+1 looks great - thanks PAM On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > Pierre-Arnaud has written this draft for ADS 1.5.3 (I have added some infos > describing what this version brings). > > Please feel free to send us any comment before we post this announcement to > the ML and the ASF announce ML. > > Thanks ! > > -------------- For review ----------------------- > > The Apache Directory team is pleased to announce the release of ApacheDS > 1.5.3. > > ApacheDS is an embeddable directory server entirely written in Java, which > has been certified LDAPv3 compatible by the Open Group. Besides LDAP it > supports Kerberos 5 and the Change Password Protocol. It has been designed > to introduce triggers, stored procedures, queues and views to the world of > LDAP which has lacked these rich constructs. > > This version is mainly a bug fix version, which also bring some new > installers (for Solaris and tar.gz installers), more performance, and > NTLM authentication (some external package must be downloaded). > > 40 issues has also been fixed since the last relase, 1.5.2. > > ADS 1.5.3 is not a definitive version, as we are working in an unstable > branch, and there may be some modification in the configuration or features > in the next 1.5.x versions. However, this is the most stable version of > the Apache Directory Server. > > The latest release is now available here: > http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.5/downloads.html > > If you have any questions, please consult: > - the web site: http://directory.apache.org > - the mailing lists: > > http://directory.apache.org/community%26resources/mailing-lists-and-irc.html > > Changelog for ApacheDS 1.5.3 > ============================ > Bugs : > ------ > 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 : > -------------- > 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 : > -------------- > 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 : > ------- > DIRSERVER-1053 : Review server-tools project > DIRSERVER-1197 : Add Apache License headers to installer files with their > specific syntax for comments > > Wish : > ------ > DIRSERVER-931 : Provide a zip/tar.gz download for DS > > > The Apache Directory team is also pleased to announce the release of Apache > Directory Shared 0.9.11, its directory-related library used by Apache DS > and > Apache Directory Studio. > > Changelog for Apache Directory Shared 0.9.11 > ============================================ > Bugs : > ------ > 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 : > -------------- > 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 > > > The Apache Directory Team > > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > > -- Microsoft gives you Windows, Linux gives you the whole house ...
