[ANN] Apache Karaf 4.0.0.M3 Tech Preview Released!

["Jamie G." <ja...@gmail.com>]

The Karaf team is pleased to announce the release of Karaf version 4.0.0.M3.

Apache Karaf is a small OSGi distribution which provides a ready to
use container for server side applications.

!! This is a technology preview release of Apache Karaf, and should
NOT be considered production ready !!

Apache Karaf 4.0.0.M3 represents a major refactoring of the project,
and includes numerous new features. We ask that users provide the
community with their feed back so that the full Apache Karaf 4.0.0
release can be as feature complete and stable as possible.

http://karaf.apache.org/

This release is available from
http://karaf.apache.org/index/community/download.html#Karaf4.0.0.M3 and

Maven:

 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.apache.karaf</groupId>
 <artifactId>apache-karaf</artifactId>
 <version>4.0.0.M3</version>
 </dependency>

Download Note:
Our mirrors are still syncing the new kits, if your primary mirror
does not have the kit please try another from the server mirror list.

Apache Karaf manuals will appear soon to the website, updates are underway.

Release Notes:

There are 597 resolved issues included in this release, best reviewed
via our Jira.

As this is a milestone release we've included a short set of release notes:
http://karaf.apache.org/index/community/download/karaf-4.0.0.M3-release.html

Enjoy!