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| title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 17 November 2017' |
| id: 86dbf878-7fd5-4e95-b18b-c0b390fed96e |
| date: '2017-11-17 14:28:35 -0500' |
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| - weekly |
| - initiatives |
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| - apache |
| - community |
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| - round-up |
| - projects |
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| <div>Happy Friday, everyone! Let's review what the Apache community at-large has been up to over the past week:</div> |
| <p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 20 December. Board calendar and minutes <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 three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield brilliant performance at 99.69% uptime <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 180 Apache contributors changed 314,925 lines of code over 965 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Stephen Mallette, Gary Gregory, Dusan Balek,Tilman Hausherr, and Ravindra Pesala.</p> |
| <p>Apache Bigtop™ –Big Data management platform.<br /> - Apache Bigtop 1.2.1 released <a href="http://bigtop.apache.org/">http://bigtop.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache CXF™ –an Open Source services framework that helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.<br /> - New security advisory CVE-2017-12624 released for Apache CXF <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201711.mbox/%3CCAB8XdGBgipTU4-ajO0j8Khi67kziTcTqwCQbCcpRicGLd81dNA%40mail.gmail.com%3E">http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201711.mbox/%3CCAB8XdGBgipTU4-ajO0j8Khi67kziTcTqwCQbCcpRicGLd81dNA%40mail.gmail.com%3E</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Groovy™ –a multi-facet programming language for the JVM.<br /> - Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-2 released <a href="https://groovy.apache.org/">https://groovy.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Jackrabbit™ –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class Web sites and other demanding content applications.<br /> - Apache Jackrabbit 2.15.8 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.11 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p>Apache Mnemonic (incubating) –an Open Source Java-based storage-class memory oriented durable object platform for linked objects processing and analytics.<br /> - Apache Mnemonic-0.10.0-incubating released</p> |
| <p>Apache Phoenix™ –enables OLTP and SQL-based operational analytics for Apache Hadoop.<br /> - Apache Phoenix 4.13 released <a href="https://phoenix.apache.org/">https://phoenix.apache.org/</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-beta and uimaFIT 2.4.0 released <a href="http://uima.apache.org/">http://uima.apache.org</a></p> |
| <p><a href="http://uima.apache.org/"></a>Apache ZooKeeper™ –a high-performance coordination service for distributed applications.<br /> - Apache ZooKeeper 3.4.11 released <a href="http://zookeeper.apache.org/">http://zookeeper.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p><strong>Did You Know?</strong></p> |
| <div> |
| <p> - Did you know that you can help test the Apache Struts 2.5.14 test build? <a href="https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/958bed42bb445caf1f4e80f1137ff315b70ea3299c5a765cccb9280a@%3Cdev.struts.apache.org%3E">https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/958bed42bb445caf1f4e80f1137ff315b70ea3299c5a765cccb9280a@%3Cdev.struts.apache.org%3E</a></p> |
| <p> - Did you know that LinkedIn is leveraging Apache Calcite to provide richer operators in Dali (Data Access at LinkedIn) Views? <a href="http://calcite.apache.org/">http://calcite.apache.org/</a></p> |
| <p> - Did you know that Archemy's ArchNav (extensible ontology-driven search engine and knowledge repository) uses Apache Fortress for security? <a href="http://directory.apache.org/fortress/">http://directory.apache.org/fortress/</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div><strong><br />Apache Community Notices:</strong></div> |
| <p> - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. <a href="https://s.apache.org/PIRA">https://s.apache.org/PIRA</a></p> |
| <div> |
| <p> - "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> 10) All My Roads Led to Apache <a href="https://s.apache.org/l9OO">https://s.apache.org/l9OO</a> 11) Scratch Your Own Itch. <a href="https://s.apache.org/7Amk">https://s.apache.org/7Amk</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <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> |
| <div> |
| <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> |
| <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> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> |
| <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> |
| <p> - The ASF will be participating at China Open Source Conference COSCon '17 18-19 November in Shanghai <a href="http://www.huodongxing.com/go/coscon17">http://www.huodongxing.com/go/coscon17</a></p> |
| <p> - Apache community members share leadership best practices on Open Source governance, community leadership, open development, and more at FOSS Backstage in Berlin on 20 November 2017 <a href="https://berlinbuzzwords.de/17/news/foss-backstage-micro-summit-registration-open-now">https://berlinbuzzwords.de/17/news/foss-backstage-micro-summit-registration-open-now</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> |
| <p> - Meet members of the Apache CloudStack community at the CloudStack European User Group on 21 November in Leipzig <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-38657799519?aff=estw">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cloudstack-european-user-group-tickets-38657799519?aff=estw</a></p> |
| <p> - New to the Apache Subversion annual hackathon: a meet-and-greet event with the project Committers! Join us on 23 November in Aachen <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/subversion/Aachen2017MeetAndGreet">https://wiki.apache.org/subversion/Aachen2017MeetAndGreet</a></p> |
| <p> - Members of the Apache community will be out in force at Open Source Summit Paris 6-7 December 2017 <a href="http://www.opensourcesummit.paris/">http://www.opensourcesummit.paris/</a></p> |
| <p> - ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary Q1 FY2018 <a href="https://s.apache.org/cEUm">https://s.apache.org/cEUm</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <div> |
| <p> - ASF Annual Report is available at <a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport">https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport</a></p> |
| </p></div> |
| <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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