[ANNOUNCE] MyFaces Core v1.2.3 Release

[Leonardo Uribe <lu...@apache.org>]

The Apache MyFaces team is pleased to announce the release of MyFaces 
Core 1.2.3.

MyFaces Core is a JavaServer(tm) Faces 1.2 implementation as specified 
by JSR-252.  MyFaces Core has passed Sun's JSR-252 TCK and is 100% 
compliant with the JSR-252 specification.
MyFaces Core 1.2.3 is available in both binary and source distributions.

   * http://myfaces.apache.org/download.html

MyFaces Core is also available in the central Maven repository under 
Group ID "org.apache.myfaces.core".

Release Notes - MyFaces Core - Version 1.2.3

Bug

   * [MYFACES-1558] - FactoryFinder not thread safe, and has a memory leak
   * [MYFACES-1691] - beforeUnload event handler breaks form submission
   * [MYFACES-1793] - MF Core causes resources not found(404) errors 
(recently also corrected in Sun RI for JSF 1.2)
   * [MYFACES-1795] - MF Core causes resources not found(404) errors 
(recently also corrected in Sun RI for JSF 1.2)
   * [MYFACES-1796] - FactoryFinder.releaseFactories() does not release 
application class loader. (PATCH available).
   * [MYFACES-1799] - javax.faces.validator.LengthValidator.getMaximum() 
returns Integer.MAX_VALUE
   * [MYFACES-1811] - cannot set enctype on h:form with el
   * [MYFACES-1812] - All faces-config.xml get loaded twice from jars in 
WEB-INF/lib
   * [MYFACES-1815] - Faces servlet returns empty response for resources 
when using /faces/* as servlet mapping
   * [MYFACES-1817] - f:validateLength with equal minimun and maximun 
does not work
   * [MYFACES-1819] - h:selectManyCheckbox with 
value="#{bean.map['somekey']}" fails
   * [MYFACES-1825] - duplicate ids not detected in 
JspStateManagerImpl.checkForDuplicateIds()
   * [MYFACES-1826] - Change Messages_de.properties German Message for 
Lenght Validator to proper descriptions
   * [MYFACES-1827] - MessageUtils don't handle MessageFormat 
substitution correctly with different Locale
   * [MYFACES-1828] - code that allow perform custom tasks before and 
after set binding in 1.2 does not work
   * [MYFACES-1830] - oamSetHiddenInput function missing for myfaces 
core 1.2 if ...
   * [MYFACES-1831] - JSF12 UIComponentClassicTagBase.getCreated is 
broken, breaking t:updateActionListener
   * [MYFACES-1833] - UIComponentBase catches all Exceptions on broadcast
   * [MYFACES-1836] - f:convertDateTime type=date is ignored
   * [MYFACES-1843] - Configuration cleanup fail on some specific 
machine configurations
   * [MYFACES-1845] - Only date is returned wihen both dateStyle and 
timeStyle are set without specifying type
   * [MYFACES-1849] - javascript on button should be removed or 
configurable by user
   * [MYFACES-1851] - the hidden field form:_link_hidden_ not works 
anymore (changed by form:_idcl on MYFACES-1539). This should be removed
   * [MYFACES-1855] - hidden fields created when using h:commandLink and 
f:param should be created and removed using javascript
   * [MYFACES-1856] - h:commandLink with target="_blank" does not work
   * [MYFACES-1857] - h:commandLink with onclick="customFunction" does 
not do what taglib javadoc of jsf ri suggest to do
   * [MYFACES-1866] - Avoid possible NullPointerException and 
NumberFormatException in JspStateManagerImpl.getServerStateId
   * [MYFACES-1869] - mvn assembly:assembly does not generate src zip or 
tag.gz properly

Improvement

   * [MYFACES-1726] - IE7 - AutoComplete Does Not Work When You Use 
Script to Submit a Form
   * [MYFACES-1859] - Optimize javascript following good practices
   * [MYFACES-1862] - Use ThreadLocal StringBuilder for create ids on 
getClientId, like in trinidad
   * [MYFACES-1864] - Enhance UIComponentBase.getFacetsAndChildren(), 
creating _FacetsAndChildrenIterator only when it is necessary

Enjoy!