Hi Pierre-Arnaud, sounds great. I marked two typos inline.
BTW: Is there a Jira for the new killer feature 'ApacheDS plugin'? It deserves its own Jira Task and should be mentioned in the Jira Release Notes. Regards, Stefan Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote: > Hi, > > Here's the release announcement I have prepared for the release. > > Feel free to give your comments or improve it before it is out (probably > tomorrow when the mirrors are up and the website is updated). > > ================================================================================ > The Apache Directory Team is pleased to announce the release of Apache > Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1, a major update of its Eclipse based LDAP > Browser and Directory client. > > You can download Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1 as a standalone RCP > application for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows here: > http://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html > > You can also install it directly in Eclipse using this update site: > http://directory.apache.org/studio/update/1.x/ > > > Here are a few highlights of this new version: > * The new Apache DS feature makes its introduction in Apache > Directory Studio. This new feature allows you to run the latest version Add an 'of' > Apache DS (1.5.3) from within Apache Directory Studio or Eclipse and > makes it super easy (and fast) to create and run an LDAP Server. > * The Apache DS Configuration plugin now supports the 4 latest > versions of Apache DS. It's now capable to read/write the server.xml > file of an Apache DS 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2 and 1.5.3. <http://1.5.3.> Remove '<http://1.5.3.>' > * The Search Logs view has been added to the LDAP Browser. > * We've also added the support to use the proxy features of Eclipse > inside Studio as well as improved the platform (useful actions have been > added to the platform, the Mac OS X application now respects the > standards of Apple for the "About" and "Preferences" actions, etc.). > * We've also fixed some bugs dealing with schema files and schema > parsing in the Schema Editor and LDAP Browser plugins. > > > Developed as a sub-project of the Directory Top Level Project, Apache > Directory Studio is an Eclipse RCP application that takes full advantage > of the benefits inherent in the Eclipse platform. Composed of several > Eclipse (OSGi) plugins, Apache Directory Studio can be easily upgraded > with additional plugins. Apache Directory Studio plugins can even run > within a full installation of Eclipse itself. > > Apache Directory Studio contains 6 major features: > * an LDAP Browser feature > * an LDIF Editor feature > * an ACI Editor feature for Apache Directory Server > * a Schema Editor feature > * an Apache DS feature > * an Apache DS Configuration feature > > For more information about Apache Directory Studio, see our website: > http://directory.apache.org/studio > > > Below are the JIRA issues that were resolved since the release of Apache > Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1: > Bug > * [DIRSTUDIO-89] - Entry painted even though not created in server > * [DIRSTUDIO-121] - Some property pages make the dialog very tall > * [DIRSTUDIO-157] - Studio looses STRG-V over some time of use > * [DIRSTUDIO-209] - Cannot expand attribute list > * [DIRSTUDIO-266] - OpenLDAP schema files parser fails when DESC > contains an empty string '' > * [DIRSTUDIO-273] - Unable to get Base DNs on OID (Oracle Internet > Directory) > * [DIRSTUDIO-298] - NullPointerException raised when drag'n'dropping a > connection to a folder (on Mac OS X only) > * [DIRSTUDIO-315] - Choosing new value, in entry editor shows new > entry when server error occures > * [DIRSTUDIO-318] - Rename of multi-values RDN does not work when > changing the second RDN > * [DIRSTUDIO-319] - LDAP Browser creating new entry becomes empty and > unusable in Windows Vista after certain actions > * [DIRSTUDIO-323] - Studio fails to read ApacheDS server.xml > * [DIRSTUDIO-325] - Keybinding conflicts occurred. They may interfere > with normal accelerator operation. > * [DIRSTUDIO-326] - Non-Operational attributes are marked as > operational when bind to Siemens DirX 7.0 > * [DIRSTUDIO-330] - CoreException raised in editor when opening a > *.txt file > * [DIRSTUDIO-336] - Errors when parsing schema of some LDAP servers > * [DIRSTUDIO-341] - Paste error > * [DIRSTUDIO-342] - Relax the parser for the *.schema files > * [DIRSTUDIO-343] - Referrals not handled. > * [DIRSTUDIO-347] - Keybinding conflict for CTRL+Q > * [DIRSTUDIO-349] - Unable to enter large values for uid > * [DIRSTUDIO-350] - DS is not properly displaying case of group DN > > Improvement > * [DIRSTUDIO-46] - Add connections import/export > * [DIRSTUDIO-126] - Triple click to edit attribute > * [DIRSTUDIO-295] - Add a console for errors > * [DIRSTUDIO-329] - Replace internal URL class by shared-ldap LdapURL > class > * [DIRSTUDIO-337] - Add Save and Print actions in the toolbar of the > RCP application > > New Feature > * [DIRSTUDIO-321] - Need to be able to set SOCKS proxy in the RCP version > * [DIRSTUDIO-328] - Search Logs View > > Task > * [DIRSTUDIO-128] - Replace internal schema parser with the schema > parser in shared-ldap. > * [DIRSTUDIO-317] - Update legal files after moving to Apache > Directory Shared LDAP version 0.9.9 > * [DIRSTUDIO-332] - Add support for 1.5.3, 1.5.2 and 1.5.0 server.xml > configuration files > * [DIRSTUDIO-338] - Update Eclipse dependencies to the latest Eclipse > version (3.3.2) > * [DIRSTUDIO-339] - Add the 'org.eclipse.ui.carbon' Eclipse plugin to > the Mac OS X distribution > > The Apache Directory Team > ================================================================================ > > Regards, > P-A
