+1 (non-binding)
- Tsuyoshi
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Reynold Xin <rxin@databricks.com> wrote:
> +1 (binding)
>
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurtell@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Since discussion on the matter of PredictionIO has died down, I would like
>> to call a VOTE
>> on accepting PredictionIO into the Apache Incubator.
>>
>> Proposal: https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PredictionIO
>>
>> [ ] +1 Accept PredictionIO into the Apache Incubator
>> [ ] +0 Abstain
>> [ ] -1 Do not accept PredictionIO into the Apache Incubator, because ...
>>
>> This vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>>
>> My vote is +1 (binding)
>>
>> --
>>
>> PredictionIO Proposal
>>
>> Abstract
>>
>> PredictionIO is an open source Machine Learning Server built on top of
>> state-of-the-art open source stack, that enables developers to manage and
>> deploy production-ready predictive services for various kinds of machine
>> learning tasks.
>>
>> Proposal
>>
>> The PredictionIO platform consists of the following components:
>>
>> * PredictionIO framework - provides the machine learning stack for
>> building, evaluating and deploying engines with machine learning
>> algorithms. It uses Apache Spark for processing.
>>
>> * Event Server - the machine learning analytics layer for unifying
>> events
>> from multiple platforms. It can use Apache HBase or any JDBC backends
>> as its data store.
>>
>> The PredictionIO community also maintains a Template Gallery, a place to
>> publish and download (free or proprietary) engine templates for different
>> types of machine learning applications, and is a complemental part of the
>> project. At this point we exclude the Template Gallery from the proposal,
>> as it has a separate set of contributors and we’re not familiar with an
>> Apache approved mechanism to maintain such a gallery.
>>
>> Background
>>
>> PredictionIO was started with a mission to democratize and bring machine
>> learning to the masses.
>>
>> Machine learning has traditionally been a luxury for big companies like
>> Google, Facebook, and Netflix. There are ML libraries and tools lying
>> around the internet but the effort of putting them all together as a
>> production-ready infrastructure is a very resource-intensive task that is
>> remotely reachable by individuals or small businesses.
>>
>> PredictionIO is a production-ready, full stack machine learning system that
>> allows organizations of any scale to quickly deploy machine learning
>> capabilities. It comes with official and community-contributed machine
>> learning engine templates that are easy to customize.
>>
>> Rationale
>>
>> As usage and number of contributors to PredictionIO has grown bigger and
>> more diverse, we have sought for an independent framework for the project
>> to keep thriving. We believe the Apache foundation is a great fit. Joining
>> Apache would ensure that tried and true processes and procedures are in
>> place for the growing number of organizations interested in contributing
>> to PredictionIO. PredictionIO is also a good fit for the Apache foundation.
>> PredictionIO was built on top of several Apache projects (HBase, Spark,
>> Hadoop). We are familiar with the Apache process and believe that the
>> democratic and meritocratic nature of the foundation aligns with the
>> project goals.
>>
>> Initial Goals
>>
>> The initial milestones will be to move the existing codebase to Apache and
>> integrate with the Apache development process. Once this is accomplished,
>> we plan for incremental development and releases that follow the Apache
>> guidelines, as well as growing our developer and user communities.
>>
>> Current Status
>>
>> PredictionIO has undergone nine minor releases and many patches.
>> PredictionIO is being used in production by Salesforce.com as well as many
>> other organizations and apps. The PredictionIO codebase is currently
>> hosted at GitHub, which will form the basis of the Apache git repository.
>>
>> Meritocracy
>>
>> We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the
>> requirements in an open forum. We intend to invite additional developers
>> to participate. We will encourage and monitor community participation so
>> that privileges can be extended to those that contribute.
>>
>> Community
>>
>> Acceptance into the Apache foundation would bolster the already strong
>> user and developer community around PredictionIO. That community includes
>> many contributors from various other companies, and an active mailing list
>> composed of hundreds of users.
>>
>> Core Developers
>>
>> The core developers of our project are listed in our contributors and
>> initial PPMC below. Though many are employed at Salesforce.com, there are
>> also engineers from ActionML, and independent developers.
>>
>> Alignment
>>
>> The ASF is the natural choice to host the PredictionIO project as its goal
>> is democratizing Machine Learning by making it more easily accessible to
>> every user/developer. PredictionIO is built on top of several top level
>> Apache projects as outlined above.
>>
>> Known Risks
>>
>> Orphaned Products
>>
>> PredictionIO has a solid and growing community. It is deployed on
>> production environments by companies of all sizes to run various kinds of
>> predictive engines.
>>
>> In addition to the community contribution to PredictionIO framework, the
>> community is also actively contributing new engines to the Template
>> Gallery as well as SDKs and documentation for the project. Salesforce is
>> committed to utilize and advance the PredictionIO code base and support
>> its user community.
>>
>> Inexperience with Open Source
>>
>> PredictionIO has existed as a healthy open source project for almost two
>> years and is the most starred Scala project on GitHub. All of the proposed
>> committers have contributed to ASF and Linux Foundation open source
>> projects. Several current committers on Apache projects and Apache Members
>> are involved in this proposal and intend to provide mentorship.
>>
>> Homogeneous Developers
>>
>> The initial list of committers includes developers from several
>> institutions, including Salesforce, ActionML, Channel4, USC as well as
>> unaffiliated developers.
>>
>> Reliance on Salaried Developers
>>
>> Like most open source projects, PredictionIO receives substantial support
>> from salaried developers. PredictionIO development is partially supported
>> by Salesforce.com, but there are many contributors from various other
>> companies, and an active mailing list composed of hundreds of users. We
>> will continue our efforts to ensure stewardship of the project to be
>> independent of salaried developers by meritocratically promoting those
>> contributors to committers.
>>
>> Relationships with Other Apache Product
>>
>> PredictionIO relies heavily on top level Apache projects such as Apache
>> Spark, HBase and Hadoop. However it brings a distinguished functionality,
>> rather than just an abstraction - Machine Learning in a plug-and-play
>> fashion.
>>
>> Compared to Apache Mahout, which focuses on the development of a wide
>> variety of algorithms, PredictionIO offers a platform to manage the whole
>> machine learning workflow, including data collection, data preparation,
>> modeling, deployment and management of predictive services in production
>> environments.
>>
>> An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand
>>
>> PredictionIO is already a widely known open source project. This proposal
>> is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, the primary
>> benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationale section.
>>
>> Documentation
>>
>> PredictionIO boasts rich and live documentation, included in the code repo
>> (docs/manual directory), is built with Middleman, and publicly hosted at
>> https://docs.prediction.io
>>
>> Initial Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan
>>
>> Currently, the PredictionIO codebase is distributed under the Apache 2.0
>> License and hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/PredictionIO/PredictionIO
>>
>> External Dependencies
>>
>> PredictionIO has the following external dependencies:
>> * Apache Hadoop 2.4.0 (optional, required only if YARN and HDFS are
>> needed)
>> * Apache Spark 1.3.0 for Hadoop 2.4
>> * Java SE Development Kit 8
>> * and one of the following sets:
>> * PostgreSQL 9.1
>> or
>> * MySQL 5.1
>> or
>> * Apache HBase 0.98.6
>> * Elasticsearch 1.4.0
>>
>> Upon acceptance to the incubator, we would begin a thorough analysis of
>> all transitive dependencies to verify this information and introduce
>> license checking into the build and release process by integrating with
>> Apache RAT.
>>
>> Cryptography
>>
>> PredictionIO does not include cryptographic code. We utilize standard
>> JCE and JSSE APIs provided by the Java Runtime Environment.
>>
>> Required Resources
>>
>> We request that following resources be created for the project to use
>>
>> Mailing lists
>>
>> predictionio-private@incubator.apache.org (with moderated subscriptions)
>> predictionio-dev
>> predictionio-user
>> predictionio-commits
>>
>> We will migrate the existing PredictionIO mailing lists.
>>
>> Git repository
>>
>> The PredictionIO team would like to use Git for source control, due to
>> our
>> current use of GitHub.
>>
>> git://git.apache.org/incubator-predictionio
>>
>> Documentation
>>
>> https://predictionio.incubator.apache.org/docs/
>>
>> JIRA instance
>>
>> PredictionIO currently uses the GitHub issue tracking system associated
>> with its repository: https://github.com/PredictionIO/PredictionIO/issues
>> .
>> We will migrate to Apache JIRA.
>>
>> JIRA PREDICTIONIO
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PREDICTIONIO
>>
>> Other Resources
>>
>> TravisCI for builds and test running.
>>
>> PredictionIO's documentation, included in the code repo (docs/manual
>> directory), is built with Middleman and publicly hosted at
>> https://docs.prediction.io
>>
>> A blog to drive adoption and excitement at https://blog.prediction.io
>>
>> Initial Committers
>>
>> Pat Ferrell
>> Tamas Jambor
>> Justin Yip
>> Xusen Yin
>> Lee Moon Soo
>> Donald Szeto
>> Kenneth Chan
>> Tom Chan
>> Simon Chan
>> Marco Vivero
>> Matthew Tovbin
>> Yevgeny Khodorkovsky
>> Felipe Oliveira
>> Vitaly Gordon
>> Alex Merritt
>>
>> Affiliations
>>
>> Pat Ferrell - ActionML
>> Tamas Jambor - Channel4
>> Justin Yip - independent
>> Xusen Yin - USC
>> Lee Moon Soo - NFLabs
>> Donald Szeto - Salesforce
>> Kenneth Chan - Salesforce
>> Tom Chan - Salesforce
>> Simon Chan - Salesforce
>> Marco Vivero - Salesforce
>> Matthew Tovbin - Salesforce
>> Yevgeny Khodorkovsky - Salesforce
>> Felipe Oliveira - Salesforce
>> Vitaly Gordon - Salesforce
>> Alex Merritt - ActionML
>>
>> Sponsors
>>
>> Champion
>>
>> Andrew Purtell <apurtell at apache dot org>
>>
>> Nominated Mentors
>>
>> Andrew Purtell <apurtell at apache dot org>
>> James Taylor <jtaylor at apache dot org>
>> Lars Hofhansl <larsh at apache dot org>
>> Suneel Marthi <smarthi at apache dot org>
>> Xiangrui Meng <meng at apache dot org>
>> Luciano Resende <lresende at apache dot org>
>>
>> Sponsoring Entity
>>
>> Apache Incubator PMC
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> - Andy
>>
>> Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein
>> (via Tom White)
>>
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