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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 27 March 2020' |
| id: 55ba19de-73b5-4db7-999c-49a1bc3ea41d |
| date: '2020-04-03 06:00:39 -0400' |
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| - apache |
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| <p>Farewell, March --we're wrapping up the<br /> |
| month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache<br /> |
| community's activities:</p> |
| <p><strong>Break out the cake, balloons, and streamers! The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership </strong>– world’s largest Open Source foundation advances community-led innovation "The Apache Way" <a href="https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary</a> <br></p> |
| <p><strong>ASF Board</strong> – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br> - Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. Board calendar and minutes <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a><a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html"><strong><br></strong></a></p> |
| <p><a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html"><strong></strong></a> |
| <p><strong>ApacheCon™</strong> – the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.<br> - Event status details posted at: Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences <a href="https://s.apache.org/zgm8m" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/zgm8m</a></p> |
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| <p><strong>ASF Infrastructure</strong> – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br> -<br /> |
| 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.99%. Performance checks across 50<br /> |
| different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data<br /> |
| centers around the world. <a href="http://www.apache.org/uptime/">http://www.apache.org/uptime/</a></p> |
| <p><strong>Apache Code Snapshot</strong> – this week, 881 Apache contributors changed 1,209,097 lines of code over 3,932 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: <span><span>Carlos Rovira, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Andi Huber, Claus Ibsen, and Garren Smith. </span></span> </p> |
| <p><strong>Apache Project Announcements</strong> – the latest updates by category. |
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| <p> <span class="il"><br /> |
| </span> </p> |
| <p>Application Performance Management -- <br><br /> |
| - Apache SkyWalking 7.0.0 released <a href="https://skywalking.apache.org/" target="_blank">https://skywalking.apache.org/</a> <br></p> |
| <p>Big Data -- <br><br /> |
| - Apache <span class="il">NiFi</span> 1.11.4 released <a href="https://nifi.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nifi.apache.org/&source=gmail&ust=1585328917520000&usg=AFQjCNHg7no0ENnN6E-iBNIr0W9-lNCKOg">https://<span class="il">nifi</span>.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Content --<br><br /> |
| - <span></span>Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.21 and 1.26.0 released <a href="https://jackrabbit.apache.org/" target="_blank">https://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Messaging --<br><br /> |
| - Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.11.0 released <a href="https://qpid.apache.org/" target="_blank">https://qpid.apache.org/</a> <br></p> |
| <p>Search --<br><br /> |
| - <span> Apache Lucene 8.5.0 and Solr 8.5.0 released </span><a href="https://lucene.apache.org/" target="_blank">https://lucene.apache.org/</a><span> </span> </p> |
| <p><strong><br>Did You Know?</strong></p> |
| <p> - Did you know that Chinese courier company Yunda Express uses Apache SkyWalking to ship critical supplies (masks, protective suits, medicine, and food) to those battling the COVID-19 coronavirus? <a href="http://skywalking.apache.org/" target="_blank">http://skywalking.apache.org/</a> </p> |
| <p> - Did you know that Apache Kudu has benchmarked ingesting 100B time series points per day? <a href="http://kudu.apache.org/" target="_blank">http://kudu.apache.org/</a> </p> |
| <p> - Did you know that the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Brazil, offers free courses on Web development that include Apache Wicket? <a href="https://wicket.apache.org/" target="_blank">https://wicket.apache.org/</a> </p> |
| <p><strong><br>Apache Community Notices:</strong></p> |
| <p> - <span style="font-size: 14px;">The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak </span><a href="https://s.apache.org/COVID-19" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/COVID-19</a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> |
| <p> - Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community <a href="https://s.apache.org/Feb2020" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Feb2020</a><br></p> |
| <p> - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 - January 2020) <a href="https://s.apache.org/r6s5u" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/r6s5u</a> </p> |
| <p> - "Trillions and Trillions Served", the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at <a href="https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions">https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions</a> </p> |
| <p> - Apache in 2019 - By The Digits <a href="https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits">https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits</a> </p> |
| <p> - The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success <a href="https://s.apache.org/GhnI">https://s.apache.org/GhnI</a></p> |
| <p> - ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August - October 2019) <a href="https://s.apache.org/2kv2n">https://s.apache.org/2kv2n</a></p> |
| <p> - ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on" target="_blank">https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on</a><br></p> |
| <p> - Foundation Reports and Statements <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html">http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html</a></p> |
| <p> - ApacheCon: Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998 <a href="http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon">http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon</a></p> |
| <p> - "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache" target="_blank">https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache</a><br></p> |
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