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.
– We are proud to be 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 zippity performance at 99.97% uptime. http://status.apache.org/
ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 406 Apache contributors changed 872,446 lines of code over 2,838 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Dewayne Richardson, Andi Huber, Dan Kirkwood, Daniel Sun, and Dan Haywood.
Apache Arrow™ –a cross-language development platform for in-memory data.
– Apache Arrow JavaScript 0.3.0 released http://arrow.apache.org/
Apache Beam™ –a programming model, SDKs, and runners for defining and executing data processing pipelines.
– Apache Beam 2.3.0 released https://beam.apache.org/
Apache Geode™ –low latency, high concurrency data management solutions.
– CVE-2017-15696 Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAEwge-GQLV_9Y56psCejkhA-B3jx4amnQP5AoVwURbzn%3DDCZOw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Apache Groovy™ –a multi-facet programming language for the JVM.
– Apache Groovy 2.5.0-beta-3 released https://groovy.apache.org/
Apache Jackrabbit™ Oak –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 1.4.20 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/
Apache jclouds™ –an Open Source multi-cloud toolkit for the Java platform that gives you the freedom to create applications that are portable across clouds while giving you full control to use cloud-specific features.
– Apache jclouds 2.1.0 released http://jclouds.apache.org/
Apache NetBeans (incubating) –a development environment, tooling platform and application framework.
– Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 Beta released http://netbeans.apache.org/
Apache Storm™ –a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance realtime computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing of data.
– Apache Storm 1.0.6, 1.1.2, and 1.2.0 released http://storm.apache.org
Apache Tomcat™ –an Open Source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and JASPIC technologies.
– CVE-2018-1304 Security constraints mapped to context root are ignored http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3C2a8f2292-2aee-d8fa-9ccc-d1f9b20d0eed%40apache.org%3E
– CVE-2018-1305 Security constraint annotations applied too late http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3C8b41c43e-20cd-10d0-5e2e-e3947bd26a32%40apache.org%3E
Apache Wicket™ –an Open Source Java component oriented Web application framework that powers thousands of web applications and Web sites for governments, stores, universities, cities, banks, email providers, and more.
– Apache Wicket 8.0.0-M9 released http://wicket.apache.org
Did You Know?
– Did you know why companies sponsor ApacheCon? https://feathercast.apache.org/2016/05/09/why-did-you-sponsor-apachebigdata/
– Did you know that German business management consultancy Ecomify uses Apache OFBiz? http://ofbiz.apache.org/
– Did you know that Apache Zeppelin will be holding a get together at Strata 2018 in San Jose? http://zeppelin.apache.org/
– 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 of the Makers https://s.apache.org/yFgQ 5) JFDI –the unconditional love of contributors https://s.apache.org/4pjM 6) Meritocracy and Me https://s.apache.org/tQQh 7) Learning to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be 8) Meritocracy. https://s.apache.org/DiEo 9) Lowering Barriers to Open Innovation https://s.apache.org/dAlg 10) All My Roads Led to Apache https://s.apache.org/l9OO 11) Scratch Your Own Itch. https://s.apache.org/7Amk 12) What a Long Strange (and Great) Trip It’s Been https://s.apache.org/gVuN 13) A Newbie’s Narrative https://s.apache.org/A72H
– 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://apache.org/events/meetups.html
– Apache CloudStack will be holding their first German Meetup on 28 February 2018 in Frankfurt https://www.meetup.com/german-CloudStack-user-group/events/246861772/?eventId=246861772
– Members of the Apache community will be presenting at DataWorks Summit 16-19 April 2018 in Berlin https://dataworkssummit.com/
– Open Expo Europe – 6-7 June 2018 in Madrid https://openexpoeurope.com/
– Meet members of the Apache community at Open Expo Madrid 6-7 June 2018 http://www.openexpo.es/en/
– We’re teaming up with Berlin Buzzwords – 10-12 June 2018 (Apache Lounge dates: 11-12 June) https://berlinbuzzwords.de/
– The 2018 Apache EU Roadshow will be held during FOSS Backstage in Berlin 13-14 June 2018 https://foss-backstage.de/
– Apache Big Data project communities will be participating at DataWorks Summit 17-21 June 2018 in San Jose https://dataworkssummit.com/
– ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary Q2 FY2018 https://s.apache.org/j1GJ
– ASF Annual Report is available at https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport
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