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Posted to cvs@cocoon.apache.org by gr...@apache.org on 2001/01/19 02:33:35 UTC
cvs commit: xml-cocoon README build.xml
greenrd 01/01/18 17:33:35
Modified: . README build.xml
Log:
doing 1.8.1
Revision Changes Path
1.10 +66 -1 xml-cocoon/README
Index: README
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-cocoon/README,v
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--- README 2000/12/08 12:30:59 1.9
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
* What is it?
* Where is it?
* Requirements
-* Release Notes for Cocoon 1.8
+* Release Notes for Cocoon 1.8.1 and previous versions
* Licensing and Legal Issues
@@ -63,6 +63,71 @@
Look for the most updated documentation on the Cocoon web site under
the Apache XML Project (http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/).
+
+
+ Release Notes for Cocoon 1.8.1
+ ------------------------------
+
+ This is mainly a bugfix release - a large number of fixes and updates
+ have been made.
+
+ As usual, changes since previous releases are documented in docs/changes.html
+
+ Major improvements include:
+
+ * First official release of the esql logicsheet for database access in Cocoon.
+ Esql, which was previously an undocumented experimental feature, supports
+ features like integration with other logicsheets, prepared statements, and
+ multiple encodings. Esql now supercedes both the sql taglib and the sql
+ processor. IMPORTANT NOTE: Although the esql syntax has changed since Cocoon 1.8
+ (see the documentation), it is now expected to be fairly stable.
+
+ * The much-maligned Internet Explorer PDF bug, which caused so much gnashing of
+ teeth, has finally been "fixed" in Cocoon! (We think.)
+ See the FAQ for full details - see also samples/fo for practical examples.
+
+ * Updated installation instructions for a number of servlet engines, including Tomcat.
+ Cocoon now comes with walk-through installation instructions for a greater range of
+ platforms than ever before! This is very useful because Cocoon is a complex servlet
+ and therefore quite complicated to install.
+
+ * Support for FOP 0.15 (though not later versions).
+ Unfortunately this is rather inefficient - Cocoon 2 will address this.
+ FOP is an XML-to-PDF converter based at xml.apache.org. FOP 0.15 supports more
+ features and fixes many bugs, but it is based on a newer XSL:FO
+ specification than FOP 0.13, so some pages may need changing. FOP Samples
+ have been updated accordingly.
+
+ Other highlights include:
+
+ * New LinkEncodingProcessor to encode all links on a page
+ - no more messing about with response.encodeUrl all over the place
+ or unportable XSLT extensions!
+ * sax-bugfix.jar that allows you to see line numbers in parsing errors. See Installing.
+ * Documentation has been tweaked and improved in many places.
+ * Of interest to JServ users - You can now override options in cocoon.properties,
+ in web.xml or zone.properties.
+ * User-agent support for command-line mode.
+ * Slightly better encoding and CLASSPATH support for XSP.
+ * More informative error information in places.
+ * Numerous other bugfixes, including a workaround for a Websphere bug that prevented
+ Cocoon from working.
+
+ Also new since the last release is a Bug Database and a Patch Queue on the Cocoon website.
+ If you've posted us a bugfix and it hasn't been acted on yet, please feel free to file
+ a bug report - it helps us keep track! (To file a report you need to first
+ register, and then login.) Of course, we would like to see as much information
+ as possible in bug reports, as this aids in tracking down bugs and testing bugfixes.
+
+ As usual, if upgrading from an earlier release, you need to replace your
+ cocoon.properties file with the one supplied in
+ src/org/apache/cocoon/cocoon.properties,
+ (then make any site-specific adjustments if you have any),
+ or Cocoon will very likely not work at all.
+
+ Again, it may cause errors if you use old samples with a new Cocoon.
+ If you use the ESQL taglib, the syntax has changed between Cocoon 1.8 and Cocoon 1.8.1.
+ See the documentation for more details.
Release Notes for Cocoon 1.8
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Index: build.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-cocoon/build.xml,v
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<tstamp/>
<property name="Name" value="Cocoon"/>
<property name="name" value="cocoon"/>
- <property name="version" value="1.8.1-dev"/>
- <property name="year" value="1999-2000"/>
+ <property name="version" value="1.8.1"/>
+ <property name="year" value="1999-2001"/>
<echo message=" ------------------- ${Name} ${version} [${year}] ---------"/>