K8up 2022 Annual Review

[tobru]

This PR adds the annual review for the k8up - A Kubernetes Backup Operator CNCF Sandbox project

[Kidswiss]

Looks good so far. I've just added one goal I personally think would really help with K8up's adoption.

As K8up is already pretty old in terms of operators it really doesn't align very well with how modern operators are expected to be configured and worked with.

[sonasingh46]

Hello people, following is the recommendation from tag-storage after the review of the project.

This is a light weight and first annual review of the K8up project and it can continue to be the part of CNCF sandbox group. The project seems to be active and have adopters though there are items flagged in this document that require immediate attention.

Following are some suggested remediations that should be taken. Maintainers should reach out to TAG storage within 6 months to present an update on the remediations taken:

• Document the community meeting call time, how to join it and record the meetings to be published as e.g. youtube. The meeting should also be added to the CNCF calendar.
• There should be some medium where async conversations regarding the project and project development can happen e.g. slack. Also, document this so that contributors or users know where to go to ask questions or collaborate in the development of the project.
• Clarify the maturity of the project e.g. alpha vs beta vs stable or maintenance.
• CNCF CoC should be added in the repo https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up.
• Update the maintainers list in a publicly accessible way and also disclose the maintainer affiliation with their company.
• Update the roadmap to clearly specify the current state of the project and next milestone and goals.

CNCF Sandbox Annual Review Guidline Doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cE9zutKh3ZGzEzZr5CZ_ck66JJ1J5mLeNYELVLbxf-Q/edit

[tobru]

Thanks for the review and feedback, we'll be taking appropriate actions in the next 2–3 months.

[TheFoxAtWork]

@mattfarina & @nikhita as Liaisons for TAG Storage, would you review/approve/merge?

[amye]

Marking this as complete, annual reviews are no longer a requirement for sandbox.
We'll be rolling out more efficient ways to show project health and metrics in 2024.

[tobru]

Thank you very much for the review. We've taken the following measures:

Document the community meeting call time, how to join it and record the meetings to be published as e.g. youtube. The meeting should also be added to the CNCF calendar.

This is done in:

• K8up community update k8up-io/k8up#922
• Update k8up slack channel landscape#3724

Deployed here: https://k8up.io/k8up/about/community.html#_monthly_community_meeting

There should be some medium where async conversations regarding the project and project development can happen e.g. slack. Also, document this so that contributors or users know where to go to ask questions or collaborate in the development of the project.

We had that before (not Slack), but it might not have been very discoverable. As a measure, we switched to Slack and documented that here:

• K8up community update k8up-io/k8up#922

Deployed here: https://k8up.io/k8up/about/community.html

Clarify the maturity of the project e.g. alpha vs beta vs stable or maintenance.

Done in:

• K8up community update k8up-io/k8up#922

Deployed here: https://k8up.io/k8up/index.html

CNCF CoC should be added in the repo https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up.

Done in:

• K8up community update k8up-io/k8up#922

Deployed here: https://k8up.io/k8up/about/code_of_conduct.html

Update the maintainers list in a publicly accessible way and also disclose the maintainer affiliation with their company.

Done in:

• K8up community update k8up-io/k8up#922

Deployed here: https://k8up.io/k8up/about/community.html#_maintainer

Update the roadmap to clearly specify the current state of the project and next milestone and goals.

We'll do that progressively during the upcoming community meetings. The link to the roadmap is in the README, as well as here: https://k8up.io/k8up/about/roadmap.html