The Jakarta Site - News and Status

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28 June 2004 - Commons Collections 3.1 released

The Commons Collections team is pleased to announce the release of Common= s Collections 3.1. Commons Collections provides additional interfaces and implementations ba= sed on, and inspired by, the Java Collections Framework (Collection, List, Set, Map).

This release fixes a number of bugs in v3.0 and is fully compatible. Release v3.1 is also compatible with v2.1.1 enabling a workaround of prev= ious compatability issues in IteratorUtils. In addition to bug fixes, this release adds various new features includin= g:

TreeList - A new list implementation that is faster than ArrayList in certain use cases
MultiKeyMap - A dedicated map implementation to support combi= ned keys mapping to a value
ReferenceIdentityMap - An identity based map whose keys/value= s can be garbage collected
Many more Serializable classes

-Read the Release notes.
-Download the binary distribution.
-Download the source distribution.
-Browse the collections website.
+Read the Release notes.
+Download the binary distribution.
+Download the source distribution.
+Browse the collections website.
Please direct any feedback on issues or bugs to commons-user@jakarta.apach= e=2Eorg.

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28 June 2004 - Henri Yandell Follows Geir Magnusson Jr. As Jakarta Cha= ir

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+ Henri Yandell has been = elected as=20 the next Jakarta Chair succeeding Geir Magnusson Jr. Here's Henri eulogy for Geir:

 By the way, in case it's Monday morning and everything is a haze, I should
 mention that the board have accepted the PMC's recommendation of myself as
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 months, and I'm looking forward to trying to live up to his and Sam's
 example.

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25 June 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.2 Released

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This is a fix release solving a problem with FTPClient.listFiles when a di= rectory was not specified. Correct behavior of staying in the current directory w= as=20 restored.

Downloads: -
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16 June 2004 - Commons Logging 1.0.4 Released

The Jakarta Commons=20 team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.4 of @@ -289,11 +325,13 @@ Commons Logging is a thin bridging API.

This release features several enhancements and bug fixes but is primarily a service release supporting both the older 1.2.x version= s of=20 Log4J and the upcoming 1.3= .x versions. It is a fully compatible, drop-in replacement for the last 1.0.3 release.

The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -302,24 +340,34 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page.

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8 June 2004 - Commons DBCP 1.2.1 Released

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The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= .1 of=20 the Jakarta Commons DBCP component.

+ Commons-DBCP provides database connection pooling services. Together with Commons-Pool it is the default JNDI datasource provider for = Tomcat.

DBCP 1.2.1 is a maintenance release to restore full JDK 1.3 compatibili= ty. (see release notes for more info)

The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -329,65 +377,96 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page.

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12 June 2004 - Commons Collections 3.1-RC1 and 2.1.1 patch released + +
The Commons Collections team announces the release of Commons Collections= 3.1-RC1. This is a preview of v3.1 to enable users to test the release against the= ir own code. We advise waiting for the formal 3.1 release before putting the code into= production. Please direct any feedback on issues or bugs to commons-user@jakarta.apac= he.org.
+
-Read the Release notes.
-Download the distri= bution.
-Browse the collections website.
+Read the Release notes.
+Download the distri= bution.
+Browse the collections website.
+
+
=20 The Commons Collections team also announces the release of Commons Collec= tions 2.1.1. This is a patch release to v2.1 to enable a workaround of issues in Itera= torUtils v3.0. If you are still using v2.1 please upgrade to v2.1.1, especially if you r= un an Open Source project. See the release notes for full details of the patch and why it was produc= ed.
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-Read the Release notes.
-Download the binary distribution.
-Download the source distribution.
+Read the Release notes.
+Download the binary distribution.
+Download the source distribution.
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8 June 2004 - Commons DBCP 1.2 Released
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The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= of=20 the Jakarta Commons DBCP component.
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+ Commons-DBCP provides database connection pooling services. Together with Commons-Pool it is the default JNDI datasource provider for = Tomcat.
+
There were some new features were added since the 1.1 release on 20 Oct= ober 2003.
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Performance optimizations for the PoolableConnectionFactory of BasicDa= taSource.
+
Add BasicDataSourceFactory.createDataSource(Properties properties) for= creating a BasicDataSource.
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Add initialSize parameter to do pre-loading of the connection.
+
Refactoring of the DelegatingStatement classes.
+
Make some properties dynamic (changeble at runtime), this will be comp= leted in next release.
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Improvements to the prepared statement pooling.
+
Driver specific changes/optimizations for: Oracle, Informix, DaffodilD= B=2E
+
Several fixes for PerUserPoolDataSource
+
PoolingDriver uses now a PoolGuardConnectionWrapper by default. If acc= ess to the=20 underlying connection is needed, you have to enable it: PoolingDriver.setA= ccessToUnderlyingConnectionAllowed(true)
+
This release contains bug fixes to all known issues. (see release notes for more info)
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The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -397,24 +476,34 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page.
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8 June 2004 - Commons Pool 1.2 Released
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The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= of=20 the Jakarta Commons Pool component.
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+ Commons-Pool provides a generic object pooling interface, a toolkit for=20 creating modular object pools, and several general purpose pool implementa= tions.
+
No new features were added since the 1.2 release on 20 October 2003.
+
This maintenance release is needed for DBCP v1.2. (see release notes for more info)
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The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -424,89 +513,133 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page.
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1 June 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.26 Beta Released
+ +
The Jakarta Tomcat team is happy to announce the release of Tomcat 5.0.26 = Beta: Release Notes, Change Log, and General Information are a= vailable.
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+ Downloads: +
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Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi
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Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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17 May 2004 - Commons HttpClient 3.0 Alpha 1 Released
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The Jakarta Commons team is happy to announce the release of Commons HttpC= lient 3.0 alpha 1. Please see the release notes for a list of changes made since the 2.0 release.
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+ Downloads: +
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Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi
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Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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Please see the=20 HttpClient Web s= ite for more information.
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17 May 2004 - Velocity Tools 1.1 Released
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The Velocity team is happy to announce the release of Velocity Tools 1.1. See the = change log for a listing of the many improvements since our 1.0 release.
+
+ Downloads: +
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Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi
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Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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For more information on Jakarta Velocity Tools, see the Jakarta Velocity Too= ls web site.
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14 May 2004 - Jakarta Cactus 1.6.1 Released
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The Cactus team is pleased to announce the release of Cactus 1.6.1. Please check the full rele= ase=20 details.
+
Both source and=20 binary distr= ibutions @@ -515,72 +648,98 @@ Apache web si= te when downloading from a mirror.
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For more information on Jakarta Cactus, see the Cactus web site.
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13 May 2004 - Commons/IO 1.0 Released
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The Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Commons/IO 1.0.
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Downloads: -
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BINARY: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi -
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SOURCE: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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For more information on Jakarta Commons/IO, see the Commons/IO web site.
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09 May 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.24 Stable released
+ +
The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.24 Stable is=20 now available.
+
Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges.
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+ Downloads: -
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BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi -
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SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi -
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For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat web site.
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+ UPDATE: A hotfix for a session cookie tracking issue is available o= n the binaries download page.
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08 May 2004 - Jakarta Cactus 1.6 Released
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The Cactus team is pleased to announce the release of Cactus 1.6. Please check the full releas= e=20 details.
+
Both source and=20 binary distr= ibutions @@ -589,60 +748,85 @@ Apache web si= te when downloading from a mirror.
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For more information on Jakarta Cactus, see the Cactus web site.
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6 May 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.1 Released
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This is a fix release solving the incompatibility of Commons/Net-1.2.0 with JDK versions earlier than 1.4.
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Downloads: -
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SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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03 May 2004 - Jakarta Slide 2.0 Server and WebDAV Client Released
+ +
+ Jakarta Slide i= s home to WebDAV mediated content repository management in java.=20 The 2.0 is an important milestone for the Slide sub-project=20 and includes greatly improved server code and the latest WebDAV java clien= t=2E
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30 April 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.0 Released
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NOTE: This release has been superseded by + +
=20 +NOTE: This release has been superseded by Commons/Net-1.2.1 +
+
The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= .0 of=20 the Jakarta Commons/Net component.
+
+ Commons/Net is an Internet protocol suite Java library which supports Finger, Whois,=20 TFTP, Telnet, POP3, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and some miscellaneous protocols like= Time and Echo as well as BSD R command support.
+
This release adds, for the first time, autodetection of FTP server type= when getting an FTP list, so that non-unix FTP servers can automatically pr= ovide usable listings with valid dates, etc. Server types supported in this= are Windows NT, OS2, VMS, OS400 as well as unix. This enables its use in = Ant's=20 ftp task, for example.
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The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -651,68 +835,107 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page.
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23 April 2004 - Jetspeed 1.5 Released
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The Jakarta Jetspeed development team has released the latest version of t= he Jetspeed Portal Server, version 1.5.
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* New Features *
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Jetspeed becomes a part of the Apache Portals project http://portals.= apache.org
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Build converted to Maven. Ant build deprecated.
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Security refactored to allow assigning roles within groups
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Jetspeed 1.5 Tutorial moved off of Bluesunrise and converted to Maven= documentation format.
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Jetspeed Maven Plugin for creating and working with Jetspeed-based pr= ojects
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Jetspeed site converted to use Maven, and moved to http://portals.apa= che.org/jetspeed-1
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Email Portlet
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Redirect Portlet
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Enhanced portlet filtering on the layout customizer
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New skins and updated look and feel of the default portal
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Portlets and decorators (controls) can now be completely hidden if us= er doesn't have secure access to the portlet.
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GenericMVC portlet now can render in parallel with other portlets on = the same page
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Added filtering on portlet registry browser
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Drag and drop controller for the layout designer
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Upgrade to Torque 3.1 and Torque Plugin
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Jetspeed becomes a part of the Apache Portals project http://portals.a= pache.org
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Build converted to Maven. Ant build deprecated.
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Security refactored to allow assigning roles within groups
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Jetspeed 1.5 Tutorial moved off of Bluesunrise and converted to Maven = documentation format.
+=20 +
Jetspeed Maven Plugin for creating and working with Jetspeed-based pro= jects
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Jetspeed site converted to use Maven, and moved to http://portals.apac= he.org/jetspeed-1
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Email Portlet
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Redirect Portlet
+=20 +
Enhanced portlet filtering on the layout customizer
+=20 +
New skins and updated look and feel of the default portal
+=20 +
Portlets and decorators (controls) can now be completely hidden if use= r doesn't have secure access to the portlet.
+=20 +
GenericMVC portlet now can render in parallel with other portlets on t= he same page
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Added filtering on portlet registry browser
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Drag and drop controller for the layout designer
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Upgrade to Torque 3.1 and Torque Plugin
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19 April 2004 - Tapestry 3.0 Released
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At long last, Tapestry= 3.0 final release is now available.=20 This release, over one and a half years in the making, represents a signif= icant evolution of the Tapestry web application framework.
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Tapestry 3.0 adds a raft of new features to the framework, all focused on = improved developer productivity. Most significantly:
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Implicit components, defined and configured directly in the HTML templ= ate.
+
Dynamic, rather than explicit, lookup of page and component specificat= ions. Just drop the specification files into WEB-INF.
+
Automatic creation of transient and persistent properties at runtime, = via bytecode enhancement. Define the properties in the specification, and l= et Tapestry create the property at runtime.
+
Improved client- and server-side form input validation.
+
Tapestry now uses Jakarta's FileUpload library.
+
Line precise error reporting: runtime errors refer to the exact templa= te or specification file and line at the root of each error.
+
+
+
But that's not all! The Tapestry team has worked tirelessly to improve and= expand the documentation,=20 add new components and improve existing components,=20 @@ -721,112 +944,151 @@ and create an extensive JUnit test suite to ensure it all works.
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14 April 2004 - Velocity 1.4 Released
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The eagerly awaited=20 Velocity 1.4 release i= s=20 now available for=20 download<= /a>.
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09 April 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC3 Released
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Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 3 has been released.=20 This release fixes bugs identified in the previous release candidates. =20
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Downloads: -
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02 April 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC2 Released
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Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 2 has been released.=20 This release addresses minor problems in the first release candidate. =20
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Downloads: -
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30 March 2004 - Lucene 1.4 Release Candidate 2 Released
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A new release of is available with many new features and bug fixes. See CHANGES.txt for details. Binary and source distributions are available here.
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26 March 2004 - Tomcat mod_jk2 web server connector version 2.0.4 Rele= ased
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The Tomcat team is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0.4 of the= Apache Tomcat mod_jk2 web server connector.
+
Tomcat is the reference implementation of a web application server which i= mplements the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications.
+
mod_jk2 is a connector which allows a web server such as Apache HTTPD or I= IS to act as a front end to the Tomcat web application server.
+
This version fixes a many majors bugs and is the first one to use APR=20 which is now mandatory.
+
See the file CHANGES.txt in the source distribution for a complete list of= changes.
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+ Downloads: -
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For more information on Jakarta Tomcat Connectors, see the Tomcat @@ -834,73 +1096,106 @@
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18 March 2004 - Jakarta Struts' graduation with honors into Apache Str= uts
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Jakarta Struts graduats = with honors into Apache Struts - Jakarta Struts formed its own PMCs in order to become Apache Struts= - Top Level Project in The Apache Softw= are Foundation.
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Craig R. McClanahan will be the PMC Chair of Apache Struts. Congratulat= ions,
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17 March 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC1 Released
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Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 1 has been released.
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Downloads: -
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BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi -
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SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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12 March 2004 - Power to the HiveMind people - Graduation From Jakarta= Commons Sandbox
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The Apache Jakarta Project is v= ery happy to announce it that HiveMind project has graduated from commons sandbox, outg= rown to become one of the Jakarta sub-projects.
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"[PROPOSAL] HiveMind in the sandbox" came to commons-dev at the end of = May, 2003. It took 9 months - enough time has passed for the bless of the o= utgrowing of Hivemind into Jakarta Proper. HiveMind scratched an itch a lot= of people have. Jakartaens and many Java developers/users did want this ti= me to come.
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Congratulations, to the HiveMind community.
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-- Apache Jakarta Project --=
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-- Apache Jakarta Project --=
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08 March 2004 - Tomcat 3.3.2 Final Available
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The Tomcat Team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 3.3.2 Final.=20
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Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges.
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+ Downloads: -
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BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi -
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SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi -
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03 March 2004 - POI 2.5-FINAL Released
+ +
+ ANNOUNCEMENT: +
+
The POI Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Jakart= a POI 2.5-FINAL release.=20
+
+ WHAT IS POI? +
+
The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats bas= ed upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java. Support= for reading and writing Microsoft Excel files and property information is = mature and work continues on reading and writing the MS Word format.=20
+
You can find the website at htt= p://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ +
+
+ NEW LICENSE: +
+
This release is has upgraded it's license to version 2.0 of the Apache Sof= tware Foundation License. See h= ttp://www.apache.org/licenses/ for more details.=20
+
+ CHANGE LOG: +
+
The following major changes have occurred since the 2.0 release:=20
+
HSSF (for reading and writing spreadsheets):
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Support for the Escher format in spreadsheets. In other words you can = now create shapes inside sheets.
+
BUG: 27005 java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during Workbook.cloneSh= eet()
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+
+
+ DOWNLOADS (source and binaries): +
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+ http://www.a= pache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ +
+
Regards,=20
+
- **-The Jakarta POI Team. - + +The Jakarta POI Team. +
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+ =20 +
01 March 2004 - The Board of the ASF established two new PMCs
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The Board of the ASF (The Apache Sof= tware Foundation) established two new PMCs
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+
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The Apache Gump Project will now oversee the development and maintenan= ce of the Apache Jakarta Gump proje= ct. Stefan Bodewig is the new Chair of this PMC.
+
The Apache Portals Project will be pulling together a number of differ= ent ASF technologies that are used to create portals (Jetspeed, Pluto, etc.). Santiago Gala is the new project Chair. +
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+ =20 +
24 February 2004 - Geir Magnusson Jr Succeeds Sam Ruby As Jakarta Proj= ect Chair
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Sam Ruby requested to step down from the Apache Jakarta Chair position. The Board appointed Geir Magnusson Jr to the newly-vacant Chair.
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Thanks Sam for your time in the Chair. I also look forward to the things that Geir can bring to the Apache Jakarta Project!
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Greg Stein, Chairman The Apache Software Foundation
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The Jakarta Project of=20 The Apache Software Foundation is controlled by the @@ -999,56 +1350,77 @@ Jakarta PMC. The Apache Jakarta Chair chairs this commitee and is also= an Officer of The Apache Software Found= ation.
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Sam Ruby has skillfully guided Jakarta through difficult times=20 and all his hard work is=20 - + very much appreciated. Geir Magnusson Jr is a very well known (and lik= ed) Jakartaen. Good luck Geir!
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+ =20 +
24 February 2004 - Tomcat 3.3.2 Release Candidate 1 Available
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The Tomcat Team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 3.3.2 Release Candidate 1.=20 Download here.
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23 February 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.19 Stable and Tomcat 4.1.30 Stable relea= sed
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The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.19 Stable and Tomc= at=20 4.1.30 Stable are now available.
+
Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges.
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+ Downloads: -
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BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi -
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SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi -
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For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat web site.
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+ =20 =20 +
21 February 2004 - Velocity Tools 1.1 RC 1 Released
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This release includes numerous improvements since the beta1 release.=20 These include the refinement and completion of TilesTool and ValidatorTool= ,=20 @@ -1056,117 +1428,165 @@ See the = change log for a more complete listing.
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+ Downloads: +
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Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi
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Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi
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For more information on Jakarta Velocity Tools, see the Jakarta Velocity Too= ls web site.
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16 February 2004 - Slide 2.0 Beta 1 Released
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+ Slide is the Ja= karta sub-project devoted to all matters WebDAV. The venerable Slide 1.x code has been refac= tored leading towards a new, improved 2.x series of releases. Slide 2.0 Beta 1 is an imp= ortant milestone in this process.
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Binary and source releases are available for download=20 here. The following distributions are provided:
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Slide bundled with Tomcat either 4.1.29 or 5.0.16
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Binary distribution mainly containing all jars and a Web Archive (.war)=20 for easy deployment in Web Containers
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Binary distribution of the WebDAV client library and command line client
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Full Slide WebDAV server sources
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Full Slide WebDAV client sources
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Full Slide WebDAV server sources
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Full Slide WebDAV client sources
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15 February 2004 - Commons HttpClient 2.0 Final Released
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The HttpClient team is pleased to announce the release of HttpClient 2.0=20 final. This release represents a great deal of work by quite a number of=20 people, and we would like to thank all of those who contributed to this=20 release.
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Only a few small bug fixes are included in this release. For more=20 details please see the=20 release notes.
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5 February 2005 - Tapestry 3.0-beta-4
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+ Tapestry release 3.0-b= eta-4 is now available.=20 This release incorporates a number of significant bug fixes and improves t= he documentation. If you are building from source, Tapestry will now automatically download = external dependencies (such as Forrest, DocBook and McKoi DB).
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Tapestry is available as standard source = and binary distrib= utions.
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30 January 2004 - Jakarta POI 2.0 FINAL released
+ +
The POI Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Jakarta POI 2.0-FINAL release.
=20 +
WHAT IS POI?
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The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java. @@ -1174,159 +1594,237 @@ information is mature and work continues on reading and writing the MS Word format.
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You can find the website at http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
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CHANGE LOG:
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The following major changes have occurred since the 1.5 release:
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HSSF (for reading and writing spreadsheets):
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Support for hyperlinks by using cell formulas:
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Numerous bug fixes
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Formula support
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Named cells and ranges
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Sheet reordering
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Zoom support
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Freeze and split panes supported
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Row and column headers
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Custom data formats
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Support for cloning objects
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Headers and footers
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Preservation of VBA macros when rewriting workbooks
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Support for hyperlinks by using cell formulas:
cell.setCellFormula("HYPERLINK(\"http://google.com\",\"Google\")")= ;
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HPSF (for reading document properties):
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Codepage support
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Read and write support
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Custom properties
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DOWNLOADS (source and binaries):
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- http://w= ww.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ + =20 +http://www.a= pache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ +
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Regards,
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The Jakarta POI Team.
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25 January 2004 - Commons Collections 3.0 released
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The Commons Collections team is pleased to announce that Commons Collecti= ons 3.0 release is now available.
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This is a major release. If you are upgrading, please read the=20 release notes for more information.
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For more information on Jakarta Commons Collections, see the Col= lections web site.
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22 January 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.18 Stable released
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The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.18 Stable=20 is now available.
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Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges.
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16 January 2004 - Commons HttpClient 2.0 RC 3 Released
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The HttpClient team is pleased to announce the third 2.0 release candidate= . This=20 release primarily contains bug fixes. For more details please see the=20 release notes.
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+	- -All Products are now under Apache License 2.0 - +All Products are now under Apache License 2.0 - - - See Apache Lic= ense Page for more information - - + =20 + + =20 + + =20 +See Apache License Page for more information + =20 + + =20 + + - -Farewell to Martin P=C3=B6schl - +Farewell to Marti= n Pöschl - =20 - + + =20 + =20 + - -we miss you - - - + =20 +we miss you + =20 + + =20 + + - -News & Status 2004 Jan-Jun - +News & Status 2= 004 Jan-Jun =20 =20 - + + + + 28 June 2004 - Commons Collections 3.1 released + + The Commons Collections team is pleased to announce the release of Common= s Collections 3.1. Commons Collections provides additional interfaces and implementations ba= sed on, and inspired by, the Java Collections Framework (`Collection`, `List`, `Set`, `Map`). + This release fixes a number of bugs in v3.0 and is fully compatible. Release v3.1 is also compatible with v2.1.1 enabling a workaround of prev= ious compatability issues in `IteratorUtils`. In addition to bug fixes, this release adds various new features includin= g: + + `TreeList` - A new list implementation that is faster than ArrayList in certain use cases + `MultiKeyMap` - A dedicated map implementation to support combi= ned keys mapping to a value + `ReferenceIdentityMap` - An identity based map whose keys/value= s can be garbage collected + Many more Serializable classes + + -Read the Release notes. -Download the binary distribution. -Download the source distribution. -Browse the collections website. +Read the Release notes. +Download the binary distribution. +Download the source distribution. +Browse the collections website. Please direct any feedback on issues or bugs to commons-user@jakarta.apach= e=2Eorg. =20 =20 - + + + =20 + 28 June 2004 - Henri Yandell Follows Geir Magnusson Jr. As Jakarta Cha= ir + + + Henri Yandell has been = elected as=20 the next Jakarta Chair succeeding Geir Magnusson Jr. Here's Henri eulogy for Geir: + + By the way, in case it's Monday morning and everything is a haze, I should mention that the board have accepted the PMC's recommendation of myself as @@ -259,29 +284,40 @@ months, and I'm looking forward to trying to live up to his and Sam's example. + =20 =20 - + + + =20 + 25 June 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.2 Released =20 + + This is a fix release solving a problem with FTPClient.listFiles when a di= rectory was not specified. Correct behavior of staying in the current directory w= as=20 restored. + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 - + + + + 16 June 2004 - Commons Logging 1.0.4 Released + The Jakarta Commons=20 team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.0.4 of @@ -289,11 +325,13 @@ Commons Logging is a thin bridging API. + This release features several enhancements and bug fixes but is primarily a service release supporting both the older 1.2.x version= s of=20 Log4J and the upcoming 1.3= .x versions. It is a fully compatible, drop-in replacement for the last 1.0.3 release. + The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -302,24 +340,34 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page. + =20 - + + + + 8 June 2004 - Commons DBCP 1.2.1 Released =20 + + The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= .1 of=20 the Jakarta Commons DBCP component. + + Commons-DBCP provides database connection pooling services. Together with Commons-Pool it is the default JNDI datasource provider for = Tomcat. + DBCP 1.2.1 is a maintenance release to restore full JDK 1.3 compatibili= ty. (see release notes for more info) + The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -329,65 +377,96 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page. =20 - + + + =20 + 12 June 2004 - Commons Collections 3.1-RC1 and 2.1.1 patch released + + The Commons Collections team announces the release of Commons Collections= 3.1-RC1. This is a preview of v3.1 to enable users to test the release against the= ir own code. We advise waiting for the formal 3.1 release before putting the code into= production. Please direct any feedback on issues or bugs to commons-user@jakarta.apac= he.org. + -Read the Release notes. -Download the distri= bution. -Browse the collections website. +Read the Release notes. +Download the distri= bution. +Browse the collections website. + + =20 The Commons Collections team also announces the release of Commons Collec= tions 2.1.1. This is a patch release to v2.1 to enable a workaround of issues in Itera= torUtils v3.0. If you are still using v2.1 please upgrade to v2.1.1, especially if you r= un an Open Source project. See the release notes for full details of the patch and why it was produc= ed. + -Read the Release notes. -Download the binary distribution. -Download the source distribution. +Read the Release notes. +Download the binary distribution. +Download the source distribution. + =20 - + + + =20 + 8 June 2004 - Commons DBCP 1.2 Released =20 + + The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= of=20 the Jakarta Commons DBCP component. + + Commons-DBCP provides database connection pooling services. Together with Commons-Pool it is the default JNDI datasource provider for = Tomcat. + There were some new features were added since the 1.1 release on 20 Oct= ober 2003. + + Performance optimizations for the PoolableConnectionFactory of BasicDa= taSource. + Add BasicDataSourceFactory.createDataSource(Properties properties) for= creating a BasicDataSource. + Add initialSize parameter to do pre-loading of the connection. + Refactoring of the DelegatingStatement classes. + Make some properties dynamic (changeble at runtime), this will be comp= leted in next release. + Improvements to the prepared statement pooling. + Driver specific changes/optimizations for: Oracle, Informix, DaffodilD= B=2E + Several fixes for PerUserPoolDataSource + PoolingDriver uses now a PoolGuardConnectionWrapper by default. If acc= ess to the=20 underlying connection is needed, you have to enable it: PoolingDriver.setA= ccessToUnderlyingConnectionAllowed(true) + This release contains bug fixes to all known issues. (see release notes for more info) + + The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -397,24 +476,34 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page. =20 - + + + =20 + 8 June 2004 - Commons Pool 1.2 Released =20 + + The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= of=20 the Jakarta Commons Pool component. + + Commons-Pool provides a generic object pooling interface, a toolkit for=20 creating modular object pools, and several general purpose pool implementa= tions. + No new features were added since the 1.2 release on 20 October 2003. + This maintenance release is needed for DBCP v1.2. (see release notes for more info) + The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -424,89 +513,133 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page. =20 - + + + + 1 June 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.26 Beta Released + + The Jakarta Tomcat team is happy to announce the release of Tomcat 5.0.26 = Beta: Release Notes, Change Log, and General Information are a= vailable. + + Downloads: + + + Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi + Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi + =20 - + + + + 17 May 2004 - Commons HttpClient 3.0 Alpha 1 Released =20 + + The Jakarta Commons team is happy to announce the release of Commons HttpC= lient 3.0 alpha 1. Please see the release notes for a list of changes made since the 2.0 release. =20 + + Downloads: + + + Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi + Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi + =20 + Please see the=20 HttpClient Web s= ite for more information. =20 - + + + =20 + 17 May 2004 - Velocity Tools 1.1 Released =20 + + The Velocity team is happy to announce the release of Velocity Tools 1.1. See the = change log for a listing of the many improvements since our 1.0 release. + + Downloads: + + + Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi + Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi + =20 + For more information on Jakarta Velocity Tools, see the Jakarta Velocity Too= ls web site. =20 - + + + =20 + 14 May 2004 - Jakarta Cactus 1.6.1 Released + + The Cactus team is pleased to announce the release of Cactus 1.6.1. Please check the full rele= ase=20 details. + Both source and=20 binary distr= ibutions @@ -515,72 +648,98 @@ Apache web si= te when downloading from a mirror. + For more information on Jakarta Cactus, see the Cactus web site. =20 - + + + =20 + 13 May 2004 - Commons/IO 1.0 Released =20 + + The Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Commons/IO 1.0. + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi + For more information on Jakarta Commons/IO, see the Commons/IO web site. - + + + =20 + 09 May 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.24 Stable released + + The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.24 Stable is=20 now available. + Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges. + + Downloads: - + BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat web site. =20 + + UPDATE: A hotfix for a session cookie tracking issue is available o= n the binaries download page. =20 - + + + =20 + 08 May 2004 - Jakarta Cactus 1.6 Released + + The Cactus team is pleased to announce the release of Cactus 1.6. Please check the full releas= e=20 details. + Both source and=20 binary distr= ibutions @@ -589,60 +748,85 @@ Apache web si= te when downloading from a mirror. + For more information on Jakarta Cactus, see the Cactus web site. =20 - + + + =20 + 6 May 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.1 Released =20 + + This is a fix release solving the incompatibility of Commons/Net-1.2.0 with JDK versions earlier than 1.4. + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 - + + + + 03 May 2004 - Jakarta Slide 2.0 Server and WebDAV Client Released + + + Jakarta Slide i= s home to WebDAV mediated content repository management in java.=20 The 2.0 is an important milestone for the Slide sub-project=20 and includes greatly improved server code and the latest WebDAV java clien= t=2E - + + + + 30 April 2004 - Commons/Net 1.2.0 Released =20 + - NOTE: This release has been superseded by + + =20 +NOTE: This release has been superseded by Commons/Net-1.2.1 + + The Jakarta Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2= .0 of=20 the Jakarta Commons/Net component. + + Commons/Net is an Internet protocol suite Java library which supports Finger, Whois,=20 TFTP, Telnet, POP3, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and some miscellaneous protocols like= Time and Echo as well as BSD R command support. + This release adds, for the first time, autodetection of FTP server type= when getting an FTP list, so that non-unix FTP servers can automatically pr= ovide usable listings with valid dates, etc. Server types supported in this= are Windows NT, OS2, VMS, OS400 as well as unix. This enables its use in = Ant's=20 ftp task, for example. + The latest binary release is always available on the=20 @@ -651,68 +835,107 @@ Jakarta Source Downloads page. - + + + =20 + 23 April 2004 - Jetspeed 1.5 Released =20 + =20 + The Jakarta Jetspeed development team has released the latest version of t= he Jetspeed Portal Server, version 1.5. =20 + * New Features * + - Jetspeed becomes a part of the Apache Portals project http://portals.= apache.org - Build converted to Maven. Ant build deprecated. - Security refactored to allow assigning roles within groups - Jetspeed 1.5 Tutorial moved off of Bluesunrise and converted to Maven= documentation format. - Jetspeed Maven Plugin for creating and working with Jetspeed-based pr= ojects - Jetspeed site converted to use Maven, and moved to http://portals.apa= che.org/jetspeed-1 - Email Portlet - Redirect Portlet - Enhanced portlet filtering on the layout customizer - New skins and updated look and feel of the default portal - Portlets and decorators (controls) can now be completely hidden if us= er doesn't have secure access to the portlet. - GenericMVC portlet now can render in parallel with other portlets on = the same page - Added filtering on portlet registry browser - Drag and drop controller for the layout designer =20 - Upgrade to Torque 3.1 and Torque Plugin +=20 + Jetspeed becomes a part of the Apache Portals project http://portals.a= pache.org +=20 + Build converted to Maven. Ant build deprecated. +=20 + Security refactored to allow assigning roles within groups +=20 + Jetspeed 1.5 Tutorial moved off of Bluesunrise and converted to Maven = documentation format. +=20 + Jetspeed Maven Plugin for creating and working with Jetspeed-based pro= jects +=20 + Jetspeed site converted to use Maven, and moved to http://portals.apac= he.org/jetspeed-1 +=20 + Email Portlet +=20 + Redirect Portlet +=20 + Enhanced portlet filtering on the layout customizer +=20 + New skins and updated look and feel of the default portal +=20 + Portlets and decorators (controls) can now be completely hidden if use= r doesn't have secure access to the portlet. +=20 + GenericMVC portlet now can render in parallel with other portlets on t= he same page +=20 + Added filtering on portlet registry browser +=20 + Drag and drop controller for the layout designer =20 +=20 + Upgrade to Torque 3.1 and Torque Plugin + =20 + Downloads: - + BINARY: h= ttp://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 =20 - + + + =20 + 19 April 2004 - Tapestry 3.0 Released =20 + =20 + At long last, Tapestry= 3.0 final release is now available.=20 This release, over one and a half years in the making, represents a signif= icant evolution of the Tapestry web application framework. =20 + Tapestry 3.0 adds a raft of new features to the framework, all focused on = improved developer productivity. Most significantly: + Implicit components, defined and configured directly in the HTML templ= ate. + Dynamic, rather than explicit, lookup of page and component specificat= ions. Just drop the specification files into WEB-INF. + Automatic creation of transient and persistent properties at runtime, = via bytecode enhancement. Define the properties in the specification, and l= et Tapestry create the property at runtime. + Improved client- and server-side form input validation. + Tapestry now uses Jakarta's FileUpload library. + Line precise error reporting: runtime errors refer to the exact templa= te or specification file and line at the root of each error. + + + But that's not all! The Tapestry team has worked tirelessly to improve and= expand the documentation,=20 add new components and improve existing components,=20 @@ -721,112 +944,151 @@ and create an extensive JUnit test suite to ensure it all works. =20 + Downloads: - + BINARY: h= ttp://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 =20 - + + + =20 + 14 April 2004 - Velocity 1.4 Released - + =20 + The eagerly awaited=20 Velocity 1.4 release i= s=20 now available for=20 download<= /a>. + - + + + + 09 April 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC3 Released + - + =20 + Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 3 has been released.=20 This release fixes bugs identified in the previous release candidates. =20 =20 + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 + Jakarta Tapestry Team - + + =20 - + + + =20 + 02 April 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC2 Released + - + =20 + Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 2 has been released.=20 This release addresses minor problems in the first release candidate. =20 =20 + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 + Jakarta Tapestry Team - + + =20 - + + + =20 =20 + 30 March 2004 - Lucene 1.4 Release Candidate 2 Released + + A new release of is available with many new features and bug fixes. See CHANGES.txt for details. Binary and source distributions are available here. =20 + + 26 March 2004 - Tomcat mod_jk2 web server connector version 2.0.4 Rele= ased + - + =20 + The Tomcat team is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0.4 of the= Apache Tomcat mod_jk2 web server connector. + Tomcat is the reference implementation of a web application server which i= mplements the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications. + mod_jk2 is a connector which allows a web server such as Apache HTTPD or I= IS to act as a front end to the Tomcat web application server. + This version fixes a many majors bugs and is the first one to use APR=20 which is now mandatory. + See the file CHANGES.txt in the source distribution for a complete list of= changes. + + Downloads: - + BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Tomcat Connectors, see the Tomcat @@ -834,73 +1096,106 @@ =20 =20 - + + + =20 =20 + 18 March 2004 - Jakarta Struts' graduation with honors into Apache Str= uts + - + =20 + Jakarta Struts graduats = with honors into Apache Struts - Jakarta Struts formed its own PMCs in order to become Apache Struts= - Top Level Project in The Apache Softw= are Foundation. =20 + Craig R. McClanahan will be the PMC Chair of Apache Struts. Congratulat= ions, =20 - + + + =20 + 17 March 2004 - Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC1 Released + - + =20 + Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R= elease Candidate 1 has been released. =20 + Downloads: - + BINARY: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi =20 + Jakarta Tapestry Team - + + =20 - + + + =20 + 12 March 2004 - Power to the HiveMind people - Graduation From Jakarta= Commons Sandbox + - + =20 + The Apache Jakarta Project is v= ery happy to announce it that HiveMind project has graduated from commons sandbox, outg= rown to become one of the Jakarta sub-projects. =20 + "[PROPOSAL] HiveMind in the sandbox" came to commons-dev at the end of = May, 2003. It took 9 months - enough time has passed for the bless of the o= utgrowing of Hivemind into Jakarta Proper. HiveMind scratched an itch a lot= of people have. Jakartaens and many Java developers/users did want this ti= me to come. =20 + Congratulations, to the HiveMind community. =20 - -- Apache Jakarta Project --= + + -- Apache Jakarta Project --= + =20 - + + + =20 + 08 March 2004 - Tomcat 3.3.2 Final Available + - + =20 + The Tomcat Team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 3.3.2 Final.=20 + Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges. + + Downloads: - + BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat @@ -908,90 +1203,146 @@ =20 =20 - + + + =20 + 03 March 2004 - POI 2.5-FINAL Released + + + ANNOUNCEMENT: + + The POI Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Jakart= a POI 2.5-FINAL release.=20 + + WHAT IS POI? + + The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats bas= ed upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java. Support= for reading and writing Microsoft Excel files and property information is = mature and work continues on reading and writing the MS Word format.=20 + You can find the website at htt= p://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ + + + NEW LICENSE: + + This release is has upgraded it's license to version 2.0 of the Apache Sof= tware Foundation License. See h= ttp://www.apache.org/licenses/ for more details.=20 + + CHANGE LOG: + + The following major changes have occurred since the 2.0 release:=20 + HSSF (for reading and writing spreadsheets): + Support for the Escher format in spreadsheets. In other words you can = now create shapes inside sheets. + BUG: 27005 java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during Workbook.cloneSh= eet() + + + + DOWNLOADS (source and binaries): + + + http://www.a= pache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ + + Regards,=20 + - *-The Jakarta POI Team.* - + +The Jakarta POI Team. + =20 - + + + =20 + 01 March 2004 - The Board of the ASF established two new PMCs + + The Board of the ASF (The Apache Sof= tware Foundation) established two new PMCs + + + The Apache Gump Project will now oversee the development and maintenan= ce of the Apache Jakarta Gump proje= ct. Stefan Bodewig is the new Chair of this PMC. + The Apache Portals Project will be pulling together a number of differ= ent ASF technologies that are used to create portals (Jetspeed, Pluto, etc.). Santiago Gala is the new project Chair. + + =20 - + + + =20 + 24 February 2004 - Geir Magnusson Jr Succeeds Sam Ruby As Jakarta Proj= ect Chair + + =20 - + =20 + Sam Ruby requested to step down from the Apache Jakarta Chair position. The Board appointed Geir Magnusson Jr to the newly-vacant Chair. - + =20 + Thanks Sam for your time in the Chair. I also look forward to the things that Geir can bring to the Apache Jakarta Project! - + =20 + Greg Stein, Chairman The Apache Software Foundation + - + =20 + The Jakarta Project of=20 The Apache Software Foundation is controlled by the @@ -999,56 +1350,77 @@ Jakarta PMC. The Apache Jakarta Chair chairs this commitee and is also= an Officer of The Apache Software Found= ation. - + =20 + Sam Ruby has skillfully guided Jakarta through difficult times=20 and all his hard work is=20 - + very much appreciated. Geir Magnusson Jr is a very well known (and lik= ed) Jakartaen. Good luck Geir! - + + + =20 + 24 February 2004 - Tomcat 3.3.2 Release Candidate 1 Available + - + =20 + The Tomcat Team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 3.3.2 Release Candidate 1.=20 Download here. =20 - + + + =20 + 23 February 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.19 Stable and Tomcat 4.1.30 Stable relea= sed + + The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.19 Stable and Tomc= at=20 4.1.30 Stable are now available. + Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges. + + Downloads: - + BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat web site. =20 - + + + =20 =20 + 21 February 2004 - Velocity Tools 1.1 RC 1 Released =20 + + This release includes numerous improvements since the beta1 release.=20 These include the refinement and completion of TilesTool and ValidatorTool= ,=20 @@ -1056,117 +1428,165 @@ See the = change log for a more complete listing. + + Downloads: + + + Binaries: http= ://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi + Source Code: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi + =20 + For more information on Jakarta Velocity Tools, see the Jakarta Velocity Too= ls web site. =20 - + + + =20 =20 =20 + 16 February 2004 - Slide 2.0 Beta 1 Released =20 + + + Slide is the Ja= karta sub-project devoted to all matters WebDAV. The venerable Slide 1.x code has been refac= tored leading towards a new, improved 2.x series of releases. Slide 2.0 Beta 1 is an imp= ortant milestone in this process. - + =20 + Binary and source releases are available for download=20 here. The following distributions are provided: - - + =20 + + =20 + Slide bundled with Tomcat either 4.1.29 or 5.0.16 - + =20 + Binary distribution mainly containing all jars and a Web Archive (.war)=20 for easy deployment in Web Containers - + =20 + Binary distribution of the WebDAV client library and command line client - - - Full Slide WebDAV server sources - Full Slide WebDAV client sources - + =20 + + =20 + + =20 + Full Slide WebDAV server sources + =20 + Full Slide WebDAV client sources + =20 + + + + =20 - =20 =20 + 15 February 2004 - Commons HttpClient 2.0 Final Released =20 + + The HttpClient team is pleased to announce the release of HttpClient 2.0=20 final. This release represents a great deal of work by quite a number of=20 people, and we would like to thank all of those who contributed to this=20 release. =20 + Only a few small bug fixes are included in this release. For more=20 details please see the=20 release notes. + + Downloads: - + Binary: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + Source: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + =20 + Please see the HttpClient web site for= more information. =20 - + + + =20 + 5 February 2005 - Tapestry 3.0-beta-4 =20 + =20 + + Tapestry release 3.0-b= eta-4 is now available.=20 This release incorporates a number of significant bug fixes and improves t= he documentation. If you are building from source, Tapestry will now automatically download = external dependencies (such as Forrest, DocBook and McKoi DB). =20 + Tapestry is available as standard source = and binary distrib= utions. =20 - + + + =20 + 30 January 2004 - Jakarta POI 2.0 FINAL released + + The POI Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Jakarta POI 2.0-FINAL release. =20 + WHAT IS POI? =20 + The POI project consists of APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format using pure Java. @@ -1174,159 +1594,237 @@ information is mature and work continues on reading and writing the MS Word format. + You can find the website at http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ =20 + CHANGE LOG: + The following major changes have occurred since the 1.5 release: + HSSF (for reading and writing spreadsheets): + - Numerous bug fixes - Improved support for non-english spreadsheets. - Formula support - Named cells and ranges - Sheet reordering - Zoom support - Freeze and split panes supported - Row and column headers - Custom data formats - Support for cloning objects - Headers and footers - Preservation of VBA macros when rewriting workbooks - Support for hyperlinks by using cell formulas: + =20 + Numerous bug fixes + =20 + Improved support for non-english spreadsheets. + =20 + Formula support + =20 + Named cells and ranges + =20 + Sheet reordering + =20 + Zoom support + =20 + Freeze and split panes supported + =20 + Row and column headers + =20 + Custom data formats + =20 + Support for cloning objects + =20 + Headers and footers + =20 + Preservation of VBA macros when rewriting workbooks + =20 + Support for hyperlinks by using cell formulas: cell.setCellFormula("HYPERLINK(\"http://google.com\",\"Google\")")= ; - Custom palettes + =20 + Custom palettes + =20 + HPSF (for reading document properties): + - Bug fixes - Codepage support - Read and write support - Custom properties + =20 + Bug fixes + =20 + Codepage support + =20 + Read and write support + =20 + Custom properties + =20 + DOWNLOADS (source and binaries): =20 + - http://w= ww.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ + =20 +http://www.a= pache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta/poi/ + =20 + Regards, =20 + The Jakarta POI Team. =20 - + + + =20 =20 + 25 January 2004 - Commons Collections 3.0 released + + The Commons Collections team is pleased to announce that Commons Collecti= ons 3.0 release is now available. + This is a major release. If you are upgrading, please read the=20 release notes for more information. + + Downloads: - + Binary: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + Source: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Commons Collections, see the Col= lections web site. =20 - + + + =20 + 22 January 2004 - Tomcat 5.0.18 Stable released + + The Tomcat team is pleased to announce that Tomcat 5.0.18 Stable=20 is now available. + Please refer to the changelog included in the releases for the list of cha= nges. + + Downloads: - + BINARY:http://jaka= rta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + SOURCE:http://j= akarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + + For more information on Jakarta Tomcat, see the Tomcat web site. =20 - + + + =20 + 16 January 2004 - Commons HttpClient 2.0 RC 3 Released =20 + + The HttpClient team is pleased to announce the third 2.0 release candidate= . This=20 release primarily contains bug fixes. For more details please see the=20 release notes. + + Downloads:** - + Binary: http://jak= arta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi - + Source: http://= jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi - + + =20 + Please see the HttpClient web site for= more information. =20 - + + + =20 [ News Headlines ind= ex ] - [ Newslette= rs Archive ] + + [ Newslet= ters Archive ] + [ Jakarta Product = News from 2004 Jul-Dec ] + [ Jakarta Product News from 2004 Jan-Jun ] + [ Other News = from 2004 Jul-Dec ] + [ Other News = from 2004 Jan-Jun ] + [ Jakarta News from 2003 ] + [ Other News from 200= 3 ] + [ Jakarta News from 2002 ] + [ Other News from 200= 2 ] + [ News from 2001 ] + [ News from 2000 ] - + + + =20 Got News? =20 + If you would like to submit a news item, please=20 join the=20 Jakarta general and post it! 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