Author: hughesj
Date: Mon Jul 18 16:25:07 2011
New Revision: 1147953
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1147953&view=rev
Log:
Board report for July 2011
Modified:
aries/site/trunk/content/overview/boardreports/july-2011.mdtext
Modified: aries/site/trunk/content/overview/boardreports/july-2011.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/aries/site/trunk/content/overview/boardreports/july-2011.mdtext?rev=1147953&r1=1147952&r2=1147953&view=diff
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# July 2011 Board report
Apache Aries delivers a set of pluggable Java components enabling an
enterprise OSGi application programming model.
+Users have asked for a release of the Aries JPA bundles and hence the snapshot
bundles it depends on (Aries Util) - in particular due to:
-Project Branding Board Report Checklist
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+* the new 'runtime enhancer' that will mean entities can be enhanced as they
are used in the runtime, rather than at development time.
+* the support for EclipseLink (in addition to Apache OpenJPA) as a JPA provider
+
+The release process has just started. This will exercise our per bundle
release process adhering to the OSGi Alliance Semantic Versioning
recommendations.
+
+There have also been enhancements to the Aries JMX (whiteboard pattern) and
Aries Subsystem (to use OSGi Core 4.3).
+
+Apache Geronimo, which consumes Apache Aries to implement its enterprise OSGi
application programming model, has been readying a release. The performance
enhancements in the Aries Proxy module which now makes use of the new Weaving
Hooks OSGi specification, has had a few teething problems for Geronimo. All
known problems are now resolved.
+
+##Project Branding Board Report Checklist
+
+We've been reminded of this work and are reporting this checklist for the
first time. We appreciate we're a bit behind the curve here, and are doing our
best to catch up.
* Project Website Basics : homepage is aries.apache.org (done)
* Project Naming And Descriptions : use proper Apache forms, describe product,
etc. (pending)
* Website Navigation Links : navbar links included, link to www.apache.org
included (pending - feather link done)
* Trademark Attributions : attribution for all ASF marks included in footers,
etc. (pending)
* Logos and Graphics : include TM, use consistent product logo on your site
(pending)
-* Project Metadata : DOAP file checkedin and up to date (pending - needs
updating)
+* Project Metadata : DOAP file checkedin and up to date (pending - some minor
updates needed)
+
+##Community update
-Community update
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-Roughly same number of dev@ subscribers at 119, user@ 148 subscribers up 14
since last report. John Ross was voted in as a committer after many significant
patches to the 'subsystem' module.
+Roughly same number of dev@ subscribers at 119, user@ 148 subscribers up 14
since last report. John Ross was voted in as a committer after his significant
work to the 'subsystem' module.
There are no board level issues.
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