svn commit: r1056352 - /incubator/river/site/trunk/content/river/index.mdtext

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Author: sijskes
Date: Fri Jan  7 15:28:50 2011
New Revision: 1056352

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1056352&view=rev
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CMS commit to river by sijskes

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Modified: incubator/river/site/trunk/content/river/index.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/river/site/trunk/content/river/index.mdtext?rev=1056352&r1=1056351&r2=1056352&view=diff
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 Title: Apache River News
+
 # Generics in Java Spaces?
 
 Follow and participate in the vibrant debate on java spaces persistence storage, 
@@ -29,10 +30,41 @@ The first project release (v2.1.1 incuba
 
 Next step is to get Apache Incubator approval for the release.
 
-# Resources
+## Status update
+
+River is starting to gain some momentum and is seeing increasing activity on it's developer mailing list. Lots of code and ideas are being thrown around with some interesting discussions and some great code being produced. Add a new Apache Mentor into the mix and the project is starting to look like it could shape up for graduation soon...
 
+Recent River events include:
 
- * Apache Incubator [Proposal for the River project ]( http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/RiverProposal)
- * [Jini.org ]( http://www.jini.org)
- * [Jini project area on Java.net ]( http://jini.dev.java.net)
- * Jan Newmarch's [Guide to Jini Technologies ]( http://jan.newmarch.name/java/jini/tutorial/Jini.xml)
+* River 2.1.2 has been released
+* New `CodebaseAccessClassLoader` and associated changes submitted to svn (Thanks to Gregg Wonderly)
+* New `StreamServiceRegistrar` Interface and other additions proposed and submitted to svn
+* New `ConcurrentDyamicPolicyProvider` in svn
+
+New functionality and fixes in the pipeline include:
+
+* New `RevokeablePolicy` in svn
+* New Groovy Configuration System (Thanks to Dennis Reedy)
+* Fully functional `ConcurrentDynamicPolicyProvider`
+* Fully functional `RevokeablePolicy`
+* A `StreamServiceRegistrar` implementation
+
+Future Roadmap:
+
+* Integrate Jini Surrogate Architecture.
+* Apache River - Java CDC support for dynamic code downloading and Jini Services utilising a subset of Jini's API.
+* Apache River 2.2.0 Release, Scheduled for December.
+* Better "Getting starting" documentation for new River developers
+* Better resources for users of River (Thanks to Tim Blackman for _Jini-in-a-Jar_ donation)
+
+River is actively looking for people who can help with the following areas:
+
+* Review of patches waiting to be included into SVN, particularly
+ * River-345: [SDM LookupCache multi-LUS stale proxy/discard problems](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-345)
+ * River-336: [Jini should support platforms other than those with RMIClassLoader as the classloading control point. IDEs inparticular need help](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-336)
+ * River-313: [Provide mechanism to swap in alternatives to Java DSL for service configuration](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-313)
+* New feature functionality, particularly
+ * River-342: [Jini in a Jar - some helpful utilities for newbie's](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-342)
+ * River-337: [Attempted discard of unknown registrar kills LookupLocatorDiscovery thread](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-337)
+ * River-332: [Use of Depreciated Interface java.rmi.server.RemoteCall](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-332)
+* Updated documentation and tools for new River developers and developers using River
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