The Apache Geronimo project is pleased to announce the available of Apache Geronimo v2.1.7 server. This release includes many new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Please see the detail information in the release notes: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/server/tags/geronimo-2.1.7/RELEASE_NOTES-2.1.7.txt
A couple highlights are: - Provide encryption ability for sensitive information in deployment plan, configuration files, etc. - Provide role-based administration capability - Login module to enable Kerberos authentication - Upgrade Tomcat to 6.0.26, Derby to 10.5.3.0, OpenJPA to 1.2.2, OpenEJB to 3.0.2, etc. The individual jars and plugins have been available through maven repository, and you can also download the source jar and assemblies in http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/2.1.7/ I have posted a news along with the downloads page in our confluence, however it may need some time to sync to home page. A big THANK YOU to all that contributed to this release! Great work everyone! -- Lei Wang (Rex) rwonly AT apache.org
