Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.8.1 Introduction ------------ Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class web sites and other demanding content applications. Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.1 is a patch release that contains fixes and improvements over Oak 1.8. Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.x releases are considered stable and targeted for production use. The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project. Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation. Changes in Oak 1.8.1 --------------------- Technical task [OAK-7060] - RDBDocumentStore.getStats() for SQLServer [OAK-7137] - Upgrade to scr bnd plugin that places the metatype files in the correct location [OAK-7138] - Move metatype files in source control to correct location [OAK-7141] - Remove unused metatype.properties [OAK-7142] - RDBDocumentStoreDB: use try-with-resources in new code introduced for getStats() Bug [OAK-4401] - Excerpt Highlighting for a property is not correct [OAK-7131] - xpath to sql2 conversion drops order by clause for some cases [OAK-7132] - SNFE after full compaction [OAK-7136] - Stop storing metatype.properties files under OSGI-INF/metatype [OAK-7147] - Oak run LuceneIndexer indexes excluded parent nodes [OAK-7152] - CacheMap.clear() never returns [OAK-7162] - Race condition on revisions head between compaction and scheduler could result in skipped commit [OAK-7168] - The debug command returns a zero exit code on error [OAK-7169] - The datastorecheck returns a zero exit code on error [OAK-7171] - The history command returns a zero exit code on error [OAK-7174] - The check command returns a zero exit code on error [OAK-7176] - RevisionVector from empty string throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException Improvement [OAK-6031] - Add TarFiles to the architecture diagram [OAK-7157] - Minimize the amount of generations retained by the Cold Standby [OAK-7158] - Users shouldn't be able to change the number of retained generations Task [OAK-7075] - Document oak-run compact arguments and system properties [OAK-7126] - make RDBCacheConsistency2Test store-agnostic [OAK-7130] - Update README.md with Java 8 requirement [OAK-7172] - Document TarMK specific MBeans [OAK-7173] - Update documentation for oak-run check Documentation [OAK-6941] - Compatibility matrix for oak-run compact [OAK-6964] - Document tail compaction [OAK-7112] - Update documentation for cold standby In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.x release. For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other Oak releases, please see the Oak issue tracker at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK 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.md 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 http://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/KEYS. About Apache Jackrabbit Oak --------------------------- Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class web sites and other demanding content applications. The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project. Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation. For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/oak About The Apache Software Foundation ------------------------------------ Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for more than 140 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 3,800+ contributors. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/