The Apache News Round-up: week ending 7 August 2020

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

[this newsletter is available online at https://s.apache.org/vhoj6 ]

Welcome, August! We've had a great week within the Apache community.
Here's what happened:

Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people
and processes behind why the ASF "just works".
 - "I Became an Apache Solr Committer in 4,662 Days. Here’s how you
can do it faster!" by Eric Pugh https://s.apache.org/hney3

ASF Annual Report – a look back at our many achievements during the
2020 Fiscal Year
 - Press release https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport-PR
 - Full report https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport

ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the
corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws.
 - Next Board Meeting: 19 August 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.
 - Registration is OPEN (and free) for ApacheCon@Home taking place
online 29 September - 1 October. Join us!
https://www.apachecon.com/acna2020/
 - Sponsorships available for ApacheCon@Home
https://www.apachecon.com/acna2020/sponsors.html

ASF Infrastructure – our distributed team on three continents keeps
the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock.
 - 7M+ weekly checks yield uptime at 99.86%. 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, 399 Apache Committers
changed 2,461,830 lines of code over 3,074 commits. Top 5
contributors, in order, are: Andrea Cosentino, Gary Gregory, Sebastian
Bazley, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, and Claus Ibsen.

Apache Project Announcements – the latest updates by category.

Application Performance Monitor --
 - Apache SkyWalking 8.1.0 released https://skywalking.apache.org/

Libraries --
 - Apache Commons Pool 2.8.1 released
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-pool/

Machine Learning --
 - Apache OpenNLP 1.9.3 released https://opennlp.apache.org/

Web Frameworks --
 - Apache Cocoon 2.1.13 released https://cocoon.apache.org/


Did You Know?

 - Did you know that the ASF stewards more than 227M+ lines of code,
valued at more than $20B? https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport-PR

 - Did you know that the top 5 most active Apache projects over FY2020
were, in order: Apache Kafka, Hadoop, Lucene, POI, and ZooKeeper?
https://s.apache.org/FY2020AnnualReport

 - Did you know that Apache projects' ongoing sustainability is
ensured through the generosity of our Sponsors and individual donors,
whose support helps ensure that the ASF continues to provide more than
$20B worth of software to the public-at-large at 100% no cost?
http://donate.apache.org

Apache Community Notices

- Apache Month In Review: July 2020 – overview of events that have
taken place within the Apache community https://s.apache.org/July2020

- "Trillions and Trillions Served" – the documentary on the ASF filmed
onsite at ApacheCon Las Vegas and Berlin in 2019 have been released:
1) full feature https://s.apache.org/Trillions-Feature 2) "Apache
Everywhere" short https://s.apache.org/ApacheEverywhere 3) "Why
Apache" teaser https://s.apache.org/ASF-Trillions 4) “Apache
Innovation” shorts 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

 - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: Q3 FY2020
(November 2019 - January 2020) https://s.apache.org/r6s5u

 - 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 Christ 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

 - Did you know that Beam Summit 2020 will be held 24-28 August online
and free of charge? https://beamsummit.org/

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