This is the third beta for Apache Wicket we have prepared for your
pleasure. It contains over 100 fixes to issues with previous releases and todo
items we have cleared.
In this announcement:
- Apache Wicket
- This release
- Migrating from 1.2
- Downloading the release
- Validating the release
- Reporting bugs
Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-beta3/
We thank you for your patience and support. Given the current list of remaining
issues we think a fourth beta release is necessary. But that is no
excuse for not
giving this third installment a test drive!
The Wicket Team
-= Apache Wicket =-
Apache Wicket is a component oriented Java web application framework currently
undergoing incubation at the Apache Software foundation. With proper
mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a refreshing lack of XML,
Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and enjoyable again. Swap the
boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for powerful, reusable
components written with plain Java and HTML.
Our migration to a top level project is now completed and you can find our
website and documentation here:
http://wicket.apache.org
-= This release =-
This release is the third in a series of beta releases until we feel
confident to finalize Wicket 1.3. This is called a beta because we don't have
fixed all bugs, and probably haven't found them all either (can you ever be
sure?). However, we are confident that most major API changes are in and
therefore want to give you access to a more stable platform than depending on
trunk.
- Migrating from 1.2 -
If you are coming from Wicket 1.2, you really want to read our migration
guide, found on the wiki:
http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/migrate-13.html
- Downloading the release -
You can download the release from the official Apache mirror system, and you
can find it through the following link:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-beta3/
For the Maven and Ivy fans out there: update your pom's to the following, and
everything will be downloaded automatically:
dependency
groupIdorg.apache.wicket/groupId
artifactIdwicket/artifactId
version1.3.0-beta3/version
/dependency
Substitute the artifact ID with the projects of your liking to get the other
projects.
Please note that we don't prescribe a Logging implementation for
SLF4J. You need to specify yourself which one you prefer. Read more
about SLF4J here: http://slf4j.org
- Validating the release -
The release has been signed by Martijn Dashorst, your release manager
for today. The public key can be found in the KEYS file in the
download area. Download the KEYS file only from the Apache website.
http://www.apache.org/dist/wicket/1.3.0-beta3/KEYS
Instructions on how to validate the release can be found here:
http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#check-integrity
- Reporting bugs -
In case you do encounter a bug, we would appreciate a report in our JIRA:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET
-= The distribution =-
In the distribution you will find a README. The README contains instructions
on how to build from source yourself and a list of all things that have been
fixed, added and/or removed since the first beta release.
Release Notes - Wicket - Version 1.3.0-beta3
** Sub-task
* [WICKET-866] - Assign open issues to next release
* [WICKET-867] - Build and upload distribution
** Bug
* [WICKET-322] - Odd behvavior with PasswordTextField evaluation
* [WICKET-447] - Password field gets reset on setResetPassword ==
false even after successful validation
* [WICKET-492] - Website Developer SVN still references the
branches/ directory and results in not found
* [WICKET-494] - id attribute is not preserved
* [WICKET-500] -
org.apache.wicket.extensions.yui.calendar.DateField; throws NPE upon
validation.
* [WICKET-525] - Component.getConverter is ignored by PropertyConverter
* [WICKET-555] - WicketTester.assertComponentOnAjaxResponse fails
if AJAX response contains line breaks
* [WICKET-564] - Problem with Autolinks inside panel preview code
* [WICKET-570] - MarkupCache does not load markup if it did not exist before
* [WICKET-601] - RadioGroup and CheckGroup cause XHTML validation
errors because of name attribute
* [WICKET-627] - Can't visit components in a ListView before
they're rendered.
* [WICKET-641] - wicket thread handling is not fully servlet container aware
* [WICKET-668] - PropertyResolver.getPropertySetter() depends on
calling PropertyResolver.setValue() first for it to work.
* [WICKET-686] - Allow validators to process null value
* [WICKET-695] - Border.resolve() should not attempt to render
contents if bodyVisible is false
* [WICKET-697] - FormTester crashes with NullPointerException, if
FormComponent is not found
* [WICKET-698] - If the model is List,
