Yes we could have a generic announcement that just lists the new features and then feature specific announcements
Rob On 10/03/2015 21:55, "Andy Seaborne" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10/03/15 14:34, Rob Vesse wrote: >> Andy >> >> Text for Elephas: > >Great. > >I'm almost tempted to send two announcements to general lists - one for >Elephas and one for Fuseki2 > > Andy > >> >> --- >> >> Apache Jena Elephas is a new set of modules which provide the basic >> building blocks necessary to write RDF producing and consuming Hadoop >>2.x >> applications. >> >> It provides a Common library which contains Hadoop Writable >> implementations for the basic RDF primitives (Node, Triples and Quads), >>an >> IO library which contains input and output format support for all RDF >> serialisations Jena supports and a Map/Reduce library which contains >>some >> basic Mapper and Reducer implementations for manipulating RDF. There is >> also a demo application that shows how to use these libraries to compute >> some basic statistics across arbitrary RDF data. >> >> These libraries have been under development for some time but not yet >> widely deployed in production environments, we would appreciate any >> feedback on bugs, missing features and documentation improvements. >> >> --- >> >> Rob >> >> On 06/03/2015 16:44, "Andy Seaborne" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 06/03/15 15:27, Rob Vesse wrote: >>>> I'll get you some text on Elephas by Monday since even if you call a >>>> standard 72hr vote right now Tuesday would be the earliest we could >>>> actually announce >>>> >>>> Rob >>> >>> Perfect. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On 06/03/2015 14:50, "Andy Seaborne" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> (The draft links don't work! Add ".staging" and the material should >>>>>be >>>>> there.) >>>>> >>>>> -------------- DRAFT -------------- >>>>> >>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of Apache Jena 2.13.0. This >>>>>is >>>>> a >>>>> major release with several new features. >>>>> >>>>> * Elephas, a framework for working with RDF on Apache Hadoop >>>>> * Fuseki2, with security a new UI for server use and administration >>>>> * An OSGi bundle >>>>> >>>>> == Elephas >>>>> >>>>> <text about Elephas> >>>>> -- Rob? >>>>> (if you are short of time - send me some bullet points of key user >>>>> benefits and other notes, or point to earlier text you are happy with >>>>> and I'll write some copy) >>>>> >>>>> == Fuseki2 >>>>> >>>>> The release of Fuseki2 includes server security and an all new server >>>>> admin UI. It is available both as a standalone server, and packaged >>>>>as >>>>> a WAR file. >>>>> >>>>> http://jena.apache.org/documentation/fuseki2/ >>>>> >>>>> The security is provided by Apache Shiro. This can be configured to >>>>> meet specific deployment needs. >>>>> >>>>> The new UI provides administration of a running server, including >>>>> managing datasets. At the moment, it provides the abilities to create >>>>> datasets, upload data, query the data and to backup the database on a >>>>> live server. >>>>> >>>>> This interface is new and we are seeking contribution and feedback to >>>>> help shape it's evolution. >>>>> >>>>> This incorporates component and contributions from YASR >>>>> http://yasgui.org/ (with thanks to Laurens Rietveld) >>>>> >>>>> Fuseki v1 continues to be available. To ease transition, the Fuseki >>>>>v2 >>>>> standalone server can be run in the same way as Fuseki1 for existing >>>>> configurations. >>>>> >>>>> == OSGi bundle >>>>> >>>>> Each Apache Jena release now produces an OSGi bundle. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to Stian Soiland-Reyes for contributing this and working with >>>>> early users. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> == Obtaining Apache Jena 2.13.0 >>>>> >>>>> = Via central.maven.org >>>>> >>>>> The main jars and their dependencies can used with: >>>>> >>>>> <dependency> >>>>> <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId> >>>>> <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId> >>>>> <type>pom</type> >>>>> <version>2.13.0</version> >>>>> </dependency> >>>>> >>>>> The OSGi artifact is: >>>>> >>>>> <dependency> >>>>> <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId> >>>>> <artifactId>apache-jena-osgi</artifactId> >>>>> <type>pom</type> >>>>> <version>2.13.0</version> >>>>> </dependency> >>>>> >>>>> Full details of all maven artifacts, including SDB, are described at: >>>>> >>>>> http://jena.apache.org/download/maven.html >>>>> >>>>> = As binary downloads >>>>> >>>>> Apache Jena libraries are available as a binary packages of >>>>>libraries. >>>>> Apache Jena Fuseki, (versions 1 and 2) are available as binary >>>>>packages >>>>> (as well as in maven). For details of a global mirror copy of all >>>>>Jena >>>>> binaries please see: >>>>> >>>>> http://jena.apache.org/download/index.cgi >>>>> >>>>> = Source code for the release >>>>> >>>>> The signed source code of this release is available at: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.apache.org/dist/jena/source/ >>>>> >>>>> and the signed master source for all Apache Jena releases is >>>>>available >>>>> at: http://archive.apache.org/dist/jena/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Apache Jena developer community >>>>> >>>>> -------------- DRAFT -------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
