2019-July

Description:

Apache PLC4X is a set of libraries for communicating with industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using a variety of protocols but with a shared API.

We have made great progress with the code generation and we're working on first next-gen drivers for Java.
Just recently a bug has been found and we're currently starting to work on a bugfix release 0.4.1.
We have split up our core repository into a plc4x-build-tools repository, which contains maven plugins and build related tools in order to keep releases simple.
On 2019-06-18 Christofer Dutz had a talk on Apache PLC4X at IoThüringen Meetup in Erfurt, Germany.
In total 5 talks dealing with Apache PLC4X have been accepted as part of the ACNA 2019 CFP.

The last month has been a little quieter as usual, as some of the major contributors have been busy with paid work tasks or fairs as well as with tasks related to other Apache committees in preparation for ApacheCon NA 2019 in Las Vegas (TAC, Conference Plan, IoT Track-Chair duties).
As most of the tasks mentioned above have been finished, we are expecting the pace to pick up again.
Some new names have been popping up on the mailing-list.

Currently 8 PMC members.
New PMC members:
- Björn Höper was added to the PMC on Mon May 13 2019
- Matthias Milan Strljic was added to the PMC on Mon Jun 03 2019

Currently 8 committers.
New commmitters:
- Björn Höper was added as a committer on Wed May 08 2019
- Matthias Milan Strljic was added as a committer on Mon Jun 03 2019

dev@plc4x.apache.org:
- 53 subscribers (up 8 in the last 3 months):
- 620 emails sent to list (519 in previous quarter)
issues@plc4x.apache.org:
- 7 subscribers (up 1 in the last 3 months):
- 85 emails sent to list (70 in previous quarter)