Apache Karaf update Dec 2 - 8, 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:
Karaf-2047 config:edit -f command doesn't work on Windows platform

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2043 Document caveats of Pax Url Wrap when used in Karaf Shell
Karaf-2049 Instructions in welcome screen is a bit misleading with hit

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1018 using auto-complete (TAB key) on commands that don't take Arguments/Options throws IndexOutOfBoundsException.

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-2047 config:edit -f command doesn't work on Windows platform

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2043 Document caveats of Pax Url Wrap when used in Karaf Shell
Karaf-2049 Instructions in welcome screen is a bit misleading with hit
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2.0

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2050 Ability to configure ssh session idle timeout - currently hardcode as 5 minutes

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2044 Provide the ability to edit text resources from the Karaf shell
Karaf-2047 config:edit -f command doesn't work on Windows platform

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2043 Document caveats of Pax Url Wrap when used in Karaf Shell
Karaf-2049 Instructions in welcome screen is a bit misleading with hit
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2.0
Karaf-2051 Duplicate definition of org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.localRepository in org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1369 Shell history does not log all commands
Karaf-2050 Ability to configure ssh session idle timeout - currently hardcode as 5 minutes

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2045 Support encrypted connection to the database for fail over configuration
Karaf-1823 Memory leak on windows in SSHD ServerSession
Karaf-2046 Deadlock on console refresh
Karaf-2048 Add ability to intercept CommandSession.close() to clean up shared resource before disconnect
Karaf-1180 Ability to exit karaf with a predictable exit code
Karaf-1968 Uninstalling jndi feature leads to hanging Karaf
Karaf-1278 Comands: History does not work, can not edit current comand
Karaf-2052 Progress bar doesn't display properly on 80 char consoles