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<author email="husted.AT.apache.DOT.org">Ted Husted</author>
<author email="nicolaken.AT.apache.DOT.org">Nicola Ken Barozzi</author>
<author email="tetsuya.AT.apache.DOT.org">Tetsuya Kitahata</author>
<title>Elsewhere - 2003</title>
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<body>
<section name="Elsewhere (2003)">
<a name="20031231.1">
<h3>31 December 2003 - Apache Xindice 1.1 beta 3 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
**The Apache Xindice team is pleased to announce the release of the
next version of the Xindice native XML database:
</p>
<p align="center">
Apache Xindice 1.1b3
</p>
<p>
This is the third release in the series of 1.1 beta releases.
Xindice 1.1b3 offers numerous bug fixes and improvements over
the last beta release. Some new features and enhancements were
introduced as well. You can find a list of changes here:<br/>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/changes.html">http://xml.apache.org/xindice/changes.html</a>
</p>
<p>
Source and binary distributions compiled with JDK 1.3.1 are
available from the download page:<br/>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/download.cgi">http://xml.apache.org/xindice/download.cgi</a>
</p>
<p>
Please send your comments and suggestions to the Xindice mailing
lists. Bug reports and patches are accepted via Bugzilla:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/">http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/">Apache Xindice</a> Development Team.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031218.2">
<h3>18 December 2003 - Apache Logging Services Project Launched</h3>
</a>
<p>
The <a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/">log4j</a> developers are pleased to announce that the Board of
Directors of the Apache Software Foundation unanimously passed a
resolution for the creation of the <a href="http://logging.apache.org/">Apache Logging Services project</a>. A
copy of the resolution can be found at:
<br/>
<a href="http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?LoggingApacheOrg/BoardResoluion">http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?LoggingApacheOrg/BoardResoluion</a>
</p>
<p>
The Logging Services project is intended to provide cross-language
logging services for purposes of application debugging and
auditing. The discussions leading to the submission of this resolution
can be found at:
<br/>
<a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107115526200001&r=1&w=2">http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107115526200001&r=1&w=2</a>
</p>
<p>
We should also mention that thanks to the relentless efforts of many
developers and in particular those of Scott Deboy, we currently have
inter-operability between the following projects:
<ul>
<li>Log4Cxx (c++)</li>
<li>Log4CPlus</li>
<li><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/">Log4j</a></li>
<li>Log4Net</li>
<li>Log4Perl</li>
<li>Log4PHP</li>
<li>JDK1.4's util.logging framework</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
There is still much work ahead bringing in the various projects to
work together within the Logging Services Project. The process is
likely to take a little while. In the mean time, we will continue to
do what we like best, that is developing open source software.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031218.1">
<h3>18 December 2003 - Apache Ant 1.6.0 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Ant Team and Apache Software Foundation are happy to announce that Apache Ant 1.6.0 is now available.
</p>
<p>
You can download the latest Ant from
<ul>
<li>Binary Distribution: <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi</a></li>
<li>Source Distribution: <a href="http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi">http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Thanks to all the people who have contributed to Ant, who have sent
critics, comments, patches, questions, ...<br/>
For the ones who have sent patches or bug reports which are not yet
processed, keep chiming in to remind us of your issues , hopefully we
will be able to solve them.
</p>
<p>
We have done our best to offer new features such as antlib, macrodef,
presetdef, ssh tasks, ... and to fix bugs.
</p>
<p>
A lot of luck with the use of ant 1.6.0.
</p>
<p>
For more information, take a glance at <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant Website</a>. Enjoy!
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031203.1">
<h3>03 December 2003 - Xerces-C 2.4.0 is now available</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Xerces-C team is happy to announce that Xerces-C 2.4.0 is now
available. There are several major enhancements in this release:
<ul>
<li>An API has been implemented that provides applications access to the
Post-Schema Validation Infoset;</li>
<li>Grammars which are created by one parser may now be persisted after the destruction of that parser, and they may also be shared among parsers on different threads;</li>
<li>Grammar-caching API's have been improved and an enriched entity-resolution API has been added;</li>
<li>Grammars may now be serialized to a binary format that permits fast reconstruction of the original grammars at a later date.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
More details about the changes in this release may be foundhere [1], and
the release may be downloaded from here [2]; please bear in mind that
mirrors may take some time to become synchronized.
</p>
<p>
Enjoy!
</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li>[1] - <a href="http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html">http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html</a></li>
<li>[2] - <a href="http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/download.cgi">http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/download.cgi</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031201.1">
<h3>01 December 2003 - Axis C++ 1.0 Beta Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
See <a href="http://ws.apache.org/axis/cpp/">Apache Axis C++ Website</a> for more information.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031121.1">
<h3>21 November 2003 - Xerces-J 2.6.0 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Xerces-J team is very happy to announce that version 2.6.0 of
Xerces-J is now available.
</p>
<p>
This release provides an experimental implementation of the Document
Object Model Level 3 Core and Load/Save Candidate Recommendations (see
beta-dom3-Xerces-J-bin.2.6.0.zip) and also brings Xerces-J into
compliance with the XML
1.1 Proposed Recommendation (except that it does not yet provide an
option to enable normalization checking as described in section 2.13 of
this specification) and Namespaces in XML 1.1 Proposed Recommendation.
</p>
<p>
Specifically, the significant changes introduced in this release are:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Improved the scanning of attribute lists, both small and large.</li>
<li>Reimplemented XML11Configuration (the default configuration),
improving performance during reset; accomplished primarily by adding an
internal feature which allows components to query whether or not they
need to read features and properties from the configuration. </li>
<li>Modified XML Schema interfaces (org.apache.xerces.xs) and updated the
implementation accordingly. Methods were added to expose actual values
and their types and new interfaces were added for loading XSModels. In
addition, fixed various bugs in the implementation and PSVIWriter
sample.</li>
<li>Implemented the DOM Level 3 Core and Load and Save Candidate
Recommendations.</li>
<li>Added support for the 'well-formed' feature in DOM Level 3 Core.</li>
<li>Added XML 1.1 support to DOM Level 3.</li>
<li>Fixed the serializer so that TAB (0x9), LF (0xA), CR (0xD), NEL (0x85)
and LSEP (0x2028) are escaped where appropriate in order to allow these
characters to be roundtripped.</li>
<li>Implemented experimental support for the XML 1.1 PR. This still
excludes section 2.13.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug which could cause the parser to run out of memory (or
other resources) while parsing documents containing many entity
references.</li>
<li>Implemented missing support for Registry-based Naming Authority in the
URI implementation.</li>
<li>Modified the XJavac task used by the build file so that Xerces can be
built on Linux with Blackdown JDK 1.4.</li>
<li>Removed static references to sun.io.CharToByteConverter which made it
impossible to compile Xerces on platforms that do not have this internal
class. With binaries on such platforms, the serializer was unusable with
many encodings.</li>
<li>Added support for XML Base to the XInclude implementation. Fixed
various bugs regarding text inclusion and relative URI resolution in the
XInclude implementation.</li>
<li>Implemented errata from the XML 1.0 Second Edition Specification.</li>
<li>Moved Xerces' SAX support up to SAX 2.0.1.</li>
<li>Fixed bugs in the XML 1.1 entity scanner that in some cases treated
NEL (0x85) and LSEP (0x2028) as white space characters in internal
entities, and not as end of line characters in external entities.</li>
<li>Fixed bug in HTML DOM implementation that would cause a hierarchy
request error by trying to move a doctype node to be a child of the
<html> element.</li>
</ul>
<p>
For more information see <a href='http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/'>here</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031120.1">
<h3>20 November 2003 - Incubated-JaxMe 0.2 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
JaxMe is an incubated subproject under the sponsorship of the Apache
Software Foundation's (ASF) Web Services project. Incubation is required of
all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the
infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have
stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While
incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or
stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully
endorsed by the ASF.
</p>
<p>
<code>incubated-jaxme 0.2</code> is available <a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/downloads.cgi'>for download</a>.
For questions or suggestions, contact the mailing list <code>jaxme-dev@ws.apache.org</code>.
Finally, the <a href='http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/'>Apache Bugzilla</a>
may be used for bug reports.
</p>
<p>
<code>incubated-jaxme 0.2</code> includes the following components:
<ul>
<li><code>JaxMe</code>, an in-progress implementation of the JAXB specification. See
<a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme'>JaxMe homepage</a> and
<a href='http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb'>JAXB specification</a>
for details.
</li>
<li><code>JaxMePM</code>, a persistence management framework for JAXB generated classes.
The framework includes an object-relational mapper and two accessors
for XML databases via XML:DB or the native Tamino API. The framework
is currently loosely coupled to JaxMe, but could very well be used
with any JAXB generator. See
<a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/pm/'>here</a>
for details.
</li>
<li>A clean room implementation of the JAXB API. See
<a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/api/'>here</a>
for details. This implementation replaces the files jaxb-api.jar,
jax-qname.jar, and namespace.jar from the JAXB RI.
</li>
<li>
<code>JaxMeXS</code>, a parser for XML Schema, specifically designed for code
generators based on XML Schema or language extensions like JAXB.
See
<a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/xs'>here</a>
for details.
</li>
<li><code>JaxMeJS</code>, a generic framework for writing source generators. It views
the generated sources as an object tree, which may be manipulated in
multiple stages. For example, in the case of JaxMe, one distinguishes
between elements with multiplicity 1 (single objects) and multiplicity
> 1 (lists). The pipelining process enables handling of these elements
in two stages, where stage 2 (lists) is based on the work of stage 1
(single objects). JaxMeJS includes a framework for generating SQL
queries, following the same ideas. See
<a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/js'>here</a>
for details.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031114.1">
<h3>14 November 2003 - Apache Cocoon 2.1.3 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Community is proud to announce the new release
of Apache Cocoon. This new release is a major maintenance release
focusing on minor improvements and bug fixes.
</p>
<p>
Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept
of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job
without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web
RAD.
</p>
<p>
Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component
pipelines' modelled after the 'process chain' concept where each
worker specializes on a particular operation. This makes it possible
to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions where
these components can be hooked together into pipelines without
requiring further programming.
</p>
<p>
We like to think at Cocoon as "web glue" for your web application
development needs. But most important, a glue that can keep
concerns separate and allow parallel evolution of the two sides,
improving development pace and reducing the chance of conflicts.
</p>
<p>
For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.3, please go to
<a href='http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1'>the Apache Cocoon website</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20031031.1">
<h3>31 October 2003 - Apache Axis C++ v1.0 (Alpha) Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
Apache Axis C++ Team is proud to announce the release of Apache Axis C++ v1.0 (Alpha).
</p>
<p>
This implementation of a C++ SOAP engine provides a stable platform
for developing Web services using C/C++ as well as a client side
library for developing C/C++ client applications. This release
includes the following features:
<ul>
<li>SOAP engine with both client and server support</li>
<li>Partial support for both SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2</li>
<li>WSDD based deployment with dynamic deployment tools.</li>
<li>Support for all basic types, complex types and arrays</li>
<li>WSDL2WS tool for building C/C++ components from WSDL<br/>
Server side - Skeletons and Wrappers<br/>
Client side - Stubs</li>
<li>WSDL2WS tool generated wrappers act as RPC Providers and they perform<br/>
Serialization<br/>
Deserialization<br/>
Method invocation</li>
<li>WSDLs hosted statistically in the server.</li>
<li>Standalone SOAP server (HTTP)</li>
<li>Web server modules for Apache HTTPD 1.3 (Linux/Windows)</li>
<li>Web interface to the deployed services and their WSDLs.</li>
<li>Sample web services and client applications.</li>
<li>Supportive documentation for developers and users.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Both binary and source are available at Apache mirror sites:<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/axis-c/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ws/axis-c/</a>
</p>
<p>
We invite all interested Web services developers and users to
evaluate Axis C++ and give us feedback and help improve Axis C++
to be the best C/C++ SOAP engine.
</p>
<p>
Please direct user questions to axis-user@ws.apache.org and any
bug reports, patches, suggestions for improvement etc. to
axis-dev@ws.apache.org.
</p>
<p>
The Axis C++ Development Team.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031030.1">
<h3>30 October 2003 - Apache Xalan Java 2.5.2 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Xalan team is pleased to announce the availability
of Xalan Java 2.5.2.
</p>
<p>
Xalan Java provides XSLT processors for transforming XML
documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types.
The Xalan Java Interpretive processor and the Xalan Java
Compiling processor implement XSL Transformations (XSLT)
Version 1.0, XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0, and
Java API for XML Programming (JAXP) Version 1.2.
</p>
<p>
Xalan Java 2.5.2 can be downloaded from one of the Apache
mirrors at <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xalan-j">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xalan-j</a>
</p>
<p>
Updates in this release include:
</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Bug fixes<br/>
(see <a href="http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/readme.html">http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/readme.html</a>
for a list of bugs that have been fixed in this
release)</li>
<li>Performance fixes<br/>
(see the bug list for specifics)</li>
<li>Documentation updates, including a fix which allows
the docs (javadoc) to be built with JDK 1.4</li>
</ul>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031029.2">
<h3>29 October 2003 - Apache HTTP Server 2.0.48 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
pleased to announce the eleventh public release of the Apache 2.0
HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in
2.0.48 as compared to 2.0.47.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a bug fix release. A summary of
the bug fixes is given at the end of this document. Of particular
note is that 2.0.48 addresses two security vulnerabilities:
</p>
<p>
mod_cgid mishandling of CGI redirect paths could result in CGI output
going to the wrong client when a threaded MPM is used.<br/>
[<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0789">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0789</a>]
</p>
<p>
A buffer overflow could occur in mod_alias and mod_rewrite when
a regular expression with more than 9 captures is configured.<br/>
[<a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0542">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0542</a>]
</p>
<p>
This release is compatible with modules compiled for 2.0.42 and later
versions. We consider this release to be the best version of Apache
available and encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0.48 is available for download from<br/>
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi">http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a>
</p>
<p>
Please see the CHANGES_2.0 file, linked from the above page, for
a full list of changes.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance
boosts over the 1.3 codebase. For an overview of new features introduced
after 1.3 please see
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/new_features_2_0.html">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/new_features_2_0.html</a>
</p>
<p>
When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please keep
in mind the following:<br/>
If you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs, you must
ensure that the modules (and the libraries they depend on) that you
will be using are thread-safe. Please contact the vendors of these
modules to obtain this information.
</p>
<p>
For more information, see the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache HTTP Server Project WebSite</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031029.1">
<h3>29 October 2003 - Apache HTTP Server 1.3.29 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project are
pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.29 of the Apache HTTP
Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes
in 1.3.29 as compared to 1.3.28. The Announcement is also available
in German from
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.de">http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.de</a>.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release.
A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this
document.<br/>
A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file. Of
particular note is that 1.3.29 addresses and fixes 1 potential
security issue:
</p>
<p>
o CAN-2003-0542 (cve.mitre.org)
Fix buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite which occurred
if
one configured a regular expression with more than 9 captures.
</p>
<p>
We consider Apache 1.3.29 to be the best version of Apache 1.3
available
and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of
the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further
releases will be made in the 1.2.x family.
</p>
<p>
Apache 1.3.29 is available for download from:<br/>
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi">http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a>
</p>
<p>
This service utilizes the network of mirrors listed at:<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/mirrors/">http://www.apache.org/mirrors/</a>
</p>
<p>
Please consult the CHANGES_1.3 file for a full list of changes.
</p>
<p>
As of Apache 1.3.12 binary distributions contain all standard Apache
modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include
full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the
included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist
files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary
distributions are only provided for your convenience and current
distributions for specific platforms are not always available. Win32
binary distributions are based on the Microsoft Installer (.MSI)
technology. While development continues to make this installation
method
more robust, questions should be directed to the
news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows newsgroup.
</p>
<p>
For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see<br/>
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html</a>
</p>
<p>
In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements over
version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a wider
range of supported platforms, including Windows NT and 2000 (which
fall under the "Win32" label), OS2, Netware, and TPF threaded
platforms.
</p>
<p>
Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
half
of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of its
variants.
</p>
<p>
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APACHE USERS: Apache 1.3 was designed for Unix
OS
variants. While the ports to non-Unix platforms (such as Win32,
Netware
or OS2) are of an acceptable quality, Apache 1.3 is not optimized for
these platforms. Security, stability, or performance issues on these
non-Unix ports do not generally apply to the Unix version, due to
software's Unix origin.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0 has been structured for multiple operating systems from
its
inception, by introducing the Apache Portability Library and MPM
modules.
Users on non-Unix platforms are strongly encouraged to move up to
Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their
platforms.
</p>
<p>
For more information, see the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache HTTP Server Project WebSite</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031015.1">
<h3>15 October 2003 - The Apache Newsletter Issue #2 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Newsletter <a href='http://www.apache.org/newsletter/200309.html'>Issue 2</a> has finally arrived! Thanks to all the contributors!!
</p>
<p>
Editor: <a href="mailto:tetsuya.AT.apache.DOT.org">Tetsuya Kitahata</a>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031014.1">
<h3>14 October 2003 - XML-Commons Resolver component 1.1 beta 1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The xml-commons team is pleased to announce a beta release of our
popular Resolver component version 1.1b1 (beta before a 1.1 release).<br/>
The release is available at<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/commons/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/commons/</a>
</p>
<p>
Blurb<br/>
-----
</p>
<p>
Resolver
(<a href="http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/resolver/index.html">http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/resolver/index.html</a>) is a
catalog-based XML Entity and URI resolver suitable for plugging into
your XML tools. It supports several popular catalog formats.
XML-Commons is a subproject devoted to XML Standards-related code and
components, and also hosts the Which utility and xml-apis.jar, which
implements JAXP.
</p>
<p>
Status<br/>
------
</p>
<p>
Resolver 1.1b1 is a beta release in preparation for a 1.1 release in
the very near future. It incorporates a number of minor bugfixes as
well as some new functionality requested by the Ant team. Note that
some of the APIs in 1.1 are not backwards-compatible with the 1.0
release, so if you're a previous user please read the release notes
carefully.
</p>
<p>
This release is built from code tagged xml-commons-resolver-1_1_b1 in
CVS.
</p>
<p>
The full list of changes for 1.1x is viewable at:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/resolver/resolver-release-not
es.html">http://xml.apache.org/commons/components/resolver/resolver-release-not
es.html</a>
</p>
<p>
Please send feedback to commons-dev@xml.apache.org (after
subscribing).
</p>
<p>
The Apache xml-commons team
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031013.1">
<h3>13 October 2003 - <b>Scarab Beta 17</b> is now available from Tigris.org</h3>
</a>
<p>
<a href='http://scarab.tigris.org/'>Scarab</a> is the next-generation Issue/Artifact
tracking system from <a href='http://www.tigris.org/'>Tigris.org</a>.
Scarab uses several technologies from Jakarta and the Scarab community contains several
well known faces from Jakartaland.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031006.1">
<h3>06 October 2003 - Apache Forrest 0.5.1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Forrest team is pleased to announce the release of
Apache Forrest 0.5.1. The release is available at<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/forrest/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/forrest/</a>
</p>
<p>
Blurb<br/>
-----<br/>
Forrest (<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/</a>) is an XML standards-oriented
project documentation framework built on Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT
stylesheets and schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these
to render the XML source content into a website via command-line, robot
(see <a href="http://forrestbot.cocoondev.org/">http://forrestbot.cocoondev.org/</a>), or a dynamic web application.
</p>
<p>
Status<br/>
------
</p>
<p>
Forrest 0.5.1 is a bugfix release over 0.5. Most notably, it comes with an
updated Cocoon (2.1.2) which fixes a bug in the command-line where certain
pages in a site weren't rendered (FOR-66). Other bugfixes include:
<ol>
<li>Added obfuscate-mail-links skinconf.xml option, on by default (FOR-67)</li>
<li>Fix forrest-site tables bug that broke Opera (FOR-65)</li>
<li>Fixed URLs for comma-separated bug keys in status.xml</li>
<li>In skinconf.xml, made project-description optional to keep compatibility
with 0.4.</li>
<li>forrest.antproxy.xml script now properly fails when Cocoon fails</li>
<li>Fix bugs in forrest.bat|sh scripts encountered when used in odd environments
(perl and Win9x). (FOR-47, FOR-48)</li>
<li>The 'forrest' command no longer sources /etc/antrc and ~/.antrc, which
solves problems on some *nix distributions.</li>
</ol>
</p>
<p>
The full list of changes for 0.5 and 0.5.1 is viewable at:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/changes.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/changes.html</a>
</p>
<p>
For current 0.4 users, an Upgrade Guide to 0.5 is available at:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/upgrading_05.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/upgrading_05.html</a>
</p>
<p>
Please send feedback to forrest-dev@xml.apache.org (after subscribing).
</p>
<p>
The Apache Forrest team
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20031002.1">
<h3>02 October 2003 - Apache Cocoon 2.1.2 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
Apache Cocoon 2.1.2 Released<br/>
----------------------------
</p>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Community is proud to announce the new release
of Apache Cocoon.
</p>
<p>
Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept
of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job
without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web
RAD.
</p>
<p>
Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component
pipelines' modelled after the 'process chain' concept where each
worker specializes on a particular operation. This makes it possible
to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions where
these components can be hooked together into pipelines without
requiring further programming.
</p>
<p>
We like to think at Cocoon as "web glue" for your web application
development needs. But most important, a glue that can keep
concerns separate and allow parallel evolution of the two sides,
improving development pace and reducing the chance of conflicts.
</p>
<p>
For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.2, please go to<br/>
<a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/">http://cocoon.apache.org/</a>
</p>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Project
</p>
<a name="20030930.1">
<h3>30 September 2003 - Apache Ant 1.6beta1 Available</h3>
</a>
<p>The <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a> team is proud
to announce the first beta of Ant 1.6. It is now now available for
<a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6beta1/">download</a>.
As we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this
release requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.</p>
<p>We encourage user to give this beta a release a try and report
any bugs found so that we get a chance to fix them before we make
the final release of Ant 1.6.</p>
<p>Ant 1.6 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support
for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that
makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks.
For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release
notes.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030929.1">
<h3>29 September 2003 - Apache Maven 1.0 Release Candidate 1 Released!</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Maven team is pleased to announce Release Candidate 1!
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/">http://maven.apache.org/</a>
</p>
<p>
Maven is a Java project management and project comprehension tool. Maven
is based on the concept of a project object model (POM) in that all the
artifacts produced by Maven are a result of consulting a well defined
model for your project. Builds, documentation, source metrics, and
source cross-references are all controlled by your POM.
</p>
<p>
Maven has many goals, but in a nutshell Maven aims to make the
developer's life easier by providing a well defined project structure,
well defined development processes to follow, and a coherent body of
documentation that keeps your developers and clients apprised of what's
happening with your project. Maven alleviates a lot of what most
developers consider drudgery and lets them get on with the task at hand.
This is essential in OSS projects where there aren't many people
dedicated to the task of documenting and propagating the critical
information about your project which is necessary in order to attract
potential new developers and clients.
</p>
<p>
This version is primarily a bugfix release.
</p>
<p>
Bugs fixed<br/>
----------<br/>
see <br/>
<a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10030&fixfor=10181">http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10030&fixfor=10181</a>
</p>
<p>
Bugs to be fixed for 1.0<br/>
------------------------<br/>
<a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10030&fixfor=10149">http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&pid=10030&fixfor=10149</a>
</p>
<p>
You can find the Maven distributions here:<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/">http://www.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/</a> (Using Mirrors)
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030926.3">
<h3>26 September 2003 - Apache Avalon Merlin 3.0 beta 1 release</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Avalon Team is proud to announce the release of Merlin 3.0 Beta 1.
Merlin is an advanced component and service management solution that
simplifies and enhances component development, assembly and service
deployment concerns.
</p>
<p>
Merlin 3.0 binaries can be downloaded from the following site:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/merlin/binaries/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/merlin/binaries/</a>
</p>
<p>
Key Product Features:
<ul>
<li>auto assembly</li>
<li>muli-layer configuration management</li>
<li>advanced context management</li>
<li>composite component management</li>
<li>packaged deployment scenarios</li>
<li>local and remote repository integration</li>
<li>integral jar extension management</li>
<li>Maven plugin support for meta-info generation and simulated deployment</li>
<li>product packaging and install services</li>
<li>based on Avalon component meta model</li>
<li>support for legacy migration</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Product documentation, tutorials and specifications are available on the
Merlin Home site <a href="http://avalon.apache.org/merlin/">http://avalon.apache.org/merlin/</a> or the download link
referenced above.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030926.2">
<h3>26 September 2003 - Apache Avalon Excalibur i18n 1.1 and Configuration 1.1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Avalon Team is pleased to announce availability of the upgrade
releases of the Excalibur i18n internationalization and Excalibur
Configuration utilities. These updates include minor enhancements to
configuration listing and equality testing, and facilities enabling
dynamic updating of a language locale.
</p>
<p>
Binary distributions are available under the following sites:
</p>
<p>
Excalibur i18n 1.1<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/excalibur-i18n/binaries/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/excalibur-i18n/binaries/</a>
</p>
<p>
Excalibur Configuration 1.1<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/excalibur-configuration/binaries/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/excalibur-configuration/binaries/</a>
</p>
<p>
Additional information is available on-line at the following Home Page
locations:
</p>
<p>
Excalibur i18n Home<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur/i18n/">http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur/i18n/</a>
</p>
<p>
Excalibur Configuration Home<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur/configuration/">http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur/configuration/</a>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030926.1">
<h3>26 September 2003 - Apache Avalon Framework 4.1.5 + Meta 1.1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Avalon Team is proud to announce the general availability of Avalon
Framework 4.1.5 and Avalon Meta 1.1 packages. The new framework release
includes enhancements linked to the new Avalon Meta model. Collectively
the two packages represent an important step forward in the evolution of
the Avalon component model.
</p>
<p>
Binary distributions of the packages are available at the following
download sites:
</p>
<p>
Avalon Framework 4.1.5 (Binary Distribution)<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/avalon-framework/latest/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/avalon-framework/latest/</a>
</p>
<p>
Avalon Meta 1.1 (Binary Distribution)<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/avalon-meta/binaries/ ">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/avalon/avalon-meta/binaries/</a>
</p>
<p>
New features introduced under the Avalon Meta package include:
<ul>
<li>component type descriptor meta-info model</li>
<li>container-neutral framework</li>
<li>declaration of component type dependencies</li>
<li>declaration of service publication</li>
<li>specification of logging channel assumptions</li>
<li>context strategy and context casting assumptions</li>
<li>context entry dependencies</li>
<li>context entry generation semantic</li>
<li>configuration schema details</li>
<li>XML and serialized object support</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Tools released in conjunction with the Avalon Meta package include an
Ant task and Maven plugin supporting the automation of meta-info
generation from @avalon javadoc tags.
</p>
<p>
Additional information can be found on-line at the following Home Page
Locations:
</p>
<p>
Avalon Framework<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/framework/">http://avalon.apache.org/framework/</a>
</p>
<p>
Avalon Meta<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/meta/">http://avalon.apache.org/meta/</a>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030924.2">
<h3>24 September 2003 - JaxMe Is Now Under Incubation in WS.APACHE.ORG</h3>
</a>
<p>
JaxMe 2 is an open source implementation of JAXB, the specification for Java/XML binding.
A Java/XML binding compiler takes as input a schema description (in most cases an XML schema,
but it may be a DTD, a RelaxNG schema, a Java class inspected via reflection, or a database schema).
The output is a set of Java classes:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
A Java bean class matching the schema description. (If the schema was obtained via Java reflection,
the original Java bean class.)
</li>
<li>
Read a conforming XML document and convert it into the equivalent Java bean
</li>
<li>
Vice versa, marshal the Java bean back into the original XML document.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
The <a href='http://incubator.apache.org/'>Apache Incubator</a> provides an entry path to the
Apache Software Foundation. JaxMe has been accepted and is starting to make it's first steps along
this path with the <a href='http://ws.apache.org/'>Apache Web Services Project</a> as the eventual destination.
The source has now been entered into ASF repositories and the mailing lists are open for debate.
More details can be found on the <a href='http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/'>JaxMe web site</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030924.1">
<h3>24 September 2003 - XMLBeans Is Now Under Incubation in XML.APACHE.ORG</h3>
</a>
<p>
XMLBeans is an XML-Java binding tool that uses XML Schema as a basis for generating Java classes
to be used to easily access XML instance data. It was designed to provide both easy access to XML
information via convenient Java classes as well as complete access to the underlying XML, combining
the best of low-level, full access APIs like SAX and DOM with the convenience of Java binding.
</p>
<p>
The <a href='http://incubator.apache.org/'>Apache Incubator</a> provides an entry path to the
Apache Software Foundation. XMLBean has been accepted and is starting to make it's first steps along
this path with the <a href='http://xml.apache.org/'>Apache XML Project</a> as the eventual destination.
The source has now been entered into ASF repositories and the mailing lists are open for debate.
More details can be found on the <a href='http://xml.apache.org/xmlbeans/'>XML Beans web site</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030914.1">
<h3>14 September 2003 - Apache Forrest 0.5 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Forrest team is pleased to announce the release of
Apache Forrest 0.5. The release is available at
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/forrest/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/forrest/</a>
</p>
<p>
Blurb<br/>
-----<br/>
</p>
<p>
Forrest (<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/</a>) is an XML standards-oriented
project documentation framework built on Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT
stylesheets and schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these
to render the XML source content into a website via command-line, robot
(see <a href="http://forrestbot.cocoondev.org/">http://forrestbot.cocoondev.org/</a>), or a dynamic web application.
</p>
<p>
Status<br/>
------<br/>
</p>
<p>
Significant progress has been made in the seven months since Forrest 0.4.
New features include:
</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li> * 70%-300% faster, thanks to the new command-line interface in Cocoon
2.1.1</li>
<li> * Ability to generate a single PDF/HTML of the entire site</li>
<li> * New flexible tab/menu system [1]</li>
<li> * Numerous skin improvements, including Javascript-controlled menus,
handling of <abstract> and <version>, configurable mini-toc depth,
menu tooltips, and a new pure CSS variant of standard skin.</li>
<li> * DTD improvements (v11 replaced with v12, and v20 in development)</li>
<li> * Rudimentary Docbook support</li>
<li> * Wiki support [2]</li>
<li> * Improved PDF output</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Under the hood, the monolithic sitemap has been divided into functional
categories and logical layers [3], with the aim of making Forrest sites
easier to maintain, and new features easier to add.
</p>
<p>
The full list of changes is viewable at:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/changes.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/changes.html</a>
</p>
<p>
An Upgrade Guide is available at:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/upgrading_05.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/upgrading_05.html</a>
</p>
<p>
Please send feedback to forrest-dev@xml.apache.org (after subscribing).
</p>
<p>
For more information on the Apache Forrest project, please see<br/>
<a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/</a>
</p>
<p>
- The Apache Forrest Development Team
</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li>[1] - <a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/linking.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/linking.html</a></li>
<li>[2] - Demo at <a href="http://www.apache.org/~jefft/forrest/samples/wikirenderer-site/">http://www.apache.org/~jefft/forrest/samples/wikirenderer-site/</a></li>
<li>[3] - <a href="http://xml.apache.org/forrest/sitemap-ref.html">http://xml.apache.org/forrest/sitemap-ref.html</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030907.1">
<h3>07 September 2003 - Apache Avalon Cornerstone 1.0 Components Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0 final releases of several
Avalon-Cornerstone components.
</p>
<p>
Avalon-Cornerstone (also known as Avalon-Components) is a repository for
reusable components built using Avalon-Framework. The components
currently being released are primarily oriented at server application
development. Included are several components for the management of
connections, sockets, datasources and threads, as well as a cron-like
scheduling component and a generic object store utility.
</p>
<p>
You may get the official releases from the following URL:<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/download.cgi">http://avalon.apache.org/download.cgi</a>
</p>
<p>
For more information on Avalon-Cornerstone, please see<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/cornerstone/">http://avalon.apache.org/cornerstone/</a>
</p>
<p>
For more information on the Apache Avalon project, please see<br/>
<a href="http://avalon.apache.org/">http://avalon.apache.org/</a>
</p>
<p>
- The Avalon Development Team
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030904.1">
<h3>01 September - Apache Torque 3.1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Torque team is pleased to announce the final release of Torque 3.1!
</p>
<p>
The cvs tag for this version is TORQUE_3_1_0<br/>
The branch tag for 3.1.x versions is TORQUE_3_1_BRANCH
</p>
<p>
You can find a full list of changes here:<br/>
<a href="http://db.apache.org/torque/changes-report.html">http://db.apache.org/torque/changes-report.html</a>
You can find the Torque distributions here:<br/>
<a href="http://db.apache.org/builds/torque/release/">http://db.apache.org/builds/torque/release/</a>
</p>
<p>
Notes:
</p>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Torque 3.1 is the first release where the runtime and generation environments are seperated.</li>
<li>Torque 3.1 is the last release where torque uses the stratum lifecycle interfaces (you can load Torque as an Avalon component using Turbine-2.3)</li>
<li>Torque now uses commons-logging</li>
<li>Torque now generates valid repository files for OJB-1.0-rc4</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
For more information, see <a href="http://db.apache.org/">the Apache DB Project</a> - <a href="http://db.apache.org/torque/">Apache Torque</a> website.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030901.1">
<h3>01 September - Apache Torque 3.1 R.C. Now Available</h3>
</a>
<p>
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030827.1">
<h3>27 August - Apache Software Foundation EU Patent Protest</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation added their support to the protest against
EU software patents by displaying a message to all visitors to all top
level project pages.
The text of the message follows:
</p>
<dd>
On September 1st the European Commission is going to vote a revised
version of the European Patentability rules. The proposed revision
contains a set of serious challenges to Open Source development since
regulation regarding software patents will be broadly extended and
might forbid independent development of innovative (Open Source and
not) software-based solutions.
</dd>
<dd>
The European Open Source community is very concerned about the upcoming
new regulation and has organized a demo protest for August 27, asking
Open Source supporting sites to change their home pages to let everyone
know what is going on at the European Parliament. The Apache Software
Foundation has decided to support this initiative, and this is why you
are seeing this page.
</dd>
<dd>
For further information please see
<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">http://swpat.ffii.org</a> and
<a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">http://petition.eurolinux.org</a>.
You will be redirected automatically to the Jakarta homepage in 60 seconds
(or continue on to <a href="/index2.html">jakarta.apache.org</a>).
</dd>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030825.1">
<h3>25 August 2003 - Java JDK version 1.3.1 Now Available For FreeBSD.</h3>
</a>
<p>
The FreeBSD Foundation today announced that a binary distribution of the Java JDK
version 1.3.1 is now available for the FreeBSD operating system.
</p><p>
The FreeBSD Foundation's java distribution can be downloaded from
<a href='http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml'>
http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml</a>.
The FreeBSD Foundation is also providing OEM licenses to FreeBSD
distributors, permitting them to ship out-of-the-box Java support with
FreeBSD.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030822.1">
<h3>22 August 2003 - LDAPd 0.71a released.</h3>
</a>
<p>LDAPd has released an interim alpha bug fix release, 0.71a before major
architectural changes to emerge in the new LDAPd Server code named 'Eve'.
LDAPd is a standalone and embeddable Avalon based LDAPv3 server leveraging
several Apache software packages. LDAPd employs a Staged Event Driven
Architecture and will eventually have support for LDAP Java stored
procedures, and triggers along with a server side JNDI LDAP provider. The
server side JNDI LDAP provider enables easy integration into the process
space of host applications and will serve as the data access API for server
side code in stored procedures and triggers. LDAPd is currently preparing
its proposal for the Apache Incubator in the hopes of adding to the suite of
flagship Apache protocol servers.
</p>
<p>Please see the <a href="http://ldapd.sourceforge.net/">LDAPd Website</a> for more details.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030819.1">
<h3>19 August 2003 - Apache Torque 3.1-beta1 released.</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Torque team is pleased to announce the first beta release for Torque 3.1!
</p>
<p>
You can find a full list of changes here:<br/>
<a href="http://db.apache.org/torque/changes-report.html">http://db.apache.org/torque/changes-report.html</a>
</p>
<p>
You can find the Torque distributions here:<br/>
<a href="http://db.apache.org/builds/torque/release/">http://db.apache.org/builds/torque/release/</a>
</p>
<p>
Notes:<br/>
<ul>
<li>Torque 3.1 is the first release where the runtime and generation environments are seperated.</li>
<li>Torque 3.1 is the last release where torque uses the stratum lifecycle interfaces (you can load Torque as an Avalon component using Turbine-2.3 HEAD)</li>
<li>Torque now uses commons-logging</li>
<li>Torque now generates valid repository files for OJB-1.0-rc4</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Please see the <a href="http://db.apache.org/torque/">The Apache Torque Website</a> for more details.</p>
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<a name="20030815.1">
<h3>15 August 2003 - The Apache Newsletter Issue #1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Newsletter <a href='http://www.apache.org/newsletter/200307.html'>Issue 1</a> has finally arrived! Thanks to all the contributors!!
</p>
<p>
Editor: <a href="mailto:tetsuya.AT.apache.DOT.org">Tetsuya Kitahata</a>
</p>
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<a name="20030813.1">
<h3>13 August 2003 - Apache Cocoon 2.1 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Community is proud to announce the new release
of Apache Cocoon.
</p>
<p>
Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept
of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job
without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web
RAD.
</p>
<p>
Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component
pipelines' modelled after the 'process chain' concept where each
worker specializes on a particular operation. This makes it possible
to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions where
these components can be hooked together into pipelines without
requiring further programming.
</p>
<p>
We like to think at Cocoon as "web glue" for your web application
development needs. But most important, a glue that can keep
concerns separate and allow parallel evolution of the two sides,
improving development pace and reducing the chance of conflicts.
</p>
<p>
For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1, please go to
<a href='http://cocoon.apache.org/'>http://cocoon.apache.org/</a>
</p>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Project
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030812.1">
<h3>12 August 2003 - Ant 1.5.4 Available</h3>
</a>
<p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is now available for
<a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.
</p>
<p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the
<code>javah</code> task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the
Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or
VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030805.1">
<h3>05 August 2003 - Apache Geronimo -- participation in Apache J2EE efforts</h3></a>
<p>
As you may have heard by now, the Apache Software Foundation has initiated a
project to develop an open source, Apache-licensed implementation of the
J2EE specification. In addition, the project is committed to certifying the
implementation as J2EE compliant. This is an ambitious goal and will present
a formidable challenge for the people involved, given the wide range of
technologies covered by the specification.
</p>
<p>
The project (tentatively named "Apache Geronimo") builds upon the many Java
projects at the Apache Software Foundation. In addition, the project is
bringing together leading members of the Castor, JBoss, MX4J and OpenEJB
communities. We would like to extend an open invitation to everyone involved
in the J2EE space, both commercial entities and talented individuals, to
join the community and build a world-class J2EE implementation.
</p>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation is in a unique position to build a J2EE
compliant platform. Our non-profit, charity status, and our relationship
with Sun Microsystems, provides the Foundation with access to the J2EE TCKs,
making it possible to achieve certification. In addition, our flexible and
unrestrictive licensing makes it possible for a wide variety of participants
to assist in the development of Apache Geronimo, and to build their own
solutions upon the platform.
</p>
<p>
Apache Geronimo has been launched within the Apache Incubator. You can find
more information about the Incubator at
<a href='http://incubator.apache.org/'>http://incubator.apache.org/</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Mailing Lists</b><br/>
Apache Geronimo has two mailing lists of interest: <br/>
<br/>
geronimo-dev@incubator.apache.org <br/>
geronimo-cvs@incubator.apache.org <br/>
The geronimo-dev mailing list is where all the discussion occurs. The geronimo-cvs mailing list receives commit mails each time a commit is made to the incubator-geronimo CVS module. <br/>
<br/>
You can subscribe to the mailing lists by sending an email to one or both of the following addresses: <br/>
<br/>
geronimo-dev-subscribe@incubator.apache.org <br/>
geronimo-cvs-subscribe@incubator.apache.org <br/>
</p>
<p>
The original proposal of Geronimo can be found from <a href='http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=incubator-general&m=106010208218266&w=2'>here</a>.
</p>
<p>
For more information, visit the <a href='http://incubator.apache.org/projects/geronimo.html'>The Apache Geronimo (Tentative) Website</a>
</p>
<p>
On behalf of the Apache Geronimo Team,<br/>
Greg Stein,<br/>
Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation<br/>
</p>
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<a name="20030731.1">
<h3>31 Jul 2003 - Apache Xerces2 Java Parser 2.5.0 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Xerces2 Java Parser team is very happy to announce that version 2.5.0 of Xerces2 Java Parser is now available.
</p>
<p>
This release provides a partial partial implementation of the XML
Inclusions (XInclude) W3C Candidate Recommendation and also brings
Xerces-J into compliance with the most recent work of the W3C DOM
working group on DOM level 3 Core and Load/Save.
</p>
<p>
Specifically, the significant changes introduced in this release are:
<ul>
<li>Added annotation support to the XML Schema component model API implementation. Modified the PSVI API to allow exposing facets as objects. [Neil Graham, Elena Litani] </li>
<li>Added preliminary XInclude implementation, excluding support for XPointer and XML Base specifications. [Peter McCracken, Arun Yadav, Elena Litani] </li>
<li>Implemented the latest DOM Level 3 Core and Load and Save drafts in Last Call. [Elena Litani, Gopal Sharma, Arun Yadav, Neeraj Bajaj] </li>
<li>Modified PSVIWriter to output all PSVI information. Changed it to output to an XNI event stream rather than a file. [Peter McCracken, Neil Graham] </li>
<li>Modified error messages for Schema validation. [Peter McCracken, Sandy Gao] </li>
<li>Fixed an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in the scanner caused by some invalid character references. [Michael Glavassevich] </li>
<li>Fixed various bugs related to XML 1.1. [Neil Graham, Neil Delima, Michael Glavassevich] </li>
<li>Fixed various bugs in the URI implementation, and added previously missing support for IPv6 addresses. [Michael Glavassevich] </li>
<li>Fixed performance issue for attributes with large value field. [Thomas DeWeese] </li>
<li>Fixed various bugs. [Neil Delima, Neil Graham, Elena Litani, Michael
Glavassevich, K. Venugopal] </li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
The release can be downloaded from<br/>
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xerces-j/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xerces-j/</a>
</p>
<p>
For more information, visit the <a href="http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/">Apache Xerces2 Java Parser Project WebSite</a>
</p>
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<a name="20030730.1">
<h3>30 Jul 2003 - Apache Cocoon 2.1 Release Candidate released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon team is proud to announce the new release of Apache Cocoon.
</p>
<p>
Check out the Cocoon website <a href="http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/">http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/</a> for more information.
</p>
<p>
Apache Cocoon is an XML framework that raises the usage of
XML and XSLT technologies for server applications to a new level.
Designed for performance and scalability around pipelined SAX
processing, Cocoon offers a flexible environment based on the
separation of concerns between content, logic and style.
A centralized configuration system and sophisticated caching
top this all off and help you to create, deploy and maintain
rock-solid XML server applications.
</p>
<p>
Today, most web engineers consider XML as the key for an improved
web model and web site managers see XML as a way to reduce costs
and ease production. In an era where services rather than software
will be key for economic success, a better and less expensive model
for web publishing will be a winner, especially one based on open
standards.
</p>
<p>
The Apache Cocoon Team
</p>
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<a name="20030727.1">
<h3>27 Jul 2003 - Apache OJB (Object Relational Bridge) 1.0 RC4 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache OJB (Apache DB/OJB Project) team is pleased to announce the release of OJB (Object Relational Bridge) 1.0 RC4. This Release Candidate will be the final RC, and we will be able to release OJB 1.0 Final in the near future.
</p>
<p>
Binary and source distributions are available from <a href="http://db.apache.org/builds/ojb/1.0.rc4/">HERE</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>NEW FEATURES:</b>
<ul>
<li>With this release we are feature complete for the 1.0 release! For 1.0 you should not expect more features to be added.</li>
<li>added a XDoclet OJB Module that allows to generate repository.xml and DDL from tagged Java sources to the "contrib" distribution.</li>
<li>added an OJB Taglib that allows to use OJB directly from JSP pages to the "contrib" distribution.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
<b>NOTES:</b>
<ul>
<li>update used xdoclet version in 'ejb-examples' (see section deployment/'Build the OJB sample session beans') to version 1.2xx</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
<b>CHANGES:</b>
<ul>
<li>Enhance MetadataManager, add new methods, simplify handling of different persistent object metadata profiles (means different org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.DescriptorRepository instances) at runtime</li>
<li>Provide a PUBLIC doctype declaration for the repository.xml</li>
<li>add a convenience Constructor to QueryByCriteria that builds a query selecting all instances of a class</li>
<li>add isClosed() method to PersistenceBroker interface to check if a broker instance was already closed.</li>
<li>make OJB more strict in handling closed PersistenceBroker instances. Now it's not any longer possible to use closed PersistenceBroker instances.</li>
<li>Package ...metadata.fieldaccess refactored/changed. Now all PersistentField implementations support 'nested fields'. See new entries in OJB.properties file.</li>
<li>added new sections to documentation</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
<b>BUG FIXES:</b>
<ul>
<li>fix several bugs in documentation</li>
<li>fixed writing to memo columns in MS Access</li>
<li>fixed optimistic locking problem</li>
<li>fixed jdo tutorial setup</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
This release note is also available from <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/db-ojb/release-notes.txt">here</a>. For more information about OJB (Object Relational Bridge), see <a href="http://db.apache.org/ojb/">The Apache OJB Website</a>. Please send feedback/bugreports to the <a href="http://db.apache.org/mail.html">mailing list (Objectbridge Developer List)</a>.
</p>
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<a name="20030718.2">
<h3>18 Jul 2003 - Apache FOP 0.20.5 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache FOP team is pleased to announce the release of FOP 0.20.5
</p>
<p>
Binary and source distributions are available at:
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/fop/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/fop/</a>
</p>
<p>
Changes since 0.20.4 include:
<ul>
<li> Added support for PDF encryption</li>
<li> Perfomance tuning</li>
<li> Fixed link hotspot positioning</li>
<li> Fixed multi-threading issues</li>
<li> Added support for CCITT Group 4 encoded TIFF files</li>
<li> Dynamic JAI support</li>
<li> Added autoselecting portrait/landscape for PCL and PS Renderer</li>
<li> Added continued-label extension for tables</li>
<li> Improved AWT Font-measuring/rendering</li>
<li> Improved marker handling</li>
<li> Fixed problem with jpegs with icc profile and acrobat reader 5</li>
<li> Added a fontBaseDir property</li>
<li> TXTRenderer output encoding</li>
<li> border-spacing support</li>
<li> and a lot more bugfixes</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
For details see the CHANGES file:<br/>
<a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-fop/CHANGES?rev=1.10.2.64">http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-fop/CHANGES?rev=1.10.2.64</a>
</p>
<p>
For more information about FOP see <a href="http://xml.apache.org/fop/">http://xml.apache.org/fop/</a>. Please send feedback/bugreports to the mailing list or enter them in Bugzilla.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030718.1">
<h3>18 Jul 2003 - Apache HTTP Server 1.3.28 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are
pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.28 of the Apache HTTP
Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes
in 1.3.28 as compared to 1.3.27. The Announcement is also available
in German from <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/Announcement.txt.de">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/Announcement.txt.de</a>.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release.
A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of the release note
document.
A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file. Of
particular note is that 1.3.28 addresses and fixes 3 potential
security issues:
</p>
<p>
Apache HTTP Server 2.0.47 is available for download from
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi">http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a> - or - <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/">http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/</a>
</p>
<p>
Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
half
of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of its
variants.
</p>
<p>
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APACHE USERS: Apache 1.3 was designed for Unix
OS
variants. While the ports to non-Unix platforms (such as Win32,
Netware
or OS2) are of an acceptable quality, Apache 1.3 is not optimized for
these platforms. Security, stability, or performance issues on these
non-Unix ports do not generally apply to the Unix version, due to
software's Unix origin.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0 has been structured for multiple operating systems from
its
inception, by introducing the Apache Portability Library and MPM
modules.
Users on non-Unix platforms are strongly encouraged to move up to
Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their
platforms.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://httpd.apache.org/'>The Apache HTTP Server Home Page</a>
for more details.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030715.1">
<h3>15 Jul 2003 - Apache.org projects included in Out-of-the-Box 2.1</h3></a>
<p>
Many Jakarta Products and Jakarta Related have been included in 'Out-of-the-Box 2.1', an intelligent distribution of over 100 Open Source projects for Java developers on both Linux and Windows.
</p>
<p>
--- Jakarta Products ---
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/bcel/">Jakarta BCEL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf/">Jakarta BSF</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/">Jakarta Cactus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/">Jakarta Commons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed/site/">Jakarta Jetspeed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/">Jakarta JMeter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">Jakarta Log4J</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/">Jakarta Lucene</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/">Jakarta Oro</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/regexp/">Jakarta Regexp</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/">Jakarta Struts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/">Jakarta Tomcat</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Jakarta Turbine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/">Jakarta Velocity</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
--- Jakarta Related Projects ---
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</a></li>
<li><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache Httpd WebServer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix/">Apache Avalon Phoenix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://db.apache.org/toqrue/">Apache DB Torque</a></li>
<li><a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Apache Maven</a></li>
<li><a href="http://james.apache.org/">Apache James</a></li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
Please visit <a href="http://www.ejbsolutions.com/">http://www.ejbsolutions.com/</a> for details or to download the free Community Edition.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030714.1">
<h3>14 Jul 2003 - Apache Maven 1.0 beta10 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Maven Team are
pleased to announce the Apache Maven 1.0 beta10.
</p>
<p>
You can download the Maven 1.0 beta from
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/builds/release/1.0-beta-10/">http://maven.apache.org/builds/release/1.0-beta-10/</a>.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://maven.apache.org/'>The Apache Maven Home Page</a>
for more details.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030709.1">
<h3>09 Jul 2003 - Apache Http Server 2.0.47 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
pleased to announce the tenth public release of the Apache 2.0
HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in
2.0.47 as compared to 2.0.46.
</p>
<p>
Apache Httpd WebServer 2.0.47 is available for download from
<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi">http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a>.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.
A summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.
Of particular note is that 2.0.47 addresses four security
vulnerabilities.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://httpd.apache.org/'>The Apache HTTP Server Home Page</a>
for more details.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030628.1">
<h3>24 June 2003 - World Wide Web Consortium Issues SOAP Version 1.2 as a W3C Recommendation
</h3>
</a>
<p>
W3C has issued SOAP 1.2 as a recommendation. This means that the SOAP 1.2 specification is now (effectively) a web standard. Apache software related to SOAP can be found in the <a href='http://ws.apache.org'>Web Services</a> and <a href='http://xml.apache.org'>XML</a> projects.
</p>
<p>
The press release is <a href='http://www.w3.org/2003/06/soap12-pressrelease'>here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030625.1">
<h3>25 June 2003 - Apache Tools Feature In 2003 JavaWorld Awards</h3>
</a>
<p>
The results of the 7th JavaWorld Tools award are given in <a href='http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca.html'>this article</a>.
<a href='http://ant.apache.org'>Ant</a> won the <em>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</em>
award. <a href='http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html'>Xerces Java</a> won the <em>Best Java-XML Tool</em>.
</p>
<p>
Congratulations!
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030612.1">
<h3>12 June 2003 - James featured on IBM developerWorks</h3>
</a>
<p>
Claude Duguay has written two excellent articles on <a href="http://james.apache.org/">James</a> for
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/">IBM developerWorks</a><br/>
[<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-james1.html">article1</a>]
An introduction to Apache's James enterprise e-mail server.<br/>
[<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-james2.html">article2</a>]
Build e-mail based applications with Matchers and Mailets.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030528.1">
<h3>28 May 2003 - Apache 2.0.46 released</h3></a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
pleased to announce the ninth public release of the Apache 2.0
HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in
2.0.46 as compared to 2.0.45.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.
This release is compatible with modules compiled for 2.0.42 and later
versions. We consider this release to be the best version of Apache
available and encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://httpd.apache.org/'>The Apache HTTP Server Home Page</a> for more details.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030512.1">
<h3>12 May 2003 - James (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server) v2.1.3 released</h3></a>
<p>
James v2.1.3 has released on 12 May, 2003 and this is the latest in the James v2.1 series. Both binary and source distributions are available.
</p>
<p>
James v2.1.3 fixes several important defects, and contains functional improvements. See the Change Log for a detailed list of changes. All users are urged to upgrade to v2.1.3 as soon as possible.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://james.apache.org/changelog.html'>changelog</a> for more details.
</p>
<p>Download James in
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi">binary</a> or
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi">source</a> form.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030505.1">
<h3>5 May 2003 - Scarab 1.0 Beta 14 Released By Tigris.org</h3>
</a>
<p>
Scarab is the next-generation Issue/Artifact tracking system from <a href='http://www.tigris.org/'>Tigris.org</a>.
Scarab uses several technologies from Jakarta and the Scarab community contains several well known faces from Jakartaland.
</p>
<p>
See <a href='http://scarab.tigris.org/'>here</a> for more details.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030409">
<h3>9 April 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 released.</h3>
</a>
<p>This is a maintenance release that fixes several serious bugs in
the zip family of tasks found after Apache Ant 1.5.2 was released. For
a full list of changes see <a href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ant/">here</a>.</p>
<p>Download Ant in <a
href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">binary</a> or <a
href="http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi">source</a> form.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030408">
<h3>8 April 2003 - LDAPd 0.7 released.</h3>
</a>
<p>LDAPd is a pure Java LDAP v3 protocol, RFC 2251 compliant server.
It's architecture is based on Matt Welsh's Staged Event Driven Architecture
(SEDA).</p><p>It is a compoentized application that is designed for a number of
runtime scenarios and initially delivered for Apache's Phoenix container. LDAPd
reuses many Jakarta based components - Commons-Collections, Jakarta-RegExp,
Jakarta-ORO as well as Avalon components and frameworks.</p>
<p>See the <a href="http://ldapd.sourceforge.net/">homepage</a> </p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030402.1">
<h3>2nd April 2003 - Apache 2.0.45 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and
<a href='http://httpd.apache.org'>The Apache HTTP Server Project</a> are
pleased to announce the eighth public release of the Apache 2.0
HTTP Server.
</p>
<p>
This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.
A summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.
Of particular note is that 2.0.45 addresses two security
vulnerabilities, both affecting all platforms.
</p>
<p>
We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available
and encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0.45 source code is available for download from
<a href='http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/'>here</a>.
</p>
<p>
Apache 2.0.45 binary releases will become available for download from
<a href='http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/httpd/binaries/'>here</a>
</p>
<p>
<strong>Please remember to check the signature when downloading from a mirror.</strong>
</p>
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<a name="20030329.1">
<h3>29 March 2003 - Xerces-J 2.4.0 Released</h3>
</a>
<p>
The Xerces-J team is very happy to announce that version 2.4.0 of
Xerces-J is now available. Xerces-J is the Java XML parser from
the <a href='http://xml.apache.org'>Apache XML Project</a>.
</p>
<p>
Although in the last release the Xerces
Native Interface (XNI) core was declared to be gold, this release
includes two minor modifications to the XMLResourceIdentifier and
XMLLocator interfaces.
</p>
<p>
This release also brings Xerces-J into compliance with the most recent
work of the W3C DOM working group on DOM level 3 Core and Load/Save, and
includes more XML Schema errata fixes. The XML 1.1 Candidate
Recommendation is now supported by default (the option for
verifying that documents are normalized has not been yet implemented).
</p>
<p>
The release can be downloaded from
<a href='http://xml.apache.org/dist/xerces-j/'>here</a>.
</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030303">
<h3>3 March 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 released.</h3>
</a>
<p>This is a maintenance release that fixes several issues identified
after Apache Ant 1.5.1 was released. For a full list of changes see <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ant/">here</a>.</p>
<p>Download Ant in <a
href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">binary</a> or <a
href="http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi">source</a> form.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<a name="20030225"></a>
<h3>25 February 2003 - Enterprise Object Broker 0.9.5: Easier than EJB</h3>
<p>
Enterprise Object Broker (EOB) is an application server that tries to a
be a simpler to develop for than EJB. It is not quite complete yet, but
we have many demos showing local, remote, and built-in webapp usage.
</p>
<p>
EOB uses AltRMI from Apache's Incubator project. AltRMI is RMI for
normal Java interfaces. Server-side beans have these characteristics:
<ul>
<li>no requirement to extend java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject,</li>
<li>no requirement to throw java.rmi.RemoteException for each method,</li>
<li>no requirement to implementing java.rmi.Remote.</li>
</ul>
It is simple to use and has multiple transport types,
including some that pipe between classloaders in the same JVM.
</p>
<p>
EOB and AltRMI are bringing .NET's remoting back to Java.
</p>
<p>
Take a look at....<br/>
<a href="http://www.enterpriseobjectbroker.org/">
http://www.enterpriseobjectbroker.org</a> - EOB's home page.<br/>
<a href="http://demo.enterpriseobjectbroker.org:8080/">
http://demo.enterpriseobjectbroker.org:8080</a> - sometimes available demo server.<br/>
<a href="http://incubator.apache.org/projects/altrmi/">
http://incubator.apache.org/projects/altrmi/</a> - AltRMI's home page.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20030221">
<h3>21 February 2003 - Ant 1.5.2beta1 released.</h3>
</a>
<p>The upcoming 1.5.2 final release is primarily a maintenance release
that fixes several issues identified after Apache Ant 1.5.1 was
released.</p>
<p>The full list of changes as well as binary and source release files
can be found <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ant/v1.5.2beta1/">here</a>.</p>
<p>Your timely feedback on this beta is very important. You may
either fill out a bug report at <a
href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/">http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/</a>
which is the prefered way or send a mail to dev@ant.apache.org to
bring any issues to the attention of the developers.</p>
<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" />
<h3>16 February 2003 - Enterprise Object Broker 0.9: Easier than EJB</h3>
<p>
See above for description and links.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="20030112"></a>
<h3>12 January 2003 - Enterprise Object Broker 0.8: EJB for mere mortals</h3>
<p>
See above for description and links.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="1026"></a>
<h3>26 October 2002 - Enterprise Object Broker 0.75: EJB for mere mortals</h3>
<p>
See above for description and links.</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0621"></a>
<h3>21 May 2002 - OpenORB Community Edition 1.3 Beta 1 Released</h3>
<p>After nearly 6 months of steady product improvement, rationalisation
and platform enhancement, the OpenORB community is proud to release
the first beta of the "Community OpenORB" product suite version 1.3.
Version 1.3 introduced significant enhancements based on the Jakarta
Avalon component framework - including configuration and context
management, ORB initialization and service logging.
All modules have been updated and brought into line with strict
coding standards, major enhancements to the logging framework
(including support for alternative logging mechanisms including
Log4J, JDK1.4 Logging, and Avalon Logkit), a complete revision
of the build systems with unification of the build structure
across all packages, and the introduction of docbook based
documentation. A complete list of changes per package is available
in the WHATSNEW file included with each module.
</p>
<p>Release 1.3 beta 1 available at<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43608">
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openorb/
</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0524"></a>
<h3>24 May 2002 - OpenEJB 0.8 Beta 2 Released</h3>
<p>OpenEJB is an open source, modular, configurable, and extendable EJB
Container System and EJB Server.</p>
<p>An EJB Container System:<br/>
OpenEJB is a pre-built, self-contained, portable EJB container system
and that can be plugged into any server environment including
application servers, CORBA ORBs, Web servers, databases, etc. For
example, OpenEJB is used in Apple computer's WebObjects.
</p>
<p>
An EJB Server:<br/>
OpenEJB comes with fast, lightweight EJB Servers for both Local and
Remote access. That's right, deploy your EJBs into the container system,
then just start the Remote EJB Server from the command line! Or, put
OpenEJB in your class path and use it as an embedded library through the
Local EJB Server.
</p>
<p>Release 0.8 beta 2 available at<br/>
<a href="http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html">openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0523.1"></a>
<h3>23 May 2002 - JBoss Project posts the third release candidate for
JBoss 3.0.0</h3>
<p>The award winning <a href="http://www.jboss.org">JBoss Project</a>
just posted the third release candidate for JBoss 3.0.0.
</p>
<p>JBoss is an Open Source, standards-compliant, Enterprise JavaBeans
application server implemented in pure Java. JBoss provides
JBossServer, the basic EJB container and JMX infrastructure, JBossMQ
for JMS messaging, JBossMail for mail, JBossTX for JTA/JTS
transactions, JBossSX for JAAS based security, JBossCX for JCA
connectivity, and JBossCMP for CMP persistence. It integrates with
Tomcat Servlet/JSP container and Jetty Web server/servlet container,
and enables you to mix and match these components through JMX by
replacing any component you wish with a JMX-compliant implementation
for the same APIs. The goal is to provide a full J2EE stack in the
Free/Open Source software world.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0509"></a> <h3>9 May 2002 - Krysalis Centipede 1.0 beta2
Released - maven included</h3>
<p>
Krysalis Centipede is a project build system based on Apache Ant.<br/>
It's made to be easy, extensible and powerful.
</p><p>
It's based on the CDC paradigm, that keeps focus on Community, Documentation
and Code.<br/>
An example of a complete website and project using the latest Centipede is
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/">Apache POI</a> .
The site is updated automatically every 2 hours via a script.
</p><p>
This beta contains much more documentation, fixes coming from user feedback,
enhanced descriptors, and a target to create automatic descriptors' and
cents' documentation.
</p><p>
We have integrated the Maven docs generation and the Maven xref generation
using a cent, along with numerous bugfixes.
</p><p>
The docs are generated from the same Forrest DTD. This way users can decide
to switch in any moment, preventing vendor lock-in.
</p>
<p>
Major features:
<br/>
<ul>
<li> multiple skin support (jakarta and xml.apache look-and-feel) </li>
<li> use of pre-packaged war style build plugins called "cents" </li>
<li> automatic download of cents using JJAR </li>
<li> ready for automatic site update from Gump runs </li>
<li> build target aliasing and description </li>
</ul>
<br/>
Other changes:
<br/>
<ul>
<li> new maven cent with docs and xref generation </li>
<li> new documentation - still growing </li>
<li> centipede.descriptor-docs target: generates docs on the descriptors and the cents installed </li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
For more, visit <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/krysalis/">Krysalis on SourceForge</a> or the
<a href="http://www.krysalis.org/">Krysalis web site</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0430"></a>
<h3>30 April 2002 - Krysalis Centipede 1.0 beta1 Released</h3>
<p>
Krysalis Centipede is a project build system based on Apache Ant.<br/>
It's made to be easy, extensible and powerful.
</p>
<p>
Centipede has been through major changes, like autodownloading and
autoinstalling build plugins, and now is stable and ready for
user testing.
</p><p>
It's based on the CDC paradigm, that keeps focus on Community, Documentation
and Code.<br/>
An example of a complete website and project using the latest Centipede is
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/">Apache POI</a> .
The site is updated automatically every 2 hours via a script.
</p>
<p>
Major features:
<br/>
<ul>
<li> multiple skin support (jakarta and xml.apache look-and-feel) </li>
<li> use of pre-packaged war style build plugins called "cents" </li>
<li> automatic download of cents using JJAR </li>
<li> ready for automatic site update from Gump runs </li>
<li> build target aliasing and description </li>
</ul>
<br/>
Other changes:
<br/>
<ul>
<li> basic docs on how to start, and the dir layout </li>
<li> enhanced gump descriptor use </li>
<li> examples jar build, along with proper, scratchpad and contrib </li>
<li> simple build script </li>
<li> endorsed jar dir, used by both build and tools </li>
<li> new "dist" target, with test run before jar generation </li>
<li> new "gump" target </li>
<li> no mode heavy use of xml entities </li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
For more, visit <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/krysalis/">Krysalis on SourceForge</a> or the
<a href="http://www.krysalis.org/">Krysalis web site</a>.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0322.1"></a>
<h3>22 March 2002 - Krysalis Centipede = Ant + Cocoon</h3>
<p>
Krysalis Centipede is a basic build starter kit that uses Apache Ant
and Cocoon. It's in version 0.2 and growing fast. The docs will start
to come out as soon as the structure stabilizes.
</p>
<p>
Next week's version will include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>multiple skin support (jakarta and xml.apache look-and-feel)</li>
<li>build target aliasing and description</li>
<li>basic docs on how to start, and the dir layout</li>
<li>gump descriptor integration with project-info</li>
<li>examples jar build, along with proper, scratchpad and contrib</li>
<li>new build script</li>
<li>endorsed jar dir, used by both build and tools</li>
<li>corrected "dist" target, with test run before jar generation</li>
<li>new "testmodule" target that tests all the build</li>
<li>new "gump" target</li>
<li>ready for automatic site update from Gump runs</li>
</ul>
<p>
For more, visit Krysalis on SourceForge:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/krysalis/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/krysalis/</a></li>
</ul>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0307"></a>
<h3>07 March 2002 - Enterprise Object Broker: EJB for mere mortals</h3>
<p>
Enterprise Object Broker (EOB) is an application server that tries to a
be a simpler EJB container. It is not complete yet, but we have many
demos showing local, remote, and webapp usage.
</p>
<p>
Take a look at
<a href="http://eob.sourceforge.net/">
http://eob.sourceforge.net/</a>
</p>
<p>
We are looking to add more demos, especially Jakarta ones. The best
candidates are WAR file apps with object models (hopefully
interface/impl separated) that can be moved out of the Servlet's
context. These also include EJB using webapps, but the EJB side would
have to be trimmed of the EJB 'noise' before being run in EOB.
</p>
<p>
As well as our need for more demos, we are interested in people to join
in the main development. Apache license of course.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0305"></a>
<h3>5 March 2002 - Poolman developer retires</h3>
<p>
The developer of the popular Poolman connection pool has retired from
active work on the product. The current beta release was to include
pooling of PreparedStatments. While Poolman has a tremendous user
base, it has never attracted a developer community.
</p>
<p>
The current beta and prior stable releases are still available from
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4899">
SourceForge</a>. If you are a Poolman user, you may wish to tuck away
a copy of the distribution archives for safekeeping.
</p>
<p>
From the CodeStudio site<br/>
PoolMan is no longer available or supported through this site. It did exceedingly well during its
lifetime, and I appreciate the important role it played in so many distributed applications over the
past three years. If you are looking for connection and object pooling mechanisms, they can now
be found in application servers such as JRun, Tomcat and the Jakarta Project, and other J2EE
products and servers.
</p>
<p>
Poolman in the Commons?<br/>
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org/msg04242.html">05 Mar 2002</a><br/>
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org/msg04304.html">06 Mar 2002</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0301"></a>
<h3>1 March 2002 - Simper 0.2: JDBC Persistence</h3>
<p>
Simper is a simple JDBC persistence mechanism for Java web apps. It features many
of the interesting features of EJB, such as automatic transaction demarcation (by way of
Servlet Filters), and automatic change detection of database rows (by way of
DynaBeans). Lastly, the notation by which you reference rows, as well as relations
between tables, is extremely JSP friendly.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.netmeme.org/simper/">http://www.netmeme.org/simper/</a>
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0208"></a>
<h3>8 February 2002 - JasperReports: Writing Complex Reports and PDF</h3>
<p>
Java based, XML enabled reporting tool that organizes data retrieved through
JDBC into a ready to print document, according to the template defined in a
XML file. The output can be delivered to the screen, printer, or stored in XML or
PDF file.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/">http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/</a>
</p>
<p>
JavaReports relies on a number of Jakarta technologies,including the
Commons-Digester. Status is alpha/pre-release.
</p>
<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
<a name="0115"></a>
<h3>15 January 2002 - dbForms releases version 1.0</h3>
<p>
DbForms enables developers to build sophisticated web-based database driven
applications in very short time and with very little effort. DbForms - applications are
built in a conceptually very similar manner to RAD - database building tools like Sybase
PowerSite (for web-based applications) or even Microsoft Access (for Windows-based
applications)
</p>
<p>
The philosophy behind DbForms could be described shortly as follows
</p>
<blockquote>
user places database components and action elements on templates, which get
executed at runtime
user is not required program anything (he/she just designs the app)
</blockquote>
<p>
<a href="http://dbforms.org/">http://dbforms.org/</a>
</p>
<p>
DbForms utilizes technology from the Jakarta-Commons and works well with
Jakarta Struts, and other Java Web application frameworks.
</p>
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