Re: December 2017 Board Report

Looks good to me.


> On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:32 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I need to file this in about 24 hours or so.  Please let me know if you
> have any inputs to add to the report.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> mrg
> 
> 
> 
> # Apache Cayenne Board Report, December 2017
> 
> ## Description
> 
> Apache Cayenne is a Java database persistence framework. It takes a
> distinct approach to object persistence and provides an ORM runtime,
> remote persistence services, and a cross-platform GUI mapping/modeling
> tool.
> 
> ## Issues
> 
> There are no issues requiring board attention at this time.
> 
> ## Activity
> 
> Cayenne has had a busy quarter with 3 releases over 3 different
> development streams.
> 
> - Cayenne 3.1 (stable)
>  - Maintenance only.  Cayenne 3.1.2 is a bug-fix release for the
>    current stable product line.
> 
> - Cayenne 4.0 (development)
>  - The second 4.0 beta (4.0.B2) was released.  The API is frozen,
>    barring any major issues, and development effort is only for
>    bug fixes and documentation leading up to the final release of
>    Cayenne 4.0.
> 
> - Cayenne 4.1 (development)
>  - The first milestone release of Cayenne 4.1 (4.1.M1) brings many
>    wanted features, including vastly improved memory utilization,
>    elimination of dependencies on external frameworks, an updated
>    Cayenne Modeler cross-platform GUI mapping/modeling tool, and
>    Java 8 support.
> 
> - Website
>  - Work is progressing on an updated website with the goal to make
>    it cleaner, more modern, and mobile-friendly.
> 
> ## Health Report
> 
> Cayenne is healthy.  The framework is under active development, as
> evidenced by three releases the past quarter.  We have a stable user
> and developer community.
> 
> ## PMC Changes
> 
> - Currently 9 PMC members.
> - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months.
> - Last PMC addition was Nikita Timofeev on Sun Jun 25 2017.
> 
> ## Committer Base Changes
> 
> - Currently 22 committers.
> - No new committers added in the last 3 months.
> - Last committer addition was Hugi Thordarson at Mon Jun 19 2017.
> 
> ## Releases
> 
> - Cayenne 3.1.2 on Wed Nov 22 2017.
> - Cayenne 4.0.B2 on Sat Oct 7 2017.
> - Cayenne 4.1.M1 on Sat Oct 14 2017.
> 
> ## Mailing List Activity
> 
> - [email protected]:
>  - 131 subscribers (up 2 in the last 3 months).
>  - 97 emails sent to list (81 in previous quarter).
> 
> - [email protected]:
>  - 249 subscribers (down -4 in the last 3 months).
>  - 125 emails sent to list (93 in previous quarter).
> 
> ## JIRA Activity
> 
> - 25 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months.
> - 23 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months.