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Apache Month in Review: May 2020

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

New this month --

 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 34 New Members https://s.apache.org/q14mx

 - Support Apache: help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software –at 100% no cost– for the public good https://s.apache.org/GivingTuesdayNow2020

 - Apache Everywhere: the first "short" from the "Trillions" documentary filmed onsite at ApacheCon Las Vegas and Berlin this past year https://youtu.be/nXtIti9jMFI 

 - Announcing New ASF Board of Directors https://s.apache.org/Board2020  

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

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

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

 - Success at Apache: the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
   - Bringing the Apache Beam firefly to life by Julián Bruno https://s.apache.org/bmq4l
   - Remote Collaboration in the Time of Coronavirus" by Marvin Humphrey https://s.apache.org/dkffj

 - Happy 10th Anniversary Apache HBase https://s.apache.org/m2pxf 

 - Apache Month in Review: April 2020 https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

Important Dates --

 - Next Board Meeting: 17 June 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Infrastructure --

In May, 905 Apache Committers changed 62,477,961 lines of code over 15,350 commits. The Committers with the top 5 highest contributions, in order, were: Andrea Cosentino, Manfred Moser, Claus Ibsen, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, and Liang Zhang. 

Project Releases and Updates --

New releases from Apache Ant (Build Management); Arrow (Big Data); Beam (Big Data); Calcite (Big Data); CloudStack (Cloud Computing); CouchDB (Big Data); Daffodil (Libraries); Druid (Big Data); Flink (Big Data); Groovy (Programming Languages); Ignite (Big Data); IoTDB (IoT); Impala (Databases); Jackrabbit (Content); jclouds (Cloud); JMeter (Testing); Kudu (Big Data); Kylin (Big Data); Log4j (Libraries); Lucene (Search); NLPCraft (Natural Language Processing); NuttX (Operating System); OFBiz (Enterprise Processes Automation / ERP); OpenMeetings (Web Conferencing); PLC4X (IoT); Qpid (Messaging); ShardingSphere (Big Data); Subversion (Version Control); Syncope (Identity Management); Tomcat (Servers); UIMA (Content); Wicket (Web Frameworks); ZooKeeper (Databases).

The Apache Incubator is the primary entry path for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the efforts at The Apache Software Foundation. Welcome new podlings AgensGraph (graphing database), which entered the Incubator at the very end of April, as well as Liminal (machine learning), which was submitted just a few days ago. Congratulations to Apache ShardingSphere, which graduated as a Top-Level Project this month https://s.apache.org/315iv .We invite you to review the many projects currently in development in the Apache Incubator http://incubator.apache.org/   

Community --

Apache Community Development ("ComDev") welcomes new participants to the Apache community and mentors them in "The Apache Way".

Budapest, Hungary, is named the latest Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/yot34 . The Apache Local Community program is a relatively new initiative, and launched early 2020. Four ALC chapters are up and running; for more information, including how to set up your a local chapter for your community, visit https://s.apache.org/alc .

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Posted at 11:48AM Jun 01, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 May 2020

Farewell, May --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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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 99.74%. 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, 900 Apache contributors changed 2,695,384 lines of code over 3,697 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Manfred Moser, Andrea Cosentino, Gary Gregory, Congxian Qiu, and Claus Ibsen.        

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Arrow 0.17.1 released https://arrow.apache.org/
 - Apache Calcite 1.23.0 released https://calcite.apache.org/
 - Apache Ignite 2.8.1 released https://ignite.apache.org/
 - Apache Beam 2.21.0 released https://beam.apache.org/

Cloud Computing --
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache CloudStack v 4.14 https://s.apache.org/l5ps8

IoT --
 - Apache PLC4X 0.7.0 released https://plc4x.apache.org/ 

Search --
 - Apache Lucene 8.5.2 and Solr 8.5.2 released https://lucene.apache.org/

Version Control --
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Subversion 1.14.0-LTS https://s.apache.org/osr65

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache OpenOffice now features new extensions for Danish spellcheck and hyphenation dictionaries? https://openoffice.apache.org/

 - Did you know that due to the coronavirus, Pulsar Summit is virtual this year? Catch live & interactive sessions by Splunk, Verizon Media, Iterable, Yahoo! JAPAN, TIBCO, OVHcloud, Clever Cloud and many more! https://pulsar-summit.org/

 - Did you know that Japanese work-life site Haken-EN is powered by 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  

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - Apache Month In Review: April 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

 - 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 and "Apache Everywhere", the first "Trillions" "short" filmed onsite at ApacheCon Las Vegas and Berlin this past year https://youtu.be/nXtIti9jMFI

 - 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 07:10AM May 29, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 22 May 2020

Happy Friday! Let's take a look at what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

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 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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 99.98%. 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, 906 Apache contributors changed 30,740,023 lines of code over 3,548 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Liang Zhang, Andrea Cosentino, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Claus Ibsen, and Peter Palaga.          

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kudu 1.12.0 released https://kudu.apache.org/
 - Apache Kylin 2.6.6 and 3.0.2 released https://kylin.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Log4j 2.13.3 released https://logging.apache.org/

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 2.5.12 and 3.0.4 released http://groovy.apache.org/

Testing --
 - Apache JMeter 5.3 released https://jmeter.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the ASF is one of 10 organizations chosen by FOSS Responders to benefit from their first "UPLIFT!" Virtual Funding Event, being held on Friday 22 May? Thank you in advance for participating! https://fossresponders.com/#events 

 - Did you know that you can help Apache OpenOffice with their next release? Roll up sleeves and jump in! https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache-openoffice-needs-your-help 

 - Did you know that Feathercast is back? The voice of the ASF features hundreds of recordings on Apache projects and their communities, ApacheCon presentations, and more! NEW: interviews with Apache Airflow, Ignite, Kafka, Mahou, OFBiz, Sling, and more. https://feathercast.apache.org 

Apache Community Notices

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - Apache Month In Review: April 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

 - 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 and "Apache Everywhere", the first "Trillions" "short" filmed onsite at ApacheCon Las Vegas and Berlin this past year https://youtu.be/nXtIti9jMFI

 - 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 09:03AM May 22, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 May 2020

Happy Friday! Let's take a look at what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

"Apache Everywhere" – the first "short" from the "Trillions" documentary filmed onsite at ApacheCon Las Vegas and Berlin this past year (just released!) https://youtu.be/nXtIti9jMFI 

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "Remote Collaboration in the Time of Coronavirus" by Marvin Humphrey https://s.apache.org/dkffj

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 May 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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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 99.93%. 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, 898 Apache contributors changed 5,578,527 lines of code over 3,680 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Radu Cotescu, Adrian Cole, Claus Ibsen, Liang Zhang, and Andrea Cosentino.        

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Flink 1.10.1 released https://flink.apache.org/ 
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces the 10th Anniversary of Apache HBase https://s.apache.org/m2pxf
 - Apache ShardingSphere UI 4.1.0 released https://shardingsphere.apache.org/
 - Apache Druid 0.18.1 released https://druid.apache.org/

Build Management --
 - Apache Ant 1.9.15 and 1.10.8 released https://ant.apache.org/ 

Cloud --
 - Apache jclouds 2.2.1 released https://jclouds.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 2.21.1 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 - Apache UIMA uimaFIT 3.1.0 released https://uima.apache.org/

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.9.3 released https://iotdb.apache.org/

Natural Language Processing --
 - Apache NLPCraft 0.5.0 (incubating) released https://nlpcraft.apache.org/

Operating System --
 - Apache NuttX (Incubating) 9.0.0 released https://nuttx.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Feathercast --the voice of Apache-- features hundreds of recordings on Apache projects and their communities, ApacheCon presentations, and more? New interviews include Apache Airflow, Ignite, Mahout, OFBiz, and Sling https://feathercast.apache.org 

 - Did you know that the permissive and commercially-friendly Apache License 2.0 is one of the most popular Open Source licenses? http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 

 - Did you know that you can Support Apache –and help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software at 100% no cost– with a tax-deductible contribution? http://donate.apache.org/ 

Apache Community Notices

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - Apache Month In Review: April 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

 - 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 07:46AM May 15, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 8 May 2020

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

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software –at 100% no cost– for the public good https://s.apache.org/GivingTuesdayNow2020

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "Bringing the Apache Beam firefly to life" by Julián Bruno https://s.apache.org/bmq4l

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 May 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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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 99.81%. 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, 886 Apache contributors changed 15,655,389 lines of code over 3,437 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Manfred Moser, Mark Thomas, Claus Ibsen, Andrea Cosentino, and Andrija Panic.   

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache CouchDB 3.0.1 and 3.1.0 released https://couchdb.apache.org/

Databases --
 - Apache ZooKeeper 3.6.1 released https://zookeeper.apache.org/

Identity Management --
 - Apache Syncope 2.0.15 and 2.1.6 released https://syncope.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.12.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache projects support COVID-19 pandemic-related efforts in myriad ways, including training large-scale, distributed deep learning libraries over clusters of hospital machines? https://s.apache.org/GivingTuesdayNow2020 

 - Did you know that the community behind Apache TVM (incubating) --the ASF's first *hardware* oriented project (end-to-end open deep learning compiler stack)-- will be holding an online meetup on 21 May? https://twitter.com/ApacheTVM/status/1257745088186159104?s=20 

 - Did you know that you can jazz up your video-chat presence with swag from your favorite Apache projects? https://www.redbubble.com/people/comdev/shop --can't find your project? Grab the project logo from http://www.apache.org/logos/ and request it be added by emailing dev@community.apache.org! 

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - Apache Month In Review: April 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

 - 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 05:38AM May 08, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Support Apache: #GivingTuesdayNow

Support The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and help the world's largest Open Source foundation continue to provide $20B+ worth of software for the public good at 100% no cost.

Apache projects are helping millions of individuals and businesses struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic in numerous ways, including:

1. Accessing one’s desktop remotely whilst working from home;

2. Ordering, warehousing, picking, shipping, dispatching, and tracking critical supplies worldwide;

3. Classifying and integrating 1.5B+ genetic data records;

4. Storing, extracting, linking, and processing terabytes of electronic medical records across thousands of servers;

5. Training large-scale, distributed deep learning libraries over clusters of hospital machines;

6. Developing machine learning cardiovascular disease prediction models; and

7. Supporting biobank research and real-time intensive care data analysis.

Your contribution helps ensure The Apache Software Foundation’s 350+ projects and initiatives remain accessible to all, absolutely free of charge. The not-for-profit ASF does not pay for development --all work on Apache projects is done by a volunteer community of more than 7,700+ Committers on six continents.

Donate today at https://donate.apache.org/

We thank you for your support during this unprecedented time.

#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity taking place on 5 May 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual GivingTuesday movement takes place  on the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving in the United States, and is the second largest giving day of the year. (1 December 2020).

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Posted at 05:25AM May 05, 2020 by Sally in General  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 1 May 2020

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

The Apache Software Foundation – the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 34 New Members https://s.apache.org/q14mx

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

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 May 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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June https://www.apachecon.com/

Apache Community Development – the committee that welcomes new participants to the Apache community and mentors them in "The Apache Way".
 - Budapest, Hungary, joins as the latest Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/yot34
 - 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 99.98%. 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, 905 Apache contributors changed 4,556,300 lines of code over 3,929 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Tian Jiang, Mark Thomas, Andrea Cosentino, and Adrian Cole.    

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Ignite 2.8.0 released https://ignite.apache.org/ 

Content --
 - Apache UIMA uimaFIT 2.5.0 released https://uima.apache.org/ 

Enterprise Processes Automation / ERP --
 - Apache OFBiz 17.12.03 released https://ofbiz.apache.org/

Databases --
 - Apache Impala 3.4.0 released https://impala.apache.org

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.9.2 released https://iotdb.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid JMS 0.51.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat Native 1.2.24 released https://tomcat.apache.org/

Web Conferencing --
 - Apache OpenMeetings 5.0.0-M4 released https://openmeetings.apache.org/

Web Framework --
 - Apache Wicket 8.8.0 released https://wicket.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Many happy returns to Apache Geronimo (17 years); Tomcat (16 years); OpenJPA, POI, TomEE, Turbine (14 years); Libcloud (10 years); Giraph and ManifoldCF (9 years); Phoenix (7 years); Whimsy (6 years); Bahir, TinkerPop, Zeppelin (5 years); SystemML (4 years); Traffic Control (3 years); Dubbo (2 years) https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date  

 - Did you know that Apache Kudu is able to sustain high levels of ingest throughput whilst delivering fantastic scan performance? https://kudu.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Kafka Summit 2020 will be virtual and free? https://events.kafka-summit.org/2020  

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - Apache Month In Review: April 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Apr2020

 - 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 05:35AM May 01, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Apache Month in Review: April 2020

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

New this month --

 - Announcing New ASF Board of Directors https://s.apache.org/Board2020  

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

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

 - Success at Apache: Welcoming Communities Strengthens the Apache Way https://s.apache.org/tcs0m 

 - Apache Month in Review: March 2020 https://s.apache.org/Mar2020

Important Dates --

 - Next Board Meeting: 20 May 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html 

 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June https://www.apachecon.com/  

Infrastructure --

Committer Activity --

In April, 783 Apache Committers changed 4,753,944 lines of code over 14,634 commits. The Committers with the top 5 highest contributions, in order, were: Hervé Boutemy, Andrea Cosentino, Tellier Benoit, Mark Thomas, and Alex Herbert.

Project Releases and Updates --

New releases from Apache Apache Arrow (Big Data); Commons Lang and Numbers (Libraries); Directory (Servers); Druid (Big Data); Flagon (Incubating; Libraries); Flink (Big Data); Groovy (Programming Languages); HBase (Big Data); HTTP Server (Servers); Jackrabbit (Content); Kafka (Big Data); Libcloud (Cloud Computing); Lucene (Search); MyNewt (Embedded OS); NiFi (Big Data); Qpid (Messaging); Pulsar (Messaging); SAMOA (Big Data); Skywalking (Application Performance Management); Subversion (Version Control); Tika (Big Data); Tomcat (Servers); Traffic Control (Servers); Traffic Server (Servers); Tuweni (Blockchain); Wicket (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. Congratulations to Apache ShardingSphere for graduating as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/315iv  . 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 01:45AM May 01, 2020 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 34 New Members

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members' Meeting on 31 March - 2 April 2020:

John Andrunas, Paul Angus, Zaheda Bhorat, Timothy Chen, Andrea Cosentino, Adina Crainiceanu, Griselda Cuevas, Fokko Driesprong, PJ Fanning, Julian Feinauer, Drew Foulks, Von Gosling, Susan Hinrich, Clay Leeds, Swapnil M Mane, Frank McQuillan, Gian Merlino, Andrew Musselman, François Papon, Jerry Shao, Shao Feng Shi, Mohammad Asif Siddiqui, Neil Smith, Casey Stella, Jincheng Sun, Wangda Tan, Luca Toscano, Xiaorui Wang, Geertjan Wielenga, Sheng Wu, Kete Yang, Awasum Yannick, Duo Zhang, and Zhe Zhang.

The ASF incorporated in 1999 with a core membership of 21 individuals who oversaw the progress of the Apache HTTP Server. This group grew with Committers —developers who contributed code, patches, documentation, and other contributions, and were subsequently granted access by the Membership:

 - to "commit" or "write" (contribute) directly to the code repository;

 - the right to vote on community-related decisions; and

 - the ability propose an active user for Committership.

Those Committers who demonstrate merit in the Foundation's growth, evolution, and progress are nominated for ASF Membership by existing Members.

This election brings the total number of ASF Members to 813 today. Individuals elected as ASF Members legally serve as the "shareholders" of the Foundation https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/members.html 

For more information on how the ASF works, visit http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html , Apache Is Open https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-is-open , and Briefing: The Apache Way http://apache.org/theapacheway/ 

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Posted at 12:47PM Apr 30, 2020 by Sally in General  |   | 

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

Greetings all. It's time to review the Apache community's activities from 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: 20 May 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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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, 950 Apache contributors changed 2,932,004 lines of code over 4,001 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Mark Thomas, Tellier Benoit, Colm O hEigeartaigh, and Andrey Zagrebin.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Arrow 0.17.0 released https://arrow.apache.org/
 - Apache Druid 0.18.0 released https://druid.apache.org/
 - Apache SAMOA (Incubating) 0.5.0 released https://samoa.incubator.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.22.3 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 - Apache Tika 1.24.1 released https://tika.apache.org/

Network Client/Server --
 - Apache Directory Studio 2.0-0-M15 released https://directory.apache.org/studio/

Version Control --
 - Apache Subversion 1.14.0-rc2 released https://subversion.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Feathercast, the voice of The Apache Software Foundation, has new sessions on Apache Airflow, OFBiz, Sling, and more? https://feathercast.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache SkyWalking now officially supports Java 8~14, both agent and backend side, as well as both run-time and compile time? http://skywalking.apache.org/ 

 - Did you know that Apache Mahout and Spark are used to help denoise CT scans to improve COVID-19 detection at early stages of infection? https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category#big-data 

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - 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 10:06AM Apr 24, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

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

Happy Friday! Let's take a look at 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: 20 May 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.
 - Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m 
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America: submissions due 1 June 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 100.00%. 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, 952 Apache contributors changed 5,939,295 lines of code over 4,345 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Hervé Boutemy, Andrea Cosentino, Daniel Sun, Paul Davis, and Gary Gregory.                      

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kafka 2.5.0 released https://kafka.apache.org/ 
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® ShardingSphere™ as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/315iv  

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

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 7.0.9 released  http://qpid.apache.org

Programming Languages --
 - Apache Groovy 2.5.11 and 3.0.3 released http://groovy.apache.org/ 

Search --
 - Apache Lucene 8.5.1 and Solr 8.5.1 released https://lucene.apache.org/  

Servers --
 - Apache Traffic Server 8.0.7 and 7.1.10 released http://trafficserver.apache.org/ 

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache Flink, Kafka, NiFi, and Zeppelin help drive event-driven supply chains for crisis support across medical, retail, transport, and other critical applications? https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category

 - Did you know that Apache Feathercast --the voice of the ASF-- has new recordings on Apache OFBiz and Sling, as well as interviews with past ApacheCon keynoters and presentations on dozens of Apache projects and incubating podlings? Learn more as https://feathercast.apache.org/ 

 -  Did you know that, due to COVID-19, Flink Forward (April 22-24) will be making the has become a virtual event, with keynotes and talks available free for all attendees this year? https://www.flink-forward.org/ 

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - 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 07:38AM Apr 17, 2020 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 10 April 2020

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

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "Welcoming Communities Strengthens the Apache Way" by Jarek Potiuk https://s.apache.org/tcs0m

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
 - CFP EXTENDED for ApacheCon North America to 1 June 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 99.77%. 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, 936 Apache contributors changed 1,465,430 lines of code over 4,180 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Alex Herbert, Hunter Lee, Matt Sicker, and Wu Sheng.                  

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache NiFi Registry 0.6.0 released http://nifi.apache.org/registry
 - Apache HBase 2.1.10 released https://hbase.apache.org/
 - Apache Flink Stateful Functions 2.0.0 released https://flink.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.16.6 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Embedded OS --
 - Apache Mynewt 1.8.0 and Apache NimBLE 1.3.0 released https://mynewt.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Numbers 1.0-beta1 released https://commons.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Proton-J 0.33.4 released http://qpid.apache.org

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.54, 9.0.34, and 10.0.0-M4 released https://tomcat.apache.org/

Web Framework --
 - Apache Wicket 9.0.0-M5 released https://wicket.apache.org/

 -  Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Many happy returns to Apache CXF (12 years); Avro, HBase, Mahout, Nutch, Tika, and Traffic Server (10 years); Creadur and Jena (8 years); DeltaSpike (7 years); ORC and Parquet (5 years); AsterixDB and Johnzon (4 years); CarbonData, Fineract, and Metron (3 years); NetBeans, PLC4X, and SkyWalking (1 year). https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date

 - Did you know that due to COVID19, Spark + AI Summit’s 200+ talks and keynotes will be virtual and free for all attendees this year? https://twitter.com/SparkAISummit/status/1247949365420974081

 - Did you know that due to the coronavirus, Druid Summit is virtual and free this year? Catch use cases from Athena Health, BT, Cisco, DBS Bank, Twitter, and more https://go.imply.io/2020-Virtual-Druid-Summit-Registration-new.html

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

 - 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 05:06AM Apr 10, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

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/

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  |   | 

Announcing New ASF Board of Directors

At The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Members' Meeting held this week, the following individuals were elected to the ASF Board of Directors:

• Shane Curcuru (re-elected Director)
• Bertrand Delacretaz (former Director)
• Roy Fielding (former Director)
• Niclas Hedhman (new Director)
• Justin Mclean (new Director)
• Craig Russell (re-elected Director)
• Sam Ruby (former Director)
• Patricia Shanahan (new Director)
• Sander Striker (former Director)
  
  

The ASF thanks Danny Angus, Rich Bowen, Ted Dunning, Dave Fisher, Myrle Krantz, Daniel Ruggeri, and Roman Shaposhnik for their service, and welcomes our new and returning directors.

An overview of the ASF's governance, along with the complete list of ASF Board of Directors, Executive Officers, and Project/Committee Vice Presidents, can be found at http://apache.org/foundation/ 

For more information on the Foundation's operations and structure, see http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#structure 

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Posted at 06:08PM Apr 02, 2020 by Sally in General  |   | 

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  |   |