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Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. An initial release of iota
2. Building a more active community
3. Consistency in the discussions on mailing lists/ steady flow of source code
contributions
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?
@crostofolini and @rafaelweingartner are working on integrating the
Spring framework into iota (pull request 35)
We are waiting on a jar file to be removed from the test suit so that
an initial release of the software can be produced. (The jar file is related to
iota tests - need committer to publish the source code - enabling us to remove the
jar artifact enabling the initial release of the software).
The initial release will proceed without the Spring Framework
Integration. We will add this in a future release.
Ticket's are in place for the initial release.
How has the project developed since the last report?
Interest in using iota (including the Spring Framework) outside the committer group
The email reflectors for dev and users have become more active.
New functionality was added to iota - global performers.
How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
[ ] Initial setup
[X] Working towards first release
[X] Community building
[ ] Nearing graduation
[ ] Other:
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
Yes - Barbara Gomes was added as a committer on 12/02/2016
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
Comments:
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
Comments:
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
Comments: Still having issues making a release.
[ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Comments:
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. An initial release of iota
2. Building a more active community 3. Consistency in the discussions on
mailing lists/ steady flow of source code contributions
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?
Presentation give at ApacheCon Miami with a focus on developing downloading
iota and developing iota performers. Several individuals became interested in
using iota and have begun contributing to the iota user and dev threads.
How has the project developed since the last report?
Two new contributors are proposing the addition of Akka dependency injection
into iota to facilitate the integration with the Spring Framework.
This coming next month there will be an initial release of iota.
How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own
commentary.
[ ] Initial setup
[X] Working towards first release
[X] Community building
[ ] Nearing graduation
[ ] Other:
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? Yes - Barbara Gomes was
added as a committer on 12/02/2016
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
Comments:
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
Comments:
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
Comments:
Currently I'm not sure if Apache is the right place for this project as
they seem unable to keep discussion on list, develop in the open or
make a release.
Little has changed since these emails [1][2]. This pull request has been
outstanding since February. [3] On the plus side a talk at ApacheCon
has generated more interest.
1. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5fabdad2f6d32e9248f207010f59b7547
7098dddd43ee2b1ff4510ad@%3Cdev.iota.apache.org%3E
2. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f995bc2a9bc4b8df84feff2b979516a60
7e9841319ab68f7209346b0@%3Cdev.iota.apache.org%3E
3. https://github.com/apache/incubator-iota/pull/32
[ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Comments:
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Getting a release out based on the current code base - will will commit
to do that this quarter
2. Using the mailing list to discuss current and future development and
needs - we commit more regular dialogue on the mailing list
3. Growing the community - we have been slow to get off the ground and
need to put more effort in here - we will commit to do more outreach to
grow the community
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
We realize we have been a little slow is getting off the ground as an
Apache Project. I have spoken to Hadrian Zbarcea and explained to him why
this has been the case. We are really committed to iota as a technology
and commit to put more effort into making this a successful project.
How has the community developed since the last report?
No - we need to spend time on this and we will do so.
How has the project developed since the last report?
We have added global performers
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
Yes - Barbara Gomes was added as a committer on 12/02/2016
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
[ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Justin Mclean:
Project is still having issues with doing development in an open way
after a year of incubation. They now realise this is an issue will
hopefully correct. If not I question if Apache is right place for this
project.
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Building the developer community
2. Outreach at events outside the Apache ecosystem to inform and invite
participation in the project
3. Getting an alpha release out by the end of this year based on the current
code base.
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?
Increased user interest with 4 individuals that are contributing in spurts
of activity. This needs to become consistent.
How has the project developed since the last report?
Some improvements in the core engine, performers and the build process
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
None but we are working on a proposal to add a new committer (a contributor
that has made significant contributions in the last 6 months)
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
[X](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Justin Mclean:
I have some concerns re progress of this poddling:
- The on list PPMC activity is low and there may be discussions happening
off list.
- There is little progress towards making an Apache release.
- I'm not sure there are 3 active PPMC members.
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Building a community now that we have completed source code upload of
one for the main components of the system.
2. Moving towards an initial release before the end of the year
3. Working on IP clearance for the release
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?
A number of individuals have made contributions some of which have been
incorporated. We need to encourage more discussion on the dev list in the
coming months.
How has the project developed since the last report?
We continue to improve (the Fey engine) we have added tests for the core
engine and documentation for the engine and the component set.
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
At the start of the project.
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
[ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Justin Mclean: Probably time to come off the extended monthly reporting?
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Building a community now that we have completed source code upload of
one for the main components of the system.
2. Moving towards an initial release before the end of the year
3. Working on IP clearance for the release
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?
Good input from Anatole Tresch. We have three new contributors Barbara
Gomes and two other individuals all have made a contribution this month.
How has the project developed since the last report?
We have uploaded source code for a major component of iota (the Fey
engine). We have also uploaded a few basic components that can be used
with Fey. We will be adding more components and we hope that individuals
who download Fey can also begin the development of their own Fey
components (called Performers). We hope they will share their Performers
with the Community. We will be creating requests for the community to
develop specific performers. E.g. an ActiveMQ performer.
Date of last release:
XXXX-XX-XX
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
At the start of the project.
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
[ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
Justin Mclean:
Finally progress! Good to see but I would of expected to see some
explanation of how the discussion has finally moved to the discussion
list in issues.
Drew Farris:
It is great to see some progress! One active mentor. Active discussion
on the mailing lists. Early discussions about releases.
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices. iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20. Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: 1. Complete code upload 2. Continue discussion on requirements started by Anatole Tresch 3. Need to add additional committer (Barbara Gomes) 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? Presentation at ApacheCon 2016 - good suggestions from Anatole Tresch in moving iota forward. Have additional potential committer How has the project developed since the last report? Code is now being uploaded as well as requirements documents Date of last release: None When were the last committers or PMC members elected? None Signed-off-by: [ ](iota) Daniel Gruno [ ](iota) Sterling Hughes [X](iota) Justin Mclean [ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea Shepherd/Mentor notes: Justin Mclean (jmclean): Slow start and still low activity on mailing list. Web site now has content and there is some code in git. IMO keep on monthly reports until that changes.
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices. iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20. Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: 1. Transitioning code, website and Jira issues to the Apache repositories. 2. Continuing iota website and code development using the Apache infrastructure. 3. Building an iota community via a variety of means including presentations at series of conferences beginning with ApacheCon followed by 7x24 Spring Conference, Data center Dynamics and others throughout the summer. We will work with our mentors to find other means of community building. Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be aware of? This project has been slower to start than we anticipated. Why? Based on experience in the field with we questioned the scalability of our original architecture. We made the difficult decision that we needed a more scalable architecture and we on the design of a baseline architecture. WE now feel we have a good starting point and with the help of the iota community we can move forward with. How has the community developed since the last report? None How has the project developed since the last report? None Date of last release: None When were the last committers or PMC members elected? None yet. Signed-off-by: [ ](iota) Daniel Gruno [ ](iota) Sterling Hughes [X](iota) Justin Mclean [ ](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Open source system that enables the orchestration of IoT devices.
iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20.
Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation:
1. Overcome current technical difficulties. You might be asking what is
happening with Apache iota. The initial architecture that we wanted to
upload was not as scalable as we required it to be. Rather than upload
an architecture that we wanted to fundamentally change we have been
developing a new backend architecture and code based that implements a
significantly more scalable solution using Apache, Spark, Spark
Streaming and Cassandra. We are still using Python and Django for our
APIs and authentication (session and token based). Consequently, you
haven’t seen any activity on the Apache iota site and repository. This
will be changing soon. Litbit (the contributing company whose business
runs on iota) has been working around the clock to remake the backend
using additional Apache components that makes the solution far more
scalable.
2. Set up web site and import code. We will be setting up the Apache iota
website to reflect the new architecture and uploading the initial
source code as quickly as we can.
3. Promote Iota to a wider user base / grow the community. We are planning
to promoting iota at an upcoming keynote being given by Scott Noteboom
(Litbit's CEO). In addition we will be presenting iota at Apache Con in
May 2016. Our goal in promoting iota will be to start building a
community that will contribute to moving iota to it’s first release as
an Apache incubator project
Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be
aware of?
* None at this time.
How has the community developed since the last report?
* This is the first submitted report
How has the project developed since the last report?
* This is the first submitted report
Date of last release:
* None
When were the last committers or PMC members elected?
None yet, just getting started.
Signed-off-by:
[ ](iota) Daniel Gruno
[ ](iota) Sterling Hughes
[X](iota) Justin Mclean
[X](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea
Shepherd/Mentor notes:
John D. Ament (johndament);
Its a bit concerning to see that the project is starting off in a non-ASF
way. Even if the code isn't quite right for donation, may be better to
start off writing new code in the ASF repos.
Justin Mclean (jmclean):
I too have concerns about why they are developing outside of the ASF.
I've contacted them a few times with a please explain and have assurances
that this will be fixed. I'd suggest placing the podling on monthly
reports for a few more months.
Drew Farris (drew):
2 mentors active on the mailing list this month, but little activity as
the team has not moved development to ASF. Concur with keeping podling on
monthly reports.
iota is a scalable, secure and modular platform to interconnect IoT devices. iota has been incubating since 2016-01-20. Signed-off-by: [x](iota) Daniel Gruno [ ](iota) Justin Mclean [ ](iota) Sterling Hughes [x](iota) Hadrian Zbarcea Shepherd/Mentor notes: Hadrian Zbarcea (hadrian): iota just entered incubation, mailing lists and most of the infra are created. Committers are in the process of submitting their iclas and the code needs to be moved to the asf repository.