Niclas, we need information about what Polygene is, and what makes 3.0 special --why should folks use it? Not too technical, but perhaps a descriptive paragraph plus 3-5 bullet points with features + benefits? The copy below is lacking context for those who don't know what any of this means. Many members of the tech press community are not developers, so it's not obvious. There are also too many quotes in such a short announcement, so we'll need to rework some of this. Kind thanks, 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>
