> From: Hyrum K Wright [mailto:hyrum.wright@wandisco.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 4:55 AM
> To: general@incubator.apache.org
> Cc: Ian Wild
> Subject: [VOTE] Bloodhound to join the Incubator
>
> It seems discussion on Bloodhound has died down, so it's time to call a VOTE.
> Please vote on the acceptance of Bloodhound into the Apache Incubator.
>
> The proposal is available at [1] and its content is also included below for your
> convenience.
>
> Please vote:
>
[X] +1 Accept Bloodhound for incubation
Gav...
> [ ] +0 Don't care
> [ ] -1 Don't accept Bloodhound for incubation (please explain)
>
> The vote is open for 72 hours.
>
> -Hyrum
>
> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BloodhoundProposal
>
> = Bloodhound - Collaborative development tools based on Trac =
>
> == Abstract ==
>
> Bloodhound will be a software development collaboration tool, including
> issue tracking, wiki and repository browsing. Essentially an improved
> distribution of the well-known Trac project, Bloodhound will include the
> common and useful plugins to enable a more complete distribution than a
> typical Trac installation.
>
> == Proposal ==
>
> Bloodhound will be a software development collaboration tool, based on the
> existing Trac project, which will include a repository browser, wiki, and defect
> tracker. In addition to the standard Trac installation, Bloodhound will
> incorporate a number of popular modules into the core distribution, and
> include additional improvements developed (as [[http://trac-
> hacks.org/|plugins]]) outside the Trac project.
>
> == Background ==
>
> The [[http://trac.edgewall.org/|Trac project]] is a BSD-licensed collaboration
> tool used to assist in software development. It has a wide user base, a
> pluggable infrastructure, and is generally considered stable.
>
> By it's own recognition, however, the development community surrounding
> Trac has largely dissipated, with little mailing list traffic, and very few commits
> to the source code repository. Private efforts to engage the existing
> developers in implementing features have been negatively received. At the
> same time, other individuals and companies, such as
> [[http://www.wandisco.com|WANdisco]], have expressed interest in
> helping continue to develop Trac. These entities would prefer this effort to
> be at a vendor-neutral location, with the clear process for intellectual
> property management that comes from the Foundation. As such, the
> Apache Software Foundation feels like the best fit for this new project based
> on Trac.
>
> Discussion about this proposal on the Trac developers' mailing list has been
> largely ambivalent (see [[http://groups.google.com/group/trac-
> dev/browse_thread/thread/14268355c6e1d494|this
> thread]]). Trac has already
> [[http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/BloodHound|included]] a potential
> Bloodhound project on the list of its derivatives.
>
> == Rationale ==
>
> As discussed earlier, the current Trac development community is small and
> reluctant to accept outside contributions. Given the Foundation's reputation
> for building and maintaining communities, we feel a new project, based on
> Trac but incubated under the Apache umbrella, would help re-build the
> developer community, jump started by developer time donated by
> WANdisco. Additionally, as a developer tool, Bloodhound is a good fit with
> other, similarly-focused developer tools at the ASF.
>
> Private discussions have shown there is some interest by third-parties to
> release internal improvements to Trac, and Bloodhound gives them an
> additional venue to do so.
>
> == Initial Goals ==
>
> The initial goals for Bloodhound primarily revolve around migrating the
> existing code base and integrating external features to make the project
> easy to deploy. Additional ideas will of course follow, but the following goals
> are sufficiently difficult to be considered early milestones.
>
> Some of the initial goals include:
> * Migrate the existing BSD-licensed Trac code base to the ASF.
> * Attract developer and user interest in the new Bloodhound project.
> * Incorporate externally developed features into the core Bloodhound
> project.
> * Package the most popular plugins into the core project, so installations and
> administration of Bloodhound becomes dead simple.
>
>
> = Current Status =
>
> == Meritocracy ==
>
> Although initially corporate-sponsored, any interested developers would be
> granted commit access. Even developers employed by the sponsoring
> companies would be required to demonstrate competency to gain commit
> privileges. Individuals with corporate affiliations would understandably be
> known within the community, but would not have bearing on the granting of
> commit privileges.
>
> == Community ==
>
> One of the primary purposes of this proposal is to develop a strong
> developer community around the Trac code base. The current developers
> and supporting institution have moved on to other things, and this has
> caused stagnation in the existing community. We want to use the
> experience of the Incubator PMC, and the incubation process, to reboot the
> developer community, while at the same time incorporating oft-requested
> features into the existing product.
>
> Building communities carries with it an initial investment, and the corporate
> sponsors behind this proposal are willing to make that investment in seeing a
> vibrant and self-sustaining community result from incubation. We recognize
> this as something of an experiment, and that incubation is not a guarantee of
> success and graduation a given.
> However, we feel that the ASF represents the best opportunity to build the
> vibrant community that this project needs.
>
> == Core Developers ==
>
> The initial set of developers will be primarily individuals from WANdisco, and
> may be augmented with other interested persons we have privately
> contacted. This list contains at least one Apache Member, as well as others
> who have participated in Apache projects in various capacities (patch
> contributors, bug reports, etc.). It also includes people who are familiar with
> open source development, but have not previously participated in Apache
> projects.
>
> Realizing that incubation is an opportunity to grow the community, we plan
> to make every attempt possible to invite additional developers from the
> existing Trac user and developer communities, including those involved in
> plugin development.
>
> == Alignment ==
>
> Bloodhound aligns well with the Apache Software Foundation. It makes
> extensive use of Apache Subversion, and includes tools to browse and
> interact with Subversion repositories. As previously mentioned, Bloodhound
> is primarily a developer-oriented tool, which follows the historical Apache
> philosophy of providing high-quality developer tools. Eventually,
> Bloodhound could become a viable alternative to Jira or Bugzilla for projects
> hosted at Apache.
>
> = Known Risks =
>
> This proposal is not without its risks, some of which are outlined below.
>
> == Orphaned Projects ==
>
> The current Trac project lacks much developer interest. Although the
> entities behind this proposal desire to make a viable developer community,
> there is no guarantee that such a community will develop.
> Should this happen, there will likely be insufficient heterogeneity in the
> project to warrant graduation.
>
> == Inexperience with Open Source ==
>
> The initial groups of developers have extensive experience with open
> source, primarily with the [[http://subversion.apache.org/|Apache
> Subversion]] project. The target audience for growing the developer
> community is the current Trac user and developer communities, many
> members of which are familiar with open source in general. There may be
> some learning curve as community members familiarize themselves with the
> ASF and the Apache Way, including individuals employed specifically to work
> on the project.
>
> == Homogeneous Developers ==
>
> The current list of committers are primarily from WANdisco. One of the key
> purposes of proposing Bloodhound for incubation is to resurrect a currently-
> small (~3 key developers, but very few commits per week) development
> community by attracting and infusing it with new code and new individuals.
> The ASF has a well-deserved reputation of fostering and building open
> source communities, which makes it the ideal location to attempt this
> community reboot.
>
> == Reliance on Salaried Developers ==
>
> Most of the initial committers are supported by their employers to work on
> Bloodhound, and may be assigned to work on other projects in the future.
> However, the employers of these salaried individuals have an interest in
> seeing Bloodhound thrive as a long-term, sustaining project. WANdisco
> understands that their employees are acting as individuals when contributing
> to Apache projects, but has already brought additional staff on board to
> assist with Bloodhound development.
>
> == Relationship with Other Apache Projects ==
>
> Bloodhound integrates heavily with Apache Subversion, although that
> integration is becoming more de-coupled making it possible to replace with
> other version control systems. Bloodhound optionally runs on Apache httpd.
>
> == An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand ==
>
> One of the primary motivators in creating the Bloodhound project as part of
> the Incubator is to leverage the vendor-neutral nature of the Apache
> Software Foundation. The ASF has a strong and recognized brand as being a
> leader in open source, and by hosting Bloodhound at the Foundation, we
> hope to attract developers to build a viable community for the project.
>
> = Initial Source =
>
> The original Trac code base has been under development for more than 8
> years, though development has become minimal over the past 2 years.
> We have sync'd the existing Trac repository, including history, and are using it
> as the basis for Bloodhound. We also plan to incorporate appropriately-
> licensed plugins into the core Bloodhound system.
>
> == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan ==
>
> The initial source will be from the Trac repository. Additional functionality
> may come from private development, and will be folded into the open
> source version after Bloodhound is loaded in the main ASF repository. Any
> relevant Trac-hacks with appropriate licenses may also be migrated.
>
> Most of the source code being imported from the Trac repository is licensed
> under the BSD license, which has been
> [[http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a|approved]] by
> the Apache Legal team for use in Apache-distributed products. In fact,
> existing projects at the ASF have been doing so for a number of years.
> Potential concerns about patents embodied in the Trac code at best, and a
> change of license or software grant would not defray them.
> (See [[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-
> general/201112.mbox/%3CCABD8fLXs%2BCz3qQkR20bS2%2BSAW0N3yiTGkT
> H7iTxGwTUUwTADSQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E|this
> mail]] for a better explanation.)
>
> == External Dependencies ==
>
> The bulk of the initial code will be from the Trac project, which is licensed
> under the BSD license. Bloodhound also relies upon BSD-licensed
> subcomponents for HTML templating.
>
> = Required Resources =
>
> == Mailing lists ==
>
> The initial set of mailing lists will be:
> * bloodhound-private (with moderated subscriptions)
> * bloodhound-dev
> * bloodhound-commits
> * bloodhound-user
>
> == Subversion Directory ==
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/bloodhound
>
> == Issue Tracking ==
>
> Bloodhound would like to self-host its issue tracking, see below.
>
> == Other Resources ==
>
> In the interests of eating our own dogfood, Bloodhound would like to self-
> host the issue tracker and related tools. The team will work with
> Infrastructure to define and manage this configuration.
>
> == Initial Committers ==
>
> * Mat Booth (mat.booth at wandisco dot com)
> * Mark Poole (mark at wandisco.com)
> * Hyrum Wright (hyrum.wright at wandisco dot com)
> * John Chambers (john.chambers at wandisco.com)
> * Gary Martin (gary.martin at wandisco.com
> * Gavin McDonald (gavin at 16degrees.com.au)
>
> == Affiliations ==
>
> * Mat Booth, WANdisco
> * Mark Poole, WANdisco
> * Hyrum Wright, WANdisco
> * John Chambers, WANdisco
> * Gary Martin, WANdisco
> * Gavin McDonald, Independent
>
> = Sponsors =
>
> == Champion ==
>
> Hyrum K. Wright
>
> == Nominated Mentors ==
>
> * Hyrum K. Wright
> * Greg Stein
>
> == Sponsoring Entity ==
>
> The Apache Incubator
>
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