Hi all, here's the quarterly report that we submitted to the board.
Please let me know of any errors or additional information we should include.
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
Issues for the board: none
## Membership Data:
Apache DB was founded 2002-07-16 (23 years ago)
There are currently 48 committers and 46 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 1:1.
Community changes, past quarter:
- No new PMC members. Last addition was Max Philipp Wriedt on 2024-07-03.
- No new committers. Last addition was Max Philipp Wriedt on 2023-04-14.
## Project Activity:
DB project activity was steady but quiet this spring. Each of
the DB project communities continued planned work while addressing
queries and contributions from the community.
Recent releases:
Torque 6.0 was released on 2024-05-22.
Derby-10.17.1.0 was released on 2023-11-14.
The JDO community received a vulnerability report from security
regarding JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory. The community
evaluated the report with the assistance of the PMC and responded
to the reporter with their analysis.
The Torque community continue their discussions about possibly
switching their source control tooling to git. There is no
clear consensus yet so no switch has been made, nor ruled out.
Meanwhile the Torque community continue to resolve open issues.
The JDO community continued their work on the 3.2.2 release.
No critical features or bug fixes have been identified. During
this quarter, the JDO web site was updated based on advice
from Infrastructure that simplifies publishing the site.
The Derby community have recently been working to ensure Derby
compatibility with recent releases of Java. Derby changes to
be compatible with OpenJDK 24 were completed in the late winter
under DERBY-7171, and Derby changes to be compatible with
OpenJDK 25 were active during the spring under DERBY-7175.
## Community Health:
Community health across all three Apache DB communities
was low, but not atypically so. None of the communities
reported any concern about project health, and the DB PMC
remains active and engaged across all three communities.
