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Pirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).
Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Grow the community to establish diversity of background and expertise.
2. Establish a formal release process and schedule, allowing for dependable
release cycles in a manner consistent with the Apache development
process.
3. Add to and improve the Pirk user documentation and examples both on the
website and in the codebase
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
Yes. The Pirk community participation and growth has stalled over the last
few months. Recently, there's been discussion on the mailing lists about
retiring Pirk for now.
How has the community developed since the last report?
The Pirk community has not developed since the last report - no new
contributors or committers have been added
How has the project developed since the last report?
The project has stalled - the existing community has not been active nor
has the community grown.
How would you assess the podling's maturity?
The podling will not be seeing any activity in the near future, and the
consensus has been to retire the podling for now.
How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
[ ] Initial setup
[ ] Working towards first release
[ ] Community building
[ ] Nearing graduation
[X] Other:
Date of last release:
October 9, 2016
When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
Pirk elected two new committers (Tim Ellison and Suneel Marthi, both
mentors) on August 18, 2016.
Signed-off-by:
[x](pirk) Billie Rinaldi
Comments:
[x](pirk) Joe Witt
Comments:
As noted in the report and observed in the community contributions
and discussion have stalled. Discussions to prompt engagement have
revealed that availability to contribute for much of the original
team is no longer available. It is my opinion that retirement should
be pursued given the range of community growth for the past few
months and stated lack of intent to turn that around soon.
[x](pirk) Josh Elser
Comments:
It's sad to see the discussion about the low recent activity quickly
change into a a discussion about retirement. I was hoping that the
previously active podling members would have taken some steps to
grow, but it seems like their priorities have shifted elsewhere. Pirk
had been doing quite well and is very interesting software; it's a
shame to see it moving to retirement. Sounds like retirement will be
pursued in the coming month.
[X](pirk) Suneel Marthi
Comments:
Based on recent discussions on Mailing lists the consensus has been
to retire Pirk for now, in large part due to unavailability of the
full set of initial committers that can steer this project forward.
[X](pirk) Tim Ellison
Comments:
Pirk had a very promising start, with the community exhibiting all
the right behaviors, including being able to gain consensus on an
early initial release. The initial committers are critical to the
future of Pirk due to their specialist knowledge, and there has not
been sufficient time to fully grow new members who can cover their
role. With their withdrawl it is unfortunate but inevitable that
Pirk be retired. The discussion is taking place on the dev list as
expected.
Pirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).
Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17. The initial code for Pirk was
granted on 2016-07-11.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Grow the community to establish diversity of background and
expertise.
2. Establish a formal release process and schedule, allowing for
dependable release cycles in a manner consistent with the Apache
development process.
3. Add to and improve the Pirk user documentation and examples both on
the website and in the codebase
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
None.
How has the community developed since the last report?
We have attracted a couple of new contributors since the last
report. The mailing list activity, pull requests, and page views to
the Apache Pirk website (via Google Analytics) have also increased
since the last report. An 'Introducing Pirk' talk was presented at
ApacheCon Europe on November 15, 2016.
How has the project developed since the last report?
The project is in the process of completing its second release,
0.2.0-incubating. The project has also undertaken a refactor of some
of the packages and drivers and added additional user/developer
documentation on the website.
Date of last release:
August 29, 2016
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
Pirk elected two new committers (Tim Ellison and Suneel Marthi, both
mentors) on August 18, 2016.
Signed-off-by:
[x](pirk) Billie Rinaldi
[x](pirk) Joe Witt
[x](pirk) Josh Elser
[X](pirk) Suneel Marthi
[ ](pirk) Tim Ellison
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Josh Elser:
Dev traffic appears to have slowed down a little in the past month,
but nothing really to be concerned about yet, IMO.
Pirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).
Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17. The initial code for Pirk was
granted on 2016-07-11.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Grow the community to establish diversity of background and expertise.
2. Establish a formal release process and schedule, allowing for dependable
release cycles in a manner consistent with the Apache development
process.
3. Add to and improve the Pirk user documentation and examples both on the
website and in the codebase
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
None.
How has the community developed since the last report?
We have officially welcomed two new committers (Tim Ellison and Suneel
Marthi, both also mentors). The mailing list activity, pull requests, and
page views to the Apache Pirk website (via Google Analytics) have also
greatly increased since the last report.
How has the project developed since the last report?
The project completed it's first release, 0.1.0-incubating, since the last
report and provided a release guide on its website documenting the process.
Additionally, the project has ensured that all dependencies are compliant
with the Apache License version 2.0 and that all code and documentation
artifacts have the correct Apache licensing markings and notice. The
project has also undertaken a refactor of some of the initial packages and
provided initial streaming implementations.
Date of last release:
August 29, 2016
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
Pirk elected two new committers (Tim Ellison and Suneel Marthi, both
mentors) on August 18, 2016.
Signed-off-by:
[x](pirk) Billie Rinaldi
[ ](pirk) Joe Witt
[X](pirk) Josh Elser
[X](pirk) Suneel Marthi
[X](pirk) Tim Ellison
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Josh Elser:
Extremely happy to see the first release completed so soon after
entering incubation. Very pleased with the interaction and
responsiveness at PPMC and IPMC levels during the vote process. They are
well on their way.
Suneel Marthi:
I must add that the first release candidate was put out for PPMC/IPMC
Vote in less than a month since the initial code was pushed to the
apache github repo.
Pirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).
Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17. The initial code for Pirk was
granted on 2016-07-11.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Establish a formal release process and schedule, allowing for
dependable release cycles in a manner consistent with the Apache
development process.
2. Establish a process which allows different release cycles for the core
framework, extensions/adaptors, and additional algorithms.
3. Grow the community to establish diversity of background and expertise.
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware
of?
None.
How has the community developed since the last report?
The mailing list activity, pull requests, and page views to the Apache
Pirk website (via Google Analytics) have greatly increased since the last
report.
How has the project developed since the last report?
The project has ensured that all dependencies are compliant with the
Apache License version 2.0 and that all code and documentation artifacts
have the correct Apache licensing markings and notice. The project has
also undertaken a refactor of some of the initial packages and provided
more robust support for user interaction.
Date of last release:
No releases have been made yet.
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
Pirk is operating with its initial committers and PMC and has not yet
elected new committers or PMC members.
Signed-off-by:
[X](pirk) Billie Rinaldi
[X](pirk) Joe Witt
[X](pirk) Josh Elser
[X](pirk) Suneel Marthi
[X](pirk) Tim Ellison
Pirk is a framework for scalable Private Information Retrieval (PIR).
Pirk has been incubating since 2016-06-17.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Initial Code Preparation: Ensure all dependencies are compliant with
Apache License version 2.0 and that all code and documentation
artifacts have the correct Apache licensing markings and notice.
2. Release Process: Establish a formal release process and schedule,
allowing for dependable release cycles in a manner consistent with the
Apache development process.
3. Community Building: Grow the community to establish diversity of
background and expertise.
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
None.
How has the community developed since the last report?
This is our first report; we look forward to developing the community once
our code, website, etc. is pushed.
How has the project developed since the last report?
This is our first report; we have been working to set up all of our
infrastructure and anticipate pushing our code and website very soon.
Date of last release:
No releases thus far.
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
Upon acceptance into the incubator, 2016.06.17.
Signed-off-by:
[x](pirk) Billie Rinaldi
[x](pirk) Joe Witt
[x](pirk) Josh Elser
[X](pirk) Suneel Marthi
[X](pirk) Tim Ellison