The Apache News Round-up: week ending 20 March 2020

Greetings everyone –let’s review what the Apache community has been up to over the past week:

In case you missed it: The Apache Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19 

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.
 – Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2020. 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.
 – Event status details posted at: Notice on Apache 2020 Conferences https://s.apache.org/zgm8m

Apache Community Development  – the committee that welcomes new participants to the Apache community and mentors them in “The Apache Way”.
 – Warsaw, Poland, joins Indore, India and Beijing, China as the latest Apache Local Community (ALC) Chapter https://s.apache.org/o3ixu
 – About the Apache Local Community program https://s.apache.org/alc

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.
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7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.95%. 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, 910 Apache contributors changed 1,815,364 lines of code over 3,659 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Dan Haywood, Claus Ibsen, Julian Reschke, and Colm O hEigeartaigh.      

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.


Content —
 – Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.22.2 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/
 – Apache Tika 1.24 released https://tika.apache.org/

Messaging —
 – Apache Qpid JMS 0.50.0 released https://qpid.apache.org/

Servers —
 – Apache Tomcat 7.0.103, 8.5.53, 9.0.33, and 10.0.0-M3 released https://tomcat.apache.org/   


Did You Know?

 – Did you know that more than 60% of Apache projects use Apache Maven for build management? https://maven.apache.org/ 

 – Did you know that you can help the Apache Fluo project? Find out how at https://helpwanted.apache.org/ 

 – Did you know that you can purchase swag (stickers, clothing, mugs, wall art, and more) for your favorite Apache projects at https://www.redbubble.com/people/comdev/shop ? Email dev@community.apache.org to have new projects added to the group!


Apache Community Notices:

 – Apache Month In Review: February 2020 – overview of events that have taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/Feb2020

 – The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020 (November 2019 – January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u  

 – “Trillions and Trillions Served”, the documentary on the ASF, is in post-production. Catch the teaser at https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions

 – Apache in 2019 – By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2019Digits

 – The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI

 – ASF Operations Summary: Q2 FY2020 (August – October 2019) https://s.apache.org/2kv2n

 – ASF Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/our-founders-look-back-on

 – Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html

 – ApacheCon: Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998 http://s.apache.org/ApacheCon

 – “Success at Apache” focuses on the people and 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 (https://twitter.com/TheASF) 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

 – 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/
 – Are your software solutions Powered by Apache? Download & use our “Powered By” logos http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/#poweredby

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