[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Commons Configuration Version 2.5

[Gary Gregory <gg...@apache.org>]

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Commons Configuration Version 2.5.

The Commons Configuration software library provides a generic configuration
interface which enables an application to read configuration data from a
variety
of sources.

This is a minor release with new features and updated dependencies.

Changes in this version include:

Fixed Bugs:
o CONFIGURATION-731:  Allow user to specify the comments and separator
chars. Thanks to Shuai Zhang, Gary Gregory.

Changes:
o CONFIGURATION-738:  Update Jackson from 2.9.7 to 2.9.8. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-739:  Update Apache Commons Codec from 1.11 to 1.12. Thanks
to Gary Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-740:  Update Apache Commons VFS from 2.2 to 2.3. Thanks to
Gary Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-741:  Update Spring from 4.3.19 to 4.3.22. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-743:  Update optional library snakeyaml from 1.23 to 1.24.
Thanks to Gary Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-747:  Update Apache Commons Lang from 3.8.1 to 3.9. Thanks
to Gary Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-746:  Update Jackson from 2.9.8 to 2.9.9. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-747:  Update Spring from 4.3.22 to 4.3.24. Thanks to Gary
Gregory.
o CONFIGURATION-745:  Add the special key "includeoptional" for properties
files. Thanks to Gary Gregory.

Historical list of changes:
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/changes-report.html

For complete information on Apache Commons Configuration, including
instructions on how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons
Configuration website:

http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/

You can download source and binaries from our download page:

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/download_configuration.cgi

Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
  <version>2.5</version>
</dependency>

Gary Gregory,
on behalf of the Apache Commons Team