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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 3 February 2017' |
| id: bbcb6f6c-7da4-4fc8-a9dd-e49d4e391dd9 |
| date: '2017-02-03 14:22:37 -0500' |
| categories: foundation |
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| - initiatives |
| - software |
| - projects |
| - round-up |
| - news |
| - summary |
| - apache |
| - weekly |
| - foundation |
| - community |
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| <p>Hello, February! Here's what the Apache community has been working on this 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> |
| <p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield ongoing "three nines" performance at 99.93% 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 close 11 February <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</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 rates 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> |
| <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> </p> |
| <p>Apache Atlas (incubating) –a scalable and extensible set of core foundational governance services - enabling enterprises to effectively and efficiently meet their compliance requirements within Hadoop and allows integration with the whole enterprise data ecosystem.<br /> - Apache Atlas 0.7.1-incubating released <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/atlas/0.7.1-incubating/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/atlas/0.7.1-incubating/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Bahir™ –provides extensions to distributed analytic platforms such as Apache Spark.<br /> - Apache Bahir 2.0.2 released <a href="http://bahir.apache.org">http://bahir.apache.org</a></p> |
| <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 2.4.7 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.6.0 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Log4j™ –a well-known framework for logging application behavior<br /> - Apache Log4j 2.8 released <a href="https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/">https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache OpenMeetings™ –provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API functions of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming.<br /> - Apache OpenMeetings 3.1.5 released <a href="http://openmeetings.apache.org/downloads.html">http://openmeetings.apache.org/downloads.html</a></p> |
| <p>Apache POI™ –a Java library for reading and writing Microsoft Office files <br /> - Apache POI 3.16 beta 2 released <a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/dev/RELEASE-NOTES-3.16-beta2.txt">https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/poi/dev/RELEASE-NOTES-3.16-beta2.txt</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Syncope™ –an Open Source system for managing digital identities in enterprise environments, implemented in Java EE technology.<br /> - Apache Syncope 2.0.2 released <a href="http://syncope.apache.org/downloads.html">http://syncope.apache.org/downloads.html</a></p> |
| <p>Apache UIMA™ –a component architecture and framework for the analysis of unstructured content like text, video and audio data.<br /> - Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-alpha released <a href="http://uima.apache.org">http://uima.apache.org</a></p> |
| <p><strong><br />Did You Know?</strong></p> |
| <p><a href="http://qpid.apache.org/download.html"></a></p> |
| <p> - Did you know that Apache OpenNLP, a machine learning based toolkit for processing natural language text, can be used with Apache Lucene/Solr to tag words with part-of-speech, extract named entities, and more? <a href="https://opennlp.apache.org/">https://opennlp.apache.org/</a> </p> |
| <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> |
| <p> - Did you know that Apache CouchDB has its own weekly news round-up? <a href="https://blog.couchdb.org/2017/02/02/couchdb-weekly-news-february-2-2017/">https://blog.couchdb.org/2017/02/02/couchdb-weekly-news-february-2-2017/</a></p> |
| <p><strong>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></p> |
| <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> |
| <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> |
| <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> |
| <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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| <div>For real-time updates, sign up for <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-announce">Apache-related news</a> by sending mail to announce-subscribe@apache.org and follow <a href="https://twitter.com/TheASF">@TheASF on Twitter</a>. For a broader spectrum from the Apache community, <a href="http://s.apache.org/landsend">https://twitter.com/PlanetApache</a> provides an aggregate of Project activities as well as the personal blogs and tweets of select ASF Committers.</div> |
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