Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 1.6.2 Introduction ------------ Apache Jackrabbit 1.6.2 is a bug fix release that fixes issues reported against previous releases. This release is backwards-compatible with the earlier 1.6.x releases, but contains a change in persistence format that makes it impossible to downgrade to an earlier release after a repository has been upgraded to the 1.6.2 version. A full backup of the repository is recommended before this upgrade. Changes in this release ----------------------- This release fixes the following issues: JCR-2170 Remove PropDefId and NodeDefId JCR-2433 NPE when copying nodes with Workspace.copy() JCR-2456 Repository is corrupt after concurrent changes with the same session JCR-2503 inconsistent session and persistent state after ... JCR-2525 NodeState and NodeStateListener deadlock JCR-2554 Deadlock inside XASession on Weblogic JCR-2577 SISM.checkAddedChildNodes() prevents merging of concurrent changes JCR-2611 DefaultHighlighter.java does not encode illegal XML characters JCR-2613 NoSuchItemStateException on checkin after removeVersion in XA ... JCR-2645 XML text extraction in Jackrabbit 1.x accesses external resources See the Jackrabbit issue tracker for more details about these changes: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR The issue tracker also documents all the known issues in this release. Release Contents ---------------- This release consists of a single source archive packaged as a zip file. The archive can be unpacked with the jar tool from your JDK installation. See the README.txt file for instructions on how to build this release. The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download. The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/dist/KEYS. Contributors ------------ The following people have contributed to this release by submitting bug reports or by participating in the issue resolution process. Antonio Martinez Marcel Reutegger Stefan Guggisberg Bart van der Schans Martijn Hendriks Stephan Huttenhuis Bram de Kruijff Maxime Bégnis The Dong Claus Köll Paul Jara Thomas Müller Frederic Guilbeault Peter Krokavec Tobias Bocanegra Grégory Joseph Robert Sauer Tom Quellenberg Jukka Zitting Sascha Theves Thank you to everyone involved! About Apache Jackrabbit ----------------------- Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR, specified in JSR 170 and 283). A content repository is a hierarchical content store with support for structured and unstructured content, full text search, versioning, transactions, observation, and more. For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/ About The Apache Software Foundation ------------------------------------ Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for more than 100 freely-available, collaboratively-developed Open Source projects. The pragmatic Apache License enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software; the Foundation's intellectual property framework limits the legal exposure of its 2,500+ contributors. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/