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From: Julian Hyde <jhyde@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Beam podling graduation readiness
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 12:33:22 -0800
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The project looks to be ready to graduate. The traffic on the dev list =
shows a community that is in good shape. Thanks for completing the =
maturity assessment =E2=80=94 it helped me assess the state of the =
project.

Julian


> On Dec 2, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Davor Bonaci <davor@apache.org> wrote:
>=20
> Hi everyone,
> Apache Beam entered incubation in early February. Over the past 10 =
months,
> the podling has made great progress across various areas: refactoring =
the
> project to remove any special treatment given to a runner or a vendor,
> building processes that encourage open development, evangelizing the
> project, and growing the community.
>=20
> Now, with the support of our mentors and overwhelming support from the
> wider Beam community [1], I=E2=80=99d like start a discussion on the =
progress we
> have made and a possible graduation recommendation as a new top-level
> project.
>=20
> To prepare for the discussion, we have published our self-assessment =
[2]
> against the Apache Maturity Model. We tried to include links and =
evidence
> whenever applicable. I=E2=80=99ll summarize the commonly asked =
questions here, but
> please see the self-assessment for additional information, various =
details,
> graphs, evidence, etc.
>=20
>> Releases?
>=20
> Three -- all unanimously approved, all driven by different release
> managers, across different organizations. A detailed release guide is
> available on the website.
>=20
>> Community growth?
>=20
> There has been a clear growth month-over-month. We have had 1500+ pull
> requests on GitHub and 110+ individual code contributors. In terms of
> mailing list activity, over the past 30 days, we have had 50+ =
individual
> participants on dev@ and 35+ on user@.
>=20
>> Organizational influence?
>=20
> We have worked hard to remove any special treatment given to any
> organization. The bulk of the initial code donation came from Google, =
but
> now both the project=E2=80=99s code and branding have a clean =
separation between
> the project and Google Cloud Dataflow (which has become just one of =
many
> runners that can be used within Beam).
>=20
> While it is true that Googlers continue to provide the majority of =
commits,
> over the last three months no single organization has had more than =
~50% of
> unique monthly contributors. (Please see the graph in the =
self-assessment.)
> Diverse influences are also particularly clear when you look across =
modules
> within the project. Beam has about ~22 large modules in the codebase, =
at
> least 10 modules have been developed with little to no contribution =
from
> Googlers.
>=20
> Now, if we were to graduate, the Beam PPMC recommends the following
> information for the Board resolution:
>    * Project name: Apache Beam
>    * Project description and scope: a unified programming model for =
both
> batch and streaming data processing, enabling efficient execution =
across
> diverse distributed execution engines and providing extensibility =
points
> for connecting to different technologies and user communities.
>    * PMC composition:
>         * Tyler Akidau <takidau@apache.org>
>         * Davor Bonaci <davor@apache.org>
>         * Robert Bradshaw <robertwb@apache.org>
>         * Ben Chambers <bchambers@apache.org>
>         * Luke Cwik <lcwik@apache.org>
>         * Stephan Ewen <sewen@apache.org>
>         * Dan Halperin <dhalperi@apache.org>
>         * Kenneth Knowles <kenn@apache.org>
>         * Aljoscha Krettek <aljoscha@apache.org>
>         * Maximilian Michels <mxm@apache.org>
>         * Jean-Baptiste Onofr=C3=A9 <jbonofre@apache.org>
>         * Frances Perry <frances@apache.org>
>         * Amit Sela <amitsela@apache.org>
>         * Josh Wills <jwills@apache.org>
> (The ratification of the full text of the draft resolution is nearing
> completion.)
>=20
> While we have made great progress across the board (thanks to so many =
of
> you in this community), I=E2=80=99m sure there=E2=80=99s still plenty =
to do. We continue to
> be focused on community growth, and processes that encourage open
> development. Regardless of the outcome of this discussion, we=E2=80=99d =
love to get
> specific feedback on what can be improved going forward.
>=20
> Any thoughts, comments, questions or concerns? Thank you.
>=20
> Davor
>=20
> [1]
> =
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f133fb6bf2d1851d1bd5880c772e4b0507001=
54fa178fdb00a5b66bf@%3Cdev.beam.apache.org%3E
> [2] http://beam.incubator.apache.org/contribute/maturity-model/


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