Cool, then a better phrase would be JMC enabled, since there is no standard that ADS must follow,
no?
-----Original Message-----
From: Enrique Rodriguez [mailto:erodriguez@apache.org]
Sent: Sat 1/22/2005 5:46 PM
To: Apache Directory Developers List
Cc:
Subject: Re: [ApacheDS][release] Announcing the release of ApacheDS 0.8,
Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
> What does "Pending JMX compliance" mean? Is there an LDAP JSR77-like spec? Just curious.
Nope, just means we'll be working to enable remote management using JMX.
Relevant JSR's are JSR 160 (JMX Remote API) and JSR 28 (SASL). I
mention SASL for the obvious reason that we'll want high QoP for
management operations.
-enrique
>
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian W. Fitzpatrick [mailto:fitz@apache.org]
> Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 8:55 AM
> To: Trustin Lee
> Cc: prc@apache.org; Apache Directory Developers List
> Subject: Re: [ApacheDS][release] Announcing the release of ApacheDS 0.8,
>
>
>
> (Just a few grammar tweaks and an additional paragraph)
>
> On Jan 20, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Trustin Lee wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Apache Directory project team has released ApacheDS 0.8 yesterday, and
> > wants to announce it to TheServerSide.com and freshmeat.net. I posted
> > this message to directory-dev@incubator.apache.org to get confirmed by
> > team members. Noel Bergman told me PRC must be involved for all press
> > releases, so I'm posting the announcement statement to see this is OK.
> >
> > Here is the announcement statement I wrote:
> >
> > -------- BEGIN --------
> > Apache Directory team is pleased to announce the release of ApacheDS
> > 0.8, a pure-Java LDAP server.
> >
> > Our primary vision is to build an enterprise directory server platform
> > and its components where other Internet services ( DNS, DHCP, SLP,
> > UDDI, ... ) snap in to store their data within the directory so they
> > may be managed using LDAP.
>
> "The primary goal of the Apache Directory Project is to build...". I'd
> rephrase and pull the TLAs out of the parentheses--maybe divide into 2
> sentences?
>
> > Features:
> >
> > * Designed as an LDAP and X.500 experimentation platform.
> > * The server exposes all aspects of administration via a special
> > system backend.
> > * JMX compliance is pending.
>
> Change to active voice: "Pending JMX compliance"
>
> > * Java based triggers and stored procedures are being implemented.
>
> Active voice.
>
> > * Both the backend subsystem and the frontend are separable and
> > independently embeddable.
>
> Same.
>
> > * A server side JNDI LDAP provider which directly interacts with the
> > backend storage.
>
> Not a sentence.
>
> > * Based on a simple Staged Event Driven Architecture (SEDA) which can
> > handle large amounts of concurrency.
>
> Kind of weak.
>
> > Please note that the Directory Project is an effort undergoing
> > incubation at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). While incubation
> > status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or
> > stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be
> > fully endorsed by the ASF.
> >
> > Check ApacheDS at: http://incubator.apache.org/directory/
>
> I think the content of the announcement is great, but it could use a
> little bit of "strength" in its presentation. These are just my
> recommendations--feel free to ignore them. :)
>
> > -------- END --------
>
> Please add this paragraph to the end:
>
> The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and
> financial support for a broad range of open source software projects.
> The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual
> property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits
> contributors potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and
> meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver
> enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large
> communities of users.
>
> > Is it OK to post the announcement by myself, or is there any person
> > who does it for me?
>
> This isn't an "official" press release, so as long as your project's
> PPMC gives it the thumbs up, you're golden.
>
> Good luck, and congrats on the release!
>
> -Fitz
>
> --
> Brian W. Fitzpatrick
> Vice President, Public Relations
> The Apache Software Foundation
> 312-925-0194
>
>
>
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