[INFO] DB Report for October, 2023

[Bryan Pendleton <bp...@gmail.com>]

Hi all, thanks for the project update notes. Below is the
report I submitted to the board. Please let me know of
any errors or missing parts.

thanks,

bryan

## Description:
The mission of the Apache DB project is to create and maintain
commercial-quality, open-source, database solutions based on software licensed
to the Foundation, for distribution at no charge to the public.

The Apache DB TLP consists of the following subprojects:
 o Derby    : a relational database implemented entirely in Java.
 o JDO      : focused on building the API and the TCK for compatibility
              testing of Java Data Object implementations providing data
              persistence.
 o Torque   : an object-relational mapper for Java.


## Project Status:
Current project status: Ongoing, with low activity

Issues for the board: none

## Membership Data:
Apache DB was founded 2002-07-16 (21 years ago)
There are currently 48 committers and 45 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 1:1.

Community changes, past quarter:
- Tobias Bouschen was added to the PMC on 2023-08-27
- No new committers. Last addition was Max Philipp Wriedt on 2023-04-14.

## Project Activity:
DB Project welcomes Tobias Bouschen as the latest member of the DB PMC!

JDO project are incorporating various Java upgrades. JDO currently
supports JDK 8, 11, and 17. We have tested JDK 20 and it looks good.
Now that JDK 21 is GA, we will start CI testing using JDK 21 and
look at testing with target JDK 11, 17, and 21 instead of target JDK 8.

JDO project also look to upgrade from JUnit 3 and are now looking
to improve the TCK configuration specifications.

Derby project are also moving to the latest version of Java. Derby
developers are discussing the preparation of a 10.17 release this
fall to include the JDK 21 support.

## Community Health:
The DB project user communities were fairly quiet this summer,
with occasional questions being asked and answered, and
occasional suggestions being made and recorded in JIRA.

The low user community activity is not unusual in the summer.

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