Apache Karaf Update Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2012

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.10, 2.3.1, 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-1978 if use script to start a child instance then using karaf console admin:list can't get the instance correct status
Karaf-1938 Lock logic should wait for start level change to occur
Karaf-1986 instance.properties file doesn't get updated if karaf.name is changed
Karaf-1989 Add CXF DOSGi feature uri to org.apache.karaf.features.repos.cfg

Updated Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-1981 Upgrade to Felix ConfigAdmin 1.6.0

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1978 if use script to start a child instance then using karaf console admin:list can't get the instance correct status
Karaf-1938 Lock logic should wait for start level change to occur
Karaf-581 Also make rmiRegistryHost configurable
Karaf-1129 Allow configuring rmi Registry host as well as port
Karaf-1986 instance.properties file doesn't get updated if karaf.name is changed

Updated Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-1981 Upgrade to Felix ConfigAdmin 1.6.0

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1978 if use script to start a child instance then using karaf console admin:list can't get the instance correct status
Karaf-1938 Lock logic should wait for start level change to occur
Karaf-581 Also make rmiRegistryHost configurable
Karaf-1129 Allow configuring rmi Registry host as well as port
Karaf-1986 instance.properties file doesn't get updated if karaf.name is changed
Karaf-1282 Remove osgi sources from karaf main
Karaf-1989 Add CXF DOSGi feature uri to org.apache.karaf.features.repos.cfg

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1966 Upgrade to Pax Web 3.0

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1954 NullPointerException on custom Karaf shell command: ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.felix.service.command.Function not found
Karaf-1991 NPE during blueprint deployment with two factory beans 
Karaf-1992 PropertiesLoginModule handles usernames with backslash not correct