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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:59:11 +0100
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] [PROPOSAL] SAMOA for Apache Incubator
From: jan i <jani@apache.org>
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On Thursday, December 4, 2014, Henry Saputra <henry.saputra@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was not saying to stop it but Daniel needs to send request to
> private@ list make sure he is part of IPMCs.

Agreed, sorry if my wording sounded differently.

rgds
jan i

>
> - Henry
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:48 PM, jan i <jani@apache.org <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 4, 2014, Henry Saputra <henry.saputra@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Daniel,
> >>
> >> Small formality, as I remember champion has to be member of IPMC in
> >> which you are not.
> >> Since you are a member of ASF, you can just send email to
> >> private@incubator.a.o to be added as member of IPMC.
> >
> >
> > I agree we need formalities to be in order, but in this case its really
> > only paperwork, so lets not stop the process for the project.
> >
> > just my opinion.
> > rgds
> > jan i
> >
> >>
> >> - Henry
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Daniel Dai <daijyc@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I would like to propose SAMOA as an Apache Incubator project.
> >> > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/SAMOAProposal
> >> >
> >> > I've posted posted the text of the proposal below:
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Daniel
> >> >
> >> > =3D SAMOA =3D
> >> > =3D=3D Abstract =3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA is an an open-source platform for mining big data streams.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Proposal =3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA provides a collection of distributed streaming algorithms for
> the
> >> > most common data mining and machine learning tasks such as
> >> classification,
> >> > clustering, and regression, as well as programming abstractions to
> >> develop
> >> > new algorithms that run on top of distributed stream processing
> engines
> >> > (DSPEs). It features a pluggable architecture that allows it to run =
on
> >> > several DSPEs such as Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apache Samza.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Background =3D=3D
> >> > Hadoop and its ecosystem have changed the way data are processed by
> >> > allowing to push algorithms to unprecedented scale. As an example,
> Mahout
> >> > allows to run data mining and machine learning algorithms on very
> large
> >> > datasets. However, Hadoop and Mahout are not suited to handle
> streaming
> >> > data. Simply put, the goal of SAMOA is to provide a streaming
> counterpart
> >> > to Mahout.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA aims to fill the current gap in tools for mining large scale
> >> streams.
> >> > Many organizations can benefit from a scalable stream mining platfor=
m
> >> > system such as SAMOA.
> >> >
> >> > SAMOA is a natural fit for the Apache Software Foundation. It is
> licensed
> >> > under the ASL v2.0. It already interoperates with several existing
> Apache
> >> > projects such as Storm, S4, and Samza. Furthermore, it is
> complementary
> >> to
> >> > existing Apache projects such as Mahout. The initial committers are
> >> > familiar with the Apache process and subscribes to the Apache missio=
n.
> >> > Indeed, the team includes multiple Apache committers. Finally, joini=
ng
> >> > Apache will help coordinate the development effort of the growing
> number
> >> of
> >> > organizations which contribute to SAMOA.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Initial Goals =3D=3D
> >> > * Move the existing codebase to Apache
> >> > * Integrate with the Apache development process
> >> > * Incremental development and releases per Apache guidelines
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Current Status =3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA started as a research project at Yahoo Labs in 2013 and was
> >> > open-sourced in October the same year. It has been under development
> on
> >> > Yahoo's public GitHub repository since being open-sourced. It has
> >> undergone
> >> > two releases (0.1, 0.2).
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Meritocracy =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The SAMOA project already operates on meritocratic principles. Today=
,
> >> SAMOA
> >> > has several developers and has accepted multiple patches from outsid=
e
> of
> >> > Yahoo Labs. However, our intent with this incubator proposal is to
> start
> >> > building a more diverse developer community around SAMOA that follow=
s
> the
> >> > Apache meritocracy model. We will identify all committers and PPMC
> >> members
> >> > for the project operating under the ASF meritocratic principles. We
> plan
> >> to
> >> > continue support for new contributors and work with those who
> contribute
> >> > significantly to the project to make them committers.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Community =3D=3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA is currently being used internally at Yahoo. Acceptance into t=
he
> >> > Apache foundation would bolster the existing user and developer
> community
> >> > around SAMOA. That community includes contributors from several
> >> > institutions, active mostly on GitHub's pages. SAMOA has been starre=
d
> >> more
> >> > than 300 times and forked more than 50 times on GitHub as of Novembe=
r
> >> 2014.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Core Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The core developers are a diverse group, many of which already very
> >> > experienced with open source. There are two existing Apache
> committers,
> >> > along with people from various companies and universities.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Alignment =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The ASF is the natural choice to host SAMOA. First, its goal of
> >> encouraging
> >> > community-driven open-source projects fits with our vision for SAMOA=
.
> >> > Additionally, many other projects that SAMOA is based on, such as
> Apache
> >> > Storm, S4, Samza, and HDFS, are hosted by the ASF. Close proximity o=
f
> >> SAMOA
> >> > to these projects within the ASF will provide mutual benefit.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Known Risks =3D=3D
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Orphaned Products =3D=3D=3D
> >> > Given the current level of investment in SAMOA the risk of the proje=
ct
> >> > being abandoned is minimal. There are several constituents who are
> highly
> >> > incentivized to continue development, and Yahoo Labs relies on SAMOA
> as a
> >> > platform for a large number of long-term research projects. However,
> the
> >> > small number of initial committers might be a concern. We plan to
> address
> >> > this issue during incubation by growing the community and the number
> of
> >> > committers.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Inexperience with Open Source =3D=3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA has existed as a healthy open source project for one year.
> During
> >> > this time, we have curated an open-source community successfully,
> >> > attracting developers from a diverse group of universities and
> companies
> >> > including Huawei, Yahoo, University of Porto, and Universitat
> Politecnica
> >> > de Catalunya.
> >> >
> >> > Gianmarco is a committer for Apache Pig, Matthieu for Apache S4.
> Albert
> >> is
> >> > one of the lead developers of MOA, an open-source tool for streaming
> >> > machine learning.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Homogenous Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The initial list of committers includes developers from several
> >> > institutions, both academic and industrial. The committers are
> >> > geographically distributed across Europe, America, and Asia.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Reliance on Salaried Developers =3D=3D=3D
> >> > Like most open source projects, SAMOA receives a substantial support
> from
> >> > salaried developers. In addition, those working from within
> corporations
> >> > often devote =E2=80=9Cafter hours=E2=80=9D or spare time in the proj=
ect - and these
> come
> >> > from several organizations. We will work to ensure the ability for t=
he
> >> > project to continuously be stewarded and to proceed forward
> independently
> >> > of salaried developers.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Relationship with Other Apache Products =3D=3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA interoperates with several existing Apache project, mainly by
> using
> >> > them as stream processing engines: Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apac=
he
> >> > Samza. It also uses several other Apache components, including Apach=
e
> >> Maven
> >> > and several Apache Commons libraries.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand =3D=3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA is already a healthy and relatively well known open source
> project.
> >> > This proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather=
,
> the
> >> > primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationa=
le
> >> > section. We are more interested in establishing a strong community
> that
> >> can
> >> > drive the project independently of Yahoo.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Documentation =3D=3D
> >> > The reader will find these websites relevant:
> >> >
> >> > * SAMOA website: http://samoa-project.net/
> >> > * SAMOA documentation: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa/wiki/
> >> > * Issue tracking: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa/issues
> >> > * Codebase: https://github.com/yahoo/samoa
> >> > * User group: http://groups.google.com/group/samoa-user
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Initial Source =3D=3D
> >> > The SAMOA codebase is currently hosted on GitHub:
> >> > https://github.com/yahoo/samoa. This is the exact codebase that we
> would
> >> > migrate to the Apache foundation.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan =3D=3D
> >> > Currently, the SAMOA codebase is distributed under an Apache license
> >> v2.0.
> >> > The vast majority of code has copyright held by Yahoo. Upon entering
> the
> >> > Incubator, Yahoo will grant a license to the Apache foundation. In
> >> certain
> >> > cases where individuals or organizations hold copyright, we will
> ensure
> >> > they grant a license to the Apache foundation. Going forward, all
> commits
> >> > will be licensed directly to the Apache foundation through our signe=
d
> >> > Individual Contributor License Agreements for all committers on the
> >> project.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Cryptography =3D=3D
> >> > We do not expect SAMOA to be a controlled export item due to the use
> of
> >> > encryption.
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D External Dependencies =3D=3D
> >> > To the best of our knowledge, all dependencies of SAMOA are
> distributed
> >> > under Apache compatible licenses. Upon acceptance to the incubator, =
we
> >> > would begin a thorough analysis of all transitive dependencies to
> verify
> >> > this fact and introduce license checking into the build and release
> >> process
> >> > (for instance integrating Apache Rat).
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Required Resources =3D=3D
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Mailing Lists =3D=3D=3D
> >> > We will migrate the existing SAMOA mailing lists as follows:
> >> >
> >> > * samoa-users@googlegroups --> users@samoa.incubator.apache.org
> <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>
> >> > * samoa-developers@googlegroups --> dev@samoa.incubator.apache.org
> <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>
> >> >
> >> > SAMOA commits are hosted on GitHub, so we would request the followin=
g
> >> > mailing list:
> >> >
> >> > * commits@samoa.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
> >> >
> >> > We would also request the following mailing list:
> >> >
> >> > * private@samoa.incubator.apache.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>
> (with moderated
> >> subscription)
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Source control =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The SAMOA team would like to use Git for source control, due to our
> >> current
> >> > use of Git. We request a writeable Git repo for SAMOA, and mirroring
> to
> >> be
> >> > set up to GitHub through INFRA.
> >> >
> >> > * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-samoa.git
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Issue Tracking =3D=3D=3D
> >> > SAMOA currently uses GitHub for issue tracking. We will migrate to t=
he
> >> > Apache JIRA instance. http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMOA
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Initial Committers & Affiliations =3D=3D
> >> > * Albert Bifet, Huawei, <abifet at waikato dot ac dot nz>
> >> > * Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Yahoo Labs, <gdfm at apache dot or=
g>
> >> > * Nicolas Kourtellis, Yahoo Labs, <nkourtellis at gmail dot com>
> >> > * Matthieu Morel, Yahoo Labs, <mmorel at apache dot org>
> >> > * Arinto Murdopo, Living Analytics Research Centre, <arintom at smu
> dot
> >> edu
> >> > dot sg>
> >> > * Olivier Van Laere, BlueShift Labs, <olivier at getblueshift dot co=
m>
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D Sponsors =3D=3D
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Champion =3D=3D=3D
> >> > * Daniel Dai <daijy at apache dot org>
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Nominated Mentors =3D=3D=3D
> >> > * Alan Gates <gates at apache dot org>
> >> > * Ted Dunning <tdunning at apache dot org>
> >> > * Ashutosh Chauhan <hashutosh at apache dot org>
> >> > * Enis Soztutar <enis at apache dot org>
> >> >
> >> > =3D=3D=3D Sponsoring Entity =3D=3D=3D
> >> > The Apache Incubator
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