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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  |   | 

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

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

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

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 January 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 99.98%. 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, 886 Apache contributors changed 1,134,112 lines of code over 3,651 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Michał Narajowski, Dan Haywood, Andrea Cosentino, and Andi Huber.           

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.20.0 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Codec 1.14 released https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache OpenNLP 1.9.2 released https://opennlp.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Core 5.0 beta11 (GA candidate) released https://hc.apache.org

Web Frameworks --
 - Apache Wicket 7.16.0 and 8.7.0 released https://wicket.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that 200M+ lines of Apache code are stewarded by the ASF's all-volunteer community, comprising 765 individual Members, 206 Apache Project Management Committees (PMCs), and more than 7,200 Committers? https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Apache Cocoon, James, and Web Services (17 years); Lucene (15 years); ActiveMQ (13 years); Hadoop (12 years); River (9 years); Empire-db and Gora (7 years); OpenMeetings (7 years); Samza (5 years); Arrow (4 years); Ranger (3 years). Many happy returns! https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date

 - Did you know that new entries in the Apache Incubator include projects in IIoT data analytics; real-time embedded operating systems; and distributed messaging queues? http://incubator.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - 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 09:12AM Jan 10, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

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

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

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

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the greater Apache community.
 - FINAL CALL: respond to the 2020 ASF Community Survey before 4 January https://s.apache.org/pzol5

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 99.94%. 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, 506 Apache contributors changed 647,823 lines of code over 2,002 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Gary Gregory, Dan Haywood, Carlos Rovira, and Andrew Wetmore.    

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Geode 1.11.0 released https://geode.apache.org/
 - Apache Drill 1.17.0 released https://drill.apache.org/

Cloud Computing --
 - Apache Libcloud 2.8.0 released https://libcloud.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons VFS 2.5.0 released http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-vfs/

Search --
 - Apache Lucene 8.4.0 and Solr 8.4.0 released http://lucene.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the European Commission created its new API Gateway infrastructure using Apache Camel? https://camel.apache.org/

 - Did you know that NBC Universal uses Apache Tinkerpop's Gremlin to write complicated traversals? http://tinkerpop.apache.org/

 - Did you know that blogs.apache.org is powered by Apache Roller? Version 6 just released! http://roller.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - 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 05:43AM Jan 03, 2020 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 27 December 2019

Here we are --the last Friday of the year-- we wish everyone happy holidays and a great finish to 2019. Thank you for your dedicated readership: below is our final weekly round-up; we'll be back in your inbox in 2020:

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software for the public good –at 100% no cost.
 - In the final days of the calendar year, we ask that you consider a tax-deductible, charitable gift to the ASF. https://s.apache.org/fxyz1

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

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the greater Apache community.
 - FINAL CALL: respond to the 2020 ASF Community Survey before 4 January. Thanks in advance! https://s.apache.org/pzol5

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFP and Registration OPEN for Apache Roadshow/DC https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/index.html
 - Apache Events for 2020 and 2019's presentations are available at 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, 598 Apache contributors changed 7,672,323 lines of code over 2,519 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Gary Gregory, Andrew Wetmore, Tomaz Muraus, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, and Shad Storhaug.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kylin 3.0.0 released http://kylin.apache.org

Content --
 - Apache JSPWiki 2.11.0.M6 released https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/
 - Apache PDFBox 2.0.18 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/
 - Apache Roller 6.0.0 released https://roller.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.10.0 released http://qpid.apache.org/
 - Apache Olingo 4.7.1 released https://olingo.apache.org/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache Hivemall (Incubating) 0.6.0 released http://hivemall.incubator.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache CloudStack has been named Best Cloud Management Software/IaaS Platform by TechRadar? https://techradar.com/in/best/best-cloud-management-software

 - Did you know that Lyft's real-time analytics infrastructure is powered by Apache Druid (incubating), Flink, and Kafka? http://druid.apache.org/ https://flink.apache.org/ https://kafka.apache.org/

 - Did you know that regular users of Apache Maven can contribute back to the project from the "up for grabs" list? https://s.apache.org/up-for-grabs_maven

Apache Community Notices:

 - 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 07:13AM Dec 27, 2019 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 20 December 2019

We're down to the final weeks of the year, and the Apache community continues to march forward. Here's what we've been up to:

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software for the public good –at 100% no cost.
 - Companies such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, IBM, Microsoft, and Wells Fargo's matching gift programs offer tax benefits, and provide their employees the ability to boost their support of a diverse set of nonprofit organizations. Thank you for your tax-deductible, year-end charitable gift to the ASF https://s.apache.org/fxyz1

 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: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n
 - Next Board Meeting: 15 January 2020. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the greater Apache community.
 - The 2020 ASF Community Survey closes on 4 January: we'd love your insight! https://s.apache.org/pzol5

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFP and Registration OPEN for Apache Roadshow/DC https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/index.html
 - ApacheCon 2019's interviews, presentations, and photos are available at https://www.apachecon.com/history.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.93%. 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, 919 Apache contributors changed 1,473,033 lines of code over 4,069 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Tilman Hausherr, Tellier Benoit, Andrea Cosentino, Bruce Schuchardt, and Andi Huber.    

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kafka 2.4.0 released http://kafka.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO 3.0.3 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/

Identity Management --
 - Apache Fortress 2.0.4 released http://directory.apache.org/fortress/

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.8.2 released http://iotdb.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Log4j 2.13.0 released http://logging.apache.org/
 - Apache DeltaSpike 1.9.2 released http://deltaspike.apache.org/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache Hivemall (Incubating) 0.6.0 released http://hivemall.incubator.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Proton 0.30.0 released http://qpid.apache.org

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.99 and 8.5.50 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Web Conferencing --
 - Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.10 and 5.0.0-M3 released http://openmeetings.apache.org

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache SkyWalking is used at enterprises, universities and research centers such as Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile, DiDi, InBev, Lenovo, Peking University, and WeBank? http://skywalking.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache IoTDB (incubating) received a "Most Popular Open Source Project From China in 2019" award? http://iotdb.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the Apache Syncope admin console is now available in French Canadian? http://syncope.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

 - 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

Posted at 09:43AM Dec 20, 2019 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 13 December 2019

Happy Friday, everyone. We've had a productive week --let's review:

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software –at 100% no cost– for the public good.
 - As a US 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization, we do not pay for code development or contributions by our Board of Directors, Executive Officers, 765 Individual ASF Members, 205 Apache Project Management Committees, 7,500+ Committers and countless contributors. Less than 10% of the funds we raise is spent on overhead. Thank you for your individual or corporate tax-deductible, year-end charitable gift to the ASF https://s.apache.org/fxyz1

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. 
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 December 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the greater Apache community.
 - Have you taken the 2020 ASF Community Survey yet? https://s.apache.org/pzol5

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - CFP and Registration OPEN for Apache Roadshow/DC https://www.apachecon.com/usroadshowdc20/index.html
 - ApacheCon 2019's interviews, presentations, and photos are available at https://www.apachecon.com/history.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.86%. 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, 389 Apache contributors changed 726,972 lines of code over 2,315 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Claus Ibsen, Alex Herbert, Jarek Potiuk, Tilman Hausherr, and Rene Cordier.  

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Druid (incubating) 0.16.1 released http://druid.apache.org/
 - Apache HBase 2.1.8 released http://hbase.apache.org/

Cloud --
 - Apache Libcloud 2.7.0 released http://libcloud.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.19.6 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.10.7 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 - Apache Tika 1.23 released http://tika.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Pool 2.8.0 released http://commons.apache.org/
 - Apache Juneau 8.1.2 released http://juneau.apache.org/

Mail --
 - Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.3 released https://spamassassin.apache.org/

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 7.1.6, Qpid Proton-J 0.33.3, and Qpid JMS 0.48.0 released http://qpid.apache.org

Programming Language --
 - Apache Groovy 3.0.0-rc-2 released http://groovy.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 9.0.30 released http://tomcat.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Apache Portable Runtime (APR; 19 years); Logging Services (16 years); Cayenne and OFBiz (13 years); Synapse (12 years); Camel (11 years); Axis,  OpenWebBeans, and Pivot (10 years); Aries (9 years); Flex (7 years); Helix (6 years); Flink (5 years); Beam and Eagle (3 years); Trafodion (2 years); Airflow (1 year) --many happy returns! https://projects.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) is powered by Apache HTTP Server, Apache Lucene, and Apache Tomcat? https://aceu19.apachecon.com/session/open-source-software-european-commissions-informatics-directorate

 - Did you know that Kirjastot Bibliotek Library uses Apache Wicket? https://wicket.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 12:28PM Dec 13, 2019 by Sally in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 6 December 2019

Welcome December! --let's take a look back at what the collective Apache community has been working on over the past week:

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software –at 100% no cost– for the public good
 - Make a tax-deductible, year-end charitable gift to the ASF https://s.apache.org/fxyz1
 - Shop smarter on Amazon: start at https://smile.amazon.com/ , select the ASF as your charitable organization, and 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products will be donated to the ASF.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes CloudBees as its Newest Targeted Sponsor at the Platinum Level https://s.apache.org/buq73

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. 
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 December 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html

Apache Diversity & Inclusion – newly-formed committee supports initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the greater Apache community.
 - Launch of the 2020 ASF Community Survey https://s.apache.org/pzol5

ApacheCon™ – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998
 - ApacheCon 2019's interviews, presentations, and photos are available at https://www.apachecon.com/history.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.98%. 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, 809 Apache contributors changed 2,355,719 lines of code over 3,480 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Dan Haywood, Tilman Hausherr, Jimin Wu, Claus Ibsen, and Sebastian Bazley.  

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache HBase 1.4.12 released https://hbase.apache.org/
 - Apache Kafka 2.2.2 released https://kafka.apache.org/

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.18 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org

IoT --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.9.0 released http://iotdb.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache Olingo 4.7.0 released https://olingo.apache.org/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache TVM (Incubating) 0.6.0 released https://tvm.apache.org/

Search --
 - Apache Solr 8.3.1 released http://lucene.apache.org/

Web Frameworks --
 - Apache Struts 2.5.22 released https://struts.apache.org/
 - Apache MyFaces Core 2.3.6 released http://myfaces.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the ASF does not pay for code development or contributions by its Board of Directors, Executive Officers, 765 Individual ASF Members, 205 Apache Project Management Committees, 7,500+ Committers, and countless contributors? 75% of the ASF's budget supports critical Infrastructure services that 350+ projects and initiatives rely upon each day. We appreciate your generous contributions! https://donate.apache.org

 - Did you know that, after 10 years in development, Apache Camel v3 is now available? https://camel.apache.org

 - Did you know that the top 5 most active/visited Apache projects over the past year are: Hadoop, Kafka, Lucene, POI, ZooKeeper https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 09:20AM Dec 06, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

Launch of the 2020 ASF Community Survey

Posted at 07:40PM Dec 05, 2019 by Sally in General  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 November 2019

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

Support Apache – help the ASF continue to provide $20B+ worth of software –at 100% no cost– for the public good https://s.apache.org/fxyz1

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. 
 - The Apache Software Foundation Objects to the For-Profit Sale of the .org Registry https://s.apache.org/zkthl
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 December 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon 2019 events are complete: catch the latest interviews, presentations, and photos at https://www.apachecon.com/history.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 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, 795 Apache contributors changed 1,761,871 lines of code over 3,275 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Tilman Hausherr, Xiang Fu, Sebastian Bazley, and Raymond Augé.  

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Build Management --
 - Apache Maven 3.6.3 released http://maven.apache.org

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.20.0 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org

IoT --
 - Apache PLC4X 0.5.0 released http://plc4x.apache.org

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.49 and 9.0.29 released http://tomcat.apache.org

Testing --
 - Apache JMeter 5.2.1 released https://jmeter.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that Apache Kafka and Apache Spark rank the top 4 and 6 in-demand skill sets, according to the Indeed.com fastest-rising tech skills report? An increase of 1,216% for Kafka, and 1,068% for Spark over the past 5 years! https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category

 - Did you know that Apache Storm powers real-time streaming analytics for more than one trillion messages per day at Uber? http://storm.apache.org/

 - Did you know that 205 Top-Level communities are overseeing 338 Apache projects and sub-projects? https://projects.apache.org/

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 12:09PM Nov 29, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 22 November 2019

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.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: May - July 2019 https://s.apache.org/a6s40
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 December 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon 2019 events are complete: catch the latest from Berlin, including 
    -- interviews on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/
    -- session slide decks at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/sessions
    -- select plenaries, keynotes, and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation
    -- photos on ApacheCon https://photos.apachecon.com/ and Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/apachecon/pool/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 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, 929 Apache contributors changed 2,581,566 lines of code over 4,068 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Etienne Chauchot, Tellier Benoit, Dan Haywood, Tilman Hausherr, and Kostas Kloudas.     

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache Kudu 1.10.1 and 1.11.1 released https://kudu.apache.org/

Cloud Computing --
 - Apache Libcloud 2.6.1 released https://libcloud.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the Apache Maven project oversees nearly 2,134,000 lines of code? http://maven.apache.org/

 - Did you know that Apache SkyWalking powers Mingsheng Bank's FinTech private cloud service provider's application performance management (APM) system? http://skywalking.apache.org/

 - Did you know that ASF codebase is conservatively valued at least $20B, using the COCOMO 2 model? https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 05:40AM Nov 22, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 15 November 2019

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.
 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: May - July 2019 https://s.apache.org/a6s40
 - Next Board Meeting: 20 November 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon 2019 events are complete: catch the latest from Berlin, including 
    -- interviews on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/
    -- session slide decks at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/sessions
    -- select plenaries, keynotes, and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation
    -- photos on ApacheCon https://photos.apachecon.com/ and Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/apachecon/pool/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 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, 878 Apache contributors changed 1,385,567 lines of code over 3,657 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Tellier Benoit, Alex Herbert, Mark Thomas, Claus Ibsen, and Andi Huber.   

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache BookKeeper 4.10.0 released http://bookkeeper.apache.org

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit 2.18.4 and Oak 1.10.6 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org
 - Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.1.1 released http://uima.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache ServiceComb Service-Center 1.3.0 released http://servicecomb.apache.org
 - Apache Commons RNG Version 1.3 released https://commons.apache.org

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid JMS 0.47.0 released http://qpid.apache.org

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the Federal Aviation Administration is Powered by Apache? System-wide information management enables every airplane take off and land in US airspace using Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ. https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category

- Did you know that Lyft's real-time data querying and alerting is powered by Apache Druid (incubating), Flink, and Kafka? http://druid.apache.org/

 - Did you know that 9M+ source code downloads from Apache mirrors (excluding convenience binaries)? https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 06:53AM Nov 15, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 8 November 2019

Happy Friday: it's time to look back at our activities 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 November 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon 2019 events are complete: catch the latest from Berlin, including 
    -- interviews on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/
    -- session slide decks at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/sessions
    -- select plenaries, keynotes, and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation
    -- photos on ApacheCon https://photos.apachecon.com/ and Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/apachecon/pool/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 99.88%. 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, 830 Apache contributors changed 939,092 lines of code over 3,390 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Daniel Sun, Eroma Abeysinghe, Andrew Palumbo, and Mark Thomas. 

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache NiFi 1.10.0 released https://nifi.apache.org/
 - Apache Kudu 1.11.0 released https://kudu.apache.org/

IDE --
 - Apache NetBeans 11.2 released http://netbeans.apache.org/

Machine Learning --
 - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® SINGA™ as a Top-Level Project https://s.apache.org/j40py

Search --
 - Apache Lucene Solr 8.3.0 released http://lucene.apache.org/

Servers --
 - Apache HttpComponents Core 5.0 beta10 (GA candidate) released http://hc.apache.org

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Ant (17 years); Labs (13 years); HttpComponents (12 years); Attic, Buildr, CouchDB, Qpid (11 years); Community Development (10 years); OODT and ZooKeeper (9 years); Kafka and Syncope (7 years); Ambari and Marmotta (6 years); BookKeeper, Drill, and MetaModel (5 years); Brooklyn, Groovy, Kylin, and REEF (4 years); Geode (3 years); Guacamole, Impala, and Mnemonic (2 years); Griffin (1 year) --many happy returns! https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date

 - Did you know that Apache CouchDB http://couchdb.apache.org/ powered a vaccination trial software that led to the first Ebola vaccine? Learn more at https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/new-builders/database-deep-dives-couchdb

 - Did you know that the apache.org has 35M page views per week? https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 09:52AM Nov 08, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 1 November 2019

Welcome, November! 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: 20 November 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon 2019 events are complete: catch the latest from Berlin, including
    -- interviews on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/
    -- session slide decks at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/sessions
    -- select plenaries, keynotes, and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation
    -- photos on ApacheCon https://photos.apachecon.com/ and Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/apachecon/pool/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 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, 886 Apache contributors changed 3,674,625 lines of code over 3,745 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Etienne Chauchot, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Till Rohrmann, Oleh Martushevskyi, and Eric Milles.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
 - Apache HBase 1.3.6, 1.4.11, and 2.2.2 released https://hbase.apache.org/
 - Apache Kafka 2.3.1 released https://kafka.apache.org/

Build Management --
 - Apache Ivy 2.5.0 released https://ant.apache.org/ivy

Databases --
 - Apache IoTDB (Incubating) 0.8.1 released http://iotdb.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache Groovy 3.0.0-rc-1 released http://groovy.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that you can add your photos from ApacheCon to https://photos.apachecon.com/ ? Register at http://s.apache.org/photos and share!

 - Did you know that you can stream analytics and scoring to deliver customizable insights based on billions of data points in real-time using Apache Flink, Cassandra, and Druid (incubating)? https://flink.apache.org/ https://cassandra.apache.org/ https://druid.apache.org/

 - Did you know that the top 5 Apache repositories by lines of code are: NetBeans, OpenOffice, Flex (combined), Mynewt (combined), and Trafodion? https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 06:24AM Nov 01, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 25 October 2019

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: 20 November 2019. 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
 - ApacheCon Europe has wrapped: catch the latest from Berlin, including
    -- interviews on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/
    -- session slide decks at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/sessions
    -- select plenaries, keynotes, and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation
    -- photos on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/apachecon/pool/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 99.38%. 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, 857 Apache contributors changed 8,355,896 lines of code over 3,516 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Etienne Chauchot, Mark Robert Miller, Andrea Cosentino, Gary Gregory, and Jean-Baptiste Onofré.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Blockchain --
 - Apache Tuweni (Incubating) 0.9.0 released http://tuweni.apache.org

Content --
 - Apache POI 4.1.1 released https://poi.apache.org/

Web Frameworks --
 - Apache MyFaces Core 2.3.5 released http://myfaces.apache.org/

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that, 16 years ago, the European Commission ran their first Apache Web Server for internal use, and today are using numerous Apache projects for various public services, including 1,500 Tomcat servers, nearly 1,000 Apache HTTP Servers, and approximately 300 Lucene search engines in their data centers? https://youtu.be/2EvCF4XKLso

 - Did you know that ApacheCon Media Partner Manning Books are offering 40% off all books and videos online using discount code ctwapacheconeu19 ? Shop at https://manning.com

 - Did you know that the top 5 Apache repositories by number of commits are: Camel, Hadoop, HBase, Beam, and Flink? https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 06:47AM Oct 25, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   | 

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 18 October 2019

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 November 2019. 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
 - *T-4 days* to ApacheCon Europe
    --TRACKS: Big Data, Cloud, Community, IoT, Machine Learning, Open Source Design, Servers, and more.
    --KEYNOTES: European Commission DG DIGIT Director Thomas Gageik; Mastercard EVP for Global Cities Miguel A. Gamiño; writer/political analyst/activist Nanjala Nyabola; and ASF Founders Lars Eilebrecht, Cliff Skolnick, and Dirk-Willem van Gulik. 
    --SPECIAL EVENTS: BarCampApache, Hackathon, Movie Night, and more!
    --JOIN US: https://www.apachecon.com/

 - ApacheCon/Las Vegas presentations now available, exclusively on Feathercast https://feathercast.apache.org/ and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at a rocking 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, 857 Apache contributors changed 2,044,524 lines of code over 3,121 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Mark Thomas, Claus Ibsen, Gary Gregory, Tilman Hausherr, and Eric Milles.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Big Data --
- Apache Kylin 2.6.4 released http://kylin.apache.org

Blockchain --
 - Apache Tuweni (Incubating) 0.9.0 released http://tuweni.apache.org

Content --
 - Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.6.18 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org

Libraries --
 - Apache MXNet (Incubating) 1.5.1 released http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org
 - Apache Commons Daemon 1.2.2 released http://commons.apache.org

Messaging --
 - Apache Qpid Broker-J 7.1.5 released http://qpid.apache.org

Servers --
 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.47 and 9.0.27 released http://tomcat.apache.org

Web Crawler --
 - Apache Nutch 1.16 and 2.4 released http://nutch.apache.org

Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the Apache Feather is on its way to Berlin? Be a part of Open Source history --the community is signing the feather and celebrating 20 years of The Apache Way-- join us next week at ApacheCon Europe! https://twitter.com/TheASF/status/1185016927632183298

 - Did you know that our new "Build a Badge" app lets you adopt the #LoveApache badge (and the customized version for ApacheCon Europe)? Many people and projects are jumping on the bandwagon: give it a try! https://apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#badges

 - Did you know that the top 5 most active/visited Apache projects: Hadoop, Kafka, Lucene, POI, ZooKeeper https://s.apache.org/w7bw1

Apache Community Notices:

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

 - 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

Posted at 06:02AM Oct 18, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter  |   |