Hi all,
it has been 3 months since the last release (1.5.2). For the first time
on the project life, we are able to relase every 3 months :)
A lot of bugs have been fixed, and some serious ones. Some new features
have also been added.
We think we are ready for a release.
Here's the complete list of resolved or closed Jira issues:
Release Notes - Directory ApacheDS - Version 1.5.3
Bugs :
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DIRSERVER-768 : provide debug output in
org.apache.directory.server.core.authn.AuthenticationService.checkAuthenticated()
DIRSERVER-1031 : no credentials required to shut down server from in-vm
DIRSERVER-1085 : Modify.RENAME operation may not work well with
multiple attributes RDN
DIRSERVER-1087 : Installer init script does not start default instance
on startup.
DIRSERVER-1089 : ConcurrentModificationException problem in
org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.AttributesImpl
DIRSERVER-1109 : Failure to create entry with Rdn starting with hash (#)
DIRSERVER-1112 : ApacheDS installer creates redundant server.xml file
DIRSERVER-1118 : Cannot have two partitions dc=example,dc=com and
dc=carrefour,dc=com at the same time.
DIRSERVER-1151 : Cannot have multiple instance in-process listening on
different sockets / ports
DIRSERVER-1157 : Deleting Alias entry failure
DIRSERVER-1162 : Moddn with mulit-valued RDN mangles the entry
DIRSERVER-1166 : a lot of Persistent searches may exhaust the
available threads
DIRSERVER-1168 : StartTLS API activation not Working with
addExtendedOperationHandler()
DIRSERVER-1171 : Improper use of SASL mechanisms and simple binds
DIRSERVER-1175 : Binary installer removes '/root' partition under
certains circumstances
DIRSERVER-1180 : NPE and hanging search request when using a filter
with empty substring sequence
DIRSERVER-1182 : SchemaServiceIT tests are broken
DIRSERVER-1188 : Windows Installer corrupts Windows when uninstalling.
DIRSERVER-1196 : Filter with special characters crashes JVM
Improvements :
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DIRSERVER-478 : Standarzied serialization and deserialization of Name,
Attribute, and Attributes.
DIRSERVER-610 : Need to simplify process for changing admin password
DIRSERVER-986 : Implement a new LDAP Filter parser
DIRSERVER-1084 : Effective userid needs to be more flexible (per instance)
DIRSERVER-1124 : Reduce log ERROR to WARN to avoid startup and
shutdown noise as replicas connect/disconnect
DIRSERVER-1125 : Use the rat maven plugin with the -Prelease profile
option to generate releases
DIRSERVER-1147 : Improve Search request with selected atttributes
DIRSERVER-1163 : Sys-V-Init script lacks LSB header
New Features :
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DIRSERVER-674 : Support for directory.service.type as a JNDI parameter
DIRSERVER-676 : Provide a method for gathering a handle on root DSE on
behalf of any principal
DIRSERVER-1189 : Configuration option for confidentiality: requiring
TLS secured connections for performing requests
DIRSERVER-1190 : Add a PKG installer for Solaris
Tasks :
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DIRSERVER-1053 : Review server-tools project
DIRSERVER-1197 : Add Apache License headers to installer files with
their specific syntax for comments
Wish :
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DIRSERVER-931 : Provide a zip/tar.gz download for DS
Release Notes - Directory Shared - Version 0.9.11
Bugs :
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DIRSHARED-2 : Second ATAV of a multi-valued RDN is not handled
correctly in Rdn.compareTo() method
DIRSHARED-3 : Rdn.compareTo() method is not invertable
DIRSHARED-9 : Rdn.equals() and Rdn.comparTo() don't work correctly for
multivalued RDNs
Improvements :
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DIRSHARED-7 : Add setters to LdapURL class
DIRSHARED-8 : Merge schema grammars and relax schema parser
DIRSHARED-10 : Add support for OpenLDAP object identifier macros
Let's vote now:
[ ] +1 | Release Apache Directory Server 1.5.3 and Shared 0.9.11
[ ] +/-0 | Abstain
[ ] -1 | Do NOT release Apache Directory Server 1.5.3 and Shared 0.9.11
Thanks,
Emmanuel Lécharny
