The Felix team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Felix Karaf version 1.4.0
Karaf is a small, OSGi-based runtime that provides a lightweight container into which various components and applications can be deployed. http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-karaf.html This release is available from http://felix.apache.org/site/downloads.cgi Release Notes: ** Bug * [FELIX-1768] - should catch exception for FeaturesServiceImpl.internalAddRepository per uri * [FELIX-1843] - Karaf shell doens't work properly under windows * [FELIX-1932] - Possible NullPointerException when itest fails * [FELIX-1939] - [karaf] Ssh client out put is poorly formatted. * [FELIX-1964] - Unable to choose the framework using system properties * [FELIX-1970] - The stop script should always work even if the default user / password / host has been changed * [FELIX-1994] - Web Console admin,features and gogo plugins do not work with Equinox * [FELIX-1995] - Spring status does not show properly after osgi:list command * [FELIX-2012] - NullPointerException when some links clicked if karaf.framework=equinox * [FELIX-2025] - grep -v doesn't filter linefeed on Windows * [FELIX-2026] - Remove org.ops4j.pax.logging.DefaultServiceLog.level from system.properties * [FELIX-2027] - The custom deployers leveraging url handlers must not be registered before the url handler is actually registered in the osgi framework * [FELIX-2032] - file host.key is not correctly written for a new instance(s) * [FELIX-2043] - When launching Karaf with equinox, the osgi framework state is not written until 30s after the boot * [FELIX-2044] - System bundles are started out of order if the karaf.lock.level is > 1 * [FELIX-2045] - Restarting the framework from the web console (or using update on the system bundle) does not work * [FELIX-2053] - Completion does not reprint previous characters in some circumstances * [FELIX-2054] - Logo is garbled when connecting using putty * [FELIX-2063] - [karaf] hardcoding org.ops4j.pax.exam.rbc.rmi.port property in raw pax runner --vmOptions is problematic when 1099 is not the next free port * [FELIX-2065] - BootstrapLogManager doesn't load etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg file * [FELIX-2072] - [Karaf] OracleJDBCLock filling UNDO segment. * [FELIX-2074] - Bring back the history command ** Improvement * [FELIX-1914] - Add a development subshell to ease troubleshooting classloading/resolution issues * [FELIX-1947] - [Karaf] Remove import java.util.* from karaf.main.StringMap and replace with proper import list. * [FELIX-2001] - Add more info to log and console when feature bundles fail to resolve * [FELIX-2018] - features-maven-plugin add-features-to-repo should suport the bundle start with wrap: in features.xml * [FELIX-2028] - Upgrade to preferences services 1.0.4 * [FELIX-2046] - Upgrade web bundles to their latest version (jetty, pax-web, felix console) * [FELIX-2049] - extend org.apache.felix.karaf.testing.Helper to emit a karaf-specific execution environment file for pax-runner * [FELIX-2055] - Use a nicer shutdown mechanism when stopping a managed instance * [FELIX-2061] - [karaf] use waitForFrameworkStartup pax-exam option in the integration tests * [FELIX-2070] - Upgrade to felix framework 2.0.3 * [FELIX-2075] - Add a "new" command to create java objects from the command line * [FELIX-2084] - Make the display of exception stack traces available through a variable in the shell ** New Feature * [FELIX-1815] - Introduce 'shell:logout' command to close the current shell * [FELIX-1975] - [Karaf] Add oracle database support to Karaf jdbc locking feature. * [FELIX-2033] - Provide an easy to use layer for writing pax-exam test for Karaf * [FELIX-2047] - Support for WAR files ** Task * [FELIX-1902] - [karaf] sanitize web demo README of references to FUSE SNAPSHOT version * [FELIX-1915] - [karaf] allow overridding of etc/system.properties via environment Enjoy! -The Felix team
