Hi everyone --as promised, below is our revised draft of the announcement.
Please note that I have created a new boilerplate for Apache CouchDB that needs
to be reviewed. Also, I've made some structural adjustments to meet our
"Project News/Announcement" format and editorial house style (e.g. capitalizing
"Web" and "Open Source"). Kindly ignore any line spacing oddities, as my mail
server is fuzzing those up.
@Jan --we have a place holder for your quote. Please review and edit/signoff as
appropriate.
As for announcement timing, we can go live at 11.30AM CET (5.30AM ET), which is
when the Jan's State of the Couch/Union talk is over. Are you OK with that? If
not, I'm happy to work with whatever works best for you (as long as it's not
_too_ early <g>).
Thanks in advance for your feedback! I'd love to lock in our copy by 6PM ET on
Saturday 15 November if at all possible.
Warmly,
Sally
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Apache CouchDB™ Adds Database Clustering with 2.0 Beta Release of NoSQL
Software
Horizontal scalability improves data replication and sync at large scale for
JSON document database
BUDAPEST, Hungary —17 November 2014— At ApacheCon Europe 2014, the Apache
CouchDB™ project today announced a beta release of its CouchDB 2.0 operational
data store. The 2.0 beta release brings improved clustering technology to the
Open Source NoSQL database, making it easier to move data between different
CouchDB instances and continuously synchronize changes across commodity
servers, within Web browsers, and directly on mobile devices.
@@AWAITING EDIT/SIGNOFF FROM JAN – "The beta release of CouchDB 2.0 delivers on
our vision of making Apache CouchDB the standard database for data movement,"
said Jan Lehnardt, Vice President of Apache CouchDB. "Data access is like any
other utility --applications must excel at keeping data flowing to and from
users, across data centers, and between mobile devices and central
repositories. Our beta release is a milestone for the Apache CouchDB community,
and it's already raising more interest in the project."
CouchDB completely embraces the Web by allowing users to easily:
- Store data with JSON documents;
- Access documents and query indexes using a Web browser via HTTP;
- Index, combine, and transform documents with JavaScript
- Serve Web apps directly out of CouchDB;
- Distribute data and apps efficiently using CouchDB’s incremental
replication; and
- Support master-master ("masterless replica architectures") setups with
automatic conflict detection
Using CouchDB, the flow of data between an application and its database remains
uninterrupted and highly performant. The clustering improvements introduced in
the beta version of CouchDB 2.0 extend the database’s performance properties
around data durability and high availability, adding Dynamo distributed
system-design principles to CouchDB horizontal scaling technology.
CouchDB 2.0 represents major contributions to the Apache project: all the
clustering features of BigCouch, an Open Source variant of CouchDB, have been
folded back into Apache CouchDB. The community has also completed development
of a new Web dashboard called Fauxton, with streamlined administration tools,
rich code editors, and a UI for managing database replication.
Also announced today are plans for upcoming new features, including a
declarative querying system, code for which currently resides in an Open Source
repository. The community also intends to evaluate potential code contributions
that would advance CouchDB indexing capabilities. These potential new features
would add integrated full-text indexing for search based on Apache Lucene™,
extend CouchDB view indexing to clustered environments, and automatically
compact indexes with improved logic.
The Apache CouchDB community encourages feedback for incorporation into the
v2.0 generally available release, which is expected early 2015. Those
interested in becoming involved with Apache CouchDB are invited to participate
on any of the project's eight mailing lists and/or contribute code at
https://github.com/apache/couchdb. The project also welcomes questions on IRC
in the #couchdb channel on freenode
Downloads and Documentation
The official source code for the beta release of CouchDB v2.0 can be downloaded
from http://couchdb.apache.org/#download
Availability and Oversight
As with all Apache products, CouchDB software is released under the Apache
License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to
the project. The Apache CouchDB Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the
Project's day-to-day operations, including community development and product
releases.
About Apache CouchDB™
Apache CouchDB is a proven, efficient Open Source database that ensures
uninterrupted, highly performant data flow between modern Web and mobile
applications and their data stores. CouchDB's suite of features, including
on-the-fly document transformation, real-time change notifications, and
easy-to-use administration console greatly simplifies the Web application
development process. Focused on distributed scaling, CouchDB is highly
available, partition tolerant, and consistent, with a fault-tolerant storage
engine that prioritizes data safety. CouchDB entered the Apache Incubator in
February 2008 and became an Apache Top-level Project in November of the same
year. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved with Apache
CouchDB, visit http://couchdb.apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/CouchDB
# # #
© The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CouchDB", "Apache CouchDB",
"Lucene", "Apache Lucene", the Apache CouchDB logo, and the Apache feather logo
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.
[APACHE COUCHDB CONTACT]
Sally Khudairi
Vice President
The Apache Software Foundation
+1 617 921 8656
<[email protected]>
________________________________
From: Mike Broberg <[email protected]>
To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Ellicott <[email protected]>; Lynnette Nolan <[email protected]>;
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 16:25
Subject: Re: Draft for review: Apache 2.0 beta press release
Oh, good. Thanks, Sally! I think I told the community the reverse (my bad), but
that makes sense: You and the press team will take an initial pass, and will
then send it back to the community for review.
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not sure if the ASF issues its own news releases
or what the process is there. We're fine either way, but of course we'd help
set up the approved release for distribution via PRWeb if needed. Just wanted
to mention that up front in case it matters.
Thanks! --Mike
--
Mike Broberg | IBM Cloudant | 200 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 |
[email protected] | (617) 299-1409 Google Voice
--
"Sally Khudairi" ---11/11/2014 04:18:56 PM---Thanks so much, Mike. Thank you,
Lynnette! I'll edit and forward the draft back to the community by
From: "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]>
To: Mike Broberg/Cambridge/IBM@IBMUS, [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], Lynnette Nolan/Cambridge/IBM@IBMUS, "Andy Ellicott"
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Date: 11/11/2014 04:18 PM
Subject: Re: Draft for review: Apache 2.0 beta press release
________________________________
Thanks so much, Mike. Thank you, Lynnette!
I'll edit and forward the draft back to the community by Thursday, hopefully
sooner.
I'm also copying the ASF Press team here to ensure everyone's in the loop.
Cheers,
Sally
[From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and
brevity]
----- Reply message -----
From: "Mike Broberg" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>, "Lynnette Nolan" <[email protected]>, "Andy Ellicott"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Draft for review: Apache 2.0 beta press release
Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2014 16:10
Hello, community-- After our google hangout with Jan, Alexander, and others on
Monday, my colleague Lynnette and I drafted a press release for your review.
It's open to all for comments via
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1haCoxdPnkrY2MNxhlkg7V0xrK3jsL78eemvSFCBcLC4/edit?usp=sharing
If you would like edit access, please let me know. (I already granted edit
access to Jan, Noah, and others who I suspect might be interested, but my
apologies in advance if I left you off.)
The goal is to send a draft over to Sally Khudairi by Friday morning U.S.
Eastern, so she has time to review before Jan, Joan, and others speak about the
Apache 2.0 beta release at ApacheCon Europe on 17 November.
Thanks very much for your edits/comments! --Mike
--
Mike Broberg | IBM Cloudant | 200 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 |
[email protected] | (617) 299-1409 Google Voice
--
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1haCoxdPnkrY2MNxhlkg7V0xrK3jsL78eemvSFCBcLC4/edit?usp=sharing
DRAFT: NOT FOR RELEASE
DRAFT: FOR APACHE COUCHDB COMMUNITY REVIEW
Apache CouchDB™ Adds Database Clustering with 2.0 Beta Release of NoSQL
Software
Horizontal scalability improves data replication and sync at large scale for
JSON document database
BUDAPEST — NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — The Apache CouchDB™ project today announced a
beta release of CouchDB 2.0 at the ApacheCon Europe conference. The software
release brings improved clustering technology to the open source NoSQL
database. Now, CouchDB can more easily move data between different CouchDB
instances and continuously synchronize changes to that data across CouchDB
services running on commodity servers, within Web browsers, and directly on
mobile devices.
CouchDB is an operational data store designed to ensure the flow of data
between an application and its database remains uninterrupted and highly
performant. The clustering improvements introduced in the beta version of
CouchDB 2.0 extend the database’s performance properties around data durability
and high availability, adding Dynamo distributed system-design principles to
CouchDB horizontal scaling technology.
“The beta release of CouchDB 2.0 delivers on our vision of making Apache
CouchDB the standard database for data movement,” said Jan Lehnardt, vice
president of Apache CouchDB at the Apache Software Foundation. “Data access is
like any other utility. Applications must excel at keeping data flowing to and
from users, across data centers, and between mobile devices and central
repositories. The beta release is a milestone for the Apache CouchDB community,
and it’s already raising more interest in the project.”
CouchDB 2.0 represents major contributions to the Apache project. All the
clustering features of BigCouch, an open source variant of CouchDB, have now
been folded back into Apache CouchDB. The community has also completed
development of a new Web dashboard called Fauxton, with streamlined admin
tools, rich code editors, and a UI for managing database replication. The beta
release of CouchDB 2.0 containing these features is available now at <link>.
The community encourages feedback for incorporation into the generally
available release, which is expected in early 2015.
At ApacheCon Europe, the CouchDB community also announced plans for upcoming
new features. The first new feature is a declarative querying system, code for
which currently resides in an open source repository. The community also
announced its intention to evaluate soon-to-be-open-sourced code that would
advance CouchDB indexing capabilities. These potential new features would add
integrated full-text indexing for search based on Apache Lucene™, extend
CouchDB view indexing to clustered environments, and automatically compact
indexes with improved logic.
“Apache”, “Apache CouchDB” , “Apache Lucene”, and “CouchDB” 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.
About Apache CouchDB™
CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the Web and works well with
modern Web and mobile applications. Store database records as JSON documents.
Access documents and query indexes via HTTP. Index, combine, and transform JSON
documents with JavaScript. Distribute data efficiently using CouchDB’s
incremental replication and synchronization technology. CouchDB supports
master-master setups (a.k.a. “masterless replica architectures”) with automatic
conflict detection. CouchDB works well with modern Web and mobile applications.
It is not a relational database. For more on CouchDB, join our mailing lists
via http://couchdb.apache.org/, contribute code at
https://github.com/apache/couchdb, or bring your questions to IRC in the
#couchdb channel on freenode.
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