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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 10 February 2017' |
| date: '2017-02-10T00:00:00+00:00' |
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| <p>It's Friday, and here's what has happened with the Apache community this past week:</p>
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| <p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 15 February 2017. Board calendar and minutes available at <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a></p>
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| <p>Success at Apache –our third installment in the new monthly blog series that focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works".<br /> - Asynchronous Decision Making by Bertrand Delacretaz <a href="https://s.apache.org/PMvk">https://s.apache.org/PMvk</a></p>
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| <p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield bouncy performance at 99.66% uptime <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p><a href="http://status.apache.org/"></a>ApacheCon™ –Tomorrow's Technology Today. <a href="https://s.apache.org/F7Hy">https://s.apache.org/F7Hy</a><br /> - DEADLINES:<br /> - CFPs for all events --ApacheCon core, Apache: Big Data, Apache: IoT, CloudStack Collaboration Conference, Flex JS Summit, TomcatCon and more close 11 February <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/conferences/entry/final-notice-cfp-for-apachecon">https://blogs.apache.org/conferences/entry/final-notice-cfp-for-apachecon</a><br /> - Travel Assistance applications close 8 March <a href="https://www.apache.org/travel/">https://www.apache.org/travel/</a><br /> - Early registration and hotel incentives end 12 March <a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america">http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america</a><br /> - Apache Committers: remember to register using your apache.org address + discount code to save even more! <br /> - Recordings from ApacheCon Europe 2016 are being uploaded at Feathercast <a href="http://feathercast.org/">http://feathercast.org</a></p>New logos/marks wanted –with the launch of the ASF's new visual identity last year, many Apache projects have been freshening up their looks. Calls are open for:<br /> - Apache Incubator <a href="https://s.apache.org/rFii">https://s.apache.org/rFii</a> and Apache OpenNLP <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-6">https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-6</a>
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| <p>Apache Ant™ –a Java library and command-line tool that helps building software.<br /> - Apache Ant 1.9.9 and 1.10.1 released <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Beam™ –a unified programming model for both batch and streaming data processing, enabling efficient execution across diverse distributed execution engines and providing extensibility points for connecting to different technologies and user communities.<br /> - Apache Beam 0.5.0 released <a href="https://beam.apache.org/get-started/downloads/">https://beam.apache.org/get-started/downloads/</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Commons™ Configuration –software library that provides a generic configuration interface which enables a Java application to read configuration data from a variety of sources.<br /> - Apache Commons Configuration 2.1.1 released <a href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/download_text.cgi">http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/download_text.cgi</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Commons™ JCS –a distributed, versatile caching system.<br /> - Apache Commons JCS 2.1 released <a href="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jcs/download_jcs.cgi">https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jcs/download_jcs.cgi</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Jackrabbit™ –a fully compliant implementation of the Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).<br /> - Apache Jackrabbit 2.6.8 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.13 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Lucene™ –a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java.<br /> - Apache Lucene 6.4.1 released <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/java/6.4.1">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/lucene/java/6.4.1</a><br /> - Apache Solr 6.4.1 released <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/solr/mirrors-solr-latest-redir.html">http://lucene.apache.org/solr/mirrors-solr-latest-redir.html</a></p>
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| <p>Apache MyFaces™ Core –a JavaServer Faces 2.2 implementation as specified by JSR-344.<br /> - Apache MyFaces Core v2.2.12 released <a href="http://myfaces.apache.org/download.html">http://myfaces.apache.org/download.html</a></p>
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| <p>Apache OpenNLP™ –a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text.<br /> - Apache OpenNLP 1.7.2 released <a href="http://opennlp.apache.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi">http://opennlp.apache.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Qpid™ Proton –a messaging library for the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol 1.0 (AMQP 1.0, ISO/IEC 19464).<br /> - Apache Qpid Proton 0.17.0 and Qpid Proton-J 0.17.0 released <a href="http://qpid.apache.org/download.html">http://qpid.apache.org/download.html</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Ranger™ –Big Data security management framework for the Apache Hadoop ecosystem in use at ING, Protegrity, and Sprint, among other organizations.<br /> - The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® Ranger™ as a Top-Level Project <a href="https://s.apache.org/23CB">https://s.apache.org/23CB</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Struts™ –an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java Web applications.<br /> - Apache Struts 2.5.10 GA released <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.html#struts-ga">http://struts.apache.org/download.html#struts-ga</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Tomcat™ –the Open Source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers technologies.<br /> - Apache Tomcat 8.5.11 <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi">http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi</a></p>
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| <p>Apache Zeppelin™ –a collaborative data analytics and visualization tool for distributed, general-purpose data processing system such as Apache Spark, Apache Flink, etc.<br /> - Apache Zeppelin 0.7.0 released <a href="http://zeppelin.apache.org/download.html">http://zeppelin.apache.org/download.html</a></p>
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| <p><strong><br />Did You Know?</strong></p>
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| <p><a href="http://qpid.apache.org/download.html"></a></p> - Did you know that the new ASF logo, launched one year ago, along with the new Apache feather and "Powered By" graphics are available for all to use? <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/press/kit/">http://apache.org/foundation/press/kit/</a><br />
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| <p> - Did you know that standalone tracks taking place alongside ApacheCon include Apache: Big Data, Flex Project Summit, TomcatCon, Apache: IoT, and CloudStack Collaboration Conference? Join us! <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a></p>
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| <p> - Did you know that the India Goa Directorate of Agriculture uses Apache Wicket? <a href="http://wicket.apache.org/">http://wicket.apache.org/</a></p>
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| <p><strong><br />Apache Community Notices:</strong></p>
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| <p> - "Success at Apache" is a new monthly blog series that 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">https://s.apache.org/PMvk</a></p>
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| <p> - Feedback from The Apache Software Foundation on the Free and Open Source Security Audit (FOSSA) <a href="https://s.apache.org/romf">https://s.apache.org/romf</a></p>
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| <p> - ASF Operations Summary - Q2 FY2017 <a href="https://s.apache.org/oTOF">https://s.apache.org/oTOF</a></p>
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| <p> - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at <a href="http://apache.org/events/meetups.html">http://apache.org/events/meetups.html</a></p>
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| <p> - 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></p>
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| <p> - ApacheCon North America and Apache:BigData will be held 16-18 May 2017 in Miami <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/<br /></a></p>
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| <div> - Are your software solutions Powered by Apache? Download & use our "Powered By" logos <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#poweredby">http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#poweredby</a></div>
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| <div> - Show your support for Apache with ASF-approved swag from <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/featherwear">http://www.zazzle.com/featherwear</a>and <a href="http://s.apache.org/landsend">http://s.apache.org/landsend</a>--all proceeds benefit the ASF! </div>
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