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title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 29 January 2021'
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date: '2021-01-29 05:22:21 -0500'
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- '2020'
- weekly
- round-up
- community
- news
- foundation
- software
- january
- initiatives
- apache
- projects
- summary
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<p>Farewell, January --both the week and month have flown by. Let's review what the Apache community has been up to:</p>
<p><b>The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success</b>&nbsp; &ndash; Apache is for Everyone. Every developer has their personal motivations for building software. We celebrate their right to choose when and how they build their software, including their right to use a non-open license. <a href="https://s.apache.org/GhnI" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/GhnI</a> <br></p>
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<b>ASF Security Report 2020</b> &ndash; the annual state of security across all Apache<br />
projects&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/SecurityReport2020" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s.apache.org/SecurityReport2020&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611922802980000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTzHseupSUQkIdwNUJIMAY8su31w">https://s.apache.org/SecurityR<wbr>eport2020</a><br />
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<p><b><span class="il">Inside</span> <span class="il">Infra</span></b> &ndash; the interview series featuring members of the ASF Infrastructure team. <br>&nbsp;- Chris Lambertus --Part II <a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611922804235000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5NlTWCc0u3ZY3wHf7uLBvknszxQ">https://s.apache.org/InsideInf<wbr>ra-ChrisL2</a> <b><span class="il"></span></b></p>
<p><b><span class="il"></span><span class="il"></span></b><span style="font-weight: 700;">ASF Board</span>&nbsp;&ndash; management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br>&nbsp;- The Apache Software <span class="il">Foundation</span> <span class="il">Operations</span> <span class="il">Summary</span>: Q2 FY2021 (August - October 2020) <a href="https://s.apache.org/Q2FY2021" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Q2FY2021</a><br>&nbsp;- Next Board Meeting: 17 February 2021. Board calendar and minutes&nbsp;<a href="https://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html" target="_blank">https://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a></p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;">ApacheCon&trade;</span>&nbsp;&ndash; the ASF's official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow's Technology Today since 1998.<br>&nbsp;- videos from ApacheCon@Home presentations are available at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheApacheFoundation/" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/TheApacheFoundation/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;">ASF Infrastructure</span>&nbsp;&ndash; our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br>&nbsp;- 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.90%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.apache.org/uptime/" target="_blank">http://www.apache.org/uptime/</a><br></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Apache Code Snapshot&nbsp;</span>&ndash; Over the past week, 368 Apache Committers changed 2,919,651 lines of<br />
code over 3,273 commits.&nbsp;Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Mark Thomas, Leonid Frolov, Andrea Cosentino, Andi Huber, and Christofer Dutz. &nbsp; <br></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;">Apache Project Announcements</span>&nbsp;&ndash; the latest updates by category.</p>
<p>Big Data --<br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">Arrow</span> 3.0.0 released <a href="https://arrow.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arrow.apache.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611923866431000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHbJ2sdW68x1K4vd2QuMBE6amSfg">https://<span class="il">arrow</span>.apache.org/</a><br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">Hadoop CVE-2020-9492: Potential privilege escalation </span><span class="il"><a href="https://s.apache.org/d9h7j">https://s.apache.org/d9h7j</a> </span></p>
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<p>IoT --<br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">IoTDB</span> 0.11.2 released <a href="https://iotdb.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iotdb.apache.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611923058922000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbkKDXaw8zktrtnZvxszRuVOHKew">https://<span class="il">iotdb</span>.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Messaging --<br>&nbsp;- Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2021-26117: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind <a href="https://s.apache.org/xvpov">https://s.apache.org/xvpov</a> , and<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; CVE-2021-26118: Flaw in ActiveMQ Artemis OpenWire support <a href="https://s.apache.org/bpp38">https://s.apache.org/bpp38</a><br></p>
<p>Libraries --<br>&nbsp;- The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache&reg; ECharts&trade; as a Top-Level Project <a href="https://s.apache.org/txmmr" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s.apache.org/txmmr&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611922802964000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkTyZOY_BtiGBD_FxKZmoxBqjLbw">https://s.apache.org/txmmr</a> <br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">Commons</span> <span class="il">Daemon</span> 1.2.4 released <a href="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-daemon/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-daemon/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611922881207000&amp;usg=AFQjCNER7ZBHVuMubBmaaMPe5LtKY82GCA">https://<span class="il">commons</span>.apache.org/pro<wbr>per/<span class="il">commons</span>-<span class="il">daemon</span>/</a></p>
<p>Servers --<br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">Traffic</span> <span class="il">Server</span> 9.0.0 released<a href="https://trafficserver.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://trafficserver.apache.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611923900613000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyWbVhXAkZBy8hyAmB2JPq4e2b4Q"> https://trafficserver.apache.o<wbr>rg/</a></p>
<p>Testing --<br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">JMeter</span> 5.4.1 released <a href="https://jmeter.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jmeter.apache.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611922833756000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-2gP_So3-ONlnEA9p8mEPGDabKw">https://<span class="il">jmeter</span>.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Web Crawler --<br>&nbsp;- Apache <span class="il">Nutch</span> 1.18 released <a href="https://nutch.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nutch.apache.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1611923059791000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9UOBHR1L6CUHHNxav-2uxCOm2HQ">https://<span class="il">nutch</span>.apache.org/</a><br>&nbsp;- Apache Nutch CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser <a href="https://s.apache.org/y0pir">https://s.apache.org/y0pir</a> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br>Did You Know?</span></p>
<p>- Did you know that the Apache Kafka PMC has published a trademark disclaimer for naming non-java clients and connectors to help those building the Apache Kafka ecosystem?&nbsp;<a href="https://kafka.apache.org/trademark" target="_blank">https://kafka.apache.org/trademark</a></p>
<p>- Did you know that video presentations from the 2020 Virtual Druid Summit are available online? <a href="http://ow.ly/HLQq50Df7rI" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/HLQq50Df7rI</a></p>
<p>- Did you know that the 2021 Joint Apache Software Foundation &ndash; Open Geospatial Consortium &ndash; Open Source Geospatial Foundation Code Sprint will be taking place online and free-of-charge 17-19 February? All are welcome to participate <a href="https://s.apache.org/ilzbf">https://s.apache.org/ilzbf</a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br>Apache Community Notices</span><br></p>
<p>- Apache in 2020 - By The Digits <font color="#337ab7"><a href="https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits</a>&nbsp;</font>+ Video highlights <a href="https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits-vid" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits-vid</a><br></p></p>
<p>- The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: 1 August - 31 October 2020 <a href="https://s.apache.org/Q2FY2021" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Q2FY2021</a></p>
<p>- Apache Month In Review: December 2020&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/Dec2020" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Dec2020</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>- ASF FY2020 Annual Report&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>- "Trillions and Trillions Served" documentary on the ASF: 1) full feature&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/Trillions-Feature" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/Trillions-Feature</a>&nbsp;2) "Apache Everywhere"&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/ApacheEverywhere" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/ApacheEverywhere</a>&nbsp;3) "Why Apache"&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions</a>&nbsp;4)&nbsp;&ldquo;Apache Innovation&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/ApacheInnovation" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/ApacheInnovation</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;- The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/GhnI" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://s.apache.org/GhnI</a><br></p>
<p>&nbsp;- Foundation Reports and Statements&nbsp;<a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html" target="_blank">http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html</a><br></p>
<p>&nbsp;- "Success at Apache" focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works".&nbsp;<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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<p>&nbsp;- Inside Infra: the new interview series with members of the ASF infrastructure team --meet&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Chris Thistlethwaite&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Chris" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Chris</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Drew Foulks&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Drew" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Drew&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1588339104628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9dVEn48pV7o9HBG14sP9uprU8Xw">https://s.apache.org/InsideInf<wbr>ra-Drew</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Greg Stein Part I&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ...Part II&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg2" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg2</a>&nbsp;and Part III&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg3" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg3</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Daniel Gruno Part I&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel1" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel1</a>&nbsp;and Part II&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel2" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel2</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gavin McDonald Part I&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin</a> and Part II <a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin2" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin2</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Andrew Wetmore Part I <a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew</a> and Part II <a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew2" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew2</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Chris Lambertus Part I&nbsp;<a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610728495699000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJOd0cCF_G1Wbr7dcZEq2aymMGKw" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://s.apache.org/InsideInf<wbr>ra-ChrisL</a>&nbsp;and Part II <a href="https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL2" target="_blank">https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL2</a></p>
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