationships with Other Apache Products > > > > > > > > There are several existing Apache projects that using ECharts > already, > > > > including: > > > > > > > > Apache Eagle > > > > Apache Griffin (Incubating) > > > > Apache Kylin > > > > > > > > Apache SkyWalking (Incubating) > > > > > > > > A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > > > > > > > Our interests and motivations are based on the factors mentioned in > the > > > > Rationale section rather than the publicity. Furthermore, the brand > of > > > > ECharts has been successful in the past years on their own and we > would > > > be > > > > happy to keep on this path. We are honored at getting the opportunity > > to > > > > join the ASF, with the understanding to ensure its brand policies are > > > > respected.Also we expect that Apache brand will help to attract more > > > > contributors. > > > > > > > > Documentation > > > > > > > > [1] Data Visualization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > Data_visualization > > > > > > > > [2] ECharts Extensions: https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts#resources > > > > > > > > [3] ECharts Information: https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts > > > > https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html > > > > > > > > [4] ECharts in NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/echarts > > > > > > > > [5] GitHub Data Visualization Topic: https://github.com/topics/data > > > > -visualization > > > > > > > > Initial Source > > > > > > > > ECharts has been developed since 2013. It currently has an active > > > > developer and user community with a codebase in JavaScript. We > > currently > > > > use Github to maintain our source code and track issues at > > > > https://github.com/ecomfe/ECharts We need to move our respository to > > > > Apache infrastructure. > > > > > > > > Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > > > > > > > ECharts source code is available under BSD-3 license and owned by > > Baidu. > > > > We will work with the committers to get ICLAs signed. We will > provide a > > > > Software Grant Agreement from an authorized signer per > > > > https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant-template.pdf > > > > > > > > External Dependencies > > > > > > > > All The dependencies are released under Apache compatible licenses, > > > > including BSD and MIT. > > > > > > > > Required Resources > > > > > > > > Mailing List: > > > > > > > > There are currently no mailing lists. The usual mailing lists are > > > expected > > > > to be set up when entering incubation: > > > > > > > > priv...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > d...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > comm...@echarts.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > Git Repositories: > > > > > > > > Upon entering incubation: https://github.com/apache/incu > bator-echarts > > > > After incubation, we want to move the existing repo from > > > > github/ecomfe/echarts to Apache infrastructure. > > > > > > > > Issue Tracking: > > > > > > > > ECharts currently uses GitHub to track issues. there are more than 7k > > > > issues. Would like to continue to do so while we discuss migration > > > > possibilities with the ASF Infra committee. > > > > > > > > URL: > > > > > > > > Currently the website url is https://ecomfe.github.io/echar > > > > ts-doc/public/en/index.html. It will be moved to > > > > http://echarts.incubator.apache.org/ to follow incubator > conventions. > > > > > > > > Initial Committers > > > > > > > > Lin Zhifeng (https://github.com/kener kener.linf...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Su Shuang (https://github.com/100pah sushuang0...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Shen Yi (https://github.com/pissang shenyi....@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Zhang Wenli (https://github.com/Ovilia m...@zhangwenli.com) > > > > > > > > Li Deqing (https://github.com/deqingli annong...@gmail.com) > > > > Wang Junting > > > > > > > > Dong Rui (https://github.com/erik168 error...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > Huang Houjin (https://github.com/chriswong w...@foxmail.com) > > > > > > > > Sponsors: > > > > > > > > Champion: > > > > > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > > > > > > Mentors: > > > > > > > > Daniel Gruno > > > > > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > > Dave Fisher > > > > John D. Ament > > > > > > > > Sponsoring Entity > > > > We are requesting the Incubator to sponsor this project. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > > > > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > > > > > > > > > > -- Charitha Elvitigala
