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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it no longer in the best interest of the Foundation to continue the Apache iBATIS project due to inactivity NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Apache iBATIS project is hereby terminated; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Attic PMC be and hereby is tasked with oversight over the software developed by the Apache iBATIS Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache iBATIS" is hereby terminated; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache iBATIS PMC is hereby terminated. Special Order 7A, Terminate the Apache iBatis Project, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
See Attic resolution.
First question to be resolved: have they ever produced an Apache release, and is there anybody interested in continuing at the ASF. If there are releases which were not approved by the PMC, those links need to be removed. If there is a release, then the ASF certainly would retain the name, it not the ASF may consider abandoning further use. Doug to inquire on the public dev list. = = =
No report. Deferred to the discussion item.
Jim to follow up
Doug to pursue a report for iBATIS
iBATIS 3 is a greenfield reimplementation of iBATIS. We've been releasing betas about every 3 weeks. Beta 8 was released on January 10th. There were only 4 issues discovered during this beta period, but more importantly, they were quite minor and quite low level. Two could be classified as non-functional/performance related. So the kinds of issues we're finding now are in the "tweaks and tuning" classification. This gives me a lot of confidence that iBATIS 3 is nearing GA.
No report received.
Justin sent an email to private at ibatis, Shane to follow up.
No report required.
No report provided due to having reported last month.
Team: * Michael McCurrey has joined iBATIS as a committer (.NET) * Gilles Bayon is MIA. Hope he is well, but in the meantime we are restructuring the team from contributors nominated by the community. Releases: * iBATIS for Java 3.0 is in Alpha. The Ibator tool is being updated to support iBATIS 3. * iBATIS.NET 3.0 is already is Alpha quality, and is already being used by some projects. Status * iBATIS continues to be among the top choices among Persistence Frameworks for Java. * No major impediments. * Website redesign to begin soon.
Geir to pursue a report for iBATIS
Justin to pursue a report for iBATIS
We'll expect another report from iBatis in June following their normal schedule.
Very little has changed since the last report. iBATIS for Java is quickly nearing an Alpha release. Only the dynamic SQL component remains for development. iBATIS.NET 3.0 is already is Alpha quality, and is already being used by some projects that are running from their own source build. No official Alpha release has been made. iBATIS continues to be among the top choices among Persistence Frameworks for Java. The latest Spring book from Manning included a section on iBATIS, as did a recent publication from IBM on the subject of Java persistence. No changes to the team. No major issue.
Henning requested a report for iBATIS
No report provided. Jim sent an email to the PMC.
iBATIS is currently undergoing its greatest evolution since its creation six years ago. The iBATIS 3.0 Core is a complete rewrite and a significant redesign of the foundation of iBATIS. The new Core enables new APIs to be built on top of the iBATIS framework more easily than predecessors, which were heavily bound to an XML based configuration. Two new APIs have already been developed: a Compatibility API (for 2.0 backward compatibility), and the new Monarch API. The iBATIS 3.0 Compatibility Kit runs the full iBATIS 2.0 unit test suite. The core itself includes over 500 tests of its own, thus doubling the number of tests and significantly improving the test coverage overall. The Monarch API will bring iBATIS into 2009 with full support for JDK 1.5 language features and modern configuration and development paradigms. iBATIS.NET has aligned its version numbers with iBATIS, and thus its next major version will be 3.0 as well. iBATIS.NET will implement the same features as the Monarch framework as described on the iBATIS 3.0 Whiteboard Wiki and is is actually closer to a beta release than its Java counterpart. RBatis will likely be deprecated and replaced with Ruby bindings for JRuby that will run on top of the iBATIS 3.0 Core. It is our intention to also consider Groovy and even JavaScript bindings. The iBATIS team has changed since the last board report. This is the first board report by Clinton Begin as iBATIS Chair. Ted Husted will remain a PMC member. Roberto Rabe has stepped down from the iBATIS PMC and has entered emeritus status. Sven Boden, Brice Ruth and Jon Tirsen have also entered emeritus status.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors heretofore appointed Ted Husted to the office of Vice President, Apache iBATIS, and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is in receipt of the resignation of Ted Husted from the office of Vice President, Apache iBATIS, and WHEREAS, the Project Management Committee of the Apache iBATIS project has chosen by vote to recommend Clinton Begin as the successor to the post; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Ted Husted is relieved and discharged from the duties and responsibilities of the office of Vice President, Apache iBATIS, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Clinton Begin be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache iBATIS, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. Special Order 7C, Change the Apache iBATIS Project Chair, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.
The latest maintenance release of iBATIS, 2.3.3 will be released by the end of June. 2.x will continue to be supported with bug fixes and minor features, but new innovations and further development will be focused into the 3.0 major release. iBATIS 3.0 is a ground up rewrite of iBATIS and represents the most significant redevelopment since 1.0. The iBATIS 3.0 Java Core is complete with a programmatic configuration API. New configuration options including XML and annotations are planned, but the first priority is a 2.0 compatibility kit that will be used for functional and performance testing (using the existing iBATIS 2.0 as a base). Focus on unit testing and code quality continues -- already has double the code:test ratio of iBATIS 2. In addition, a vote has passed to switch from Ant to Maven 2 as the official build tool for iBATIS 3.0. iB3.NET 3.0 has moved ahead with a new XML configuration API and is currently implementing some of the new features from the iB3 Java Core. The two project remain in regular communication to maintain an acceptable level of consistency without limiting each platform. Due to a trademark infringement claim against our use of the name "Abator", we've voluntarily renamed the tool to "ibator". We're happy with the new name and it has resolved the issue for the claimant. To implement the change a new code base for ibator is in SVN, but has not yet been formally released. Finally, Ted Husted has indicating an interest in resigning as PMC Chair. Accordingly, the PMC has provided the Board with a draft resolution that proposes Clinton Begin as the new PMC Chair.
Since our December 2007 report, the Apache iBATIS project has continued work on iBATIS 3, which is avialable in the sandbox for evaluation. A beta is expected sometime over the summer. We are also expecting a new version of Abator over the next quarter. As may be reported elsewhere, there was a legal incident with the Apache iBAITS Abator subproject. A company which uses the word Abator in another context raised issue with our use of the name, and the matter was turned over to the legal-internal list. Ted Husted has expressed an interest in resigning as PMC chair, and the PMC is working to nominate a successor and submit a proposed resolution to the board.
Henri to report back that the VP of Legal Affairs and the Board consider the legal issue closed until we are provided with more details.
Since our August 2007 report, the Apache iBATIS project continues to provide routine user support. The codebase is stable, and some preliminary coding has begun as to the iBATIS 3.0 whiteboard. No community issues to report.
Approved by General Consent.
Since our June 2007 report, the Apache iBATIS project has spent a quiet summer providing routine user support. The current codebase is stable, and over the course of the year, we've put together an extensive community whiteboard regarding the next generation of IBATIS, but coding has not yet begun. No community issues to report
Approved by General Consent.
Since our March 2007 report, the Apache iBATIS project has promoted iBATIS.NET DataMapper 1.61 and DataAccess 1.9.1 to GA. Work continues on an iBATIS 3.x whiteboard. Key topics for 3.x include test driven development, Code cleanliness over performance, Simple design over flexible design, Single binary, No required 3rd party dependencies, and Better plug-in support. Very recently, new discussions have begun as to enhancing our support for Ajax/JavaScript. No community issues to report.
Approved by General Consent.
Since our December 2006 report, the Apache iBATIS project has begun public whiteboard discussions as to the design and scope of iBATIS 3.0. The framework has contained both a "DataMapper" component and a "Data Access Object" component. The DAO component has been deprecated and is being removed, since better, alternative solutions have been available for some time. Some members of iBATIS group have authored the book "iBATIS in Action", published by Manning. We have added two new members to the PMC (board ack pending). Along the way, we also managed to promote iBATIS for Java 2.3.0 to "General Availability" grade, and release a new beta of iBATIS.NET.
Approved by General Consent.
Since our September 2006 report, the Apache iBATIS project has marked version 2.2.0 for Java as a "General Availability" release, and we have also made version 2.3.0 available for testing. For some time, iBATIS has included a "Data Access Objects" framework. However, most people in the community now use other solutions, especially Spring, to serve the same purpose. We've been discussing deprecating and archiving the DAO component on and off for over a year. As of iBATIS for Java 2.3.0, the DAO framework is deprecated. Since the beginning, the iBATIS for Java release manager has been Clinton Begin. However, these latest releases were managed by Jeff Butler, from beginning to end. The entire group congratulates both Jeff and Clinton for broadening support for the critical task of release. A new release of iBATIS for .NET is expected early in 2007. iBATIS.NET 1.5.1 is the current "best available" release and was voted GA in August 2006. The 1.5.x series is available for both .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0. We expect that the next release of iBATIS.NET to begin the 2.0.x series. After surveying the user community, we decided to support .NET 2.0 only starting with our own version 2.x. The new iBATIS for Ruby product is in the community-building stages, and we are beginning to receive patches from the general public. Unfortunately, the iBATIS tutorial for ApacheCon US 2006 was among those that were cancelled. Other proposals by iBATIS group members that would have covered iBATIS were passed over by the ConCom, so the iBATIS project was not represented. Hopefully, we will have better luck in 2007.
There was discussion at this time regarding if the board needed to encourage ConCom or the actual ASF projects to have the ApacheCon events better "spread-out" the visibility of all ASF projects (this in response to the note in the iBATIS report about a tutorial being cancelled). The general feeling was that although ApacheCon is a great place to do that, sessions about "popular" projects are the most well attended and have the better "draw"; it was agreed that ConCom should consider how to provide a better mix.
Approved by General Consent.
Since our June 2006 report, the Apache iBATIS project has introduced a Ruby implementation of our data mapper software, joining the existing implementations for Java and C#. Jeff Butler, an iBATIS PMC member is hosting a tutorial for ApacheCon US 2006. Three other PMC members, Clinton Begin, Brandon Goodin, and Larry Meadors have collaborated on a book about iBATIS, which is now available from Manning Publications, "iBATIS in Action". iBATIS for Java 2.2.0 is available as beta grade. A 2.2.1 release is expected, to fix some DTD issues.
Cliff noted that it might have been nice if book noted in the report was called "Apache iBATIS in Action" for better mark protection. The board agreed that it was likely too late to make this request, but that the PRC should be a central point for these types of issues.
Approved by General Consent
Since our March 2006 report, the iBATIS community has continue to make positive advances. The team has been using "issue driven development" with good effect. Development discussions are being attached as comments to JIRA tickets, helping to keep the discussions focussed, organized, and easy to find for future reference. Since the comments are posted to dev@, it's still easy to follow along with only a mailreader. iBATIS continues to find acceptance in the wider development community. High profile sites like MySpace, DevX, JavaLobby, and dzone, all use either the .NET or Java implementation in production. Also since our last report, one new committer (Jon Tirsen) has joined the team, and the 1.3 version of our .NET implemented was found to be of "General Availability" quality. Team Member Clinton Begin has been invited to join the ASF as a Member. Other team members are submitting proposals for iBATIS talks for ApacheCon 2006 US, which will hopefully draw additional iBATIS developers to Texas this year.
Approved by General Consent
Since our March 2006 report, the iBATIS community has continue to make positive advances. The team has been using "issue driven development" with good effect. Development discussions are being attached as comments to JIRA tickets, helping to keep the discussions focussed, organized, and easy to find for future reference. Since the comments are posted to dev@, it's still easy to follow along with only a mailreader. iBATIS continues to find acceptance in the wider development community. High profile sites like MySpace, DevX, JavaLobby, and dzone, all use either the .NET or Java implementation in production. Also since our last report, one new committer (Jon Tirsen) has joined the team, and the 1.3 version of our .NET implemented was found to be of "General Availability" quality. Team Member Clinton Begin has been invited to join the ASF as a Member. Other team members are submitting proposals for iBATIS talks for ApacheCon 2006 US, which will hopefully draw additional iBATIS developers to Texas this year.
Tabled due to time constraints.
Since our December Report, iBATIS has nominated one new committer, Chad Humphries, and another committer, Rob Grabowski, has joined the PMC. The project now hosts implementations for Java and C#, and we hope to add Ruby. Several PMC members have shown an intertest in working with Ruby, and a new "committer-in-waiting", Jon Tirsen, has a Ruby implementation that he would like to donate to the foundation. However, Jon's CLA seems to be stuck in limbo. It was sent to post office box several weeks ago, but it is still not on file. If the postal mail has been collected recently, and the Secretary does not have the CLA, please let the iBATIS PMC know, and we will ask Jon to fax in another copy. Jon has a CCLA on file, but we are looking for his individual CLA.
Approved by General Consent.
Since our September Report, iBATIS.NET has posted new distributions of our Data Mapper and Data Access products (version 1.3.0 and version 1.7.0) along with a major update of the Java version of our reference applications (v5.0). One of our PMC members, Clinton Begin, presented a well-attended talk at ApacheCon US regarding iBATIS. Currently, there are implementations of iBATIS for two languages, Java and C#. We were following a potential candidate for a Ruby implementation, but that process has stalled for the time being. We are now reviewing the work of two other developers who are interested in an iBATIS PHP implementation. A key issue is being able to collaborate with new developers outside of the ASF, so that we can determine whether a developer would make a good ASF committer.
Approved by General Consent.
[ received Aug 17, 2005 ] Since our July report, the iBATIS PMC has nominated four new committers, Sven Boden, Jeff Butler, Nathan Maves, and Brice Ruth. Three have submitted CLAs that await acknowledgement by the Secretary, and the fourth (Brice Ruth) is awaiting creation of his account by root. The team is beginning to make plans for a 3.0 release series, which may also include implementations for PHP and Ruby. [ received Sep 20, 2005 ] Since our August Report,the iBATIS PMC has nominated one new committer, Jon Tirsen. Jon has a keen interest in open source, iBATIS, and the Ruby programming language. Jon's been in has been working on a port of iBATIS to Ruby, which we hope will become our third implementation of Apache iBATIS, joining the Java and C# products. One of our PMC members, Clinton Begin, will be presenting a talk on iBATIS at ApacheCon 2005 San Diego.
Approved by General Consent.
The transition from incubator to top-level project goes smoothly. The repository and mailing lists have been rolled over, and the website updated. The last step is to integrate the ASF mirroring with our release process. Our iBATIS.NET product is nearing a GA release, and so we will need to do that soon. We installed a new committer this month, Ron Grabowski. I have been keeping the PMC updated as to general developments in the LGPL/GPL discussions. Before moving to Apache, iBATIS bundled a Hibernate extension along with the JARs. During incubation, we removed the JARs and substituted stub API files so that our object files compile without the Hibernate library.
Stefano volunteered to take the Action Item to check on the validity and legality of linking to Hibernate, since this appears a common concern.
Approved by General Consent.
6. Special Orders
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management
Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of
open-source software related to moving data between objects
and a database by mapping objects to SQL statements and
stored procedures, for distribution at no charge to the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache iBATIS PMC", be and
hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to the iBATIS DataMapper, based on software licensed to
the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache iBATIS" be
and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve
at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the
Apache iBATIS PMC, and to have primary responsibility for
management of the projects within the scope of responsibility
of the Apache iBATIS PMC; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and
hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the
Apache iBATIS PMC:
Clinton Begin (cbegin@apache.org)
Gilles Bayon (gbayon@apache.org)
Ted Husted (husted@apache.org)
Brandon Goodin (bgoodin@apache.org)
Larry Meadors (lmeadors@apache.org)
Roberto Rabe (roberto@apache.org)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ted Husted be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache
iBATIS, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction
of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation
until death, resignation, retirement, removal or
disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache iBATIS Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the migration and rationalization of the incubating
Apache iBATIS project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the incubating
Apache iBATIS project encumbered upon the incubator PMC be
hereafter discharged.
By unanimous vote, Special Order B, a Resolution to
Establish the Apache iBATIS Project, was approved.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the iBATIS DataMapper, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache iBATIS PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to the iBATIS DataMapper, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache iBATIS" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache iBATIS PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache iBATIS PMC; and be it further RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache iBATIS PMC: Clinton Begin (cbegin@apache.org) Gilles Bayon (gbayon@apache.org) Ted Husted (husted@apache.org) Brandon Goodin (bgoodin@apache.org) Larry Meadors (lmeadors@apache.org) Roberto Rabe (roberto@apache.org) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Clinton Begin be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache iBATIS, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache iBATIS Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache iBATIS PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the incubating Apache iBATIS project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the incubating Apache iBATIS project encumbered upon the incubator PMC be hereafter discharged. Special Order C, a Resolution to Estalish the Apache iBATIS Project, was tabled to allow the board to investigate some concerns.
All needed CLAs are on file. Code grants are in transit. Accounts for the committers are created. Mailing lists are created. Committers are subscribing. The Jira setup for the project is being finalized. The project incubator page is created. Committers are preparing the SourceForge CVS and third-party SVN for import to Apache.