OK, thanks for the clarification, Chiradeep. Please please please don't use this press release/announcement format in future, as it creates confusion.
I'll work with you to create a project-specific format that would work best for you. Many kind thanks, Sally >________________________________ > From: Chiradeep Vittal <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Sally >Khudairi <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 11:51 >Subject: Re: Announcing Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey 5.1.0 > > > >Yes, sure. CloudStack CloudMonkey is another release of the CloudStack >project. We just went through the release procedure for 5.1.0, and as part of >the release procedure [1] we send out ANNOUNCE to announce@ , marketing@ , >dev@ and user@ >[1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/2iNqAg > > >From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, >Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 8:39 AM >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Announcing Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey 5.1.0 > > > >Wait --what is this? > > >Did this go out somewhere? > > >Please note that this is not an official ASF (Foundation) press release, and >therefore the ASF boilerplate and format should _not_ be used. > > >Chiradeep, if you can kindly shed some light on this, I would appreciate it. I >can also help with creating a communications "kit of parts" that can be used >specifically for CloudStack-originating announcements etc. > > >Thanking you in advance, >Sally > > > > > > >________________________________ >>From: Chiradeep Vittal <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Friday, 16 May 2014, 2:25 >>Subject: Announcing Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey 5.1.0 >> >> >>May 16, 2014 - The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer >>developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 170 Open Source projects and >>initiatives, today announced Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey v5.1.0, the latest >>feature release of the CloudStack CloudMonkey command line interface (CLI). >> >> >>Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey is a command line interface (CLI) tool for >>CloudStack written in Python. CloudMonkey can be use both as an interactive >>shell and as a command line tool which simplifies CloudStack configuration and >>management. >> >> >>CloudMonkey V5.1.0 is the next feature release of the 5.x line which first >>released on September 24, 2013. Some of the noteworthy new and improved >>features >>include: >> >> >>- Support for version 3 of the CloudStack API signing procedure. This adds >> security by preventing replay attacks. >>- Support for using session-based logins to CloudStack. This simplifies >>initial >> bootstrap of the CLI. >> >> >>Downloads and Documentation >> >> >>The official source code for the v5.1 release, can be downloaded from the >>Apache >>CloudStack downloads page at http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. A >>community maintained distribution is available at the Python Package Index >>(PyPi) at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cloudmonkey/ >> >> >>Availability and Oversight >> >> >>As with all Apache products, Apache CloudStack CloudMonkey v5.1.0 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 >>Project¹s day-to-day operations, including community development and product >>releases. For documentation and ways to become involved with Apache >>CloudStack, >>visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ >> >> >>About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) >> >> >>Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than one >>hundred >>and seventy leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server --the >>world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's meritocratic >>process >>known as "The Apache Way," more than 400 individual Members and 3,500 >>Committers >>successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade >>software, >>benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are >>distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates >>in >>ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's >>official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) >>charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors >>including Budget Direct, Citrix, Cloudera, Comcast, Facebook, Google, >>Hortonworks, HP, Huawei, IBM, InMotion Hosting, Matt Mullenweg, Microsoft, >>Pivotal, Produban, WANdisco, and Yahoo. >> >> >>For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/ or follow @TheASF on >>Twitter. >> >> >>"Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are trademarks of >>The Apache Software Foundation. All other brands and trademarks are the >>property >>of their respective owners. >> >> >> >> > >
