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Posted to dev@ace.apache.org by Marcel Offermans <ma...@xs4all.nl> on 2014/10/13 08:16:45 UTC

[REPORT] Apache ACE

Apache ACE is a software distribution framework that allows you to
centrally manage and distribute modular software components,
configuration data and other artifacts to OSGi based and related target
systems.

Releases:
* April 22nd, 2014: ACE 2.0.1 release.

Statistics:
* Last committers added: March 27th, 2012
* Last PMC members added: June 18th, 2013
* Mailing list activity (dev+users) for last 3 months: 38 msgs
  (previous 3 months: 85 msgs)
* Commits for last 3 months: 45
  (previous 3 months: 353)

Activity:
* Fixes to the baselining support in the build.
* Fixes to command line arguments of launcher.
* Improvements of the shell (new commands) and OBR (more robust).
* Community provided "getting started" article added to ACE website.
* Old-mentor (NiclasH) provided a patch for shutdown hooks and a script
  to run our launcher as a daemon.
* Tutorial (by PaulB) at JavaOne featuring ACE: "What's up with
  modularity?" [1]
* Tutorial (by PaulB) at JDD Krakow featuring ACE: "Practical
  introduction to OSGi" [2]
* Some patches received from the community. Monitoring contributors to
  see if they continue to contribute.
* Upcoming session at ApacheCon EU: "Continuous automated deployment
  with Apache ACE" (by JanWillemJ and MarcelO) [3]

[1] http://s.apache.org/CwP
[2] http://s.apache.org/7Yc
[3] http://s.apache.org/BGd