Apache Karaf update Feb 10 - 16, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.11, 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 2.2.11:

New Issues:
Karaf-2191 Karaf 3.0.x CLONE - Karaf startup fails with NullPointerException when logfile can't be written

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1968 Uninstalling jndi feature leads to hanging Karaf

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1386 feature install war fails if http-whiteboard is already installed
Karaf-1851 inconsistent FeaturesNamespaces versions

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-2198 Remove new features from karaf-2.3.x branch

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2175 Add the sonatype standard snapshot repository to the karaf repositories
Karaf-2114 Update org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg file in child instance to include the system folder
Karaf-2082 Jasypt unit tests fail
Karaf-1968 Uninstalling jndi feature leads to hanging Karaf
Karaf-1914 SSH client authentication randomly fails
Karaf-1921 Upgrade to Spring 3.1.x for Karaf 2.3.x
Karaf-2184 Upgrade to Spring 3.1.4.RELEASE
Karaf-2137 Unable to prevent remote JMX access
Karaf-2035 Not able to clone the root instance
Karaf-1748 Karaf startup fails with NullPointerException when logfile can't be written
Karaf-2162 Upgrade to Pax Web 1.1.12
Karaf-2190 Karaf itest fails on fast machine
Karaf-2192 Karaf obr:listURl and obr:list tests fail on faster boxes

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1851 inconsistent FeaturesNamespaces versions

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2191 Karaf 3.0.x CLONE - Karaf startup fails with NullPointerException when logfile can't be written

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2175 Add the sonatype standard snapshot repository to the karaf repositories
Karaf-2124 Adapt the chapter about extending the console to changes made by KARAF-1001
Karaf-2176 Upgrade to Pax URL 1.5.1
Karaf-2177 Upgrade to Felix Framework 4.2.0
Karaf-2178 remove karaf-org.osgi.core.jar
Karaf-1914 SSH client authentication randomly fails
Karaf-1206 Child instance doesn't start
Karaf-2181 jpa feature can't be installed "out of the box"
Karaf-2184 Upgrade to Spring 3.1.4.RELEASE
Karaf-2035 Not able to clone the root instance
Karaf-2193 Upgrade to Pax URL 1.5.2
Karaf-2194 Karaf regression test fails on BootClasspathLibraryOptionTest

Updated Issues:

Karaf-2185 Provide Spring 3.2.x support
Karaf-1851 inconsistent FeaturesNamespaces versions
Karaf-1887 Make integration tests more reliable by making sure the boot is finished
Karaf-2177 Upgrade to Felix Framework 4.2.0
Karaf-2178 remove karaf-org.osgi.core.jar

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1972 karaf-maven-plugin should respect scope
Karaf-2179 should be able to depend on feature.xml in maven
Karaf-2180 feature update failure
Karaf-2173 karaf-maven-plugin ci-build-profile failures
Karaf-2182 feature:update (new command)
Karaf-2183 bundle:update does not update maven snapshots
Karaf-2186 bunde:scanner (new command)
Karaf-2188 JPA bundle error out at shutdown
Karaf-2189 blueprint disable service too soon at shutdown