Hi, The Karaf team is pleased to announce the release of Karaf version 2.0.0.
This release is our first as a top level Apache project, and includes a number of new features, improvements and bug fixes. http://karaf.apache.org/ This release is available from http://karaf.apache.org/download.html and Maven: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.karaf</groupId> <artifactId>apache-karaf</artifactId> <version>2.0.0</version> </dependency> Release Notes: Karaf - Version 2.0.0, resolved issues. ** Sub-task * [KARAF-115] - Document Karaf Release Guide * [KARAF-116] - Compile Release Notes for Karaf 2.0.0 * [KARAF-119] - Establish KEYS file. ** Bug * [KARAF-4] - [Karaf] If features:refreshUrl reads an incorrect <features> definition, it deletes the old version * [KARAF-16] - The JRE provided ciphers are not used on ubuntu server * [KARAF-65] - NPE in StandardEmitterMBean on JDK 6 * [KARAF-99] - new spring 3.0.3.RELEASE feature miss some bundles * [KARAF-100] - The list of OBR repositories is not persisted * [KARAF-101] - features:refreshUrl doesn't auto complete! * [KARAF-102] - The client jar does not work when given a command to execute on the command line * [KARAF-122] - Webconsole login doesn't work with karaf.framework set to equinox * [KARAF-123] - File jre.properties is not copied and so it is not possible to start a second karaf instance * [KARAF-124] - Karaf start script doesn't correctly include jre/lib/ext directory * [KARAF-126] - Password: Error executing command: Failed to get the session. * [KARAF-128] - java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during generation of User Guide pdf blocking release build. ** Improvement * [KARAF-45] - Improve war deployer in order to provide the WebApp-context * [KARAF-54] - Minimum default properties * [KARAF-59] - Introduce a ${karaf.data} system property to be able to easily move the data directory to a different location * [KARAF-67] - Change the webconsole config in the features descriptor to specifiy the realm and not the username/password which aren't used anymore * [KARAF-95] - Upgrade Spring to 3.x * [KARAF-96] - Enhance the features to support the start level * [KARAF-97] - Upgrade to Felix framework 3.x * [KARAF-98] - Upgrade to equinox 3.6.0 * [KARAF-103] - add a spring-dm feature which use spring 2.5.6 inside * [KARAF-105] - Remove dependencies on the preference service * [KARAF-107] - Improve default log configuration with a rolling file appender * [KARAF-108] - Change 'storage.location' system property to 'karaf.instances' for better homogeneity * [KARAF-109] - Split the JVM packages from the main config.properties file for easier maintenance * [KARAF-112] - Free the org.osgi.framework.system.packages.extra property for users * [KARAF-117] - refactor tooling/testing/Helper to accomodate recent changes in config.properties * [KARAF-118] - Update Pax Url Wrap to version 1.1.3 * [KARAF-120] - Some jars are not included in our system repository * [KARAF-121] - Better exception handling in JaasSecurityProvider * [KARAF-127] - Enahnce features mechanism to allow to stop/start bundle ** New Feature * [KARAF-31] - Use OBR if available to compute the transitive closure of karaf features * [KARAF-110] - Provide a placeholder for overriding the configuration properties * [KARAF-111] - Allow includes of additional configuration files through a custom property when loading the main configuration files ** Task * [KARAF-113] - Change the namespace of the two blueprint schemas * [KARAF-114] - Apache Karaf 2.0.0 Release Enjoy! -The Karaf team
