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Fesod is a high-performance and memory-efficient Java library for reading
and writing Excel files, designed to simplify development and
ensure reliability.
Fesod has been incubating since 2025-09-17.
### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
1. Ensure that the website and codebase are fully compliant with ASF
policies.
2. Publish the first release under the Apache Incubator.
3. Continue to grow the community and word towards the ASF maturity Model.
### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
No.
### How has the community developed since the last report?
1. We have update project's website, now you can see details in [Apache
Analytics](https://s.apache.org/2w3sw).
2. We have 5 new contributors.
### How has the project developed since the last report?
The community is actively working on the first release under the Apache
Incubator, which is currently planned for December.
1. Developement of new features is in progressing.
2. The project executed the Fuzz chaos test and fix bugs at the
suggestion of the mentor.
### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
- [ ] Initial setup
- [X] Working towards first release
- [ ] Community building
- [ ] Nearing graduation
- [ ] Other:
### Date of last release:
N/A
### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
N/A
### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
Yes.They are very nice and actively.
1. Dave Fisher pointed some wrong process about the election of
committer(fixed).
2. PJ Fanning give suggestions about project-module and jdk-version.
3. Huajie Wang help community on how to design logo.
4. tison tells many of the small but important copyright details.
### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
Yes, everything is fine.
### Signed-off-by:
- [X] (fesod) tison
Comments:
- [X] (fesod) Dave Fisher
Comments:
- [X] (fesod) Huajie Wang
Comments:
- [X] (fesod) PJ Fanning
Comments:
### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
Fesod is a high-performance and memory-efficient Java library for reading
and writing Excel files, designed to simplify development and ensure
reliability.
Fesod has been incubating since 2025-09-17.
### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
1. Ensure that the website and codebase are fully compliant with ASF
policies.
2. Publish the first release under the Apache Incubator.
3. Continue to grow the community and work towards the ASF Maturity
Model.
### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
No.
### How has the community developed since the last report?
The project is still in the preparation phase, but we have welcomed
several new code contributors.
In addition to the required code migration and compliance work,
development of new features is also progressing.
### How has the project developed since the last report?
The community is actively working on the first release (v2.0.0) under the
Apache Incubator, which is currently planned for December.
### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
- [X] Initial setup
- [ ] Working towards first release
- [ ] Community building
- [ ] Nearing graduation
- [ ] Other:
We are still in the process of initial setup. The GitHub repository and
project website have been migrated to the Apache organization.
The community is also planning to set up CI/CD pipelines to streamline
future development and deployment.
### Date of last release:
N/A
### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
N/A
### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
Yes.
They remain actively engaged with the project and continue to provide
valuable input to guide its progress.
### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
Yes, everything is fine.
### Signed-off-by:
- [X] (fesod) tison
Comments:
- [ ] (fesod) Dave Fisher
Comments:
- [X] (fesod) Huajie Wang
Comments:
- [X] (fesod) PJ Fanning
Comments: Rapid progress with initial tasks
### IPMC/Shepherd notes: