We've fixed a number of bugs since 1.8.0 and would like to get out a release
before adding new R6/rfc 190 features, and we aren't aware of any major
existing bugs.
Changes since 1.8.0:
** Bug
* [FELIX-4309] - SCR leaves some components in DISABLED state
* [FELIX-4313] - Bad synchronization in scr where a lock is held while
ungetting a service
* [FELIX-4322] - [DS] Prevent activation attempts until all dependency
managers are set up with trackers
* [FELIX-4323] - [DS] ScrService.getComponents may return a null array
element
* [FELIX-4325] - [DS] Synchronization issue when activating component
* [FELIX-4326] - Possible Invalid BundleContext exception when shutting
down the extender
* [FELIX-4348] - [DS] locateService calls race with component
reconfiguration
* [FELIX-4349] - Synchronization issue in ComponentRegistry
* [FELIX-4350] - Component wrongly activated
** Improvement
* [FELIX-4316] - Packages imported dynamically should also be imported
statically with an optional flag
* [FELIX-4317] - SCR implementation should avoid using
bundleContext.getBundle()
* [FELIX-4343] - [DS] rationalize log levels
Staging area:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachefelix-1002/
You can use this UNIX script to download the release and verify the signatures:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/check_staged_release.sh
Usage:
sh check_staged_release.sh 1002 /tmp/felix-staging
Please vote to approve this release:
[ ] +1 Approve the release
[ ] -1 Veto the release (please provide specific comments)
This vote will be open for 72 hours.
thanks
david jencks