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<h2 id="apache_maturity_model_assessment_for_plc4x">Apache Maturity Model Assessment for PLC4X</h2>
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<h3 id="overview">Overview</h3>
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<p>This is an assessment of the PLC4X podling’s maturity, meant to help inform the decision (of the mentors, community, Incubator PMC and ASF Board of Directors) to graduate it as a top-level Apache project.</p>
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<p>It is based on the ASF project maturity model at <a href="https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html" class="bare">https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html</a></p>
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<h3 id="maturity_model_assessment">Maturity model assessment</h3>
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<p>Mentors and community members are encouraged to contribute to this page and comment on it, the following table summarizes project’s self-assessment against the Apache Maturity Model.</p>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Code</strong></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" colspan="2"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CD10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project produces Open Source software, for distribution to the public at no charge.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The project source code is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CD20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project&#8217;s code is easily discoverable and publicly accessible.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> Our sourcecode is available at <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/plc4x.git">Apache GitBox</a> and <a href="https://github.com/apache/plc4x">GitHub</a> and linked to from our <a href="https://plc4x.apache.org/scm.html">website</a></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CD30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The code can be built in a reproducible way using widely available standard tools.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> our <a href="https://maven.apache.org">Maven</a> build has been tested on Linux, MacOS and Windows and build description is available on our <a href="https://plc4x.apache.org/developers/building.html">website</a></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CD40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The full history of the project&#8217;s code is available via a source code control system, in a way that allows any released version to be recreated.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The entire commit history is available from the <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=plc4x.git;a=commit;h=dd1fcf4649107762e91f7c494a10e55319a18785">beginning</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CD50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The provenance of each line of code is established via the source code control system, in a reliable way based on strong authentication of the committer. When third-party contributions are committed, commit messages provide reliable information about the code provenance.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The project uses the git repository, managed by Apache Infra, ensuring provenance of each line of code to a committer, each line committed before entering incubation was equally configured.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Licenses and Copyright</strong></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" colspan="2"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">LC10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The code is released under the Apache License, version 2.0.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> Both the source distribution as well as the convenience binary artifacts clearly declare that they are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">LC20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Libraries that are mandatory dependencies of the project&#8217;s code do not create more restrictions than the Apache License does.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The list of mandatory dependencies have been reviewed to contain approved licenses only.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">LC30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The libraries mentioned in LC20 are available as Open Source software.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> All mandatory dependencies are available as open source software.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">LC40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Committers are bound by an Individual Contributor Agreement (the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt">"Apache iCLA"</a>) that defines which code they are allowed to commit and how they need to identify code that is not their own.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The project uses a repository managed by Apache Gitbox&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;write access requires an Apache account, which requires an ICLA on file.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">LC50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The copyright ownership of everything that the project produces is clearly defined and documented.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All files in the source repository have appropriate headers which is enforced by tooling included in the build. ICLAs from all initial committers have been documented. CCLAs from all companies involved have been documented. SGA is on file for the initial contribution.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Releases</strong></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">RE10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Releases consist of source code, distributed using standard and open archive formats that are expected to stay readable in the long term.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> <a href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/plc4x/">Current source releases</a> are distributed via dist.apache.org and <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/plc4x/">Older source releases</a> are available from archive.apache.org. Both are linked from the <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/users/download.html">website</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">RE20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Releases are approved by the project&#8217;s PMC (see CS10), in order to make them an act of the Foundation.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> All incubating releases have been unanimously approved by the PLC4X community and the Incubator, all with at least 3 (P)PMC votes and more +1 than -1.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">RE30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Releases are signed and/or distributed along with digests that can be reliably used to validate the downloaded archives.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> All releases are signed, and the <a href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/plc4x/KEYS">KEYS</a> file is provided on dist.apache.org</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">RE40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Convenience binaries can be distributed alongside source code but they are not Apache Releases&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;they are just a convenience provided with no guarantee.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon yellow"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i></span> Convenience binaries are distributed via Maven Central Repository only. Currently due to the platform-dependency of C++ libraries, these are not distributed currently.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">RE50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The release process is documented and repeatable to the extent that someone new to the project is able to independently generate the complete set of artifacts required for a release.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> We have a guide for release managers, that has been tested by multiple release managers available on our <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/release/release.html">website</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Quality</strong></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">QU10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project is open and honest about the quality of its code. Various levels of quality and maturity for various modules are natural and acceptable as long as they are clearly communicated.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> All issues are documented in our <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/PLC4X">JIRA</a> instance, which is our primary bug and issue tracker.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">QU20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project puts a very high priority on producing secure software.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> even if we haven&#8217;t received any security issues targeted at PLC4X yet, we pro-actively monitor our dependencies and if reported would treat them with the highest priority, according to the <a href="https://www.apache.org/security/committers.html">CVE/Security Advisory procedure</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">QU30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project provides a well-documented, secure and private channel to report security issues, along with a documented way of responding to them.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> We are using Apaches default way to submit security related information, which is described on our <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/users/security.html">website</a></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">QU40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project puts a high priority on backwards compatibility and aims to document any incompatible changes and provide tools and documentation to help users transition to new features.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> We try to keep everything as backward compatible as possible. If we are forced to introduce incompatible changes, these is documented in a <code>Incompatible changes</code> section as part of our release notes.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">QU50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project strives to respond to documented bug reports in a timely manner.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> Bug reports are treated with priority and are automatically posted to our developer mailing list <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?<a href="mailto:dev@plc4x.apache.org">dev@plc4x.apache.org</a>" class="bare">https://lists.apache.org/list.html?<a href="mailto:dev@plc4x.apache.org">dev@plc4x.apache.org</a></a> so they are prominently recognised.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Community</strong></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project has a well-known homepage that points to all the information required to operate according to this maturity model.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The project website has a <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/">description of the project</a> with technical details, <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/contributing.html">how to contribute</a>, <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/team.html">team</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The community welcomes contributions from anyone who acts in good faith and in a respectful manner and adds value to the project.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> So far we have recognized any form of contribution and every contributor with the desire to become part of the team has been invited to join.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Contributions include not only source code, but also documentation, constructive bug reports, constructive discussions, marketing and generally anything that adds value to the project.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> It’s part of the <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/contributing.html">contribution guide</a> and the current committers are really keen to welcome contributions.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The community is meritocratic and over time aims to give more rights and responsibilities to contributors who add value to the project.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> So far the community has elected 4 committers, all of them also being added to the PPMC.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The way in which contributors can be granted more rights such as commit access or decision power is clearly documented and is the same for all contributors.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The criteria is documented in the <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/contributing.html">contribution guide</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO60</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The community operates based on consensus of its members (see CS10) who have decision power. Dictators, benevolent or not, are not welcome in Apache projects.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The project works to build consensus. All votes have been unanimous so far.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CO70</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project strives to answer user questions in a timely manner.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> Responses to reported issues or asked questions typically are handled by the community withing a matter of a few hours (Responses being faster during typical European time-zone business-hours).</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Consensus Building</strong></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" colspan="2"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon red"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></span></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CS10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project maintains a public list of its contributors who have decision power&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;the project&#8217;s PMC (Project Management Committee) consists of those contributors.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon yellow"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i></span> We&#8217;re currently working on filling the <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/team.html">team page</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CS20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Decisions are made by consensus among PMC members 9 and are documented on the project&#8217;s main communications channel. Community opinions are taken into account but the PMC has the final word if needed.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> All decisions are made on one of our mailing lists. Every decision discussed off-list has been taken back to the list for final discussion and we&#8217;ll keep on doing that.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CS30</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Documented voting rules are used to build consensus when discussion is not sufficient.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> We have documented our decision making rule on our <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/decisions.html">website</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CS40</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">In Apache projects, vetoes are only valid for code commits and are justified by a technical explanation, as per the Apache voting rules defined in CS30.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon red"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></span> This part actively contradicts the voting rules of the Apache Incubator. This project follows the voting rules of the Apache Incubator which we documented on our <a href="http://plc4x.apache.org/developers/decisions.html">website</a>.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">CS50</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All "important" discussions happen asynchronously in written form on the project&#8217;s main communications channel. Offline, face-to-face or private discussions 11 that affect the project are also documented on that channel.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> As mentioned in CS20 it is impossible to prevent off-list discussions when meeting in person. But we have always handled things in a way that we always write up summaries of important discussions and post them to the mailing lists.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><strong>Independence</strong></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">IN10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The project is independent from any corporate or organizational influence.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> The group of active committers and PPMCs consists of members of more than independent 4 companies.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">IN20</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Contributors act as themselves as opposed to representatives of a corporation or organization.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><span class="icon green"><i class="fa fa-check"></i></span> While there are several cases where committers and PPMC members utilize corporate infrastructure or these companies, no case has been found where any of these committers and PPMCs have represented corporate interests.</p></td>
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