Hi all, the last vote was cancelled because we found some serious bugs in the preview which are fixed now. Also Felix added a last improvement.
So we'd like to start a 2nd vote for the release of Apache Directory Studio version 1.5. Updated binary packages will be available soon at: http://people.apache.org/~pamarcelot/ApacheDirectoryStudio_1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/ Important bug fixes and (very) huge improvements have been made since the release of the last version (1.4.0) in April. Here are a few highlights of what's new in this version: * LDAP Browser - GSSAPI Authentication - Entry Editors (ability to open single/multiple editors using tabular or LDIF editing mode) - Speed improvements when deleting and importing entries - Added UUID value Editor - Added MS GUID and SID Value Editors - Added Certificate Value Editor - Better value modification strategy - Added Certificate verification for LDAPS and a Certificate Manager - Improved referral handling * LDIF Editor - Opened LDIF editors are now restored between launches * Apache DS - Latest version of Apache DS (1.5.5) now bundled * Apache DS Configuration - Support for editing server.xml from the latest version of Apache DS (1.5.5) * Schema Editor - Added the ability to get a schema directly from a server - Added the ability to merge schemas between projects - Various bug fixes * RCP - Eclipse 3.5 Galileo dependencies * General - Reordered preference pages (all under a common 'Apache Directory Studio' root) Here are the complete release notes from JIRA: * Sub-task - [DIRSTUDIO-516] - Create a new Entry Editor extension point - [DIRSTUDIO-517] - Create a new single-window Entry Editor - [DIRSTUDIO-518] - Create a new multi-window Entry Editor - [DIRSTUDIO-519] - Create a new LDIF Entry Editor * Bug - [DIRSTUDIO-282] - Save failed: null, when adding an attribute to a class, if attribute is also open in gui - [DIRSTUDIO-331] - Instant error when importing schema in a new schema-project - [DIRSTUDIO-334] - Built-in help doesn't show icons for "Icons" and "Toolbars" tables in "LDAP Browser View" - [DIRSTUDIO-370] - Welcome screen subpages mouse-over images displays red crosses - [DIRSTUDIO-402] - The ManageDsaIT control should be activable for a single request, not at the connection level - [DIRSTUDIO-403] - Cannot add refs when the ExtensibleObject OC has been added to a referral - [DIRSTUDIO-409] - No error message in some special case - [DIRSTUDIO-410] - Referral handling is problematic - [DIRSTUDIO-418] - Slow LDIF/CSV export - [DIRSTUDIO-429] - Meaningless error message on importing schema - [DIRSTUDIO-437] - Alias are not exposed as such in the browser - [DIRSTUDIO-441] - New ObjectClass and AttributeType wizards always show a warning indicating that the item does not have any name - [DIRSTUDIO-443] - The warning and error overlay for OCs and ATs sometimes (often) lacks forgets some items - [DIRSTUDIO-473] - Import OpenLDAP core schema - [DIRSTUDIO-481] - Improve refreshing of attributes and children - [DIRSTUDIO-483] - DN Editor escapes all non-ascii characters - [DIRSTUDIO-484] - Rename dialog does not work with escaped RDNs - [DIRSTUDIO-486] - Include Version Specifier in LDIF export - [DIRSTUDIO-488] - New context entry creation is not shown just after connection - [DIRSTUDIO-489] - LDIF Import very slow - [DIRSTUDIO-490] - Copy/Paste a search from one connection to another doesn't work - [DIRSTUDIO-493] - Aliased attributes show only one attribute name in the RDN selection list instead of the full aliases list - [DIRSTUDIO-495] - Cannot edit password field - [DIRSTUDIO-497] - LdapSchema plugin 'Save' is erratic - [DIRSTUDIO-499] - SOCKS proxy settings not used on startup - [DIRSTUDIO-502] - Copy/Paste the context entry from one connection to another doesn't work - [DIRSTUDIO-503] - New Entry -> Available object classes list remains stale after new objectclasses added - [DIRSTUDIO-504] - Timestamp attribute with an invalid time in it is read only - editor ignores entry - [DIRSTUDIO-506] - Export Schemas for ApacheDS: object classes must be sorted by hierarchy - [DIRSTUDIO-507] - Attempt to rename the rdn results in message contain {0} and {1} - [DIRSTUDIO-512] - Deletion of entries very slow - [DIRSTUDIO-514] - Unable to restore last opened ldif-editors on restart - [DIRSTUDIO-520] - NPE when saving a 1.5.0 server configuration - [DIRSTUDIO-524] - Operational attributes are not show, although enabled under preferences - [DIRSTUDIO-527] - Unable to display Active Directory GUIDs - [DIRSTUDIO-529] - Unpretty 2-3 pixels height margin at the top of the Browser view - [DIRSTUDIO-530] - Unpretty 2-3 pixels height margin at the top of the Entry editor - [DIRSTUDIO-531] - Unpretty 2-3 pixels height margin at the top of the Search Results editor - [DIRSTUDIO-532] - Refreshing parent of referral may give ConcurrentModificationException - [DIRSTUDIO-537] - Error in the title of the Properties window of a server in the Apache DS plugin - [DIRSTUDIO-547] - Editor for Classes userClass saves or reloads incorrect value - [DIRSTUDIO-549] - subtree userClass editor does not keep full DN for base component upon its selection - [DIRSTUDIO-550] - Root DSE properties: Directory types IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 and 6.2 not detected correctly - [DIRSTUDIO-552] - NullPointerException if Root DSE of IBM Tivoli Directory Server displayed in Entry Editor - [DIRSTUDIO-553] - Add descriptions for server specific OIDs of IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 and 6.2 - [DIRSTUDIO-557] - Edit value and edit entry are not working if DN is invalid - [DIRSTUDIO-565] - Inconsistent handling of the 'modified schemas' flag - [DIRSTUDIO-568] - When editing an AT or OC, using the scroll wheel may trigger a combo change - [DIRSTUDIO-569] - Exceptions showing up in the log when starting a server in the Apache DS plugin - [DIRSTUDIO-570] - Integer Value Editor does not accept negative numbers - [DIRSTUDIO-571] - Modification is logged even if referred to another directory server - [DIRSTUDIO-575] - Bookmarks not working * Improvement - [DIRSTUDIO-145] - Multiple tabs for entry editor - [DIRSTUDIO-263] - Add certificate validation for ldaps and StartTLS - [DIRSTUDIO-371] - Entries with a ref attribute should be shown N times in the browser (N = number of ref values) - [DIRSTUDIO-444] - Allow the user to enter the names of an item inline (using ',' as separator) in the OC and AT Editors - [DIRSTUDIO-485] - Provide default IAuthHandler and IReferralHandler to be used in connections core without connections ui - [DIRSTUDIO-487] - Empty namingcontexts causes javax.naming.InvalidNameException: Bad DN - [DIRSTUDIO-496] - Password editor improvements - [DIRSTUDIO-509] - Load schema from the directory server - [DIRSTUDIO-513] - Do delete before add when modifying attribute values - [DIRSTUDIO-521] - Replace the XSLT transformation by the use of the Dom4J OutputFormat class for XML pretty print - [DIRSTUDIO-533] - Only show referral handling dialog when opening or expanding referral entry - [DIRSTUDIO-534] - Re-order the preference pages for better understanding - [DIRSTUDIO-535] - Use SWT.SEARCH and SWT.CANCEL style bits on search text field for a native search field on Mac OS X - [DIRSTUDIO-541] - Add support for version 1.5.5 of the Apache DS - [DIRSTUDIO-548] - SubtreeSpecification Editor does not accept empty filter if it's selected - [DIRSTUDIO-554] - Add option to save tabular entry editor automatically or manually - [DIRSTUDIO-555] - Human readable descriptions of OIDs in binary attributes preference page - [DIRSTUDIO-558] - Load special entries (aliases, referrals, subentries) per request, add menu items to browser's context menu - [DIRSTUDIO-574] - Add 'Cancel' button to "Select copy strategy" (was Abort of copy/paste not possible) * New Feature - [DIRSTUDIO-62] - Add GSSAPI authentication - Cannot connect to Active Directory if not using Simple authentication - [DIRSTUDIO-434] - Add value editor for Active Directory objectGUID and objectSid attributes - [DIRSTUDIO-462] - Add Export to Open Document Format - [DIRSTUDIO-494] - Add value editor for certificates (syntax 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.8) - [DIRSTUDIO-510] - Add functionality to copy/merge schema elements between schema projects - [DIRSTUDIO-515] - Add extensibility to Entry Editor - [DIRSTUDIO-536] - Add support for version 1.5.5 of the Apache DS server.xml configuration file - [DIRSTUDIO-556] - Add value editor for UUID - [DIRSTUDIO-562] - Add 'Copy Display Value' action, default copy action should copy displayed value * Task - [DIRSTUDIO-479] - Object classes of an entry should always be present - [DIRSTUDIO-523] - Update Eclipse dependencies to version 3.5 Galileo - [DIRSTUDIO-525] - Remove support for the Linux PPC distribution - [DIRSTUDIO-573] - Update bundled Apache DS Schema files to version 1.5.5 * Wish - [DIRSTUDIO-167] - Show custom icons for various kinds of schema elements while browsing schema data Let's vote now: [ ] +1 | Release Apache Directory Studio 1.5 [ ] +/-0 | Abstain [ ] -1 | Do NOT release Apache Directory Studio 1.5 NOTE: The release of Studio does *NOT* implicate the release of Shared this time (version 0.9.15 will be used). Kind Regards, Stefan
