The Apache News Round-up: week ending 19 December 2014

There are more than 200 projects and initiatives under development at The ASF; below are our activities over the past week, and be sure to subscribe to announce@apache.org to keep an eye out for updates on your favorite projects!

Apache Jackrabbit™ –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class Web sites and other demanding content applications.
 – Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.1.3 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html

Apache PDFBox™ –an Open Source Java tool for working with PDF documents.
 – Apache PDFBox 1.8.8 released http://pdfbox.apache.org/downloads.html

Apache Subversion™ –Open Source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.
 – Apache Subversion 1.7.19 released http://subversion.apache.org/download/#supported-releases
 – Apache Subversion 1.8.11 released http://subversion.apache.org/download/#recommended-release

ASF Operations –behind the scenes of the day-to-day functions at The Apache Software Foundation
 – The ASF publishes long-overdue New Code of Conduct http://s.apache.org/dGR
 – The ASF received 85 Individual Contributor License Agreements (ICLA), 11 Corporate Contributor License Agreements (CCLA), and four software grants over the past month https://www.apache.org/licenses/

ApacheCon™ –the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation
 – Call for Papers open until 1 February http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america/program/cfp
 – Become involved with the program selection process –check out http://s.apache.org/60N
 – Applications accepted for Apache Travel Assistance through 6 February http://www.apache.org/travel/
 – Sign up to receive ApacheCon updates and announcements http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-apachecon

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