Hello, Friday. It’s time to review the collective Apache community’s activities from the past week:
The Apache Software Foundation –the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives.
– The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 40 New Members https://s.apache.org/Fwf6
ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.
– Next Board Meeting: 15 May. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
ApacheCon™ –the ASF’s official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon
– Next week in Chicago: Apache Roadshow 13-14 May http://apachecon.com/chiroadshow19/ Learn the latest in AdTech, BigData, Community Diversity, FinTech, IoT, Machine Learning, "Made in Chicago" startups, Podling Shark Tank, and more!
– OPEN: ApacheCon CFPs + EARLY Registration: 1) North America/Las Vegas 9-12 September; 2) Europe/Berlin 22-24 October http://apachecon.com/
ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.
– 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.93%. Performance checks across 50 different service components spread over more than 250 machines in data centers around the world. http://www.apache.org/uptime/
Apache Code Snapshot –this week, 438 Apache contributors changed 1,041,284 lines of code over 2,688 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Ismaël Mejía, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Julian Reschke, Andrea Cosentino, and Paul King.
Apache Project Announcements –the latest updates by category.
Build Management —
– Apache Ant 1.10.6 released https://ant.apache.org/
Content —
– Apache Jackrabbit 2.16.4 and 2.19.3 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org
Libraries —
– Apache Olingo 4.6.0 released https://olingo.apache.org/
Network-Client —
– Apache Qpid Proton-J 0.33.0 released http://qpid.apache.org
Did You Know?
– Did you know that the CFP for ApacheCon North America (9-12 September/Las Vegas) closes Monday? The CFP for ApacheCon Europe (22-24 October/Berlin) closes 26 May. https://www.apachecon.com/ Let’s get cracking!
– Did you know that Apache CloudStack is the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform of choice for some of the industry’s most visible Clouds –from global hosting providers to telcos to the Fortune 100 top 5% and more– because it "Just Works"? http://cloudstack.apache.org/
– Did you know that Agence Française de Développement uses Apache Wicket for its brand center? http://wicket.apache.org/
Apache Community Notices:
– Celebrating 20 Years Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary
– ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on
– The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI
– Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html
– ApacheCon: Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon
– Apache in 2018 – By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2018Digits
– ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2019 https://s.apache.org/d2Fq
– ASF Annual Report for FY2018 https://s.apache.org/FY2018AnnualReport
– The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3
– Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA
– "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache
– Please follow/like/re-tweet the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation
– Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/and Twitter account https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity
– The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at http://events.apache.org/event/meetups.html
– Apache Roadshow/Chicago will be held 13-14 May 2019 http://apachecon.com/
– The Apache Big Data community will be at DataWorks Summit in Washington DC 20-23 May 2019 https://dataworkssummit.com/
– CFP and Registration open for ApacheCon North America 9-12 September 2019 http://apachecon.com/
– Spark + AI Summit 2019 will be held 15-17 October in Amsterdam https://databricks.com/sparkaisummit/
– CFP and Registration open for ApacheCon Europe 22-24 October 2019 http://apachecon.com/
– Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities –opportunities open with Apache Camel, Apache HTTP Server, and more! https://helpwanted.apache.org/
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