[announce] Wicket 1.4-RC6 released

[Igor Vaynberg <ig...@gmail.com>]

The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the
sixths release candidate for the newest version of Wicket - 1.4.  A
lot of bugs have been squashed and several improvements implemented.
If you are already using earlier versions of 1.4, it is recommended
you update to Wicket 1.4-rc6 at your earliest convenience.

Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further:

* http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4-rc6

We thank you for your patience and support.

- The Wicket Team


Apache Wicket

Apache Wicket is a component oriented Java web application framework.
With proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a
refreshing lack of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple
and enjoyable again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and
brittle code for powerful, reusable components written with plain Java
and HTML.

You can find out more about Apache Wicket on our website:

http://wicket.apache.org


This release

This release is the sixths release candidate for the Wicket 1.4
product.  This release fixes several bugs and adds some minor
improvements.  You can find out about the changes at the bottom of
this announcement.

Migrating from 1.3

If you are coming from Wicket 1.3, you really want to read our
migration guide found on the wiki:

http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/migrate-14.html


Downloading the release:

You can download the release from the official Apache mirror system,
and you can find it through the following link:

http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4-rc6/

For the Maven and Ivy fans out there: update your pom's to the
following, and everything will be downloaded automatically:

<dependency>
 <groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
 <artifactId>wicket</artifactId>
 <version>1.4-rc6</version>
</dependency>

Substitute the artifact ID with the projects of your liking to get the
other projects.

Please note that we don't prescribe a Logging implementation for
SLF4J. You need to specify yourself which one you prefer. Read more
about SLF4J here:

http://slf4j.org


Validating the release

The release has been signed by Jeremy Thomerson, your release manager
for today. The public key can be found in the KEYS file in the
download area.  Download the KEYS file only from the Apache website.

http://www.apache.org/dist/wicket/1.4-rc6/KEYS

Instructions on how to validate the release can be found here:

http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#check-integrity


Reporting bugs

In case you do encounter a bug, we would appreciate a report in our JIRA:

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET


The distribution

In the distribution you will find a README. The README contains
instructions on how to build from source yourself. You also find a
CHANEGELOG-1.4 which contains a list of all things that have been
fixed, added and/or removed since the 1.4 branch was created.


Release Notes - Wicket - Version 1.4-rc6


Bug
   * [WICKET-1897] - StatelessForm submitted to the wrong page
   * [WICKET-2127] - Javascript function Wicket.replaceAll is unbearably slow
   * [WICKET-2202] - Form gets submitted using AjaxSubmitBehavior when
sub-form has error's
   * [WICKET-2268] - NullPointerException NPE in DiskPageStore after
Session Timeout
   * [WICKET-2284] - German translation for NumberValidator.minimum is wrong
   * [WICKET-2294] - CryptedUrlWebRequestCodingStrategy fails while
decoding parameters after the app has been up and running for quite
some time.
   * [WICKET-2325] - IChoiceRenderer generic type parameters are wrong
throughout the AbstractChoice class hierarchy
   * [WICKET-2330] - AjaxFormSubmitBehavior throws an
NullPointerException when getForm() is overridden
   * [WICKET-2333] - RatingPanel doesn't "wrap" models
   * [WICKET-2334] - DebugBar throws an
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError when Tomcat is restarted
   * [WICKET-2335] - JavaDoc inconsistent to the code
   * [WICKET-2336] - JavaDoc, point out the need of a super call.
   * [WICKET-2341] - AbstractSingleSelectChoice nullValid javadocs are
misleading.
   * [WICKET-2345] - ModalWindow.setResizable(false) does not work after 1.4-rc4
   * [WICKET-2349] - Time.valueOf(TimeOfDay) needs to use 24 hour clock

Improvement
   * [WICKET-2321] - create a Component#onRemove() method
   * [WICKET-2332] - Open up Markup ctor and MarkupContainer#renderNext
   * [WICKET-2340] - Make ModificationWatcher replacable
   * [WICKET-2342] - Cryptic error "WicketMessage: Tag Expected" when
wicket:panel tags are missing
   * [WICKET-2343] - Link: PopupSettings - overriding getPopupSettings
has no effect

New Feature
   * [WICKET-2306] - Extension for WicketTester to easily get
AjaxLazyLoadPanel's to render their contents

Task
   * [WICKET-2338] - Find and fix errata in 1.4 JavaDoc

Wish
   * [WICKET-2314] - Custom css for Wizard

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