The Apache News Round-up: week ending 6 November 2020

[Swapnil M Mane <sw...@apache.org>]

[this newsletter is available online at https://s.apache.org/v86yj ]

Welcome, November --we're opening the month with another great week.
Here's what the Apache community has been up to:

The Apache Month in Review – highlights of what we've accomplished
over the past month.
 - October 2020 https://s.apache.org/Oct2020

Inside Infra – the interview series featuring members of the ASF
Infrastructure team.
 - Meet Gavin McDonald --Part I https://s.apache.org/InsideInfra-Gavin

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the
corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 18 November 2020. 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.
 - ApacheCon@Home was a success https://s.apache.org/d3stb All
sessions now online at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheApacheFoundation/

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps
the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.77%. 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, 401 Apache Committers
changed 4,517,272 lines of code over 3,562 commits. Top 5
contributors, in order, are: Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Claus Ibsen, Gary
Gregory, Andrea Cosentino, and Adrian Cole.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Application Performance Monitor --
 - Apache SkyWalking 8.2.0, Client JS 0.1.0, and Kubernetes Helm Chart
4.0.0 released https://skywalking.apache.org/

Big Data --
 - Apache HBase 2.3.3 released https://hbase.apache.org/
 - Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob 3.0.0-beta released
http://shardingsphere.apache.org/elasticjob/

Content --
  - Apache Jackrabbit 2.20.2 released https://jackrabbit.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons VFS 2.7.0 released
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-vfs/

Natural Language Processing --
 - Apache NLPCraft 0.7.1 (incubating) released https://nlpcraft.apache.org/

Search --
 - Apache Lucene 8.7.0 and Solr 8.7.0 released http://lucene.apache.org/

Security Framework --
 - Apache Shiro 1.7.0 released https://shiro.apache.org/
 - Apache Shiro CVE-2020-17510 Shiro with Spring, a specially crafted
HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass
https://s.apache.org/lxsuw

Did You Know?

- Did you know that you can support the ASF's day-to-day operations
with a one-time or recurring donation? http://donate.apache.org/

- Did you know that Omnichannel Order Management Systems handle
real-time inventory visibility and synchronization using Apache OFBiz?
https://ofbiz.apache.org/

- Did you know that the Call for Presentations is open for Apache
MXNet Day? Submissions are due by 16 November
https://s.apache.org/4jbhx

- Did you know that Virtual Druid Summit will be held on 18 November?
See "Upcoming Events" at http://druid.apache.org/


Apache Community Notices

- 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 Software Foundation Statement on the COVID-19
Coronavirus Outbreak https://s.apache.org/COVID-19

 - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source
Leadership https://s.apache.org/21stAnniversary

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

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

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

 - "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/InsideInfra-Drew
    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

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Best regards,
Swapnil M Mane,
www.apache.org