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[ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.15-beta1 released

The Apache POI project is pleased to announce the release of POI 3.15-beta1.
Featured are a handful of new areas of functionality, and numerous bug fixes.

See the downloads page for binary and source distributions:
http://poi.apache.org/download.html

Note: The Apache Software Foundation uses an extensive mirroring network for
distributing releases. It is possible that the mirror you are using may not
have replicated the release yet. If that is the case, please try another mirror.
This also goes for Maven access.


Release Notes


Changes
------------
The most notable changes in this release are:

 * removal of deprecated elements (#59170) 
 * avoid XmlBeans calls to piccolo parser which caused OOM in rare cases (#57031) 
 * support for passwords longer than 15 chars for write-protection or binary formats (#59135) 
 * various NPE fixes in XSSF/HSSF 
 * fixes for color handling in XSSF and support for system colors in Common SL 

A full list of changes is available in the change log: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html.

People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track further progress.

Release Contents
----------------
This release comes in two forms:
 - pre-built binaries containing compiled versions of all Apache POI components and documentation
   (poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)
 - source archive you can build POI from
   (poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)

Unpack the archive and use the following command to build all POI components
with Apache Ant 1.6+ and JDK 1.6 or higher:

  ant jar

Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the central Maven repository
under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.15-beta1"

All release artifacts are accompanied by MD5 checksums and a PGP signatures
that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/tags/REL_3_15_BETA1/KEYS

About Apache POI
-----------------------
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word,
Visio, Publisher and Outlook. It supports both the older (OLE2) and
new (OOXML - Office Open XML) formats.

See http://poi.apache.org/ for more details

On behalf of the Apache POI PMC,
Andi


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Re: Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.15-beta1 released

Posted by Andreas Beeker <ki...@apache.org>.
I usually just copy&paste the old mails ... so I have to remember to change this next time ...

On 16.04.2016 20:44, Javen O'Neal wrote:
> Or just link to https://poi.apache.org/howtobuild.html
> On Apr 16, 2016 04:18, "Dominik Stadler" <do...@gmx.at> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andi,
>>
>> Thanks a lot for pushing the release and for investing in more automated
>> releases, I am sure this pays off soon!
>>
>> One small correction for future release mails: I think we require a newer
>> Ant for building, I think at least 1.8...
>>
>> Dominik
>>



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Re: Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.15-beta1 released

Posted by Javen O'Neal <ja...@gmail.com>.
Or just link to https://poi.apache.org/howtobuild.html
On Apr 16, 2016 04:18, "Dominik Stadler" <do...@gmx.at> wrote:

> Hi Andi,
>
> Thanks a lot for pushing the release and for investing in more automated
> releases, I am sure this pays off soon!
>
> One small correction for future release mails: I think we require a newer
> Ant for building, I think at least 1.8...
>
> Dominik
> The Apache POI project is pleased to announce the release of POI
> 3.15-beta1.
> Featured are a handful of new areas of functionality, and numerous bug
> fixes.
>
> See the downloads page for binary and source distributions:
> http://poi.apache.org/download.html
>
> Note: The Apache Software Foundation uses an extensive mirroring network
> for
> distributing releases. It is possible that the mirror you are using may not
> have replicated the release yet. If that is the case, please try another
> mirror.
> This also goes for Maven access.
>
>
> Release Notes
>
>
> Changes
> ------------
> The most notable changes in this release are:
>
>  * removal of deprecated elements (#59170)
>  * avoid XmlBeans calls to piccolo parser which caused OOM in rare cases
> (#57031)
>  * support for passwords longer than 15 chars for write-protection or
> binary formats (#59135)
>  * various NPE fixes in XSSF/HSSF
>  * fixes for color handling in XSSF and support for system colors in Common
> SL
>
> A full list of changes is available in the change log:
> http://poi.apache.org/changes.html.
>
> People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track further
> progress.
>
> Release Contents
> ----------------
> This release comes in two forms:
>  - pre-built binaries containing compiled versions of all Apache POI
> components and documentation
>    (poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)
>  - source archive you can build POI from
>    (poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)
>
> Unpack the archive and use the following command to build all POI
> components
> with Apache Ant 1.6+ and JDK 1.6 or higher:
>
>   ant jar
>
> Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the central
> Maven repository
> under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.15-beta1"
>
> All release artifacts are accompanied by MD5 checksums and a PGP signatures
> that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
> The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/tags/REL_3_15_BETA1/KEYS
>
> About Apache POI
> -----------------------
> Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
> writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word,
> Visio, Publisher and Outlook. It supports both the older (OLE2) and
> new (OOXML - Office Open XML) formats.
>
> See http://poi.apache.org/ for more details
>
> On behalf of the Apache POI PMC,
> Andi
>
>
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Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 3.15-beta1 released

Posted by Dominik Stadler <do...@gmx.at>.
Hi Andi,

Thanks a lot for pushing the release and for investing in more automated
releases, I am sure this pays off soon!

One small correction for future release mails: I think we require a newer
Ant for building, I think at least 1.8...

Dominik
The Apache POI project is pleased to announce the release of POI 3.15-beta1.
Featured are a handful of new areas of functionality, and numerous bug
fixes.

See the downloads page for binary and source distributions:
http://poi.apache.org/download.html

Note: The Apache Software Foundation uses an extensive mirroring network for
distributing releases. It is possible that the mirror you are using may not
have replicated the release yet. If that is the case, please try another
mirror.
This also goes for Maven access.


Release Notes


Changes
------------
The most notable changes in this release are:

 * removal of deprecated elements (#59170)
 * avoid XmlBeans calls to piccolo parser which caused OOM in rare cases
(#57031)
 * support for passwords longer than 15 chars for write-protection or
binary formats (#59135)
 * various NPE fixes in XSSF/HSSF
 * fixes for color handling in XSSF and support for system colors in Common
SL

A full list of changes is available in the change log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html.

People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track further
progress.

Release Contents
----------------
This release comes in two forms:
 - pre-built binaries containing compiled versions of all Apache POI
components and documentation
   (poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-bin-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)
 - source archive you can build POI from
   (poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.zip or poi-src-3.15-beta1-20160409.tar.gz)

Unpack the archive and use the following command to build all POI components
with Apache Ant 1.6+ and JDK 1.6 or higher:

  ant jar

Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the central
Maven repository
under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.15-beta1"

All release artifacts are accompanied by MD5 checksums and a PGP signatures
that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/tags/REL_3_15_BETA1/KEYS

About Apache POI
-----------------------
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word,
Visio, Publisher and Outlook. It supports both the older (OLE2) and
new (OOXML - Office Open XML) formats.

See http://poi.apache.org/ for more details

On behalf of the Apache POI PMC,
Andi


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