Here's the final report, approved by all who reviewed it.
Mark: I lack credentials to submit this myself - I'll leave that to you.
Cheers,
Dave
## Description:
- Apache Geode provides a database-like consistency model, reliable
transaction processing and a shared-nothing architecture to maintain
very low latency performance with high concurrency processing.
## Issues:
- There are no issues requiring board attention.
## Activity:
- Released Apache Geode 1.4 with 288 resolved tickets, including the
following improvements:
- Added a JDBC connector
- Introduced an improved eviction algorithm
- Added Lucene indexing/searching for nested objects
- Added new examples
- Provided blacklist/whitelist capability for Java serialization
- Several additions and improvements to the gfsh CLI utility
- The SpringOne Platform conference in December 2017 included 12 talks on
Apache Geode
([https://springoneplatform.io/geode](https://springoneplatform.io/geode)
).
The talks were given by users and developers of Geode, covering uses
cases, extensions, and
integration stories. All the talks were well-attended and the afternoon
sessions the first day were
standing-room-only.
## Health report:
- We’re continuing to work on attracting new contributors and making it
easier
to participate in the community.
- Mailing list activity is healthy.
- Work has started toward the next Geode 1.5.0 release, with a plan to
include improvements in usability and security.
## PMC changes:
- Currently 43 PMC members.
- New PMC members:
- Michael W. Dodge was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 23 2018
- Brian Rowe was added to the PMC on Tue Jan 23 2018
## Committer base changes:
- Currently 88 committers.
- New commmitters:
- Michael W. Dodge was added as a committer on Wed Jan 24 2018
- Brian Rowe was added as a committer on Wed Jan 24 2018
## Releases:
- 1.4.0 was released on Fri Jan 26 2018, including new features, examples,
and bug fixes.
- Release notes:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GEODE/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-1.4.0
- Release artifacts: http://geode.apache.org/releases/
- Release documentation:
http://geode.apache.org/docs/guide/14/about_geode.html
## Mailing list activity:
- dev@geode.apache.org:
- 176 subscribers (down -2 in the last 3 months):
- 734 emails sent to list (1784 in previous quarter)
- iss...@geode.apache.org:
- 54 subscribers (down -1 in the last 3 months):
- 5677 emails sent to list (4632 in previous quarter)
- u...@geode.apache.org:
- 240 subscribers (up 5 in the last 3 months):
- 253 emails sent to list (225 in previous quarter)
## JIRA activity:
- 677 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months
- 495 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months
