ASF Board Report 2012-03

Report for March 2012 for Apache OFBiz (The Apache Open For Business Project) as a top level project.

Apache OFBiz (The Apache Open For Business Project) is an open source
enterprise automation software project. By enterprise automation we mean:
ERP, CRM, E-Business / E-Commerce, MRP, SCM, CMMS/EAM, and so on.

We have no issues that require Board assistance at this time.

Releases

• new releases; "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" has been released in 2012-02-25;
• the community has discussed a plan for a time-based release roadmap:
  the release branch 09.04 is now closed; the active release branches are
  now 10.04 and 11.04 (and the upcoming 12.04); from each active release
  branch we will release about 2 releases every year (approx every 6 months);
  every year in April we will create a new release branch (that will determine
  the major release number YY-MM); no more than 3 active release branches
  will be maintained and then we will close (every year sometimes before April)
  the oldest one; the OFBiz site download page has been updated with the
  above information; even if the plan is not set in stone the community will
  try to implement it and it will be reviewed over time if needed.

Community and Project

• new PMC member: Erwan De Ferrieres
• Community interaction remains strong, user and dev mailing lists traffic
  is high
• Significant new development continues

Infrastructure/Legal

• INFRA-4485: migration to svnpubsub in progress
• no issues

Project Branding Checklist
Project Website Basics: mostly complete *
Project Naming And Descriptions: complete
Website Navigation Links: complete
Trademark Attributions: complete
Logos and Graphics: complete
Project Metadata: complete

* The text in the main pages (index, download) of the project's website is
now compliant with the project branding guidelines;
however there are several Confluence based pages (linked from the home
page) that still need to be reviewed; we are currently discussing a plan to
finalize this effort