[ANNOUNCE] Apache Jackrabbit 2.9.1 released

[Marcel Reutegger <mr...@apache.org>]

The Apache Jackrabbit community is pleased to announce the release of
Apache Jackrabbit 2.9.1. The release is available for download at:

 http://jackrabbit.apache.org/downloads.html

See the full release notes below for details about this release.


Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.9.1

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.9.1, a fully compliant implementation of the
Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as
specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).

Apache Jackrabbit 2.9 is an unstable series of releases cut directly from
Jackrabbit trunk, with a focus on new features and other improvements.
For production use we recommend the latest stable 2.8 release.

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.9.1
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Improvements

  [JCR-3803] Local cache contention lead to performance degradation
  [JCR-3804] [jackrabbit-aws] Allow http communication to S3
  [JCR-3810] StreamWrapper can attempt to reset other types of InputStreams
  [JCR-3815] Local Cache Purge Cause Performance Issues
  [JCR-3817] [jackrabbit-aws-ext] Performance of operation degrades
while running DS GC
  [JCR-3818] Use SimpleFSDirectory by default
  [JCR-3825] Use RepositoryFactory for first hops
  [JCR-3826] AbstractPrincipalProvider cachesize is not configurable
  [JCR-3838] [aws-ext] Proactive & Asynchronous caching of binary when
its metadata is accessed from S3
  [JCR-3843] [jackrabbit-aws-ext] Support S3 in Franfurt Datacenter
  [JCR-3844] JcrRemotingServlet does not log full stacktrace
  [JCR-3845] Have AuthorizableQueryManager Support Specifying Sort
Ignore Case Mode

Bug fixes

  [JCR-3274] jackrabbit-standalone-2.4.0.jar Populate does not work
  [JCR-3805] LocalCache doesn't build up properly in JDK 7.
  [JCR-3809] ConnectionHelper swallows exception when it fails to
reset binary streams after a failed SQL statement execution
  [JCR-3816] [aws-ext]S3DS not able update lastModified of record > 5GB
  [JCR-3821] SeededSecureRandom thread can prevent Jackrabbit from shutting down
  [JCR-3839] [aws-ext] Regression to JCR-3734 Slow local cache built-up time
  [JCR-3840] NodeTypeDefDiff does not take same-name child type
definitions into account

Tasks
  [JCR-3830] Allow for privilege discovery in jcr-server
  [JCR-3833] Compatibility with Java 8

Sub-tasks

  [JCR-2113] JSR 283 Access Control Management (JCR-2003 - JCR2SPI /
SPI: Add support for JCR 2.0)

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit 2.9.0 release.

For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other
Jackrabbit releases, please see the Jackrabbit issue tracker at

    https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR

Release Contents
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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.

About Apache Jackrabbit
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Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content
Repository for Java Technology API (JCR). 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
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legal, and financial support for more than 140 freely-available,
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of its 3,800+ contributors.

For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/

Trademarks
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