The Apache News Round-up: week ending 3 April 2020

Welcome, April! We've had a great week within the Apache community. Here's what happened:

Break out the cake, balloons, and streamers! The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership – world’s largest Open Source foundation advances community-led innovation "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

Inside Infra: the new interview series with members of the ASF Infrastructure team.
 - Meet Chris Thistlethwaite https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Chris

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Announcing New ASF Board of Directors https://s.apache.org/Board2020 
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. Board calendar and minutes https://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Event status details posted at: Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.99%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 917 Apache contributors changed 2,954,074 lines of code over 4,565 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Mark Thomas, Kaxil Naik, and Claus Ibsen.              

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Application Performance Management --
 - Apache SkyWalking Chart 2.0.0 released https://skywalking.apache.org/

Big Data --
 - Apache Druid 0.17.1 released https://druid.apache.org/

Blockchain --
 - Apache Tuweni (Incubating) 1.0.0 released https://tuweni.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Lang 3.10 released https://commons.apache.org/
 - Apache Flagon UserALE.js 2.1.0 (Incubating) released https://flagon.incubator.apache.org/ 

Network Client/Server --
 - Apache Directory LDAP API 2.0.1 released https://directory.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HTTP Server 2.4.43 released https://httpd.apache.org/
 - Apache Traffic Control 4.0.0 released https://trafficcontrol.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 -  Did you know that some of the top technology jobs today require experience with Apache Cassandra, Apache Cordova, Apache Flume, Apache Hadoop, Apache HBase, Apache Hive, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Kafka, Apache Mesos, Apache NiFi, Apache OpenNLP, Apache Spark, Apache Tomcat, Apache ZooKeeper, among many others? https://projects.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that 11th grade students in Ontario, Canada, can practice their computer science skills with a special Learning At Home course that uses Apache NetBeans? http://netbeans.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that the ASF is an official associated partner of the KNX Foundation for commercial/domestic building automation, IIoT, and Industry 4.0 standards? Apache Projects in IoT include Camel, Edgent (incubating), Ignite, IoTDB (incubating), Mynewt, PLC4X, Streampipes (incubating), and more? https://projects.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19  

 - Apache Month In Review: March 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Mar2020

 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u  

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache

Posted at 06:05AM Apr 03, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Apache Month in Review: March 2020

Welcome to the third monthly overview of events from the Apache community. Here's a summary of what happened in March:

New this month --

 - Happy 21st Anniversary, ASF! https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary 

 - ASF Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19

 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

 - Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u 

 - Success at Apache: Google Summer of Code Mentorship... by Sanyam Goel and Kevin A. McGrail https://s.apache.org/ejj5q

 - Beijing, China, joins Indore, India, to become the second Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/t4m3x 

 - "Inside Infra" --a new interview series with members of the ASF Infrastructure team. Meet Chris Thistlethwaite https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Chris

 - Apache Month in Review: February 2020 https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

Important Dates --

 - Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html 

 - COVID-19-related adjustments to Apache Conferences: Roadshows DC and Chicago have been cancelled; the Seattle Roadshow has been postponed. The planners for ApacheCon North America have extended the CFP, and will provide regular status updates. https://www.apachecon.com/ 

Infrastructure --

Our seven-member Infrastructure team on three continents oversees our highly-reliable, distributed network under the leadership of VP Infrastructure David Nalley and Infrastructure Administrator Greg Stein. ASF Infrastructure supports 300+ Apache projects and their communities across ~200 individual machines, 1,400+ repositories, more than half a petabyte of software source releases, and 2-3M daily emails on 2,000+ lists. ASF Infra performs 7M+ weekly checks to ensure services are available around the clock. The average uptime in March was 99.87%.

Committer Activity --

In March, 785 Apache Committers changed 4,573,799 lines of code over 15,082 commits. The Committers with the top 5 highest contributions, in order, were: Andrea Cosentino, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Mark Thomas, Claus Ibsen, and Kaxil Naik.

Project Releases and Updates --

New releases from Apache HTTP Server (Servers); Brooklyn (Cloud Computing); Calcite (Big Data); Commons (Libraries); CouchDB (Big Data); Curator (Messaging); CXF (Services Framework); Derby (Databases); Flagon (incubating; Logging); FreeMarker (Templating); Groovy (Programming Languages); HBase (Big Data); HttpComponents (Servers); Jackrabbit (Content); Kafka (Big Data); Log4j (Libraries); Lucene/Solr (Search); NiFi (Big Data); OFBiz (ERP); PLC4X (IoT); Qpid (Messaging); SkyWalking (Application Performance Management) Tomcat (Servers); Tuweni (incubating; Blockchain); Traffic Server (Servers).

The Apache Incubator is the primary entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. No new podlings have entered the Incubator over the past month, but we invite you to review the many projects currently in development in the Apache Incubator http://incubator.apache.org/ 

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Posted at 05:23PM Apr 01, 2020 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 27 March 2020

Farewell, March --we're wrapping up the month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community's activities:

Break out the cake, balloons, and streamers! The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership – world’s largest Open Source foundation advances community-led innovation "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary 

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Event status details posted at: Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.99%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 881 Apache contributors changed 1,209,097 lines of code over 3,932 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Carlos Rovira, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Andi Huber, Claus Ibsen, and Garren Smith.         

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Application Performance Management --
 - Apache SkyWalking 7.0.0 released https://skywalking.apache.org/

Big Data --
 - Apache NiFi 1.11.4 released https://nifi.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.21 and 1.26.0 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.11.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/ 

Search --
 -  Apache Lucene 8.5.0 and Solr 8.5.0 released https://lucene.apache.org/   

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Chinese courier company Yunda Express uses Apache SkyWalking to ship critical supplies (masks, protective suits, medicine, and food) to those battling the COVID-19 coronavirus? http://skywalking.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that Apache Kudu has benchmarked ingesting 100B time series points per day? http://kudu.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Brazil, offers free courses on Web development that include Apache Wicket? https://wicket.apache.org/ 

Apache Community Notices:

 - The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19  

 - Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u  

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache

Posted at 07:30AM Mar 27, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 20 March 2020

Greetings everyone --let's review what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

In case you missed it: The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19 

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Event status details posted at: Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

Apache Community Development  – the committee that welcomes new participants to the Apache community and mentors them in "The Apache Way".
 - Warsaw, Poland, joins Indore, India and Beijing, China as the latest Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/o3ixu
 - About the Apache Local Community program https://s.apache.org/alc

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.95%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 910 Apache contributors changed 1,815,364 lines of code over 3,659 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Dan Haywood, Claus Ibsen, Julian Reschke, and Colm O hEigeartaigh.      

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.22.2 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 - Apache Tika 1.24 released https://tika.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid JMS 0.50.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.103, 8.5.53, 9.0.33, and 10.0.0-M3 released https://tomcat.apache.org/   

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that more than 60% of Apache projects use Apache Maven for build management? https://maven.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that you can help the Apache Fluo project? Find out how at https://helpwanted.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that you can purchase swag (stickers, clothing, mugs, wall art, and more) for your favorite Apache projects at https://www.redbubble.com/people/comdev/shop ? Email dev@community.apache.org to have new projects added to the group!

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u  

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache

Posted at 11:34AM Mar 20, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 13 March 2020

Greetings everyone --it's time to review the Apache community's activities from the past week:

The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19

Apache Month In Review – a summary of what the Apache community has been up to in February https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 March 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.66%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 861 Apache contributors changed 9,213,465 lines of code over 3,428 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Luca Burgazzoli, Mark Thomas, Jialin Qiao, and Carlos Rovira.      

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Calcite 1.22.0 released https://calcite.apache.org/
 - Apache Kafka 2.4.1 released https://kafka.apache.org/ 

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.18.5 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Enterprise Processes Automation / ERP --
 - Apache OFBiz 17.12.01 released https://ofbiz.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Configuration 2.7 released https://commons.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 8.0.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 2.5.10 and 3.0.2 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.48 released https://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/  
 -  Apache HttpComponents Client 4.5.12 GA released https://hc.apache.org/

Templating --
 - Apache FreeMarker 2.3.30 released https://freemarker.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Apache mod_perl (20 years); Maven (17 years), Jackrabbit (14 years); Felix (13 years); Archiva (12 years); UIMA (10 years); Accumulo and Sqoop (8 years); Bloodhound, CloudStack, and cTAKES (7 years); Allura, Olingo, Tajo (6 years); Sentry (4 years); and FreeMarker (2 years). Many happy returns! https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date

 - Did you know that you can participate in the second annual Apache Druid community survey? https://surveymonkey.com/r/XGWX2BL

 - Did you know that Apache Brooklyn v1.0 implements the OASIS CAMP (Cloud Application Management for Platforms) and TOSCA (Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications) standards? https://brooklyn.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - Pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 05:12AM Mar 13, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 6 March 2020

Welcome, March! We've had a great week within the Apache community. Here's what happened:

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "Google Summer of Code Mentorship --inside the GSoC 2019 Mentor Summit" by Sanyam Goel and Kevin A. McGrail https://s.apache.org/ejj5q   

Apache Month In Review – a summary what the Apache community has been up to in February 2020 https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 March 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

Apache Community Development  – the committee that welcomes new participants to the Apache community and mentors them in "The Apache Way".

 - Beijing, China, joins Indore, India, as the latest Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/t4m3x
 - About the Apache Local Community program https://s.apache.org/alc

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.87%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 824 Apache contributors changed 2,401,358 lines of code over 3,496 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Mark Thomas, Claus Ibsen, Paul J. Davis, and Tomaz Muraus.   

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache CouchDB 3.0.0 released https://couchdb.apache.org/
 - Apache HBase 1.4.13 released https://hbase.apache.org/

Cloud Computing --
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache^® Brooklyn^TM v1.0 https://s.apache.org/ladi7

Databases --
 - Apache Derby 10.15.2.0 released https://db.apache.org/

IoT --
 - Apache PLC4X 0.6.0 released https://plc4x.apache.org/  

Libraries --
 - Apache Log4j 2.13.1 released https://logging.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid JMS 0.49.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/
 - Apache Curator 4.3.0 released https://curator.apache.org/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 2.4.19 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Traffic Server 8.0.6 and 7.1.9 released https://trafficserver.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Netflix uses Apache Druid to manage its 1.5 trillion-row data warehouse requirements that include what users see when tapping the Netflix icon or logging in from a browser across platforms? http://druid.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the Apache Airflow community will be at Airflow Summit, 3-5 June in Mountain View? http://airflow.apache.org/

 - Did you know that WIRIS Math and Science uses ApacheMXNet to power MathType for Handwritten Math Recognition? https://mxnet.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - Pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 05:06AM Mar 06, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Apache Month in Review: February 2020

Welcome to the second monthly overview of events from the Apache community, brought to you by the just-released Apache Roller, v.6.0 (Roller is our blogging software that we use every day). Here's a summary of what happened in February:

New this month --

 - Happy 25th Anniversary, Apache HTTP Server! http://httpd.apache.org/

 - Happy 20th Anniversary, Apache Subversion! https://s.apache.org/ApacheSVN20

 - "Success at Apache: Literally" by Chris Thistlethwaite https://s.apache.org/xjcrj

 - Apache Month in Review: January 2020 https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/date/20200205

Important Dates --

 - Next Board Meeting: 18 March 2020. http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

 - Apache Roadshow/DC 25 March --Registration Open; Sponsorships available-- topics include Apache Projects and CARE Initiatives, Cybersecurity, and Start‑Ups. Held in partnership with George Mason University https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/

 - Apache Roadshow/Chicago 18-19 May --CFP Open; Sponsorships available-- https://www.apachecon.com/chiroadshow20

 - Apache Roadhshow/Seattle 10-12 June --Sponsorships available https://www.apachecon.com/searoadshow20

 - ApacheCon North America/New Orleans 28 September-2 October --CFP Open; Sponsorships available-- tracks include Big Data, Cloud, Community, Content Delivery, FinTech, Geospatial, Graphing, IoT, Observability, Search, Servers, and more. https://www.apachecon.com/

Infrastructure --

Our seven-member Infrastructure team on three continents oversees our highly-reliable, distributed network under the leadership of VP Infrastructure David Nalley and Infrastructure Administrator Greg Stein. ASF Infrastructure supports 300+ Apache projects and their communities across ~200 individual machines, 1,400+ repositories, more than half a petabyte of software source releases, and 2-3M daily emails on 2,000+ lists. ASF Infra performs 7M+ weekly checks to ensure services are available around the clock. The average uptime in February was 99.91%.

Committer Activity --

New releases from Apache Arrow (Big Data); Avro (Big Data); Beam (Big Data); Commons (Libraries); DeltaSpike (Libraries); Flink (Big Data); Groovy (Programming Languages); Guacamole (Network-Client); HBase (Big Data); HttpComponents (Servers); Jackrabbit (Content); Kylin (Big Data); NiFi (Big Data); OFBiz (ERP); PDFBox (Content); POI (Content); Qpid (Messaging); Tomcat (Servers); Velocity (Libraries).

The Apache Incubator is the primary entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. Releases from incubating podlings include APISIX (Cloud-native microservices API gateway) and Milagro (Cryptography) ...also, welcome NLPCraft (Java API for NLU apps) as the latest podling undergoing development in the Apache Incubator http://incubator.apache.org/

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Posted at 11:58PM Mar 01, 2020 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 28 February 2020

Farewell, February --we're wrapping up the month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community's activities:

Happy 20th Anniversary Apache Subversion! Huzzah to the community-led version control software and source code management tool https://s.apache.org/ApacheSVN20

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 March 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 1) Apache Roadshow/DC --25 March in CHANTILLY, VA. Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Apache Projects & CARE Initiatives (with George Mason University Center for Assurance Research & Engineering); Cybersecurity; and Open Source Software in Start-Ups. https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/
 2) Apache Roadshow/Chicago --18-19 May in CHICAGO, IL. CFP open. Sponsorship opportunities available. https://www.apachecon.com/chiroadshow20/
 3) Apache Roadshow/Seattle --10-12 June in REDMOND, WA. Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Data and Analytics, ML and AI, Java, Cloud, Containers, Servers, and Web Frameworks. https://www.apachecon.com/searoadshow20
 4) ApacheCon North America --28 September - 2 October in NEW ORLEANS, LA. CFP open; Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Big Data Integration, Community, IoT, Search, Geospatial, Graphing, Integration, Servers, and more. Apache Project content includes Camel, Cassandra, Cloudstack, Fineract, Flagon, Gobblin, Groovy, HTTP Server, Ignite, Karaf, Observability, Solr/Lucene, Tomcat, and Traffic Server/Traffic Control, among others. https://www.apachecon.com/acna2020/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.96%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 908 Apache contributors changed 12,988,552 lines of code over 3,974 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Paul Davis, Nick Vatamaniuc, Carlos Rovira, Andrea Cosentino, and Nicola Ferraro. 

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

API --
 - Apache APISIX 1.1 and Dashboard 1.0 (Incubating) released https://apisix.apache.org/

Big Data --
 - Apache NiFi 1.11.2 and 1.11.3 released https://nifi.apache.org/
 - Apache Kylin 2.6.5 and 3.0.1 released https://kylin.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache PDFBox 2.0.19 released https://pdfbox.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Client 5.0 GA released https://hc.apache.org/
 - Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 released https://tomcat.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that new podlings undergoing development in the Apache Incubator include NLPCraft (natural language processing resource scheduler), NuttX (real-time embedded operating system), and YuniKorn (standalone Big Data resource scheduler)?http://incubator.apache.org/projects/#current

 - Did you know that Target uses Apache Druid for their enterprise-scale dashboarding/analytics platform? http://druid.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache Open Office has a new English dictionaries extension release? http://openoffice.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: January 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/1bbb1

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - Pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 07:01AM Feb 28, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 21 February 2020

It's Friday already! We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities:

Happy 25th Anniversary Apache HTTP Server! Raise a glass to the project and community that started it all. Hats off for its longevity as the world's most popular Web server for a quarter century. Many happy returns http://httpd.apache.org/

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 March 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 1) Apache Roadshow/DC --25 March in CHANTILLY, VA. Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Apache Projects & CARE Initiatives (with George Mason University Center for Assurance Research & Engineering); Cybersecurity; and Open Source Software in Start-Ups. https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/
 2) Apache Roadshow/Chicago --18-19 May in CHICAGO, IL. CFP open. Sponsorship opportunities available. https://www.apachecon.com/chiroadshow20/
 3) Apache Roadshow/Seattle --10-12 June in REDMOND, WA. Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Data and Analytics, ML and AI, Java, Cloud, Containers, Servers, and Web Frameworks. https://www.apachecon.com/searoadshow20
 4) ApacheCon North America --28 September - 2 October in NEW ORLEANS, LA. CFP open; Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available. Topics include Big Data Integration, Community, IoT, Search, Geospatial, Graphing, Integration, Servers, and more. Apache Project content includes Camel, Cassandra, Cloudstack, Fineract, Flagon, Gobblin, Groovy, HTTP Server, Ignite, Karaf, Observability, Solr/Lucene, Tomcat, and Traffic Server/Traffic Control, among others. https://www.apachecon.com/acna2020/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.93%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 810 Apache contributors changed 4,791,832 lines of code over 3,495 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Claus Ibsen, Andi Huber, Bharath Vissapragadam, and Carlos Rovira.  

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Avro 1.9.2 released https://avro.apache.org/
 - Apache HBase 2.1.9 released https://hbase.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.21.0 and Oak 1.4.26 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 - Apache POI 4.1.2 released https://poi.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 7.1.8 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 3.0.1 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.100 released https://tomcat.apache.org/
 - Apache HttpComponents Core 5.0 GA released https://hc.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that newcomers to Apache are encouraged to get started and learn about The Apache Way with the friendly folks at ASF's Community Development (ComDev) project? http://community.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Boston Children's Hospital uses Apache cTAKES to link phenotypic and genomic data for the Precision Link Biobank? http://ctakes.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Netflix uses Apache Druid to optimize streaming in real time? http://druid.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: January 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/1bbb1

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - Pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 06:18AM Feb 21, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 14 February 2020

Happy Friday (and Valentine's Day for those who celebrate) --let's review what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 1) Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available: Apache Roadshow/DC --25 March in CHANTILLY, VA. Topics include Apache Projects & CARE Initiatives (with  George Mason University Center for Assurance Research & Engineering); Cybersecurity; and Open Source Software in Start-Ups. https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/
 2) CFP open. Sponsorship opportunities available: Apache Roadshow/Chicago --18-19 May in CHICAGO, IL. https://www.apachecon.com/chiroadshow20/
 3) Sponsorship opportunities available. Apache Roadshow/Seattle --10-12 June in REDMOND, WA. Topics include Data and Analytics, ML and AI, Java, Cloud, Containers, Servers, and Web Frameworks. https://www.apachecon.com/searoadshow20
 4) CFP open; Registration open; Sponsorship opportunities available: ApacheCon North America --28 September - 2 October in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Topics include Big Data Integration, Community, IoT, Search, Geospatial, Graphing, Integration, Servers, and more. Apache Project content includes Camel, Cassandra, Cloudstack, Fineract, Flagon, Gobblin, Groovy, HTTP Server, Ignite, Karaf, Observability, Solr/Lucene, Tomcat, and Traffic Server/Traffic Control, among others. https://www.apachecon.com/acna2020/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.85%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 943 Apache contributors changed 3,276,658 lines of code over 3,818 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Tarocchi, Andrea Cosentino, Claus Ibsen, Lukasz Lenart, and Duo Zhang.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Arrow 0.16.0 released https://arrow.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.22.1 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Cryptography
 - Apache Milagro (Incubating) Crypto-C V2.0.1 released https://milagro.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Compress 1.20 released https://commons.apache.org/compress/
 - Apache Commons CSV 1.8 released https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 3.0.0 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.51 and 9.0.31 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache Impala now supports Apache Hudi (incubating), Hive, and ORC? http://impala.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the Apache NetBeans C/C++ donation by Oracle is nearing completion? Review and final stage countdown is on https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc62f519d5a203d1624cbc5116e0db399fed8ce7560bc7594a93e6fd8%40%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E

 - Did you know that you can access your favorite Apache project logos at http://apache.org/logos/ ?

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache Month In Review: January 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/1bbb1

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - CFP and pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 05:44AM Feb 14, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 7 February 2020

Welcome, February! We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities:

ASF Security Report 2019 – the state of security across all Apache projects with key metrics, specific vulnerabilities, and the most common ways users of ASF projects were affected by security issues https://s.apache.org/tbyxg

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "Success at Apache: Literally" by Chris Thistlethwaite https://s.apache.org/xjcrj

Apache Month In Review: January 2020 – a new monthly overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/1bbb1

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - CFP Open: ApacheCon North America - 28 September - 2 October - tracks include Big Data, Cloud, Community, Content Delivery, FinTech, Geospatial, Graphing, IoT, Observability, Search, Servers, and more. https://www.apachecon.com/
 - Registration Open: Apache Roadshow/DC - 25 March - topics include Apache projects in CARE initiatives, cybersecurity, start-ups, and more. https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.89%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 879 Apache contributors changed 2,008,768 lines of code over 3,559 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Claus Ibsen, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Mark Thomas, and Tilman Hausherr.    

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Flink 1.9.2 released https://flink.apache.org/
 - Apache Beam 2.19.0 released https://beam.apache.org/
 - Apache NiFi 1.11.1 released https://nifi.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.6.20 and 1.8.20 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Enterprise Processes Automation / ERP --
 - Apache OFBiz 16.11.07 released https://ofbiz.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache Velocity Engine 2.2 released https://velocity.apache.org/
 - Apache DeltaSpike 1.9.3 released https://deltaspike.apache.org/

Network Client --
 - Apache Guacamole 1.1.0 released https://guacamole.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating their anniversaries this month? Many happy returns to Apache HTTP Server (25 years!); Gump and Portals (16 years); Directory, MyFaces, and Xerces (15 years); Tapestry (14 years); Roller (13 years); Cassandra and Subversion (10 years); Chemistry (9 years); BVal and OpenNLP (8 years); Clerezza and Crunch (7 years); Knox, Open Climate Workbench, and Spark (6 years); DataFu (2 years); and Unomi (1 year). https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date

 - Did you know that, over past year, the ASF processed 759 Individual Contributor License Agreements, 34 Corporate Contributor License Agreements, and 40 Software Grants? https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - Did you know that Apache Airflow is having its first MeetUp in Bangalore? http://airflow.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - CFP and pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 05:20AM Feb 07, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Apache Month in Review: January 2020

We're pleased to introduce a new monthly overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community. Below is the wrap-up of our activities in January:

New this month --

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - Apache Software Foundation 2019 Security Report https://s.apache.org/tbyxg

 - Launch of 2020 ASF Community Survey https://s.apache.org/pzol5

 - Update on "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

Important Dates --

 - Registration open: Apache Roadshow/DC 25 March --tracks include Apache Projects and CARE Initiatives, Cybersecurity, and Start‑Ups. https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/

 - Now open: CFP for ApacheCon North America --tracks include Big Data, Cloud, Community, Content Delivery, FinTech, Geospatial, Graphing, IoT, Observability, Search, Servers, and more. https://www.apachecon.com/

 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Infrastructure --

The ASF's distributed, seven-member Infrastructure team oversees our highly-reliable, distributed network under the leadership of VP Infrastructure David Nalley and Infrastructure Administrator Greg Stein. ASF Infrastructure supports 300+ Apache projects and their communities across ~200 individual machines, 1,400+ repositories, more than half a petabyte of software source releases, and 2-3M daily emails on 2,000+ lists. ASF Infra performs 7M+ weekly checks to ensure services are available around the clock. The average uptime in January was 99.94%.

Committer Activity --

Project Releases and Updates --

New releases from Apache Beam (Big Data), Commons Codec (Libraries), Commons VFS (Libraries), Crail (incubating; Libraries), Daffodil (incubating; Libraries), Drill (Big Data), Druid (Big Data), Geode (Big Data), Groovy (Programming Languages), HttpComponents (4 releases; Servers), IoTDB (incubating; IoT); Jackrabbit (5 releases; Content), Juneau (Libraries), Libcloud (2 releases; Cloud Computing), Lucene/Solr (2 releases; Search), NiFi (Big Data), OpenNLP (Machine Learning), OpenWebBeans (Libraries), Parquet (Big Data), Pulsar (Messaging), Qpid (Messaging), SpamAssassin (Mail), and Wicket (2 releases; Web Frameworks).

The Apache Incubator is the primary entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. YuniKorn (Resource Scheduler) is the latest podling undergoing development in the Apache Incubator http://incubator.apache.org/

The Apache Attic provides process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache project has reached its end of life. Apache ODE (Orchestration) has retired to the Attic https://attic.apache.org/

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Posted at 06:58PM Feb 05, 2020 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 31 January 2020

Farewell, January --we're wrapping up the month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community's activities:

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - CFPs OPEN: Apache Roadshow/DC and ApacheCon North America https://www.apachecon.com/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.99%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 746 Apache contributors changed 1,854,769 lines of code over 3,280 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Dan Haywood, Andrea Cosentino, Claus Ibsen, Jean-Baptiste Onofré and Jarek Potiuk.     

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Druid 0.17.0 released http://druid.apache.org/
 - Apache Beam 2.18.0 released http://beam.apache.org/
 - Apache NiFi 1.11.0 released http://nifi.apache.org/

Cloud Computing --
 - Apache Libcloud 3.0.0-rc1 released https://libcloud.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.10.8 and 1.24.0 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache OpenWebBeans-2.0.14 released http://openwebbeans.apache.org/

Mail --
 - Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.4 released http://spamassassin.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Client 5.0 beta7 (GA candidate) released https://hc.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache Flink supports schema migration on its state so that application changes can be made without having to start from square one? https://flink.apache.org/

 - Did you know that tracks for ApacheCon North America include Big Data integration/Gobblin (incubating), Apache Camel/Integration, Cassandra, CloudStack, Community, Content Delivery, Fineract, Flagon (incubating), Geospatial, Graph, Groovy, HTTP Server/Web, Ignite, Internet of Things, Karaf, Observability, Solr/Lucene/Search, and Tomcat? https://s.apache.org/cfp2020

 - Did you know that Amazon, DataStax, IBM, Microsoft, Neo4j, and many others use Apache Tinkerpop? http://tinkerpop.apache.org/providers.html

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - CFP and pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 06:01AM Jan 31, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 24 January 2020

Happy Friday! We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities:

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFPs OPEN: Apache Roadshow/DC and ApacheCon North America https://www.apachecon.com/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.96%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 860 Apache contributors changed 3,062,286 lines of code over 3,401 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Dan Haywood, Andi Huber, Jarek Potiuk, Andrea Cosentino, and Kaxil Naik.

Apache Incubator – the primary entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation.
 - Welcome APISIX, NuttX, StreamPipes, and TubeMQ as new podlings undergoing development http://incubator.apache.org/

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.25 and 1.8.19 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Juneau 8.1.3 released http://juneau.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Pulsar 2.5.0 released http://pulsar.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Client 4.5.11 GA released https://hc.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that ASF Conferences has 6 events planned this year: Apache Roadshows in Washington DC, Chicago, and Seattle, plus Europe and China, as well as ApacheCon in New Orleans? https://www.apachecon.com/

 - Did you know that in 2019 the Top 5 Apache Project repositories by commits, in order, were: Camel, HBase, Flink, Beam, and Hadoop? https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - Did you know that the German virtual coaching app Dranbleiben is powered by Apache Wicket? https://wicket.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - CFP and pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 10:22AM Jan 24, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 17 January 2020

Greetings everyone --it's time to review the Apache community's activities from the past week:

Watch the first teaser for "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on The Apache Software Foundation, which resumed filming during ApacheCon 2019 https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 February 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFP OPEN: Apache Roadshow/DC https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/index.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.83%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/

Apache Code Snapshot – this week, 903 Apache contributors changed 2,766,467 lines of code over 3,961 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Dan Haywood, Andrea Cosentino, Mark Thomas, Andi Huber, and Daniel Sun.   

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Attic --
 - Apache ODE retired https://attic.apache.org/

Big Data --
 - Apache Parquet Format 2.8.0 released https://parquet.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Jackrabbit Oak 1.22.0 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.9.1 released http://iotdb.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Daffodil (Incubating) 2.5.0 https://daffodil.apache.org/
 - Apache Crail (Incubating) 1.2 released https://crail.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 7.1.7 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 3.0.0-rc-3 released https://groovy.apache.org/

Search --
 - Apache Lucene 8.4.1 released http://lucene.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Core 4.4.13 released https://hc.apache.org/

Web Framework --
 - Apache Wicket 9.0.0-M4 released https://wicket.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that new podlings undergoing development in the Apache Incubator include projects in microservices, embedded operating systems, IoT data streams, messaging queues, transactional frameworks, and batch implementations? http://incubator.apache.org/

 - Did you know that, in 2019, more than 75% of contributors were new to Apache? https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - Did you know that 2019's Top 5 Apache Project repositories by size (Lines of Code) were: NetBeans (8,354,466); OpenOffice (7,828,646); Flex (whiteboard: 5,233,277); Mynewt (core: 4,108.323); Flex (SDK: 3,933,522)? https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

Apache Community Notices:

 - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 - Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary

 - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 - Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 - ASF Annual Report for FY2019 https://s.apache.org/FY2019AnnualReport

 - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3

 - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA

 - CFP and pre-registration open for the first Pulsar Summit http://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2019/12/18/Pulsar-summit-cfp/

Posted at 12:23PM Jan 17, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   |