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What does it take to grow an open source community? See how Apache Local Community (ALC) Taipei brought the Apache Way to Computex 2026, connecting with thousands of attendees through open collaboration, community engagement, and shared learning. Read the full blog:

Andrew Lamb, PMC Chair of Apache DataFusion, joins the conversation to discuss the project's journey from Apache Arrow to a top-level Apache project. Learn how DataFusion helps teams build specialized analytic databases, what fueled its growing open source community, and where AI coding agents fit into the future of query engines. Listen here: https://buff.ly/D3nrmW3 Watch the video: https://buff.ly/lVdGZdl

The Call for Papers for Community Over Code Sydney is now open! If you have insights to share on modern JVM and enterprise technologies, data, streaming and search, software engineering, open source communities, or emerging technologies, we'd love to hear from you. The event takes place November 18–19, 2026, and the proposals are due by 13:59 UTC on August 14, 2026. Submit your talk today: https://buff.ly/EFA1iLh #communityovercode #opensource

🗞️ Here's your weekly ASF release roundup! 🗞️ 👉 Apache Grails 7.0.13 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/F6CXixx For the complete list of changes: https://buff.ly/43vm12C 👉 Apache Grails 7.2.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/F6CXixx 👉 Apache Grails 7.1.3 is available for download: https://buff.ly/F6CXixx 👉 Apache Airflow Providers is now available for download: https://buff.ly/g7D52l8 The source release, as well as the binary releases, are available here: https://buff.ly/8aQtUEy 👉 Apache Camel 4.14.8 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/9M64vwX Camel is an open source integration framework that empowers you to quickly and easily integrate various systems consuming or producing data. 👉 Apache Grails 8.0.0-M2 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/F6CXixx Grails is a powerful Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM, built on top of Spring Boot, and supported by a rich ecosystem of plugins that extend its functionality. For the complete list of changes: https://buff.ly/X9vez2g 👉 Apache Pulsar Client Python 3.13.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/uw6GYgc Pulsar is a highly scalable, low latency messaging platform running on commodity hardware. Release notes are at: https://buff.ly/2GdgaFT 👉 Apache Log4j 2.25.5 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/VVR9z9P Log4j is a versatile, industrial-strength Java logging framework composed of an API, its implementation, and components to assist the deployment for various use cases. 👉 Apache Pulsar 4.0.12 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/o4Wi14w Release notes are at: https://buff.ly/mBMhWcs 👉 Apache Pulsar 4.2.3 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/wXEq4mN For Pulsar release details and downloads, visit: https://buff.ly/o4Wi14w Release notes are at: https://buff.ly/kZ344Es 👉 Apache Jackrabbit 2.23.5-beta is now available for download: https://buff.ly/xfACGwi Jackrabbit 2.23.5-beta is an unstable release cut directly from Jackrabbit trunk, with a focus on new features and other improvements. For more info, visit: https://buff.ly/HNBmg2F 👉 Apache Airflow 3.3.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/9EyAIMq The documentation is available at: https://buff.ly/upoq3tf 👉 Apache Daffodil 4.2.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/lwVSV3P Daffodil is an open-source implementation of the DFDL specification that uses DFDL data descriptions to parse fixed format data into an infoset. For more info about Daffodil, visit: https://buff.ly/E18wa5I 👉 Apache Tomcat 9.0.120 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/lzwJC96 Tomcat 9 is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and JASPIC technologies. Refer to the change log for the list of changes: https://buff.ly/xSxVcTQ

The Call for Papers for Community Over Code Sydney is now accepting submissions! We're looking for topics including: ✔️ Modern JVM & Enterprise Technologies ✔️ Data, Streaming & Search ✔️ Software Engineering Craft ✔️ Open Source Culture & Community ✔️ Emerging Technologies Community Over Code Sydney takes place November 18–19, 2026. The submission deadline is 13:59 UTC on August 14, 2026. Don't miss out! #communityovercode #opensource

Open source is built by people, not just code. At Computex 2026, ALC Taipei showed how local communities can create global impact by introducing thousands of attendees to the Apache Way, proving that lasting communities are built through open collaboration. Read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/eakWj99j

How can open source projects automate releases and enable supply-chain security without adding maintainer burden? This case study shows how the ASF Tooling Initiative's Apache Trusted Releases (ATR) reduced thousands of missing SBOM data elements to near-complete compliance without requiring maintainers to change their release workflow. Read more: https://buff.ly/xzMkoB6 #opensource

Tim Saucer, a PMC member and the primary maintainer of Apache DataFusion's Python bindings, joins the latest PlusOne to share how he went from frustrated Spark user to open source maintainer. Learn how the project is using LLM-powered "skills" to keep its Python API aligned with the upstream Rust library, plus practical tips for building reliable AI-assisted open source workflows. 🎧 Listen: https://wp.me/p8gHED-57Y 🎥 Watch: https://lnkd.in/e39jcBsn

🗞️ Here's your weekly ASF release roundup! 🗞️ 👉 Apache ActiveMQ 6.2.7 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/cgEuCFa Release notes: https://buff.ly/yGrpo9i 👉 Apache Struts 7.2.1 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/ERYoi25 Struts is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. 👉 Apache HttpComponents Client 5.6.2 is available for download: https://buff.ly/tHbxjhN Release notes: https://buff.ly/0kmNhU5 👉 Apache Camel 4.21.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/Rb5RUG9 Camel is an open source integration framework that empowers you to quickly and easily integrate various systems consuming or producing data. 👉 Apache Log4j 2.26.1 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/VVR9z9P 👉 Apache Commons JEXL 3.7.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/jlmdZNk Commons JEXL is a library that enables scripting features in Java applications and frameworks. 👉 Apache Camel 4.18.3 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/9M64vwX 👉 Maven Resolver 2.0.20 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/JOCClPg Release notes: https://buff.ly/lyIbk9Y 👉 Apache Tika 4.0.0-beta-1 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/1kLWPFu Tika is a toolkit for detecting and extracting metadata and structured text content from various documents using existing parser libraries. 👉 Apache Apache Groovy 5.0.7 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/wXEq4mN This release includes 16 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://buff.ly/vJ346Nw 👉 Apache Airflow Providers is now available for download: https://buff.ly/g7D52l8 The source release, as well as the binary releases, are available here: https://buff.ly/8aQtUEy 👉 Apache Groovy 6.0.0-alpha-2 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/wXEq4mN Groovy is a multi-faceted programming language for the JVM.

The Call for Papers for Community Over Code Sydney is now open: https://buff.ly/EFA1iLh Key Themes: ✔️ Modern JVM & Enterprise Technologies ✔️ Data, Streaming & Search ✔️ Software Engineering Craft ✔️ Open Source Culture & Community ✔️ Emerging Technologies The event takes place November 18-19, 2026. Proposals are due by 13:59 UTC on August 14, 2026. Submit your talk now! #communityovercode #opensource