Apache Karaf Update Sept 30 - Oct 6, 2012

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.10, 2.3.0, and 3.0.0 as up coming releases. All of the information here is collected from following Karaf's issues mailing list, and cross referencing with the community's issue tracker. The summary form is presented here courtesy of Savoir Technologies to help make keeping up with the community's fast pace a little easier.

Apache Karaf 2.2.10:

New Issues:
N/A

Resolved issues:
Karaf-1815 When ssh'ing from a windows box into a unix box, arrow keys are not correctly interpreted
Karaf-1849 Some files should not have the executable flag
Karaf-1814 Cursor keys do not work when using bin/client on windows
Karaf-1796 Feature Install Sequence Should Be Install/Install/Install...Start/Start/Start
Karaf-1759 No Way To Start obr Dependencies By Default
Karaf-1765 The obr Shell Deploy And Start Commands Always Deploy Optional Dependencies

Updated issues:
Karaf-1853 Attached kar deploys to a different snapshot build number than the main artifact

Apache Karaf 2.3.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-1878 Feature bundle start up order by startLvl

Resolved issues:
Karaf-1817 Upgrade to sshd 0.8.0
Karaf-1819 Upgrade to Mina 2.0.5
Karaf-1815 When ssh'ing from a windows box into a unix box, arrow keys are not correctly interpreted
Karaf-1868 Upgrade aries bundles to 1.0.1 (blueprint-core, jmx-core, transaction-manager, jpa-container-context)
Karaf-1862 Upgrade to Felix FileInstall 3.2.6
Karaf-1814 Cursor keys do not work when using bin/client on windows
Karaf-1888 Remove aliases by default
Karaf-1796 Feature Install Sequence Should Be Install/Install/Install...Start/Start/Start
Karaf-1759 No Way To Start obr Dependencies By Default
Karaf-1765 The obr Shell Deploy And Start Commands Always Deploy Optional Dependencies
Karaf-1890 Upgrade to Jetty 7.6.7.v20120910
Karaf-1883 Upgrade to ASM 4.0
Karaf-1859 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.1

Updated issues:
Karaf-1853 Attached kar deploys to a different snapshot build number than the main artifact
Karaf-1354 SSH Log-In failes with "Authentication failed" with valid credentials

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-1884 Upgrade exam to Pax Exam 2.6.0
Karaf-1886 Create transaction-jdbc and transaction-jms enterprise features
Karaf-1887 Make integration tests more reliable by making sure the boot is finished
Karaf-1893 Upgrade to Jetty 8.1.7.v20120910
Karaf-1878 Feature bundle start up order by startLvl
Karaf-1897 Change ports of integration tests

Resolved issues:
Karaf-1843 SystemMBean reboot(time, cleanup) operation always cleanup
Karaf-1817 Upgrade to sshd 0.8.0
Karaf-1819 Upgrade to Mina 2.0.5
Karaf-1815 When ssh'ing from a windows box into a unix box, arrow keys are not correctly interpreted
Karaf-1868 Upgrade aries bundles to 1.0.1 (blueprint-core, jmx-core, transaction-manager, jpa-container-context)
Karaf-1862 Upgrade to Felix FileInstall 3.2.6
Karaf-1814 Cursor keys do not work when using bin/client on windows
Karaf-1759 No Way To Start obr Dependencies By Default
Karaf-1765 The obr Shell Deploy And Start Commands Always Deploy Optional Dependencies
Karaf-1889 Change logging in FeaturesServiceImpl
Karaf-1896 itests.EnterpriseFeaturesTest.installApplicationWithoutIsolationFeature fails with NotSerializableException
Karaf-1897 Change ports of integration tests
Karaf-1859 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.1

Updated issues:
Karaf-608 Allow for multi-stage boot features installation
Karaf-1819 Upgrade to Mina 2.0.5
Karaf-1853 Attached kar deploys to a different snapshot build number than the main artifact
Karaf-1354 SSH Log-In failes with "Authentication failed" with valid credentials

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1891 Document karaf manual for registering its own MBeans
Karaf-1892 intermittent problems with feature.xml manual deploy with install="auto"
Karaf-1894 Framework's active start level is set to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning too early when launching Karaf with empty bundle cache
Karaf-1898 trunk does not compile on java 7 due to compendium 4.3.0 generics
Karaf-1899 setup jenkins to build trunk for both java 6 and java 7
Karaf-1900 create project for private compendium build for java 7
Karaf-1901 Camel stream:out route destination freezes console if you try to stop or uninstall it
Karaf-1902 Occasional freeze on feature:install webconsole