From general-return-25413-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue May 18 13:30:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 58406 invoked from network); 18 May 2010 13:30:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 18 May 2010 13:30:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 52906 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2010 13:30:18 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52705 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2010 13:30:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52697 invoked by uid 99); 18 May 2010 13:30:17 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 May 2010 13:30:17 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.212.175] (HELO mail-px0-f175.google.com) (209.85.212.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 May 2010 13:30:11 +0000 Received: by pxi14 with SMTP id 14so2798574pxi.6 for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 06:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.249.6 with SMTP id w6mr5919384wah.0.1274189388804; Tue, 18 May 2010 06:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.10] (CPE-124-184-4-53.lns10.cht.bigpond.net.au [124.184.4.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r20sm58826800wam.5.2010.05.18.06.29.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 May 2010 06:29:46 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Brett Porter Subject: Re: May 2010 Incubator Board Report (Updated to add Clerezza) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Brett Porter In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 23:29:39 +1000 Cc: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1FE642A9-3991-499B-82DB-28C460BD3F6B@apache.org> References: To: board@apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I didn't see anything wrong with the original Bluesky report, but I = added the missing Clerezza heading and initial paragraphs and aligned it = to what you posted below. On 18/05/2010, at 5:08 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Noel J. Bergman = wrote: >> *** Clerezza had been accidentally deleted during a wiki edit... >=20 > Still broken below and in board_agenda_2010_05_19.txt, Bluesky and > Clerezza reports are broken, here's the correct section, also fixed in > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2010 : >=20 > ******** > =3D Bluesky =3D > BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning > solution designed to help solve the disparity in availability of > qualified education between well-developed cities and poorer regions > of China. >=20 > We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the release > candidate. Things we've done recently: >=20 > Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; > Testing IPv6 and satellite module; > One thing left to the first release: > cast release vote in general list. >=20 > =3D Clerezza =3D > Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based > modular application and set of components (bundles) for building > RESTFul Semantic Web applications and services. The are currently no > issues requiring board attention. >=20 > Recent activity: > Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security features) > Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for literal = types > Update to TDB 0.8.5 > Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat > Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon > (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are used > in FISE. >=20 > Next steps: > Enhance UIMA integration > Integration with Tika >=20 > Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: > Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. > Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in Clerezza. > Prepare for a first release > ******** >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> *** A HISE report was entered to indicate that the project had failed = to >> report. >> *** No other changes from the original submission >>=20 >> During the past month, the Incubator has added a fair number of new = PMC >> Members: >>=20 >> Chris Mattmann >> David Jencks >> Gurkan Erdogdu >> Tom White >> Jean-Frederic Clere >> Julien Vermillard >> Christian Grobmeier (elected) >> Donald Woods >>=20 >> All of them joined with the specific intent of mentoring projects, of = which >> we have quite a few (reflected by all of the new PMC members). = Proposed >> projects included Whirr (libraries for running cloud services), Zeta = (PHP >> components), Amber (OAuth Java library), and Deltacloud (web service = API for >> cloud service clients/providers). >>=20 >> WSRP4J was terminated at the mutual decision with the Portals PMC. >>=20 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>=20 >> =3D BeanValidation =3D >> Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 = Bean >> Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, = 2010. >>=20 >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move = towards >> graduation: >>=20 >> First release of artifacts. Grow the community and committer base. >>=20 >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be = aware >> of: >>=20 >> None at this time. >>=20 >> How has the community developed since the last report: >>=20 >> The community has been focused on resolving TCK failures, with lots = of help >> coming from contributor Carlos Vara. Apache OpenJPA trunk is now = using our >> artifacts as their default provider for Bean Validation testing. Two = other >> projects (one at the ASF) have mentioned they are using our artifacts >> instead of Hibernate. >>=20 >> How has the project developed since the last report: >>=20 >> Confluence is setup as our website and has been fully populated. = SNAPSHOT >> artifacts are being published to repository.apache.org. TCK testing = is being >> run by 3 or 4 committers and contributors. >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Bluesky =3D >>=20 >> BlueSky has been incubating since 01-12-2008. It is an e-learning = solution >> designed to help solve the disparity in availability of qualified = education >> between well-developed cities and poorer regions of China. >>=20 >> We are still waiting for Bill to check the completeness of the = release >> candidate. Things we've done recently: >>=20 >> * Coding to optimize DTU structure, still under going; >> * Testing IPv6 and satellite module; >>=20 >> One thing left to the first release: >>=20 >> * cast release vote in general list. >>=20 >> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for = literal >> types >> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are = used in >> FISE. >>=20 >> Next steps: >>=20 >> * Enhance UIMA integration >> * Integration with Tika >>=20 >> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >>=20 >> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" content. >> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in = Clerezza. >> * Prepare for a first release >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Droids =3D >>=20 >> Droids is an Incubator project arrived from Apache Labs. Droids = entered >> incubation on October, 2008. >>=20 >> It's an intelligent standalone robot framework that allows one to = create and >> extend existing web robots. >>=20 >> What we've completed in the last months: >>=20 >> * new elected committers: Bertil Chapuis and Richard Frovarp; >> * the community has organized a community day to fix nearly all open >> tickets with patch >> * release preparation are under going >>=20 >> Issues before graduation : >>=20 >> * Do a release >> * IP clearance >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Clerezza =3D >>=20 >> Clerezza (incubating since November 27th, 2009) is an OSGi-based = modular >> application and set of components (bundles) for building RESTFul = Semantic >> Web applications and services. The are currently no issues requiring = board >> attention. >>=20 >> Recent activity: >>=20 >> * Updated to the latest Felix framework (including security = features) >> * Improved typerendering with regex-pattern and renderlets for = literal >> types >> * Update to TDB 0.8.5 >> * Presented Clerezza at the Apache Retreat >> * Manuel Innerhofer participated in the IKS FISE hackathon >> (http://wiki.iks-project.eu/index.php/FISE), Clerezza modules are = used in >> FISE. >>=20 >> Next steps: >>=20 >> * Enhance UIMA integration >> * Integration with Tika >>=20 >> Top 2/3 Issues before graduation: >>=20 >> * Improve our website with tutorials and "getting started" = content. >> * Prepare some easy-to-run demos to get people interested in = Clerezza. >> * Prepare for a first release >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D HISE =3D >>=20 >> The goal of HISE is to provide support for the WS-Human-Task 1.0 >> Specification. HISE started Incubation in November 2009. >>=20 >> HISE did not file a report. Checking the mailing lists shows that = there >> have been 5 messages in the past 2 1/2 months, a marked drop off from = the >> first quarter of 2010. Likewise there has been a single commit since = the >> end of March. The project will be pinged to find out what is going = on >> there. >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Libcloud =3D >>=20 >> Libcloud is a unified interface into various cloud service providers, >> written in python. Libcloud joined the Incubator on November 3rd, = 2009. >>=20 >> We're on the cusp of pushing 0.3.2 out the door, with our last = release 0.3.1 >> on 10 May 2010. >>=20 >> Over the past few months we have: >>=20 >> * Added driver support for new providers: Dreamhost, Eucalyptus, = Enomaly >> ECP, IBM Developer Cloud, and !SoftLayer >> * Improved multi-threaded handling in Rackspace and !RimuHosting >> * Created deployment and bootstrap API >> * Expanded test coverage >> * Augment documentation >>=20 >> We look forward to further improving documentation and lowering the = barrier >> to entry with tutorials and a guide for writing drivers. We will = continue >> to add providers and keep the library updated with providers' = changes. >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Lucene Connector Framework =3D >>=20 >> Description: >>=20 >> Lucene Connectors Framework is an incremental crawler framework and = set of >> connectors designed to pull documents from various kinds of = repositories >> into search engine indexes or other targets. The current bevy of = connectors >> includes Documentum (EMC), FileNet (IBM), LiveLink (OpenText), = Patriarch >> (Memex), Meridio (Autonomy), SharePoint (Microsoft), RSS feeds, and = web >> content. Lucene Connectors Framework also provides components for = individual >> document security within a target search engine, so that repository = security >> access conventions can be enforced in the search results. >>=20 >> Lucene Connectors Framework has been in incubation since January, = 2010. >>=20 >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move = towards >> graduation: >>=20 >> 1. End-user documentation conversion to usable form needs to be = completed; >> this is probably the biggest obstacle to developing a broader = community at >> this point 1. Javadoc and nightly builds need to be set up 1. The = first >> official release needs to be planned and executed >>=20 >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be = aware >> of? >>=20 >> 1. We'd like to know whether there is any official Apache position on >> inclusion of NTLM implementations in ASF projects, since we've gotten = mixed >> signals on this from other developers. This represents a crucial = piece of >> functionality needed to support LiveLink, Meridio, SharePoint, RSS, = and Web >> connectors properly. >>=20 >> How has the community developed since the last report? >>=20 >> There's been a significant amount of discussion pertaining to the LCF >> document security model, it's advantages and disadvantages. Offers = of >> assistance and advice abound. A non-Apache code submission has even = been >> made. >>=20 >> How has the project developed since the last report? >>=20 >> Preliminary security integration with Solr has been tackled. Online >> end-user documentation is coming along and is perhaps 60% complete. = Scripts >> have been written to make using LCF easier for the less experienced >> integrator. >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D OODT =3D >>=20 >> Description: >>=20 >> OODT is a grid middleware framework for science data processing, >> information integration, and retrieval. OODT is used on a number of >> successful projects at Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California = Institute of >> Technology (http://jpl.nasa.gov/, and many other research = institutions and >> universities. >>=20 >> A list of the three most important issues to address in the move = towards >> graduation: >>=20 >> 1. Port OODT code and license headers into ASF license headers >> 1. OODT contributions from at least 2 other organizations besides = JPL >> 1. At least one OODT incubating release, hopefully in the first few = months >>=20 >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to = be aware >> of? >>=20 >> No, not at this time. >>=20 >> How has the community developed since the last report? >>=20 >> Chris Mattmann mentioned OODT as a possible extension for Whirr, = proposed by >> Tom White in the Incubator. We had some input from Justin >> = (http://www.mail-archive.com/oodt-dev@incubator.apache.org/msg00050.html) >> progressing on OODT-3 (http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3), = and >> leveraging tools like RAT to do the license checking and verification = needed >> to close out the issue. Much of the other activity continues to be = from the >> mentors and committers. >>=20 >> How has the project developed since the last report? >>=20 >> OODT was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC]] on January 22, 2010. >>=20 >> Development over the last month has centered >> on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] (cleaning = up the >> OODT code and config license headers), with contributions from Sean >> !McCleese, and = on[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] >> (one top-level build for OODT, and one trunk, tags and >> branches).[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-15|OODT-15]] = in >> particular included some community discussion and a lazy consensus to = move >> forward. Chris Mattmann is nearly complete on this reorganization, = which, >> coupled with[[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-3|OODT-3]] = should >> provide for a great 1st incubating release along with some = documentation >> transfering and getting the website up and running >> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-16), which Sean Kelly has >> volunteered to spearhead. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D PhotArk =3D >>=20 >> Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery = application >> including a content repository for the images, a display piece, an = access >> control layer, and upload capabilities. >>=20 >> * PhotArk was accepted for Incubation on August 19, 2008. >> * Issues before graduation : >> * PhotArk started as a project with no initial code-base, and we = have >> grown the community to the minimal 3 independent committer size = required for >> graduation and have been seeing slow but continuous interest in the = project. >> We might be soon in a position to discuss graduation if others don't = see an >> independent, active but small community as an issue. >>=20 >> * Suhothayan Sriskandaraj has been voted as Committer for Apache = PhotArk >> * The PhotArk community continues to make good progress code wise >> * Three project ideas has been accepted for GSoC 2010 program >> * PhotArk M2 release is under review. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D SIS =3D >>=20 >> SIS was voted into the Incubator by the IPMC on February 21, 2010. >>=20 >> Apache SIS is a toolkit that spatial information system builders or = users >> can use to build applications containing location context. This = project >> will look to store reference implementations of spatial algorithms, >> utilities, services, etc. as well as serve as a sandbox to explore = new >> ideas. Further, the goal is to have Apache SIS grow into a thriving = Apache >> top-level community, where a host of SIS/GIS related software (OGC >> datastores, REST-ful interfaces, data standards, etc.) can grow from = and >> thrive under the Apache umbrella. >>=20 >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to = be aware >> of? >>=20 >> Not at this time >>=20 >> Community progress since the last report: >>=20 >> Chris Mattmann, Patrick O'Leary and Kevan Miller participated in a = meeting >> with ESRI (http://www.esri.com) who may be interested in = participating >> within the project within some capacity. This would be a huge win as = ESRI is >> one of the major industry leaders in the development of GIS software, = with >> connections to standards bodies including the Open Geospatial = Consortium >> (OGC). Much of the other activity continues to be from the mentors = and >> committers. >>=20 >> Project progress since last report >>=20 >> Chris Mattmann is working on refactoring the LocalLucene code into = the SIS >> codebase and work continues on creating the SIS incubator website, = with Sean >> McCleese leading the charge. Patrick O'Leary is investigating map >> projections and coordinate systems including transformations to Polar >> coordinates which should help on the observational data side. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Stonehenge =3D >>=20 >> Stonehenge has been incubating since December 2008. Stonehenge is a = set of >> example applications for Service Oriented Architecture that spans = languages >> and platforms and demonstrates best practices and interoperability by = using >> currently defined W3C OASIS standard protocols. >>=20 >> Since the last report in February 2010, the Stonehenge project has >> intensified its efforts around interop testing between the M2 = implementation >> of the claims-based security model extension to the Stock Trader >> implementations. Testing between .NET, Axis2/Java and Metro/Glassfish >> implementations have uncovered various bugs and were subsequently = corrected >> in the web services library and the application code. >>=20 >> Milestone 2 (M2) >>=20 >> M2 constituted of expanding the Stocktrader application to use = claims-based >> authentication using an active and a passive STS for each = implementation. We >> also upgraded the usage of the WS-* specs from the submitted versions = to the >> ratified one. Extensive documentation work was done in parallel to = describe >> the new feature set and simplify the installation and configuration = process. >>=20 >> In our last report we were preparing to vote for M2, unfortunately = the >> testing efforts are still underway and we continue to find issues = that we >> hope to resolve in the near future. We are currently investigating = which if >> any products or implementations are holding us up from releasing and >> addressing them in an effort to release a stable version to our = users. >>=20 >> Milestone 3 (M3) >>=20 >> A proposal has been sumbitted for creating "micro samples" for many = common >> WS-* scenarios, with the goal being around creating implementations = with low >> barriers to entry. The proposal can be found at >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STONEHENGE-121. The community = is >> anxiously awaiting the release of M2 so that we can get started on = this >> project with hopes that releases can be made on a more frequent = basis. >>=20 >> Graduation Map: >>=20 >> * Grow community around new claims based stocktrader implementations = just >> added >> * More thorough documentation that empowers developers to replicate >> interoperability scenarios demonstrated >> * Demonstrate full interoperability between existing components, and >> release >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Thrift =3D >>=20 >> Thrift has been discussing what is required for it to move forwards - = most >> notably in relation to releases. While many developers work off their = own >> branches, and therefore do not require or need formal releases, they = do >> accept the need for releases. As a way to encourage releasing, a = proposal >> was made to have a release manager. As a result of this suggestion, = Bryan >> Duxbury was voted in as the Thrift release manager, and is intending = to take >> on regular releases. >>=20 >> One-off report from Upayavira >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D VCL =3D >>=20 >> VCL has been incubating since December 2008. VCL is a cloud computing >> platform for the management of physical and virtual machines. >>=20 >> Community Involvement: >>=20 >> * As stated in the previous report, the Apache VCL community = continues to >> grow. We're seeing more and more people start to contribute to our = online >> documentation and file JIRA issues. >> * A few people from the community have been contacted by PPMC = members >> encouraging them to become more involved in the project. >> * We continue to see people from new locations asking questions on = the >> vcl-dev list which shows that interest in VCL is continuing to grow. >> * Interest from the community to have support for a more recent = version of >> VMWare Free Server drove the decision to swap that feature = (originally >> slated for VCL 2.3) with cluster reservation improvements = (originally >> slated for VCL 2.2). >>=20 >> Plans for next Release: >>=20 >> * We hope to have our next release out by the end of June. This = would be >> 1/2 the time it took to get our previous release out. We hope to = continue >> to shorten the time between releases as we move forward. >>=20 >> Documentation: >>=20 >> * Migration of official documentation to our second Confluence space = has >> started. The next step is to pick an autoexport template, and then = set up a >> cronjob to copy the autoexported content to our official = documentation >> location. >>=20 >> Top Issues Before Graduation: >>=20 >> * Continue to increase contributors from multiple institutions >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Wink =3D >>=20 >> Apache Wink is a project that enables development and consumption of = REST >> style web services. The core server runtime is based on the JAX-RS = (JSR 311) >> standard. The project also introduces a client runtime which can = leverage >> certain components of the server-side runtime. Apache Wink will = deliver >> component technology that can be easily integrated into a variety of >> environments. >>=20 >> Apache Wink has been incubating since 2009-05-27. >>=20 >> Notable Activity: >>=20 >> * In the middle of a Wink 1.1 release. A few license issues were = resolved >> in the incubator regarding dual licensing. More bug fixes and JAX-RS = 1.1 >> changes for the non-Java EE 6 integration pieces were added. >>=20 >> * Did some initial OSGi work. Looking for feedback here to see = where to >> expand. >>=20 >> * Some work done to improve the syndication models. >>=20 >> Planned Activity: >>=20 >> * Continue the release >>=20 >> Top issues before graduation: >>=20 >> * Build community >>=20 >>=20 >> =3D Wookie =3D >>=20 >> No issues currently require IPMC or Board attention >>=20 >> Notable activities: >>=20 >> * Voted raido in as a committer >> * Core W3C Widget parser has been split off into a standalone = library for >> use in other applications >> * Implemented a connector framework to support developers building = plugins >> to add Wookie support to their applications. Versions created for = Java, C#, >> Python and PHP >> * Implemented the W3C Widgets Access Request Policy candidate >> recommendation: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-access/ >> * Work progressing on implementing the W3C Widget Updates draft >> specification: see http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets-updates/ >> * JIRA Activity continues to grow >> * Interest from Android community in porting the Wookie parser = library >> * Fixed Shindig integration >>=20 >> Items to be resolved before graduation: >>=20 >> * Remove GPL dependencies >> * Create a release >> * Develop community >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org >>=20 >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2871 - Release Date: = 05/17/10 >> 02:26:00 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org >>=20 >>=20 -- Brett Porter brett@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org