Apache Karaf 2.2.2 Released!

The Apache Karaf team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache Karaf 2.2.2.

This release of Apache Karaf is based off of the 2.2.x series branch, representing an update to Apache Karaf 2.2.1. It contains bug fixes identified in the prior release, and introduces improvements including; improved behavior for the OracleDB locking mechanism and http feature jetty port usage. Several improvements to the shell have been incorporated, such as completion for shell aliases and a warning on osgi:shutdown to avoid inadvertently shutting down the container. There has also been a few small dependency upgrades to felix event admin, Pax URL, and jetty. For more detail please see the change log below.

To help make the transition from Apache Karaf 2.2.0/2.2.1 to 2.2.2 easier I've put together a table of changed dependencies:

Karaf Version	2.2.0	2.2.1	2.2.2
aopalliance.bundle.version	1.0_4	1.0_5	1.0_5
asm.bundle.version	3.3_1	3.3_2	3.3_2
cglib.bundle.version	2.1_3_6	2.1_3_7	2.1_3_7
commons-codec.bundle.version	1.3_3	1.3_4	1.3_4
commons-collections.bundle.version	3.2.1_1	3.2.1_2	3.2.1_2
commons-lang.bundle.version	2.4_4	2.4_5	2.4_5
jasypt.bundle.version	1.7_1	1.7_3	1.7_3
jetty.version	7.2.2.v20101205	7.3.1.v20110307	7.4.2.v20110526
junit.bundle.version	4.7_2	4.7_3	4.7_3
felix.framework.version	3.0.8	3.0.9	3.0.9
felix.eventadmin.version	1.2.8	1.2.10	1.2.12
aries.blueprint.version	0.3	0.3.1	0.3.1
pax.exam.version	1.2.3	1.2.4	1.2.4
pax.logging.version	1.6.0	1.6.2	1.6.3
pax.runner.version	1.5.0	1.6.1	1.6.1
pax.url.version	1.2.5	1.2.6	1.2.7
pax.web.version	1.0.1	1.0.3	1.0.4

For more information please see the release notes.

As discussed in my prior Apache Karaf 2.2.2 preparation post, I enjoyed listening to Wintersleep albums throughout the release process and was delighted to try the Terre Dei Volsci Velletri Rosso Riserva 2004 once the release was complete. Now, sadly, I find my carafe empty... hopefully Karaf 3.0.0 will not be too far away :)