That date (incl the one you spotted) was from the release in 2015... Almost to the day 2 years later, hence the confusion.
On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Brilliant, thank you, Niclas. > > I'll review/edit and incorporate some of the quotes into the > draft as well. > I'll also change the date to 2017 <g> > > Curious: is there a specific reason why you're choosing 4 August for the > announcement date? We tend not to issue press releases past Wednesday if it > can be avoided, as press coverage diminishes towards the end of the week. > So if there's flexibility there, let's see what makes the best sense. > Cheers and chat soon, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 > Skype sallykhudairi > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017, at 20:31, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > Take two; > > *The Apache Software Foundation announces Apache™ Polygene™ v3.0* > > > > *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™ version 3.0, the Java application > framework of choice for persistence-centric applications.> Apache Polygene > delivers a comprehensive solution for creating business applications, with > dependency injection, aspect oriented programming, persistence system, > metrics and serialization, in a modular fashion with dozens of extensions. > Simply put; Application framework done right. > > > Apache Polygene 3.0 is a major release on Java 8, new serialization > subsystem, persistence system additions of Apache Cassandra and Apache > Geode entity stores, full Java Scripting API support and a focus for > delivery of REST API applications and microservices. Polygene 3.0 has many > improvements to make it easier to get started and is a critical release for > years to come.> > > "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, and > everyone is looking for alternatives to JPA, and Polygene can deliver that, > and much more.". > > > 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/> > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Niclas Hedhman <[email protected]> > 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>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java> > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java
