Good Work! I think that its a good idea to create an article on "The Server Side" about the new Karaf release.
Maybe Guillaume as Project Lead or Jamie as Release Manager are the most appropriate, but I could also do it myself. What do you think? On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Jamie G. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The Karaf team is pleased to announce the release of Karaf version 2.1.0. > > New to this release of Apache Karaf is a JAAS Database Login Module, a > way to store passwords in a secured way, a mechanism that allows a > karaf application to distinguish between UserPrincipal and > RolePrincipal without depending from the Karaf JAAS Module. > > The shell console has been enhanced to be available in a plain > non-OSGi environment and smart tab completion has been improved, along > with various commands. > > We have also resolved a number of outstanding issues, and improved > support on OS X and IBM Java based systems. For more information > please see our release notes. > > This release is available from http://karaf.apache.org/download.html and > Maven: > > <dependency> > <groupId>org.apache.karaf</groupId> > <artifactId>apache-karaf</artifactId> > <version>2.1.0</version> > </dependency> > > Release Notes: > > ** Sub-task > * [KARAF-217] - Update Karaf in kit Release Notes > > ** Bug > * [KARAF-13] - javax.annotation not exported > * [KARAF-19] - Exception in pax-web when shutting down karaf > * [KARAF-125] - Webconsole can't concat strings? > * [KARAF-133] - NPE when installing a bundle with a MANIFEST.MF > not in the first entry of the zip > * [KARAF-134] - The sort command does not work when trying to sort > on the last field > * [KARAF-136] - should override equals method for FeaturesListener > to handle the proxy compared to wrapped object case > * [KARAF-137] - IOException on web demo when trying to connect through > SSH > * [KARAF-138] - WarDeploymentListener: checks for manifest osgi > entries but fails if no manifest is found > * [KARAF-142] - NPE at > org.apache.felix.webconsole.internal.servlet.OsgiManager.service - > karaf started in server mode > * [KARAF-143] - Setting "karaf.instances" system property has no effect > * [KARAF-145] - Reading Properties like karaf.framework should be > trimmed before reusage > * [KARAF-150] - Config admin contains 2 configurations for SSH port in > Karaf > * [KARAF-162] - need exactly specify the import jline package > version for webconsole.gogo > * [KARAF-167] - Creating a new config using the shell commands > lead to a FileNotFoundException instead of the file being created > * [KARAF-169] - Do not use the ClassPath manifest header for the > karaf client jar > * [KARAF-178] - When the karaf runtime is launched under JSW, the > bin/client script fails to connect > * [KARAF-189] - Java endorsed dirs on AIX (IBM JVM) > * [KARAF-190] - karaf-wrapper.conf is incorrect > * [KARAF-199] - WarDeploymentListener: doesn't handle the default > Webapp-Context correct on a Windows System > * [KARAF-204] - Ctrl+D needs to be followed by another character > to be recognized (at least when using the karaf client) > * [KARAF-206] - The converter used for converting commands > arguments and options can't convert objects to String > > ** Improvement > * [KARAF-106] - Provide a more minimal / static disitrbution of karaf > * [KARAF-130] - Allow a repository URL to be added to feature > repository URL list even though it is an invalid one > * [KARAF-135] - The package:export command should have more option > to control the output > * [KARAF-139] - Add a Shell Console branding demo > * [KARAF-140] - Modifying properties and saving them via the > Config Console removes comments in the original file > * [KARAF-141] - Tests should be able to be run without any > internet connections > * [KARAF-146] - osgi:list should only print out 'system' bundles > above a certain level, by default, this should be 50, but it should be > configurable > * [KARAF-148] - features:listUrl should print the repository names > as well as the Url. > * [KARAF-152] - when using the @Argument annotation, if there is > no name specified it would be nice to reuse the name of the field, > rather than use VAL > * [KARAF-155] - optional @Argument values (and I guess @Option > values) can have default values which could be displayed in the help > screen by reflecting into the value and finding non-zero/null values > * [KARAF-157] - [PATH] minor patch to make it easier to reuse the > Karaf command line console from outside Karaf specialising the user > and application > * [KARAF-158] - better display of errors when running a non-osgi > command line outside of the shell > * [KARAF-159] - when a bad command is typed (e.g. invalid command, > argument, option) we should use some kind of syntax highlighting for > the name of the command/argument/option in the error message > * [KARAF-161] - provide an easy implementation of "public static > void main(String[] args)" for a single command (i.e. for non-shells) > * [KARAF-163] - Generate Features XML should handle artifact types > * [KARAF-164] - Allow sub classes of Main to override the META-INF > path used to discover commands > * [KARAF-168] - Upgrade to latest Felix framework > * [KARAF-170] - Main --help should behave like Main someCommand > --help and list all the possible sub commands when outside of OSGi > * [KARAF-171] - provide a default "help" sub command in shells > used outside of OSGi > * [KARAF-173] - Make it easier to configure the Karaf Main shell > by subclassing. > * [KARAF-174] - tab completion of sub commands not working in the > non-osgi shell > * [KARAF-175] - Upgrade to Java Service Wrapper 3.2.3 > * [KARAF-176] - Improve integration to provide a clean shutdown > when running as a service > * [KARAF-177] - Support 64 bits platforms for Java Service Wrapper on OS > X > * [KARAF-181] - Allow the cmdhelp maven plugin to generate output > in confluence format > * [KARAF-182] - Upgrade to Aries 0.2-incubating > * [KARAF-184] - Enhance the dev:framework command to display or > set the OSGi framework name > * [KARAF-185] - Have a 'clean' parameter on the main shell script > to clean the working folder > * [KARAF-186] - Upgrade to pax-logging 1.5.3 > * [KARAF-187] - The completers do not work when several commands > are on the same line separated by a column or pipe > * [KARAF-191] - Create a Karaf Util module gathering all util classes > * [KARAF-192] - Completion does not work on options, or even on > arguments if an option is specified > * [KARAF-193] - It should be possible to load a Command > description from a text file > * [KARAF-196] - Improve the output of osgi:headers command > * [KARAF-198] - Remove dependency upon > org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter > * [KARAF-200] - Upgrade to latest pax-runner and pax-exam > * [KARAF-202] - Create la alias in shell.init.script > * [KARAF-207] - The webconsole feature should not depend on the > admin bundles > * [KARAF-208] - when reusing the karaf shell outside of OSGi where > there's only one shell scope, it would be nice to avoid prefixing the > command names with the scope or with "*:" which is confusing > * [KARAF-210] - Allow to specific context-path when installing a > war file using the war url handler > > ** New Feature > * [KARAF-26] - have restart clean command/API > * [KARAF-144] - Allow using the console and commands outside of OSGi > * [KARAF-147] - We should have a features:listVersions command > that lists all the known versions of a feature > * [KARAF-149] - Add a features:removeRepository command > * [KARAF-166] - Allow subclasses of > org.apache.karaf.shell.console.Main to be used as sub shells > * [KARAF-172] - Implement a mechanism that would allow a karaf > application to distingush between UserPrincipal & RolePrincipal > without depending from Karaf JAAS Modules > * [KARAF-180] - JAAS Database Login Module > * [KARAF-212] - provide a simple annotation, say,@CompleterValues > which can be used on methods on an action to provide a list of > available values for an argument for tab completion > > ** Task > * [KARAF-40] - Create a maven archetype for creating shell commands > > Enjoy! > > -The Karaf team > -- *Ioannis Canellos* http://iocanel.blogspot.com Integration Expert @ Upstream S.A. <http://www.upstreamsystems.com>
