Apache Karaf update Dec 8 - 15, 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-2053 HTTP feature should install a default etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg file
Karaf-2057 NOTICE and LICENSE files are not correct

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2050 Ability to configure ssh session idle timeout - currently hardcode as 5 minutes
Karaf-2055 Upgrade to Apache POM 12
Karaf-2028 org.apache.karaf.webconsole.console imports wrong version of org.osgi.service.deploymentadmin
Karaf-1745 Upgrade to Felix WebConsole 4.0.0
Karaf-2058 ensure find the root instance entry when update root karaf instance name in instances.properties

Updated Issues:

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-2053 HTTP feature should install a default etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg file
Karaf-2057 NOTICE and LICENSE files are not correct

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2050 Ability to configure ssh session idle timeout - currently hardcode as 5 minutes
Karaf-2052 Progress bar doesn't display properly on 80 char consoles
Karaf-2055 Upgrade to Apache POM 12
Karaf-1745 Upgrade to Felix WebConsole 4.0.0
Karaf-2058 ensure find the root instance entry when update root karaf instance name in instances.properties
Karaf-2061 Upgrade to commons-codec 1.7
Karaf-2063 Upgrade to Felix EventAdmin 1.3.2
Karaf-2064 Upgrade to Felix Metatype 1.0.6
Karaf-2065 Upgrade to Felix SCR 1.6.2

Updated Issues:
Karaf-222 mvn karaf:run plugin, like jetty:run

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2053 HTTP feature should install a default etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg file
Karaf-2057 NOTICE and LICENSE files are not correct

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2050 Ability to configure ssh session idle timeout - currently hardcode as 5 minutes
Karaf-2052 Progress bar doesn't display properly on 80 char consoles
Karaf-2055 Upgrade to Apache POM 12
Karaf-1745 Upgrade to Felix WebConsole 4.0.0
Karaf-2058 ensure find the root instance entry when update root karaf instance name in instances.properties
Karaf-2061 Upgrade to commons-codec 1.7
Karaf-2063 Upgrade to Felix EventAdmin 1.3.2
Karaf-2064 Upgrade to Felix Metatype 1.0.6
Karaf-2065 Upgrade to Felix SCR 1.6.2

Updated Issues:
Karaf-222 mvn karaf:run plugin, like jetty:run

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2054 Execute native commands from the shell
Karaf-2045 Support encrypted connection to the database for fail over configuration
Karaf-1925 Blueprint timeout exceptions after karaf startup
Karaf-2059 Extend features:install command to support given a repository name as input
Karaf-2060 Variables cannot be used in org.apache.karaf.features.cfg
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature