Thanks, Niclas. I'll take a peek and suggest the best approach forward with this. Warm regards, Sally
- - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 Skype sallykhudairi On Thu, Jul 27, 2017, at 21:27, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > Sally, > below is a proposal for Press Release. The 3.0 is accepted and being > propagated in the download mirrors right now.> > I have also posted a blog post that describes the changes in 3.0 in more > detail. I am not sure if we can/want/should include a link to it. Perhaps I > should post to the ASF blog as well (no idea how to do that)?> > https://hedhman.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/apache-polygene-3-0-released/> > Can you check, correct, suggest and plan for publish of this? > > Thanks a lot. > *The Apache Software Foundation announces Apache™ Polygene™ v3.0* > > **Open Source Composite Oriented Programming platform and tools provides "New > Energy For Java"**> *Forest Hill, MD –4 August 2015–* The Apache Software > Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of > more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the > immediate availability of Apache™ Polygene™ Java Edition v.3.0, the Composite > Oriented Programming platform leveraging Java.> "Version 3.0 has been more > work than any previous release." said Paul Merlin, Vice President of Apache > Polygene and Release Manager. "We have rewritten large sections of the > Polygene Runtime to leverage Java 8 platform, and decided to make all other > changes that may break compatibility with previous versions at the same time, > to minimize user impact.", he continued. "Going forward, we are determined to > preserve compatibility." > > "In our new venture, I am again happy to use Polygene to simplify the > application modeling." said Jiri Jetmar, member of the Apache Polygene > Project Management Committee and long-time Polygene user. "Too many features > are crucial, but being able to not use JPA and have a better persistence > model is probably the most important one for us. There are very few > alternatives to JPA, and Polygene is simply the best.", claims Jiri.> "Apache > Polygene's slogan --'New Energy for Java - Classes are Dead, Long Live > Interfaces' -- truly captures what Apache Polygene is really about: designing > software efficiently." said Niclas Hedhman, co-Founder of the project. "Too > many frameworks adds a lot of boilerplate and configuration that is simply > not needed. It just slows everyone down.". > Asking what the future holds for > Polygene, Niclas replies "We are already working on Polygene 3.1 with a code > generator to get started more quickly. Also in the works is an > enterprise-friendly SQL entity store, to remove the last objections of using > Polygene in enterprise projects."> Polygene originated as Qi4j in 2007, and > it's 10 year anniversary is celebrated with the 9th supported release, and > plans for 3 releases in the next 12 months.> *Availability and Oversight* > Apache Polygene software is released under the Apache License v2.0 and is > overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the project. A > Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day > operations, including community development and product releases. For > downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved with Apache Polygene, > visit https://polygene.apache.org/> *About The Apache Software Foundation > (ASF)* > << SALLY: insert current footer >> > © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Polygene" and "Apache Polygene" > are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in > the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are > the property of their respective owners.> > > -- > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java>
