Is it only me or the artifacts of 1.4 from maven are not alright ... (size and etc. it does not compile anymore) ?
neo4j-kernel: Version TypeDownload 1.4<http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.neo4j/neo4j-kernel/1.4> release Binary<http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/neo4j/neo4j-kernel/1.4/neo4j-kernel-1.4-docs.jar> (14 KB) 1.4.M06<http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.neo4j/neo4j-kernel/1.4.M06> milestone Binary<http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/neo4j/neo4j-kernel/1.4.M06/neo4j-kernel-1.4.M06.jar> (802 KB) Regards , Dima Gutzeit. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jim Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello graphistas, > > It’s been six milestones since we started development of our 1.4 release. > Today we present to you Neo4j 1.4 “Kiruna Stol”, our finest release yet, > with a host of feature additions and performance and usability improvements. > > *Cypher Query Language* > In addition to Gremlin, you can now use our new declarative query language > named Cypher. It has a readable, simple yet expressive syntax that DBAs will > feel comfortable with. For example, the usual friend of a friend query can > be concisely expressed in Cyhper in just three lines: > > START user = (mail-index, name, "John") > MATCH user-[:SENT_MAIL_TO]-> () -[:SENT_MAIL_TO]-> fof > RETURN fof > > *Auto Indexing* > Indexes are essential for long-lived names in a graph. But Neo4j’s indexes > have, to-date, made you work hard. The 1.4 GA release allows properties to > be automatically indexed by the database through the new Auto Indexing API. > This API allows users to define names of properties and have them > automatically added, removed and updated in your index consistently with the > underlying graph. > > *Indexing improvements* > But Auto Indexing is not the end of improvements in the index front. Our > implementation of index provider has been upgraded to Lucene 3.1 which, > thanks to the hard work from the Lucene community, brings significant > performance boosts across the whole range of operations. This changes comes > with an upgrade to the index on-disk format though, so keep that in mind > when upgrading and don’t forget to backup important data. > > *Self Relationships* > One of the most requested features by the community has been the ability to > create relationships from a node to itself, commonly referred to as self > relationships. As of 1.4 GA you can create self relationships using the > existing createRelationshipTo() method. Of course when you’re traversing a > graph, try not to get stuck in those loops! > > *Performance Improvements* > One of our favorite passtimes is finding new ways to cut down time spent in > the database code paths, giving you more time to manage your data. In the > kernel you will find changes that have made small transactions significantly > faster and also improvements in the cache that take in consideration the > direction of relationships, enabling faster in-memory lookups. > > *REST Improvements* > We’ve devoted a lot of time bringing some much needed usability > improvements to those folks who use Neo4j server. The index management > operations that were exclusive to the embedded API are now exposed over REST > also, so now you can create and delete indexes, as well as perform arbitrary > queries. The traversers are now capable of being paged, reducing the network > overhead and allowing for more flexibility in your code. Finally, the > concept of batch commands has been introduced, giving a substantial > performance boost for larger, predictable sequences of operations like bulk > uploads. > > *Webadmin Improvements* > The Webadmin tool has received a facelift and some useful new features > that. A new Index Management tab gives DBAs full control over indexes with a > simple point-and-click interface. We’ve added two new command line > interfaces to the Consoles tab: one for our Cypher query language, and one > for those that prefer working over HTTP with a curl-like tool. All that > along with many bug fixes and improvements for better cross platform support > are just a browser window away! > > *New server management scripts* > A major pain, especially for OSX users, has been the server management > scripts. “Kiruna Stol” comes with our own, home grown scripts for *nix > systems and batch scripts for Windows machines that actually work and are > far more pleasant than the previous third-party wrapper scripts. > > > *Download!* > Now the code’s ready, we’d love for you to download and tryout “Kiruna > Stol” and tell us what you think. Feedback from our community is what drives > us, and we are eager to hear what you think. > > For more details on this GA, see the release blog post at > > http://blog.neo4j.org/2011/07/announcing-neo4j-14-kiruna-stol-ga.html > > and, as always, get the latest release at http://neo4j.org/download/ > > Happy hacking! > > -- Jim Webber > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
