The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 July 2022

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

ApacheCon™ – the ASF’s official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998.

• Registrations are open for ApacheCon North America, 2022 https://www.apachecon.com/acna2022/register.html

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.

• Next Board Meeting: 17 August 2022. Running Board calendar and minutes are available.

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.

• 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 100.00%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. View the ASF’s Infrastructure Uptime site to see the most recent averages.

Apache Code Snapshot – Over the past week, 274 Apache Committers and 819 contributors changed 2,862,825 lines of code over 3,389 commits. Top five contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Gary Gregory, Claus Ibsen, Robbie Gemmell, and Dan Haywood.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Attic – provides process and solutions when an Apache project has reached its end of life.

• Apache Clerezza is now retired

APIs–

• The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® ShenYu™ as a Top-Level Project
• Apache APISIX 2.15.0 released

Big Data–

• Apache Calcite Avatica 1.22.0 released
  • CVE-2022-36364: Avatica JDBC driver httpclient_impl connection property can be used as an RCE vector

Content –

• Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13 released

Identity Management –

• Apache Fortress 2.0.8 released

Libraries–

• Apache MXNet CVE-2022-24294: ReDoS in RTC Module

Network Client –

• Apache MINA 2.2.1 released

Programming Languages –

• Apache Groovy 2.5.18, 3.0.12, and 4.0.4 released

RPC –

• Apache bRPC 1.2.0 released

Search –

• Apache Lucene 9.3.0 released

Servers–

• Apache Tomcat 10.0.23 released

Apache Community Notices

• Apache in 2021 - By The Digits + Video highlights

• The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success

• Foundation Reports and Statements

• Presentations from 2021’s ApacheCon Asia and ApacheCon@Home are available on the ASF YouTube channel.

• “Success at Apache” focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF “just works.”

• Follow the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter and The ASF page LinkedIn.

• Follow the Apache Community on Facebook and Twitter.

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Posted at 05:57PM Jul 29, 2022 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Launch of the 2022 ASF Community Survey

This week, we are excited to launch the 2022 ASF Community Survey, which will gather scientific data that allows us to understand our community better, both in its demographic composition and collaboration styles and preferences. We want to find areas where we can continue to do great work and others where we need to provide more support so that our projects can keep growing healthy and diverse. This joint effort was long overdue: our last surveys of this kind were implemented in 2016 [1] and 2020 [2], which means we are finally in a position to see trends over time. 

For this new version of the survey, we worked with Bitergia to design it. Bitergia is an expert in analyzing open source communities and other types of software development teams. They have deep experience running this type of survey and research in open source communities. Among other studies, their previous work includes an analysis in gender diversity in technical contributions for OpenStack [3]. The 2022 ASF Community Survey is the first part of a two-stage research project. The second part consists of interviews with people who have contributed to the ASF in order to assess their experience. We’ll share more on this second part of the project soon. 

This survey and research are part of the ASF’s efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive and diverse community. They are run by the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, a team formed last May. We’ll share a broader update about this group in January.

If you have an apache.org email address, you will receive an email by August 1st at noon PST with a link to the survey. Please take 15 minutes to complete it. If you didn’t receive the email or you do not have an apache.org email address, please use this link to complete the survey: 

https://edi-asf.limesurvey.net/912832?lang=en

We are looking to hear from everyone in our community: from users and contributors, to committers and PMCs–everyone’s voice matters. 

Find more information about the 2022 ASF Community Survey on its page on Confluence, including the privacy policy governing this initiative. If you are part of our community, either as a user, contributor, or both, your participation is paramount to the success of this project! Please consider filling out the survey, sharing this blog on social media, and sending it to your fellow Apache contributors. As individuals form the Apache community, your opinion matters: we need to hear your voice.

Links:

[1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/ASF+Committer+Diversity+Survey+-+2016

[2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=130026504

[3] https://blog.bitergia.com/tag/openstack/

Posted at 12:52PM Jul 29, 2022 by Katia in General  |   | 

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® ShenYu™ as a Top-Level Project

Wilmington, DE – July 28, 2022 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® ShenYu™ as a Top-Level Project (TLP).[Read More]

Posted at 12:58PM Jul 28, 2022 by Joe Brockmeier in General  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 22 July 2022

We’re wrapping up another great week with the following activities from the Apache community. Check out the latest announcements, project releases, and more.[Read More]

Posted at 02:59PM Jul 22, 2022 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 July 2022

Happy Monday, everyone! Let's review the Apache community's activities from the past week, including major announcements and status snapshots. Have an item to add? Feel free to email the press team! [Read More]

Posted at 02:31PM Jul 18, 2022 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 8 July 2022

Happy Friday, everyone --let's review the Apache community's activities from over the past week:

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.
 - Registrations are open for ApacheCon North America, 2022 https://www.apachecon.com/acna2022/register.html

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 July 2022. Running Board calendar and minutes are available.

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 100.00%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. View the ASF's Infrastructure Uptime site to see the most recent averages.

Apache Code Snapshot – Over the past week, 271 Apache Committers and 752 contributors changed 1,776,706 lines of code over 3,430 commits. Top five contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Gary Gregory, Liang Zhang, Jarek Potiuk, and Minghui Liu.    

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Attic – provides process and solutions when an Apache project has reached its end of life.
 - Apache Chemistry is now retired https://s.apache.org/hqruj 

Big Data --
 - Apache Flink 1.15.1 released 
 - Apache Druid CVE-2022-28889: Clickjacking in the web console 

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB 0.14.0 released 

Library --
 - Apache Commons CVE-2022-33980: Configuration insecure interpolation defaults 

Logging Services --
 - Apache Log4j 2.18.0 released

Machine Learning --
 - Apache SystemDS 3.0.0 released 

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid ProtonJ2 1.0.0-M7 released
 - Apache Curator 5.3.0 released 
 - Apache Pulsar 2.10.1  released 

Middleware --
 - Apache Linkis 1.1.2-RC2 (incubating) released

Release Auditing --
 - Apache Creadur RAT 0.14 released on June 13 

Web Frameworks --
 - Apache Portals CVE-2022-32533: XSS, CSRF, SSRF, and XXE issues 

Apache Community Notices

 - Apache in 2021 - By The Digits + Video highlights 

 - Watch "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF 1) full feature [49 min] 2) "Apache Everywhere" [6 min] 3) "Why Apache" [2.5 min] 4) "Apache Innovation" [40 min] 

 - ASF Annual Report: FY2021 (PDF)

 - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success 

 - Foundation Reports and Statements

 - Presentations from 2021's ApacheCon Asia and ApacheCon@Home are available on the ASF YouTube channel.

 - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works." 

Have an item? Contact us!

We try to catch all the major announcements and goings on at The ASF, but we're not all-knowing. Have an item you want to see in the weekly round-up? Send it to press@apache.org.

Posted at 10:23AM Jul 12, 2022 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache Software Foundation Announces ApacheCon 2022 Schedule

Annual Convention will showcase four days of sessions featuring ASF project communities 

Wilmington, DE – July 5, 2022 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 open source projects and initiatives, announced today the initial schedule for ApacheCon North America 2022. ApacheCon is the annual convention of the Apache Software Foundation, showcasing content from many of the project communities at the ASF.

ApacheCon will be held at the Canal Street Sheraton in New Orleans, LA, from October 3-6, 2022.

ApacheCon this year will feature four days of sessions, with seven tracks each day. Tracks will focus on Search, Big Data, Internet of Things, Community, Geospatial, Cassandra, Financial Tech, and many other topics. For the full schedule, visit the ApacheCon North America 2022 website. Each evening will also feature Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions, where communities will have an opportunity for freeform discussion and planning around our various projects.

Keynotes will feature Demetris Cheatham, Senior Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategy at GitHub, and William Hurley (Whurley), Technology Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Strangeworks.

Registration is now open, and until July 24, 2022, the registration fee for early-bird registrants is US$500! From July 25-September 25, the standard conference fee will be US$750. Registrations from September 25 to the end of the event will be US$850.

Register today at the ApacheCon North America 2022 website. 

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation is the world's largest open source foundation, stewarding 227M+ lines of code and providing more than $22B+ worth of software to the public at 100% no cost. The ASF’s all-volunteer community grew from 21 original founders overseeing the Apache HTTP Server to 820+ individual Members and 200 Project Management Committees who successfully lead 350+ Apache projects and initiatives in collaboration with 8,400+ Committers through the ASF's process known as "The Apache Way." Apache software is integral to nearly every end user computing device, from laptops to tablets to mobile devices across enterprises and mission-critical applications. Apache projects power most of the Internet, manage exabytes of data, execute teraflops of operations, and store billions of objects in virtually every industry. The commercially-friendly and permissive Apache License v2 is an open source industry standard, helping launch billion dollar corporations and benefiting countless users worldwide. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors that include Aetna, Alibaba Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Anonymous, Baidu, Bloomberg, Capital One, Cloudera, Comcast, Confluent, Didi Chuxing, Facebook, Google, Huawei, IBM, Indeed, LINE Corporation, Microsoft, Namebase, Pineapple Fund, Red Hat, Replicated, Salesforce, Talend, Target, Tencent, Union Investment, VMware, Workday, and Yahoo. For more information, The ASF website and follow us (@TheASF) on Twitter.

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Posted at 01:05PM Jul 05, 2022 by Joe Brockmeier in ApacheCon  |   |