[CONF] Apache River > Status Update

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Space: Apache River (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RIVER)
Page: Status Update (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RIVER/2010/08/26/Status+Update)

Added by Tom Hobbs:
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River is starting to gain some momentum and is seeing increasing activity on it's developer mailing list. Lots of code and ideas are being thrown around with some interesting discussions and some great code being produced. Add a new Apache Mentor into the mix and the project is starting to look like it could shape up for graduation soon...

Recent River event include:

* River 2.1.2 has been released
* New {{CodebaseAccessClassLoader}} and associated changes submitted to svn (Thanks to Gregg Wonderly)
* New {{StreamServiceRegistrar}} Interface and other additions proposed and submitted to svn
* New {{ConcurrentDyamicPolicyProvider}} in svn

New functionality and fixes in the pipeline include:

* New {{RevokeablePolicy}} in svn
* New Groovy Configuration System (Thanks to Dennis Reedy)
* Fully functional {{ConcurrentDynamicPolicyProvider}}
* Fully functional {{RevokeablePolicy}}
* A {{StreamServiceRegistrar}} implementation

Future Roadmap:

* Integrate Jini Surrogate Architecture.
* Apache River - Java CDC support for dynamic code downloading and Jini Services utilising a subset of Jini's API.
* Apache River 2.2.0 Release, Scheduled for December.
* Better "Getting starting" documentation for new River developers
* Better resources for users of River (Thanks to Tim Blackman for _Jini-in-a-Jar_ donation)

River is actively looking for people who can help with the following areas:

* Review of patches waiting to be included into SVN, particularly
** River-345: [SDM LookupCache multi-LUS stale proxy/discard problems|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-345]
** River-336: [Jini should support platforms other than those with RMIClassLoader as the classloading control point. IDEs inparticular need help|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-336]
** River-313: [Provide mechanism to swap in alternatives to Java DSL for service configuration|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-313]
* New feature functionality, particularly
** River-342: [Jini in a Jar - some helpful utilities for newbie's|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-342]
** River-337: [Attempted discard of unknown registrar kills LookupLocatorDiscovery thread|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-337]
** River-332: [Use of Depreciated Interface java.rmi.server.RemoteCall|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-332]
* Updated documentation and tools for new River developers and developers using River

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