[Announce] Apache Abdera v0.2.0 (Incubating)

[James Snell <jm...@apache.org>]

The Apache Abdera community is pleased to announce the 0.2.0-incubating release.

You can download binary and source distributions from:

http://people.apache.org/dist/incubator/abdera/0.2.0-incubating

Binaries are also available via the Apache Incubator Maven repository.
Builds are available for Java 1.5 and Java 1.4.2.

For further information, visit our web site at:
http://incubator.apache.org/abdera

Introduction
============

The goal of the Apache Abdera project is to build a
functionally-complete, high-performance implementation of the IETF Atom
Syndication Format (RFC 4287) and Atom Publishing Protocol (in-progress)
specifications.

Abdera is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software
Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. Incubation is
required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates
that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process
have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF
projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the
completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project
has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.

Release Summary
===============

 * A reworked API that improves usability
 * Decoupled extensions from the underlying parser implementation
 * A Atom Publishing Protocol client implementation
 * Updated support for the current Atom Publishing Protocol draft specification
 * Added support for Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
 * Improved Thread Safety
 * Fixed a number of Classloader issues that kept Abdera from working
   properly in application server environments.
 * Improved Javadocs
 * Added test cases and sample code
 * Added experimental Bidirectional Text support
 * Improved implementation of OpenSearch v1.0 and v1.1 extensions
 * Implementation of MediaRSS extensions
 * Implementation of Feed Paging and Archiving extensions
 * GoogleLogin Authentication Support

Please feel free to send any feedback to our mailing lists:
abdera-dev@incubator.apache.org
abdera-user@incubator.apache.org

Any contribution in the form of coding, testing, improving the
documentation, and reporting bugs is always welcome. For more
information on how to get involved with the development of Abdera, visit
our website at: http://incubator.apache.org/abdera


Thank you for your interest in Apache Abdera!

-- Apache Abdera PPMC