It’s Friday already –the week has zipped by. Let’s take a look at what the Apache community has been up to:
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/2021NewMe
Sponsor Success at Apache – the blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF “just works”, featuring insights and experiences from the perspective of select ASF Sponsors
– “The Fork” by Wei Zhou https://s.apache.org/snobd
ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws.
– Next Board Meeting: 21 April 2021. Board calendar and minutes https://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html
ApacheCon™ – the ASF’s official global conference series, bringing Tomorrow’s Technology Today since 1998.
– Registration for both ApacheCons are open: ApacheCon Asia (6-8 August) and ApacheCon@Home (21-23 September) https://www.apachecon.com/
– CFP open for both events –deadline: 3 May
– Sponsorships available for both events https://www.apachecon.com/acah2021/2021_ApacheCon_prospectus.pdf
ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around the clock.
– 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.82%. 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 – Over the past week, 389 Apache Committers changed 3,665,237 lines of
code over 3,513 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Andrea
Cosentino, Stephen Mallette, Nick Vatamaniuc, Andi Huber, and Jarek Potiuk.
Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.
Apache Attic –provides process and solutions when an Apache project has reached its end of life. http://attic.apache.org/
– Apache Tajo has retired https://s.apache.org/qbf3g
– Apache PredictionIO has retired https://s.apache.org/jabyg
– Apache Lens has retired https://s.apache.org/xy0hb
– Apache Labs has retired https://s.apache.org/ljate
– Apache DRAT has retired https://s.apache.org/23ky1
– Apache Crunch has retired https://s.apache.org/so0w2
– Apache Twill has retired https://s.apache.org/p4uzy
– Apache Chukwa has retired https://s.apache.org/7t8qb
– Apache Sentry has retired https://s.apache.org/0y5mr
– Apache Metron has retired https://s.apache.org/578zx
– Apache Eagle has retired https://s.apache.org/q0vv9
– Apache Marmotta has retired https://s.apache.org/gvczw
– Apache Open Climate Workbench has retired https://s.apache.org/16mgz
APIs —
– Apache APISIX Ingress Controller 0.5.0 released https://apisix.apache.org/
Big Data —
– Apache Parquet Format 2.9.0 released https://parquet.apache.org/
Content —
– Apache Jackrabbit 2.21.6 and Oak 1.22.7 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/
– Apache OpenOffice CVE-2021-30245: Code execution via non-http(s) schemes in Hyperlinks https://s.apache.org/3te5p
Identity Management —
– Apache Syncope 2.1.9 released https://syncope.apache.org/
Messaging —
– Apache Qpid Proton 0.34.0 and JMS 0.58.0 released http://qpid.apache.org/
Observability —
– Apache SkyWalking 8.5.0 released https://skywalking.apache.org/
Orchestration —
– Apache Hop (incubating) 0.70 released https://hop.apache.org/
Search —
– Apache Solr 8.8.2 released http://solr.apache.org/
– Apache Solr CVE-2021-29943: Unprivileged users may be able to perform unauthorized read/write to collections https://s.apache.org/chwmb
CVE-2021-29262: Misapplied Zookeeper ACLs can result in leakage of configured authentication and authorization settings https://s.apache.org/lubsr
and CVE-2021-27905: SSRF vulnerability with the Replication handler https://s.apache.org/rz4eh
Servers —
– Apache Tomcat Native 1.2.28 released https://tomcat.apache.org/
Did You Know?
– Did you know that ApacheTika’s OpenNLP language detector supports 148 languages? http://tika.apache.org/
– Did you know that Ignite Summit will be held online 25 May? https://ignite.apache.org/
– Did you know that the Robinhood financial services app is powered by Apache Airflow, Hadoop YARN, Hive, Hudi, and Spark? https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?category#big-data
Apache Community Notices
– The Apache Month in Review: March 2021 https://s.apache.org/Mar2021 and video highlights https://youtu.be/wq2HXN4z9W0
– The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 22 Years of Open Source Leadership – world’s largest Open Source foundation advances community-led innovation “The Apache Way” https://s.apache.org/22ndAnniversay
– The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2021 (November 2020 – January 2021) https://s.apache.org/Q3FY2021 + Video highlights https://youtu.be/S6FWqAuA_8M
– Apache in 2020 – By The Digits https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits + Video highlights https://s.apache.org/Apache2020Digits-vid
– ASF Security Report 2020 https://s.apache.org/SecurityReport2020 + Video highlights https://youtu.be/Z7yudar_da0
– ASF FY2020 Annual Report https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport
– “Trillions and Trillions Served” documentary on the ASF: 1) full feature https://s.apache.org/Trillions-Feature 2) “Apache Everywhere” https://s.apache.org/ApacheEverywhere 3) “Why Apache” https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions 4) “Apache Innovation” https://s.apache.org/ApacheInnovation
– The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success https://s.apache.org/GhnI
– Foundation Reports and Statements http://www.apache.org/foundation/reports.html
– All presentations from ApacheCon@Home are available at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheApacheFoundation/
– “Success at Apache” focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF “just works”. https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache
– Inside Infra: the new interview series with members of the ASF infrastructure team –meet
Chris Thistlethwaite https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Chris
Drew Foulks https://s.apache.org/InsideInf
Greg Stein Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg
…Part II https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg2 and Part III https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Greg3
Daniel Gruno Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel1 and Part II https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Daniel2
Gavin McDonald Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin and Part II https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin2
Andrew Wetmore Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew and Part II https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Andrew2
Chris Lambertus Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL and Part II https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-ChrisL2
– ASF Targeted Sponsor Manning Publications is offering special deals on the latest books on Apache Airflow, Pulsar, Spark, and Thrift, among other titles and eBooks https://deals.manning.com/the-latest-apache-innovations/
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