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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 September 2017' |
| date: '2017-09-29T00:00:00+00:00' |
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| <div>So long, September. The Apache community is closing out the week with the following activities:</div>
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| <p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 18 October. Board calendar and minutes <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a></p>
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| <p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield fresh performance at 99.14% uptime <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 555 Committers changed 1,291,551 lines of code over 3,617 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Claus Ibsen; Jian He; Mark Thomas; Joel Bernstein; and Michael Jumper.</p>
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| <p>Apache CarbonData™ –BigData file format for faster interactive query using advanced columnar storage, index, compression, and encoding techniques to improve computing efficiency.<br /> - Apache CarbonData 1.2.0 released <a href="http://carbondata.apache.org/">http://carbondata.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Commons™ Jelly –a tool for turning XML into executable code.<br /> - Apache Commons Jelly 1.0.1 released <a href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jelly/">http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jelly/</a><br /> - CVE-2017-12621 Apache Commons Jelly connects to URL with custom doctype definitions <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201709.mbox/%3C38CA08B7-2456-4D56-AF60-BE1168ECE522%40apache.org%3E">http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201709.mbox/%3C38CA08B7-2456-4D56-AF60-BE1168ECE522%40apache.org%3E</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR).<br /> - Apache Jackrabbit 2.8.6 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.8 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache JMeter™ –a 100% pure Java application designed to test server applications.<br /> - Apache JMeter 3.3 released <a href="http://jmeter.apache.org/">http://jmeter.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Parquet™ –a general-purpose columnar file format supporting nested data.<br /> - Apache Parquet C++ 1.3.0 released <a href="http://parquet.apache.org/">http://parquet.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache PredictionIO –an Open Source Machine Learning Server built on top of state-of-the-art open source stack, that enables developers to manage and deploy production-ready predictive services for various kinds of machine learning tasks.<br /> - Apache PredictionIO 0.12.0-incubating released <a href="http://predictionio.incubator.apache.org/">http://predictionio.incubator.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Qpid™ JMS –client supporting the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol 1.0, based around the Apache Qpid Proton protocol engine and implementing the AMQP JMS Mapping as it evolves at OASIS.<br /> - Apache Qpid JMS 0.25.0 released <a href="http://qpid.apache.org/">http://qpid.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache RocketMQ™ –Open Source distributed messaging and streaming Big Data platform.<br /> - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® RocketMQ™ as a Top-Level Project <a href="https://s.apache.org/MLfe">https://s.apache.org/MLfe</a><br /><br /></p>
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| <div><strong>Did You Know?</strong></div>
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| <p> - Did you know that Apache Arrow, Kudu, MXNet, Lucene Solr, Spark, Tinkerpop, and Zeppelin have won InfoWorld Bossie Awards this yar? <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3227918/application-development/bossies-2017-the-best-of-open-source-software-awards.html">https://www.infoworld.com/article/3227918/application-development/bossies-2017-the-best-of-open-source-software-awards.html</a></p>
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| <p><a href="https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date"></a> - Did you know that Apache Airflow (incubating) is a Big Data workflow engine that maximizes value extraction from data? <a href="http://airflow.apache.org/">http://airflow.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p><a href="https://jaxenter.com/jax-magazine"></a> - Did you know that work is underway to release Apache NetBeans 9? Here's how you can help <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/List+of+Modules+to+Review">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/List+of+Modules+to+Review</a></p>
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| <div><strong><br />Apache Community Notices:</strong></div>
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| <div> - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". 1) Project Independence <a href="https://s.apache.org/CE0V">https://s.apache.org/CE0V</a> 2) All Carrot and No Stick <a href="https://s.apache.org/ykoG">https://s.apache.org/ykoG</a> 3) Asynchronous Decision Making <a href="https://s.apache.org/PMvk%20">https://s.apache.org/PMvk</a>4) Rule of the Makers <a href="https://s.apache.org/yFgQ">https://s.apache.org/yFgQ</a> 5) JFDI --the unconditional love of contributors <a href="https://s.apache.org/4pjM">https://s.apache.org/4pjM</a> 6) Meritocracy and Me <a href="https://s.apache.org/tQQh">https://s.apache.org/tQQh</a> 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community <a href="https://s.apache.org/x9Be">https://s.apache.org/x9Be</a> 8) Meritocracy. <a href="https://s.apache.org/DiEo">https://s.apache.org/DiEo</a> 9) Lowering Barriers to Open Innovation <a href="https://s.apache.org/dAlg">https://s.apache.org/dAlg</a></div>
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| <div> - Follow the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation">https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation</a> (re-tweets/shares/likes most appreciated!)</div>
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| <p> - Presentations from ApacheCon <a href="https://s.apache.org/Hli7">https://s.apache.org/Hli7</a> and Apache: Big Data <a href="https://s.apache.org/tefE">https://s.apache.org/tefE</a> are available; as well as videos <a href="https://s.apache.org/AE3m">https://s.apache.org/AE3m</a> and audio recordings <a href="https://feathercast.apache.org/">https://feathercast.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p> - Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/">https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/</a>and Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity</a><a href="https://feathercast.apache.org/"></a></p>
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| <p> - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">http://apache.org/events/meetups.html</a></p>
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| <p> - The Apache community will be at All Things Open --stop by the ASF booth and say hello! 23-24 October in Raleigh <a href="https://allthingsopen.org/">https://allthingsopen.org/</a></p>
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| <p> - Learn about Apache Atlas, AriaTosca (incubating), Hadoop YARN, Kafka, ManifoldCF, Ranger, Spot (incubating), Thrift, and more at Open Source Summit Europe + ELC Europe 2017 23-26 October in Prague <a href="https://osseu17.sched.com/">https://osseu17.sched.com/</a></p>
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| <p> - Catch the Apache Ignite and Spark communities at the In-Memory Computing Summit 24-25 October in San Francisco <a href="https://imcsummit.org/">https://imcsummit.org/</a></p>
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| <p> - ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary Q1 FY2018 <a href="https://s.apache.org/cEUm">https://s.apache.org/cEUm</a> </p>
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| <p> - ASF Annual Report is available at <a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport">https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport</a></p>
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| <div> - Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache HTTP Server, Avro, ComDev (community development), Directory, Incubator, OODT, POI, Polygene, Syncope, Tika, Trafodion, and more! <a href="https://helpwanted.apache.org/">https://helpwanted.apache.org/</a></div>
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