[this announcement is available online at https://s.apache.org/FeLw ]
Well, hello March. Let's see what the Apache community has been up to:
"Success at Apache" –a monthly blog series that focuses on the processes behind
why the ASF "just works".
- Contributing to Open Source even with a high-pressure job by Anthony Shaw
https://s.apache.org/lM9O
ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation
in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
- Next Board Meeting: 21 March. Board calendar and minutes
http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
ApacheCon™ –the ASF's official global conference series.
- Travel Assistance applications now being accepted for ApacheCon/Montreal
https://www.apache.org/travel/
- CFP is open for ApacheCon 24-29 September in Montreal http://apachecon.com/
- CFP is also open for the Apache Roadshow Europe 13-14 June in Berlin
http://apachecon.com/euroadshow18/
Apache Community Development –helps newcomers take their first steps towards
being a part of the Apache community.
- The ASF is a Google Summer of Code Mentoring Organization for the 13th
consecutive year. Students: learn how to get started with dozens of Apache
projects at https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html
ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's
infrastructure running around the clock.
- 7M+ weekly checks yield sensational performance at 99.90% uptime.
http://status.apache.org/
ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 550 Apache contributors changed 1,430,495
lines of code over 4,052 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andi
Huber, Jacky Li, Sean Busbey, Matteo Merli, and Tilman Hausherr.
Apache Fluo™ –a distributed processing system built on Apache Accumulo.
- Apache Fluo 1.2.0 released http://fluo.apache.org/
Apache Geode™ –low latency, high concurrency data management solutions.
- CVE-2017-15692 Apache Geode unsafe deserialization in TcpServer
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAEwge-EA%3DarmRcEHu5R3zZhyuTm%3DZTLKHNJa5wPrsCYd3AeNfA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- CVE-2017-15693 Apache Geode unsafe deserialization of application objects
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAEwge-HwkgJoAUiCKj1S43OfcaU%2B47ZQkw%2BwkNmm0%3DJSH_Y5TA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Apache Groovy™ –a multi-facet programming language for the JVM.
- Apache Groovy 2.4.14 released https://groovy.apache.org/
Apache Lucy™ –search engine library provides full-text search for dynamic
programming languages.
- Apache Lucy 0.6.2 and Clownfish 0.6.3 released http://lucy.apache.org/
Apache MXNet (incubating) –a deep learning framework designed for both
efficiency and flexibility.
- Apache MXNet (incubating) 1.1.0 released http://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/
Apache OpenMeetings™ –provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white
board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools using API
functions of the Red5 Streaming Server for Remoting and Streaming.
- Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.2 released http://openmeetings.apache.org
- CVE-2018-1286 - Apache OpenMeetings - Insufficient Access Controls
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAJmbs8jpHcih%2BA0nzrUQV8gkF65tCVLrjqiq26vLarskarScmw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Apache PDFBox™ –access to images encoded using the JBIG2 image compression
standard.
- Apache PDFBox JBIG2 ImageIO plugin 3.0.0 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/
Apache Qpid™ Dispatch –a router for the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol 1.0
- Apache Qpid Dispatch 1.0.1 released http://qpid.apache.org/
Apache Subversion™ –universally recognized and adopted Open Source, centralized
version control system.
- Apache Subversion 1.10.0-rc1 released http://subversion.apache.org/
Did You Know?
- Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating
anniversaries this month? mod_perl (18 yrs); Struts (14 yrs); Jackrabbit (12
yrs); Phoenix (11 yrs); Archiva (10 yrs); Felix (11 yrs); Archiva (10 yrs);
UIMA (8 yrs); Accumulo, Lucy, Sqoop (8 yrs); Bloodhound, CloudStack, cTAKES (5
yrs); Aurora, Polygene (4 yrs); and Sentry (2 yrs). Many happy returns!
https://projects.apache.org/
- Did you know that Apache CouchDB will be featured at the Women Who Code
Boston meetup on 20 March? http://couchdb.apache.org/
- Did you know that Apache CloudStack users may be impacted by the upcoming
retirement of http://download.cloud.com ? http://cloudstack.apache.org/
Apache Community Notices:
- The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement
https://s.apache.org/zqC3
- Apache in 2017 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/h8do
- Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA
- "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just
works". 1) Project Independence https://s.apache.org/CE0V 2) All Carrot and No
Stick https://s.apache.org/ykoG 3) Asynchronous Decision Making
https://s.apache.org/PMvk4) Rule
