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title: 'The Apache News Round-up: week ending 13 April 2018'
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<p>Hello, Friday. Let's look back on our Apache activities over the past week:</p>
<p>Success at Apache –a monthly blog series that focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works".<br /> - Am I there yet? A n00b's perspective by Charles Givre <a href="https://s.apache.org/QyEK">https://s.apache.org/QyEK</a></p>
<p>ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.<br /> - Next Board Meeting: 18 April. Board calendar and minutes <a href="http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html</a></p>
<p>ApacheCon™ –the ASF's official global conference series.<br /> - Three official Apache events will be taking place this year: 1) Apache Roadshow Europe/Berlin (join us at FOSS Backstage); 2) ApacheCon North America/Montreal (Registration now open!); and 3) Apache Roadshow and Job Fair/Fairfax <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a><br /> - Travel Assistance applications now being accepted through 1 May for ApacheCon/Montreal <a href="https://www.apache.org/travel/">https://www.apache.org/travel/</a></p>
<p>ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.<br /> - 7M+ weekly checks yield smashing "four nines" performance at 99.99% uptime. <a href="http://status.apache.org/">http://status.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 519 Apache contributors changed 1,000,559 lines of code over 3,088 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Karl Heinz Marbaise, Duo Zhang, Matt Sicker, Claus Ibsen, and Jeremy Mitchell.</p></p>
<p>Apache Attic™ –provides process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache project has reached its end of life.<br /> - Apache Oltu retired <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3CCD6C954D-F93A-473E-9B2F-60C05231D532%40apache.org%3E">http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3CCD6C954D-F93A-473E-9B2F-60C05231D532%40apache.org%3E</a></p>
<p>Apache BookKeeper™ –a scalable, fault-tolerant, and low-latency storage service optimized for real-time workloads.<br /> - Apache BookKeeper 4.6.2 released <a href="https://bookkeeper.apache.org/">https://bookkeeper.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Apache Geode™ –a Big Data management platform that provides a database-like consistency model, reliable transaction processing and a shared-nothing architecture to maintain very low latency performance with high concurrency processing.<br /> - Apache Geode 1.5.0 released <a href="http://geode.apache.org/">http://geode.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Apache Groovy™ –a multi-faceted programming language for the JVM.<br /> - Apache Groovy 2.5.0-rc-1 released <a href="https://groovy.apache.org/">https://groovy.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Apache Jackrabbit™ – a fully compliant implementation of the Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).<br /> - Apache Jackrabbit 2.17.2 released <a href="http://jackrabbit.apache.org/">http://jackrabbit.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Apache Lucene™ Solr –an Open Source enterprise search server based on the Lucene Java search library.<br /> - CVE-2018-1308: XXE attack through Apache Solr's DIH's dataConfig request parameter <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3C000001d3cf68%245ac69af0%241053d0d0%24%40apache.org%3E">http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3C000001d3cf68%245ac69af0%241053d0d0%24%40apache.org%3E</a></p>
<p>Apache NiFi™ –an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute Big Data.<br />- Apache NiFi 1.6.0 released <a href="https://nifi.apache.org/">https://nifi.apache.org/</a></p>
<p>Apache Subversion™ –leading Open Source version control system.<br /> - Apache Subversion 1.10.0-rc2 released <a href="https://subversion.apache.org/">https://subversion.apache.org/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://subversion.apache.org/"></a>Apache Tomcat™ –an Open Source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and JASPIC technologies. <br /> - Apache Tomcat 8.5.30 and 9.0.7 released <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/">http://tomcat.apache.org/</a></p></p>
<p><strong>Did You Know?</strong></p>
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<p> - Did you know that Apache Tinkerpop has two new pieces of documentation: 1) Collections Recipe, and 2) Gremlin's Anatomy Tutorial? <a href="http://tinkerpop.apache.org/">http://tinkerpop.apache.org/</a></p>
<p> - Did you know that Huawei uses Apache Flink for its Cloud Stream Service? <a href="http://flink.apache.org/">http://flink.apache.org/</a></p>
<p> - Did you know that cron expressions generator Cron Maker webapp is powered by Apache Wicket? <a href="http://wicket.apache.org">http://wicket.apache.org</a></p>
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<div><strong>Apache Community Notices:</strong></div>
<p> - The Apache<span style="font-size: 10.8333px;"> </span>Software Foundation Celebrates 19 Years of Open Source Leadership "The Apache Way" <a href="https://s.apache.org/gK4Q">https://s.apache.org/gK4Q</a></p>
<p> - Read "Open – For Business – At the ASF" by Merv Adrian, VP Research at Gartner <a href="https://blogs.gartner.com/merv-adrian/2018/03/27/open-for-business-at-the-asf/">https://blogs.gartner.com/merv-adrian/2018/03/27/open-for-business-at-the-asf/</a></p>
<p> - A look at the "Apache at 19" promo at <a href="https://youtu.be/Fqk_rlKiVIs">https://youtu.be/Fqk_rlKiVIs</a></p>
<p> - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement <a href="https://s.apache.org/zqC3">https://s.apache.org/zqC3</a></p>
<p> - Apache in 2017 - By The Digits <a href="https://s.apache.org/h8do">https://s.apache.org/h8do</a></p>
<p> - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. <a href="https://s.apache.org/PIRA">https://s.apache.org/PIRA</a></p>
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<p> - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache">https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/category/SuccessAtApache</a></p>
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<p> - Please follow/like/re-tweet the ASF on social media: @TheASF on Twitter and on LinkedIn at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation">https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-apache-software-foundation</a></p>
<p> - Do friend and follow us on the Apache Community Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/">https://www.facebook.com/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/</a> and Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity</a></p>
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<p> - The list of Apache project-related MeetUps can be found at <a href="https://twitter.com/ApacheCommunity">http://apache.org/events/meetups.html</a></p>
<p> - Members of the Apache community will be presenting at DataWorks Summit 16-19 April 2018 in Berlin <a href="https://dataworkssummit.com/">https://dataworkssummit.com/</a></p>
<p> - Open Expo Europe - 6-7 June 2018 in Madrid <a href="https://openexpoeurope.com/">https://openexpoeurope.com/</a></p>
<p> - Meet members of the Apache community at Open Expo Madrid 6-7 June 2018 <a href="http://www.openexpo.es/en/">http://www.openexpo.es/en/</a></p>
<p> - We're teaming up the Apache Roadshow Europe with Berlin Buzzwords - 10-12 June 2018 (Apache Lounge dates: 11-12 June) <a href="https://berlinbuzzwords.de/">https://berlinbuzzwords.de/</a></p>
<p> - The 2018 Apache EU Roadshow will be held during FOSS Backstage in Berlin 13-14 June 2018 <a href="https://foss-backstage.de/">https://foss-backstage.de/</a></p>
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<p> - Apache Big Data project communities will be participating at DataWorks Summit 17-21 June 2018 in San Jose <a href="https://dataworkssummit.com/">https://dataworkssummit.com/</a></p>
<p> - ApacheCon North America will be held 24-29 September in Montreal <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a></p>
<p> - Save the Date: Apache Roadshow DC and Open Source/Government/Cyber/Job Fair - 8 October 2018 in Fairfax, VA <a href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a></p>
<p> - ASF Quarterly Report: Operations Summary: November 2017 - January 2018<a href="https://s.apache.org/UtBD"> https://s.apache.org/UtBD</a></p>
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<p> - ASF Annual Report is available at <a href="https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport">https://s.apache.org/FY2017AnnualReport</a></p>
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<div> - Find out how you can participate with Apache community/projects/activities --opportunities open with Apache HTTP Server, Avro, ComDev (community development), Directory, Incubator, OODT, POI, Polygene, Syncope, Tika, Trafodion, and more! <a href="https://helpwanted.apache.org/">https://helpwanted.apache.org/</a></div>
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