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<section name="News & Status - 2001">
<h3>21 December 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.1.1 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.1.1 final release
of the Avalon Framework.</p>
<p>This release is a minor bugfix release. The prior release
was compiled with JDK 1.4's compiler, making it incompatible
with previous JDKs</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Framework 4.1.1:</b>
The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the
other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering
techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server
products.
<p>
What that means is that we define the central interface Component. We
also define the relationship (contract) a component has with peers,
ancestors and children. This documentation introduces you to those
patterns, interfaces, and relationships.
</p>
<p>
The Avalon Framework raises the abstraction level from Object-Oriented
Programming concept one notch to the Component-Oriented Programming
model. This enables programmers to concern themselves with assemblies
of classes, rather than the classes themselves--thus reducing the
number of things the programmer must keep in mind, and speeding up
application development.
</p>
<p>
The Avalon Framework is already used in
<a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1";>Cocoon2</a>, an XML
publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in
<a href="http://james.apache.org";>Apache JAMES</a>, a
Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework
is <a href="http://www.jesktop.org";>Jestkop</a>, a cross-platform
replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon
and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.
</p>
<p>For more information about Avalon Framework 4.1.1, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework";>http://avalon.apache.org/framework</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>21 December 2001 - Tomcat 4.0.2 Beta 1 Released</h3>
<p>
The Tomcat Team is proud to announce the first beta release of Tomcat 4.0.2.
Binary and source distributions are available <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.2-b1/";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>12 December 2001 - BCEL 5.0 Released</h3>
<p>
The 5.0 release of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/bcel/";>Byte Code Engineering Library</a>
is now available. Binary and source distributions can be found
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-bcel/release/v5.0/";>
here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>11 December 2001 - Jetspeed v1.3a2 Released</h3>
<p>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/images/logo.gif";
alt="powered-by-logo.gif" width="77" height="32"/>
</td>
<td>
Version 1.3a2 of the Jetspeed Portal Server is now released.
Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the Jetspeed community.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
<p>
The major improvements in this release include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fully integrated Portal Customizer, supporting 2-column, 3-column, single
row/column, menu and tab panes layouts, and configurable 'skins' tailored
per user. Support for customization of HTML and WML.
</li>
<li>
Enhanced security, role-based access to portlets, security portlets for
maintenance of users, roles and groups.
</li>
<li>
New Portlets: WebPagePortlet, StockPortlet, LinkPortlet, administrative
portlets. Portlet states now support minimized, maximized, and hidden.
</li>
<li>
Capability to store portlet markup (PSML) in a database. Integration with
Apache <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/torque/";>Torque</a>
object-relational database tool.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Please visit the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>
Velocity site</a> for more information and the distribution.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>11 December 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.1 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.1 final release
of the Avalon Framework.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Framework 4.1:</b>
The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the
other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering
techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server
products.
<p>
What that means is that we define the central interface Component. We
also define the relationship (contract) a component has with peers,
ancestors and children. This documentation introduces you to those
patterns, interfaces, and relationships.
</p>
<p>
The Avalon Framework raises the abstraction level from Object-Oriented
Programming concept one notch to the Component-Oriented Programming
model. This enables programmers to concern themselves with assemblies
of classes, rather than the classes themselves--thus reducing the
number of things the programmer must keep in mind, and speeding up
application development.
</p>
<p>
The Avalon Framework is already used in
<a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1";>Cocoon2</a>, an XML
publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in
<a href="http://james.apache.org";>Apache JAMES</a>, a
Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework
is <a href="http://www.jesktop.org";>Jestkop</a>, a cross-platform
replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon
and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.
</p>
<p>For more information about Avalon Framework 4.1, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework";>http://avalon.apache.org/framework</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>9 December 2001 - Velocity v1.2 Released</h3>
<p>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/images/powered-by-logo.gif";
alt="powered-by-logo.gif" width="77" height="32"/>
</td>
<td>
Version 1.2 of the
Velocity Template Engine is now released.
Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the
Velocity community.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
<p>
The major improvements in this release include
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Application programmers now can instantiate separate, independent
instances of the Velocity Template Engine or continue to use the
traditional singleton model.
</li>
<li>
Major improvements to Anakia and Texen.
</li>
<li>
The Velocimacro system can be configured to reload changed
VM libraries automatically when the macro definitions change.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Please visit the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>
Velocity site</a> for more information and the distribution.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>27 November 2001 - Struts 1.0.1-rc1 Released</h3>
<p>
The first <strong>Release Candidate</strong> for Struts 1.0.1 is now
available. This release fixes a number of known problems with the
Struts 1.0 release.
</p>
<p>
The binary distribution for this release candidate is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1-rc1/";>here</a>
and the source distribution is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1-rc1/src/";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>15 November 2001 - BCEL RC1 Released</h3>
<p>
The first release candidate of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/bcel/";>Byte Code Engineering Library</a>
is now available. Binary and source distributions can be found
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-bcel/release/v5.0rc1/";>
here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>11 November 2001 - Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0a3 alpha release
of Avalon Phoenix.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3:</b>
Avalon Phoenix is a micro-kernel designed and implemented on top of
the Avalon Framework. It is both an API to program to and a reference
implementation. The reference implementation provides a number of
facilities to manage the environment of Server Applications. Such
facilities include log management, classloading, thread management and
security. In the future it will conditionally offer support extra
facilities such as central server management, server pools, and other
facilities aimed at reducing the time to market. The API defines a
standard method of piecing togther server components and creating a
server.
<p>
In order to see Avalon Phoenix at work, you should grab the example
applications or servers that are included in Avalon Cornerstone.
<a href="http://james.apache.org/";>Apache James</a>
uses Phoenix for it's mail server.
</p>
<p>For more information about Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix";>http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix</a>.</p>
<p>The release can be downloaded from
<a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-avalon/release/phoenix/v4.0a3";>here</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>26 October 2001 - LogKit 1.0 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0 final release of LogKit.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About LogKit 1.0:</b>
LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure
performance orientated logging. It's design encourages integration
into existing products with minimal impact.
<p>For more information about LogKit 1.0, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/logkit";>http://avalon.apache.org/logkit</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>22 October 2001 - Apache Tomcat 3.3 Final Released</h3>
<p>At long last, Tomcat 3.3 has reached "Final Release"! With its
refactored set of core classes and modules, it offers a number of
new features, better performance, and more flexible configuration
over its predecessors. Also, it can be updated with add-on modules.
The PasswordPrompter add-on module is a simple example and is
available with this release. You can find everything
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3/bin";>here</a>.</p>
<p>Note: Additional documentation updates are planned (as well as
maintenance bug fixes). You can get the latest documentation at the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/index.html";>
Tomcat 3.3 Documentation</a> site.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>14 October 2001 - Tomcat 4.0.1 Released</h3>
<p>This is the final release of Tomcat 4.0.1, which is a maintenance release
of Tomcat 4.0. Download it
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.1/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>12 October 2001 - Ant 1.4.1 Released</h3>
<p>This is a bugfix release for Ant 1.4 which corrects a number of small issues.
Download it
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>2 October 2001 - Lucene joins Jakarta</h3>
<p>Lucene, a full-text search library, has joined Jakarta.</p>
<p>For more information about Lucene, please visit:
<a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/";>http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/</a>.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>1 October 2001 - Ant 1.4.1beta1 Released</h3>
<p>This is the first release candidate for Ant 1.4.1, which fixes a
couple of known bugs in Ant 1.4, you can down find everything
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1b1/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>25 September 2001 - Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0a1 alpha release
of Avalon Phoenix.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1:</b>
Avalon Phoenix is a micro-kernel designed and implemented on top of
the Avalon Framework. It is both an API to program to and a reference
implementation. The reference implementation provides a number of
facilities to manage the environment of Server Applications. Such
facilities include log management, classloading, thread management and
security. In the future it will conditionally offer support extra
facilities such as central server management, server pools, and other
facilities aimed at reducing the time to market. The API defines a
standard method of piecing togther server components and creating a
server.
<p>
In order to see Avalon Phoenix at work, you should grab the example
applications or servers that are included in Avalon Cornerstone.
<a href="http://james.apache.org/";>Apache James</a>
uses Phoenix for it's mail server.
</p>
<p>For more information about Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix";>http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>25 September 2001 - Jakarta Cactus 1.2 Released</h3>
<p>The Cactus project is proud to announce the release of
Version 1.2. Cactus is a unit testing framework for testing server
side java code. Version 1.2 supports unit testing of :
</p>
<ul>
<li>Servlets,</li>
<li>JSP Tag libraries,</li>
<li>Servlet Filters,</li>
<li>EJBs,</li>
<li>JSPs</li>
</ul>
<p>Please check the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/features.html";>Features
list</a> and the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/changes.html#release_changes";>Changelog</a>
for details on what's new.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>24 September 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-rc1 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 3.3 Release Candiate 1</strong> is the latest update to
Tomcat 3.3. With this release, the core code for Tomcat 3.3 is considered
finished and only minor bug fixes, simple usability enhancements,
and documentation updates will occur up until the second Release
Candidate. You can find everything
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-rc1";>here</a>.</p>
<p>As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep
the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/index.html";>
Tomcat 3.3 Documentation</a> site current with these updates. For the
most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>17 September 2001 - Apache Tomcat 4.0 Final Released</h3>
<p>It's official! The Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications are now final,
and so is <strong>Apache Tomcat 4.0</strong>, which implements the new
features of these specifications plus a host of other functionality
improvements over the current production release (Tomcat 3.2.3). Please
read the <code>RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt</code> file in the top level directory
of the distribution for the latest information on recent changes and known
issues. You can also browse the Tomcat 4.0 documentation bundle online at
<a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/";>http://jakarta.apache.org</a>.</p>
<p>Binary distributions of Apache Tomcat 4.0 are available at
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/";>http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/</a>.</p>
<p>Source distributions of Apache Tomcat 4.0 are available at
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/src/";>http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/src/</a>.</p>
<p>Binary and source distributions of the <em>mod_webapp connector</em> will be
posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2001. If you wish to build this connector
in the mean time, you can check out the <code>jakarta-tomcat-connectors</code>
CVS repository, and follow the directions in the <code>README.txt</code> file
in the <code>webapp</code> subdirectory.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>17 September 2001 - LogKit 1.0b5 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b5 beta release of LogKit.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About LogKit 1.0b5:</b>
LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure
performance orientated logging. It's design encourages integration
into existing products with minimal impact.
<p>For more information about LogKit 1.0b5, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/logkit";>http://avalon.apache.org/logkit</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>15 September 2001 - Cactus is now a Jakarta top level project</h3>
<p>The Cactus project, a unit testing framework for server side java code,
has now been promoted as a Jakarta top level project. The new web site is
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus";>http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus</a>.
</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cactus";>here</a> for the
full announcement</p>.
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>13 September 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-rc2 Released</h3>
<p>The second <strong>Release Candidate</strong> for Tomcat 4.0 is now
available. Only serious problems will be fixed between now and final
release of Tomcat 4.0, which is currently scheduled for
<em>September 17, 2001</em>. All "must deal with" bugs (other than
those related to the mod_webapp connector) have been fixed,
although a few remaining bug reports are currently being reviewed.</p>
<p>Please download this version and run your existing web applications
against it, to help us ensure a final release that is as trouble free
as possible. This release is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-rc2/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>11 September 2001 - Avalon Excalibur 4.0 Final Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0 final release
of the Avalon Excalibur.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Excalibur 4.0:</b>
Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components
and utilities to make your server side programming easier.
There are several pool implementations, Component management
implementations, and database management implementations.
<p>For more information about Avalon Excalibur 4.0, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur";>http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>9 September 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-rc1 Released</h3>
<p>The first <strong>Release Candidate</strong> for Tomcat 4.0 is now
available. Only serious problems will be fixed between now and final
release of Tomcat 4.0, which is currently scheduled for
<em>September 17, 2001</em>. A second release candidate, if necessary,
will be distributed on Thursday, September 13, 2001.</p>
<p>Please download this version and run your existing web applications
against it, to help us ensure a final release that is as trouble free
as possible. This release is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-rc1/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>4 September 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b2 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 3.3 Beta 2</strong> is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3.
The beta versions implement the final feature set intended for Tomcat 3.3.
Work for the remaining releases will focus on bug fixes and
updating the documentation.
You can find everything <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-b2";>here</a>.</p>
<p>As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep
the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/index.html";>
Tomcat 3.3 Documentation</a> site current with these updates. For the
most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>21 August 2001 - Ant 1.4beta2 Released</h3>
<p>This second release candidate for Ant 1.4 fixes some known bugs of
the first beta release.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>11 August 2001 - Ant 1.4beta1 Released</h3>
<p>This first release candidate for Ant 1.4 is available for <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4Beta1/";>download</a>.
If
you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the discussion on
the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>10 August 2001 - Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0b4 beta release
of the Avalon Excalibur.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4:</b>
Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components
and utilities to make your server side programming easier.
There are several pool implementations, Component management
implementations, and database management implementations.
<p>For more information about Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur";>http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>9 August 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-7 Released</h3>
<p>A <strong>release candidate</strong> version of Tomcat 4.0, version
<em>Tomcat 4.0-beta-7</em> has been released. This version conforms to
the <code>Proposed Final Draft 3</code> version of the Servlet 2.3 and
JSP 1.2 specifications, which will go final soon, and incorporates all of
the latest bugfixes.</p>
<p>In addition, for users who run Tomcat 4.0 on Windows 9x, this release
fixes a security vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to browse
the directory tree above the web application's context root by using request
URIs including three or more dots ("/..."). Users running on Win2K and Unix
systems are <strong>not</strong> susceptible to this vulnerability.</p>
<h3>6 August 2001 - Apache LogKit 1.0b4 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b4 beta
release of LogKit. LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed
for secure performance-orientated logging. The distribution is available <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-avalon/release/logkit/latest";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>30 July 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.0 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0 final release
of the Avalon Framework.</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon:</b>
The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is
separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit,
Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify
server side programming for Java based projects. It
formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for
server side programming.
<p>For more information about Avalon, please go to
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>http://avalon.apache.org</a>.</p>
</p>
<p>
<b>About Avalon Framework 4.0:</b>
The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the
other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering
techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server
products.
<p>
The Avalon Framework is already used in
<a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1";>Cocoon2</a>, an XML
publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in
<a href="http://james.apache.org";>Apache JAMES</a>, a
Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework
is <a href="http://www.jesktop.org";>Jestkop</a>, a cross-platform
replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon
and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.
</p>
<p>For more information about Avalon Framework 4.0, please go to
<a
href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework";>http://avalon.apache.org/framework</a>.</p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>22 July 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b1 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 3.3 Beta 1</strong> is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3.
This version implements the final feature set intended for Tomcat 3.3.
Work for the remaining releases will focus on bug fixes and
updating the documentation.
You can find everything <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-b1";>here</a>.</p>
<p>As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep
the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/index.html";>
Tomcat 3.3 Documentation</a> site current with these updates. For the
most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>22 July 2001 - Apache LogKit 1.0b3 Released</h3>
<p>The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b3 beta
release of LogKit. LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed
for secure performance-orientated logging. The distribution is available <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-avalon/release/logkit/latest";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>20 July 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-6 Released</h3>
<p>The Tomcat team is proud to announce the availability of the latest beta
release of Tomcat 4.0. This next-generation servlet and JSP container includes
support for the <em>Proposed Final Draft 3</em> versions of the Servlet 2.3
and JSP 1.2 specifications, many bug fixes, performance improvements, an
updated version of the Apache web connector, and a new experimental installer
for Windows platforms. Get your copy here:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b6/";>Binary
Distributions</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b6/src/";>Source
Distributions</a></li>
</ul>
<p>See the enclosed <code>RELEASE-NOTES-4.0-B6.txt</code> for more information
about the contents of this release.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>16 June 2001 - Velocity v1.1 Released</h3>
<p>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/images/powered-by-logo.gif";
alt="powered-by-logo.gif" width="77" height="32"/>
</td>
<td>
Version 1.1 of the
Velocity Template Engine is now released.
Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the
Velocity community.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
<p>
The distribution is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-velocity/release/v1.1/";>here</a>,
and includes a complete jar, source code, examples
and documentation.
</p>
<p>
Major enhancements include :
</p>
<ul>
<li>
The new event-handling facility, allowing finer control and interaction with
the rendering process.
</li>
<li>
Internationalization support through full support of template character
encoding.
</li>
<li>
Optimizations for improved performance.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Minor enhancements are too numerous to mention. Please see the
<a href="changes.html">change log
</a> for details.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>15 June 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released</h3>
<p>As promised at JavaOne, the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/";>Struts</a> project team is proud
to announce the availability of <strong>Version 1.0</strong> of the
Struts Framework. The binary distribution for Struts 1.0 is available
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0/";>here</a>
and the source distribution is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0/src/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>6 June 2001 - Avalon beta 3</h3>
<p>
The Avalon team announces the beta 3 release of Avalon
Framework and Excalibur 4.0. This release includes a serious
bug fix in Excalibur's Component Management infrastructure.
If you have downloaded Avalon 4.0 beta 2, then you are
encouraged to upgrade. The bug only affects users of the
ExcaliburComponentSelector.
</p>
<p>
The <a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>Avalon</a> project is Apache's
Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework,
Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. It's purpose is to
simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes
serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.
</p>
<h4>Avalon Framework 4.0 beta 3</h4>
<p>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework";>Avalon Framework</a>
is the core of all of the Avalon projects, and formalizes all the contracts
and patterns used within all Avalon compliant projects.
</p>
<h4>Avalon Excalibur 4.0 beta 3</h4>
<p>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur";>Avalon Excalibur</a>
contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server
side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component
management implamentations, and database management implementations.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>4 June 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1 Released</h3>
<p>
The <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/";>Turbine</a> Team
is proud to announce the 2.1 release of Turbine.
This release includes a new version of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/tdk-howto.html";>
Turbine Developer's Kit</a> and a new stand-alone version of
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/torque-howto.html";>Torque</a>.
You can find everything
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-turbine/release/2.1";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>4 June 2001 - Avalon beta 2</h3>
<p>
The Avalon team are proud to annound the beta 2 release of Avalon
Framework and Excalibur 4.0 and Avalon LogKit 1.0. This release
includes bugfixes and more current documentation.
</p>
<p>
The <a href="http://avalon.apache.org";>Avalon</a> project is Apache's
Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework,
Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. It's purpose is to
simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes
serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.
</p>
<h4>Avalon Framework 4.0 beta 2</h4>
<p>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework";>Avalon Framework</a>
is the core of all of the Avalon projects, and formalizes all the contracts
and patterns used within all Avalon compliant projects.
</p>
<h4>Avalon Excalibur 4.0 beta 2</h4>
<p>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur";>Avalon Excalibur</a>
contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server
side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component
management implamentations, and database management implementations.
</p>
<h4>Avalon LogKit 1.0 beta 2</h4>
<p>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/logkit";>Avalon LogKit</a>
is a logging toolkit designed for secure performance orientated logging
in applications. It is the logging toolkit used in all of Avalon's
projects.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>2 June 2001 - Velocity v1.1 Release Candidate 2</h3>
<p>
The 2nd release candidate of version 1.1 of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity Template Engine</a>
has been released.
</p>
<p>
This release contains updates to release candidate 1, specifically in
the areas of event handling and template encodings. All Velocity users
are encouraged to help test.
</p>
<p>
The complete release distribution can be found
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-velocity/release/v1.1/";>
here</a>, and the source can be found in
<a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cvsweb/index.cgi/jakarta-velocity/?only_with_tag=VEL_1_1_RC2";>
CVS</a>
under the VEL_1_1_RC2 tag.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>02 June 2001 - Struts 1.0-beta-3 Released </h3>
<p><strong>Struts 1.0-beta-3</strong> is a release candidate version of the
Struts Framework, likely to be the final beta prior to the Struts 1.0 Final
Release, which is currently scheduled for <strong>June 15, 2001</strong>.
Please help identify any remaining bugs that need to be fixed prior to
final release, and report them to our bug tracking system at
<a
href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/";>http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/</a>.</p>
<p>The binary distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0-b3/";>here</a>,
and the source distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0-b3/src/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>28 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.2.2 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 3.2.2</strong> is a maintenance release that fixes
several bugs since the 3.2.1 release and corrects all known specification
compliance issues. The release is available for download
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.2.2";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>28 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b3 Released</h3>
<p>
<strong><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/";>Turbine</a>
2.1b3</strong> is the third of three betas scheduled
for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release
includes a new version of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/tdk-howto.html";>
Turbine Developer's Kit</a> and a new stand-alone version of
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/torque-howto.html";>Torque</a>.
You can find everything
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-turbine/release/2.1b3";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>20 May 2001 - Velocity v1.1 release candidate 1</h3>
<p>
The 1st release candidate of version 1.1 of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity Template Engine</a>
is now released.
</p>
<p>
Major enhancements include :
</p>
<ul>
<li>
The new event-handling facility, allowing finer control and interaction with
the rendering process.
</li>
<li>
Internationalization support through full support of template character
encoding.
</li>
<li>
Optimizations for improved performance.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
There are many minor enhancements as well - all are listed in the change log.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>20 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b2 Released</h3>
<p>
<strong>Turbine 2.1b2</strong> is the second of three betas scheduled
for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release
includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone
version of <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/torque-howto.html";>Torque</a>.
You can find everything
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-turbine/release/2.1b2";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>19 May 2001 - Jakarta Struts 1.0-b2 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Struts 1.0-b2</strong> is an update release in preparation for a
final release of Struts 1.0 prior to JavaOne 2001. The changes included are
documented in the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/release-notes-1.0-b2.html";>Release
Notes</a>. Get your copy of this latest release
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0-b2/";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>19 May 2001 - Jakarta log4j 1.1 Released</h3>
<p>We are pleased to announce log4j version 1.1 final release. It is
backward compatible with log4j version 1.0. Thus, it should be
considered as a drop-in replacement for previous log4j versions from
the Jakarta project.</p>
<p>log4j 1.1 is primarily a maintenance release that corrects
<em>many</em> wrinkles in 1.0. There were important internal changes,
in particular, we now use JavaBeans style configuration of log4j
components. This has caused some APIs to be deprecated although they
are still accessible.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>18 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-m3 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 3.3 Milestone 3</strong> is the latest update to
Tomcat 3.3. Beyond bug fixes, it contains a new tag pooling feature
implemented by Casey Lucas. You can find everything
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-m3";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>14 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-5 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 4.0-beta-5</strong> is the latest update to the next
generation version of Tomcat 4.0. It fixes two security vulnerabilities
that were discovered in Tomcat 4.0-b4 (and prior versions). Anyone who
downloaded Tomcat 4.0-b4 is urged to update immediately. Get your copy
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b5";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>14 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b1 Released</h3>
<p>
<strong>Turbine 2.1b1</strong> is the first of three betas scheduled
for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release
includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone
version of <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/howto/torque-howto.html";>Torque</a>.
You can find everything
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-turbine/release/";>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>10 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-4 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 4.0-beta-4</strong> is the latest update to the next
generation version of Tomcat 4.0. It supports the most recent specification
updates (Servlet 2.3 Proposed Final Draft 2, JavaServer Pages 1.2 Proposed
Final Draft 2), support for looking up users and roles in a JNDI-accessed
directory server, and many bug fixes. Get your copy
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b4";>here</a>.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>9 May 2001 - Jakarta ORO 2.0.2 Released!</h3>
<p>
We are proud to announce the release of <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/";>Jakarta ORO 2.0.2</a>! This is a
full featured regular expression package for Java. This new version
fixes several bugs that people have reported since 2.0.1 was released.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>4 May 2001 - JavaWorld Selects Log4J and Tomcat as Finalists</h3>
<p>
<a href="http://www.javaworld.com/";><i>JavaWorld</i></a> has selected
the Jakarta Project's <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j";>Log4J</a> and
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/";>Tomcat 3.2</a> subprojects
as finalists in the
<a href="http://www.javaworld.com/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-finalists.html";>
<b>2001 JavaWorld Editors' Choice Awards</b></a>.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j";>Log4J</a> was named as a finalist
in the "Most Useful New or Revised Java API/Technology" category, and
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/";>Tomcat 3.2</a> was named as a
finalist in the "Most Innovative Java Product" category.
</p>
<p>
Chosen by a group of <i>JavaWorld</i> editors and forum moderators,
the selection of <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/";>Tomcat 3.2</a>
and <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j";>Log4J</a>
demonstrates the Java community's recognition of the
innovation and commitment behind the efforts of these two Jakarta
communities.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>2 May 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 Released</h3>
<p>
The <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/index.html";>
Jakarta Commons</a> project is proud to announce the release of
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cactus/index.html";>Cactus
v1.0</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>23 April 2001 - Jakarta Velocity 1.0.1 Released</h3>
<p>
The final v1.0.1 release of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity</a> Template
engine is now available. This is a minor bugfix update of the
v1.0 release.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>20 April 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-2 Released</h3>
<p>
The <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/index.html";> Jakarta Commons</a>
project is proud to announce the release of
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cactus/index.html";>Cactus v1.0
beta-2</a> . This is the second of two planned beta releases, on track for our
projected 1.0 release on May 1, 2001.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>20 April 2001 - log4j 1.1 beta 4 Released</h3>
<p>After a three month wait, we are pleased to announce log4j version
1.1 beta4, a final-release candidate. It is 100% backward compatible
with log4j version 1.0. Thus, it should be considered as a drop-in
replacement for previous log4j versions from the Jakarta project.</p>
<p>log4j 1.1 is primarily a maintenance release that corrects
<em>many</em> wrinkles in 1.0. There were important internal changes,
in particular, we now use JavaBeans style configuration of log4j
components. This has caused some APIs to be deprecated although they
are still accessible.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>9 April 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-1 Released</h3>
<p>
The newly-formed <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/index.html";>
Jakarta Commons</a> project is proud to announce that
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cactus/index.html";>Cactus v1.0 beta-1</a>
has been released and is available for
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cactus/downloads.html";>
download</a>.
</p>
<p>
Formerly known as <i>J2EEUnit</i>, Cactus is a simple test framework
for unit testing server-side Java code. Based on <a href="http://junit.org/";>
JUnit</a>, its primary goal is to be able to unit test server side
java methods which use Servlet objects. Previously hosted by
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/";>SourceForge</a>, Cactus was generously
donated to the Jakarta Commons project by <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
Vincent Massol</a>. He will continue his work on Cactus here,
and we thank him for his contributions and hard work.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>2 April 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-3 Released</h3>
<p>
<strong>Tomcat 4.0-beta-3</strong> is an update to the Tomcat 4.0-beta-2
distribution that was released on 30 March 2001. It fixes a further security
vulnerability that was not completely repaired in the beta 2 release. Anyone
who has downloaded Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 should immediately update to this
version. Download the latest distribution from
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b3/";>here</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>2 April 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Released</h3>
<p>
The Velocity project is proud to announce that
the the Velocity Template Engine version 1.0 is now
released and available at the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity</a> project
web site. A great tool for web development
using the MVC design pattern, it's useful beyond the web
- use it to generate source code, SQL and DB schemas, XML documents and more.
It's a great addition to your Java toolbox.
</p>
<p> Also, as a reminder, take a look at the "Best Practices"
profile of Velocity on Sun's
<a href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/velocity.jsp";>
Dot-Com Builder</a> developer information site.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<h3>30 March 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 Released</h3>
<p><strong>Tomcat 4.0-beta-2</strong> is the most recent release of the
next generation version of the Tomcat servlet and JSP container. It includes
fixes to two security vulnerabilities, numerous new features, and a large
number of bug fixes. Get your copy
<a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b2";>here</a>.</p>
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<h3>30 March 2001 - Sun Profiles Velocity on Dot-Com Builder Website</h3>
<p>
Sun Dot-Com Builder has <a
href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/velocity.jsp";>written an
excellent profile article</a> about the <a
href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity</a> template
engine. Velocity 1.0 will be released on Monday April 2, 2001.
</p>
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<h3>29 March 2001 - IBM WebSphere Portal Server</h3>
<p>
IBM recently announced their <a
href="http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/portal/";>IBM
WebSphere Portal Server</a>. This announcement is interesting
because their software is built on top of several Jakarta/XML
Apache.org technologies including:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/";>Jetspeed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/";>Turbine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ecs/";>ECS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/";>Xerces</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/";>Xalan</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3>26 March 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Beta 2 Release</h3>
<p>
The Velocity project is proud to announce the release of <strong> Velocity
1.0 beta 2</strong>, the second release candidate of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity</a> template engine.
This is the second of two planned beta releases, on track for our
projected 1.0 release on April 2, 2001.
</p>
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<h3>20 March 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Beta 1 Release</h3>
<p>
The Velocity project is proud to announce the release of <strong> Velocity
1.0 beta 1</strong>, the first release candidate of the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/";>Velocity</a> template engine.
This is the first of two planned beta releases. Our projected 1.0 release
date is April 2, 2001.
</p>
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<h3>19 March 2001 - March PMC Meeting Minutes</h3>
<p>
<a href="./pmc/index.html">Minutes of the March PMC meeting are available.</a>
</p>
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<h3>17 March 2001 - Tomcat 3.3 Release</h3>
<p>
The second milestone release of
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3-m2";>Tomcat
3.3</a> is available for download and testing. As a Tomcat 3.x release, it remains
an implementation of the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications.
</p>
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<h3>16 March 2001 - JDBC custom tag 1.0 Release</h3>
<p>
The <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/jdbc-doc/intro.html";>JDBC tag
library</a> is designed for reading from and writing to databases. Features
include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Seamless support for multiple databases,</li>
<li>Obtaining connections from Drivers, DataSources, and JNDI DataSources,</li>
<li>Support for Statements and PreparedStatements,</li>
<li>Automatic looping of ResultSets,</li>
<li>And so much more!</li>
</ul>
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<h3>03 March 2001 - Ant 1.3 Release</h3>
<p>
The latest release of Ant, version 1.3, is now available for download
at the
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/ant/release/v1.3/";>Jakarta web
site</a>.
This release contains many new tasks and a number of bug fixes.
</p>
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<h3>28 February 2001 - Scrape custom tag 1.0 Release</h3>
<p>
The <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/scrape-doc/intro.html";>scrape
tag
library</a> can scrape or extract content from web documents and display the
content
in your JSP. For example, you could scrape stock quotes from other web sites and
display
them in your pages.
</p>
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<h3>23 February 2001 - Struts 1.0 Beta 1 Released </h3>
<p>
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/";>Version 1.0-beta-1 of the Struts
Framework is now available for download.</a>
</p>
<p>
Struts is an open source project, under the sponsorship of the Apache
Software Foundation, to produce framework useful in building web
applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology.
Struts encourages application architectures based on the
Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm.
</p>
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<h3>11 February 2001 - James Project Migrated</h3>
<p>
The <a href="/james/">Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server</a> has been
migrated from the Java Apache Project over to the Jakarta project.
There are still some rough areas of the website to be worked out, so
please be patient.
</p>
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<h3>05 January 2001 - Tomcat 4.0 Beta 1 Release</h3>
<p>The newest release of Tomcat 4.0 <strong>beta 1</strong> is now
available at the
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0-b1/";>
Jakarta web site</a>. This release is the first in a series of betas that will
lead to a production quality release of Tomcat 4.0 later this year. At the
same time, active development work on Tomcat 4.1 will begin.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong> - While the code for Tomcat 4.0 running in stand alone
mode is considered to be near production quality, the web connector to run
behind Apache is still alpha quality code, with limited functionality. It
is likely that there will be interim updates of the web connector software
in between beta releases of the entire Tomcat 4.0 package.</p>
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