Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1 released

[Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@apache.org>]

The Apache Directory Team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1, a major update of its Eclipse based LDAP
Browser and Directory client.

You can download Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1 as a standalone RCP
application for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows here:
    http://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html

You can also install it directly in Eclipse using this update site:
    http://directory.apache.org/studio/update/1.x/


Here are a few highlights of this new version:
    * The new Apache DS feature makes its introduction in Apache
Directory Studio. This new feature allows you to run the latest
version of Apache DS (1.5.3) from within Apache Directory Studio or
Eclipse and makes it super easy (and fast) to create and run an LDAP
Server.
    * The Apache DS Configuration plugin now supports the 4 latest
versions of Apache DS. It's now capable to read/write the server.xml
file of an Apache DS 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2 and 1.5.3.
    * The Search Logs view has been added to the LDAP Browser.
    * We've also added the support to use the proxy features of
Eclipse inside Studio as well as improved the platform (useful actions
have been added to the platform, the Mac OS X application now respects
the standards of Apple for the "About" and "Preferences" actions,
etc.).
    * We've also fixed some bugs dealing with schema files and schema
parsing in the Schema Editor and LDAP Browser plugins.


Developed as a sub-project of the Directory Top Level Project, Apache
Directory Studio is an Eclipse RCP application that takes full
advantage of the benefits inherent in the Eclipse platform. Composed
of several Eclipse (OSGi) plugins, Apache Directory Studio can be
easily upgraded with additional plugins. Apache Directory Studio
plugins can even run within a full installation of Eclipse itself.

Apache Directory Studio contains 6 major features:
    * an LDAP Browser feature
    * an LDIF Editor feature
    * an ACI Editor feature for Apache Directory Server
    * a Schema Editor feature
    * an Apache DS feature
    * an Apache DS Configuration feature

For more information about Apache Directory Studio, see our website:
    http://directory.apache.org/studio


Below are the JIRA issues that were resolved since the release of
Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0 RC1:
Bug
  * [DIRSTUDIO-89] - Entry painted even though not created in server
  * [DIRSTUDIO-121] - Some property pages make the dialog very tall
  * [DIRSTUDIO-157] - Studio looses STRG-V over some time of use
  * [DIRSTUDIO-209] - Cannot expand attribute list
  * [DIRSTUDIO-266] - OpenLDAP schema files parser fails when DESC
contains an empty string ''
  * [DIRSTUDIO-273] - Unable to get Base DNs on OID (Oracle Internet Directory)
  * [DIRSTUDIO-298] - NullPointerException raised when drag'n'dropping
a connection to a folder (on Mac OS X only)
  * [DIRSTUDIO-315] - Choosing new value, in entry editor shows new
entry when server error occures
  * [DIRSTUDIO-318] - Rename of multi-values RDN does not work when
changing the second RDN
  * [DIRSTUDIO-319] - LDAP Browser creating new entry becomes empty
and unusable in Windows Vista after certain actions
  * [DIRSTUDIO-323] - Studio fails to read ApacheDS server.xml
  * [DIRSTUDIO-325] - Keybinding conflicts occurred. They may
interfere with normal accelerator operation.
  * [DIRSTUDIO-326] - Non-Operational attributes are marked as
operational when bind to Siemens DirX 7.0
  * [DIRSTUDIO-330] - CoreException raised in editor when opening a *.txt file
  * [DIRSTUDIO-336] - Errors when parsing schema of some LDAP servers
  * [DIRSTUDIO-341] - Paste error
  * [DIRSTUDIO-342] - Relax the parser for the *.schema files
  * [DIRSTUDIO-343] - Referrals not handled.
  * [DIRSTUDIO-347] - Keybinding conflict for CTRL+Q
  * [DIRSTUDIO-349] - Unable to enter large values for uid
  * [DIRSTUDIO-350] - DS is not properly displaying case of group DN

Improvement
  * [DIRSTUDIO-46] - Add connections import/export
  * [DIRSTUDIO-126] - Triple click to edit attribute
  * [DIRSTUDIO-295] - Add a console for errors
  * [DIRSTUDIO-329] - Replace internal URL class by shared-ldap LdapURL class
  * [DIRSTUDIO-337] - Add Save and Print actions in the toolbar of the
RCP application

New Feature
  * [DIRSTUDIO-321] - Need to be able to set SOCKS proxy in the RCP version
  * [DIRSTUDIO-328] - Search Logs View

Task
  * [DIRSTUDIO-128] - Replace internal schema parser with the schema
parser in shared-ldap.
  * [DIRSTUDIO-317] - Update legal files after moving to Apache
Directory Shared LDAP version 0.9.9
  * [DIRSTUDIO-332] - Add support for 1.5.3, 1.5.2 and 1.5.0
server.xml configuration files
  * [DIRSTUDIO-338] - Update Eclipse dependencies to the latest
Eclipse version (3.3.2)
  * [DIRSTUDIO-339] - Add the 'org.eclipse.ui.carbon' Eclipse plugin
to the Mac OS X distribution

The Apache Directory Team