Apache Maturity Model Assessment for NetBeans

Code

CD10

The project produces Open Source software, for distribution to the public at no charge.

YES. 

The project source code is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0, as seen in the LICENSE.

CD20

The project's code is easily discoverable and publicly accessible.

YES. 

Linked from the download page on the website, available via Apache NetBeans GitHub.

CD30

The code can be built in a reproducible way using widely available standard tools.

YES. 

Apache Ant is used for this, as explained in the README.

CD40

The full history of the project's code is available via a source code control system, in a way that allows any released version to be recreated.

YES. 

Using Git for source code, documentation, and website. All the repositories are on GitHub and releases are cut from that repository. All releases are tagged.

CD50

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.

YES. 

The project uses the Git repository, with GitHub via GitBox, managed by Apache Infra, ensuring provenance of each line of code to a committer.

Licenses and Copyright

LC10

The code is released under the Apache License, version 2.0.

YES. 

The project source code is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0, as seen in the LICENSE.

LC20

Libraries that are mandatory dependencies of the project's code do not create more restrictions than the Apache License does.

YES. 

The list of mandatory dependencies have been reviewed to contain approved licenses only.

LC30

The libraries mentioned in LC20 are available as Open Source software.

YES. 

All mandatory dependencies are available as open source software.

LC40

Committers are bound by an Individual Contributor Agreement (the "Apache iCLA") that defines which code they are allowed to commit and how they need to identify code that is not their own.

YES. 

The project uses a repository managed by Apache Gitbox -- write access requires an Apache account, which requires an ICLA on file.

LC50

The copyright ownership of everything that the project produces is clearly defined and documented.

YES. 

All files in the source repository have appropriate headers.

Even further, Software Grant Agreements for the initial donations and Corporate CLAs have been filed.

Releases

RE10

Releases consist of source code, distributed using standard and open archive formats that are expected to stay readable in the long term.

YES. 

Source releases are distributed via dist.apache.org and linked from the website.

RE20

Releases are approved by the project's PMC (see CS10), in order to make them an act of the Foundation.

YES. 

All incubating releases have been unanimously approved by the community and the Incubator, all with at least 3 (P)PMC votes.

RE30

Releases are signed and/or distributed along with digests that can be reliably used to validate the downloaded archives.

YES. 

All releases are signed, and the KEYS file is provided on dist.apache.org.

RE40

Convenience binaries can be distributed alongside source code but they are not Apache Releases -- they are just a convenience provided with no guarantee.

YES. 

Convenience binaries are distributed via dist.apache.org.

RE50

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.

YES. 

The Apache NetBeans Release README is available describing the entire process. The releases have been performed by different release managers.

Quality

QU10

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.

YES. 

The project records all bugs in the Apache NetBeans JIRA issue tracker.

QU20

The project puts a very high priority on producing secure software.

YES. 

Security issues are treated with the highest priority, according to the CVE/Security Advisory procedure.

QU30

The project provides a well-documented channel to report security issues, along with a documented way of responding to them.

YES.

Website provides a link in the footer to the Apache Security page.

QU40

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.

YES. 

Each release contains a “What’s new” on the website containing the release notes (extracted for JIRA), for example, here for Apache NetBeans 10. The project aims to make no backward incompatible changes within a given major version.

QU50

The project strives to respond to documented bug reports in a timely manner.

YES. 

The project has resolved multiple issues during incubation.

Community

CO10

The project has a well-known homepage that points to all the information required to operate according to this maturity model.

YES. 

The project website has descriptions of the project with technical details, how to contribute, etc.

CO20

The community welcomes contributions from anyone who acts in good faith and in a respectful manner and adds value to the project.

YES. 

How to participate is clearly documented and the project is really keen to welcome contributions.

CO30

Contributions include not only source code, but also documentation, constructive bug reports, constructive discussions, marketing and generally anything that adds value to the project.

YES. 

The participation page refers to to non source code contribution, like documentation. 

CO40

The community is meritocratic and over time aims to give more rights and responsibilities to contributors who add value to the project.

YES. 

The community has elected new committers and PPMC members during incubation, based on meritocracy.

CO50

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.

YES. 

The criteria are documented.

CO60

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.

YES. 

The project works to build consensus. All vote threads have been run well and ended amicably.

CO70

The project strives to answer user questions in a timely manner.

YES. 

The project normally provides answers to user questions via the dev and user mailing lists, as well as via Twitter and Facebook.

Consensus Building

CS10

The project maintains a public list of its contributors who have decision power -- the project's PMC (Project Management Committee) consists of those contributors.

YES. The website contains a list of committers and PPMC members.

CS20

Decisions are made by consensus among PMC members and are documented on the project's main communications channel. Community opinions are taken into account but the PMC has the final word if needed.

YES. 

The project has been making its decisions on the project mailing lists. When decisions have not had a consensus, vote threads have been used.

CS30

Documented voting rules are used to build consensus when discussion is not sufficient.

YES. 

The project uses the standard ASF voting rules. Voting rules are clearly stated before the voting starts for each individual vote.

CS40

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.

YES. 

The project hasn’t needed to use vetoes.

CS50

All "important" discussions happen asynchronously in written form on the project's main communications channel. Offline, face-to-face or private discussions that affect the project are also documented on that channel.

YES. 

The project has been making all its decisions on the project mailing lists.

Independence

IN10

The project is independent from any corporate or organizational influence.

YES. 

The project team consists of independent contributors and discussions are not dominated by individual contributors from a specific company.

IN20

Contributors act as themselves as opposed to representatives of a corporation or organization.

YES. 

The committers and contributors act on their own initiative without representing a corporation or organization.