[ANN] Apache Felix Dependency Manager 4 (top-level release R3) Released

[Pierre De Rop <pi...@gmail.com>]

The Felix team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Felix
Dependency Manager 4 top-level release R3.

This release is available from:

    http://felix.apache.org/site/downloads.cgi

The instructions to build the Dependency Manager from the source
distribution can be found here:


http://felix.apache.org/documentation/subprojects/apache-felix-dependency-manager/guides/development.html


Release Notes - Version org.apache.felix.dependencymanager-r3

** Bug
    * [FELIX-4858] - DependencyManager: missing createCopy method in timed
service dependency
    * [FELIX-4869] - Callbacks not invoked for dependencies that are added
after the component is initialized

** Improvement
    * [FELIX-4614] - Factory create() method should have access to the
component definition
    * [FELIX-4873] - Enhance DM API to get missing and circular dependencies
    * [FELIX-4876] - DM Annotations bnd plugin compatibility with Bndtools
2.4.1 / 3.0.0 versions
    * [FELIX-4877] - DM Annotations should detect service type using more
method signatures.
    * [FELIX-4878] - Support more signatures for Dependency callbacks
    * [FELIX-4880] - Missing callback instance support for some adapters
    * [FELIX-4889] - Refactor dm shell command to use the
org.apache.dm.diagnostics api

** Wish
    * [FELIX-4875] - Update DM integration test with latest ConfigAdmin

Enjoy!

-The Felix team