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This is provided as a convenient summary for folks who are not involved in day-to-day development of Apache CloudStack \u2013 if you're working on CloudStack or would like to get involved in development, we highly recommend being subscribed to dev@cloudstack.apache.org and keeping close tabs on the list!"),(0,a.kt)("h5",null,(0,a.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews-1April2013-WebsiteReDesignDiscussion"}),"Website Re-Design Discussion"),(0,a.kt)("p",null,"Sonny Chhen has ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/rfgclvkfz6qtgy33",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"submitted a second mock-up design for the front page of the Apache CloudStack Web site")," which has been met with quite a lot of enthusiasm. "),(0,a.kt)("h5",null,(0,a.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews-1April2013-Quickcloud:ZerotoCloudinLessthanaMinute!"}),"Quickcloud: Zero to Cloud in Less than a Minute! 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Watch the ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-Bangalore-Group/events/110900872/",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"Meetup page for details"),".")),(0,a.kt)("h4",null,(0,a.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews-1April2013-CallsforPapers"}),"Calls for Papers"),(0,a.kt)("p",null,"Want to help promote Apache CloudStack? Submit a talk at one of the conferences or events listed here. (Missing an event? Please send a note to marketing@cloudstack.apache.org). Note that events are listed in order of the close of the CFP, not the order of the events themselves. "),(0,a.kt)("ul",null,(0,a.kt)("li",null,(0,a.kt)("b",null,"Cloud Expo")," takes place June 10 through June 13 in New York, NY. CFP closes on April 5. 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Here's the numbers so far:"),(0,a.kt)("ul",null,(0,a.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 3 blocker bugs. This week: 2 ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/blockers41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"blocker bugs"),", only one of which is truly a bug. (The other is a task that must be completed before release.)"),(0,a.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 6 critical bugs. This week: 5 ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/critical41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"critical bugs")),(0,a.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 126 major bugs. This week: 122 ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/major41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"major bugs")),(0,a.kt)("li",null,"Last week: 22 minor bugs. This week: 23 ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://is.gd/minor41acs",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"minor bugs"))),(0,a.kt)("h3",null,(0,a.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews-1April2013-NewCommittersandPMCMembers"}),"New Committers and PMC Members"),(0,a.kt)("p",null,"The Apache CloudStack project is proud to welcome two new committers this week!"),(0,a.kt)("ul",null,(0,a.kt)("li",null,"The Apache CloudStack PMC has invited Animesh Chaturvedi to become a committer and ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/3juqneabgdx6yx3m",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"he has accepted"),"."),(0,a.kt)("li",null,"The Apache CloudStack PMC has invited Ilya Musayev to become a committer and ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"http://markmail.org/message/jqjntj3pjn2v5erc",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"he has accepted"),".")),(0,a.kt)("p",null,"Please welcome our new committers!"),(0,a.kt)("h3",null,(0,a.kt)("a",{name:"ApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews-1April2013-ContributingtotheApacheCloudStackWeeklyNews"}),"Contributing to the Apache CloudStack Weekly News"),(0,a.kt)("p",null,"If you have an event, discussion, or other item to contribute to the ",(0,a.kt)("em",null,"Weekly News"),", you can add it directly to the ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+Weekly+News",class:"external-link",rel:"nofollow"},"wiki")," by editing the issue you want your item to appear in. (The next week's issue is created before the current issue is published - so at any time there should be at least one issue ready to edit.) Alternatively, you can send to the cloudstack-dev mailing list with a subject including ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"",title:"News"},"News"),": ",(0,a.kt)("em",null,"description of topic")," or email the newsletter editor directly (jzb at apache.org), again with the subject ",(0,a.kt)("a",{href:"",title:"News"},"News"),": ",(0,a.kt)("em",null,"description of topic"),". ",(0,a.kt)("b",null,"Please include a link to the discussion in the mailing list archive or Web page with details of the event, etc.")))}p.isMDXComponent=!0}}]); |