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Subject: Re: Edgent Status Report
From: Susan Cline <home4slc@pacbell.net>
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This looks good to me Kathy.

Thanks for doing this.

Susan

> On Sep 1, 2016, at 3:22 PM, Kathy Saunders <oskssaunders@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> Below is a draft status report for Edgent for June, July and August.
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> Note that we did not submit a status report in August as scheduled, so =
this
> report is catching us up.  Please provide any feedback or additions.
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> Edgent
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> Apache Edgent is a programming model and micro-kernel style runtime =
that can
> be embedded in gateways and small footprint edge devices enabling =
local,
> real-time, analytics on the continuous streams of data coming from
> equipment, vehicles, systems, appliances, devices and sensors of all =
kinds
> (for example, Raspberry Pis or smart phones). Working in conjunction =
with
> centralized analytic systems, Apache Edgent provides efficient and =
timely
> analytics across the whole IoT ecosystem: from the center to the edge.
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> Edgent has been incubating since 2016-02-29.
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> Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
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>  1. Create and expand a diverse community of contributors and =
committers
>     around Edgent project
>  2. Set up new build system, allowing us to remove code dependencies =
from
> our repository
>  2. Create the first Apache release of Edgent
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> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
> aware of?
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>  No
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> How has the community developed since the last report?
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> * Significant progress has been made on a new build system, using =
Gradle.
> One of the goals is to remove third party code, so we can work toward =
a
> release.
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> * The community has been active and participating in voting.  Heavy =
commit
> activity, but light Jira activity, recently as the name change was
> implemented in the code, documentation and web site.
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> How has the project developed since the last report?
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>  * According to JIRA, the project has added the following:
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>    * June: 29 new issues; 22 issues resolved.
>    * July: 20 new issues; 15 issues resolved.
>    * August: 7 new issues; 7 issues resolved.
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>    August activity was largely build and renaming activities, tracked
> under a few Jira issues.
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>  * The name for the project was changed from Apache Quarks to Apache
> Edgent.  The new name went through a suitable name search and was
> approved.  The infrastructure, code and documentation changes have =
been
> completed.
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> * A logo was voted on and chosen, and a wiki was set up for the Edgent
> community.
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> Date of last release:
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> We haven't created an Apache release as of yet.  We need to complete =
build
> changes and licensing work to create a release.
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> When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
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>  In May, we added two new committers and PPMC members, Kathy Saunders =
and
>  Queenie Ma.
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> Signed-off-by:
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>  [ ](edgent) Daniel Debrunner
>  [ ](edgent) Luciano Resende
>  [ ](edgent) Katherine Marsden
>  [ ](edgent) Justin Mclean