Apache Karaf update March 10 - 16, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.11, 2.3.2, 2.4.0, 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.

Note: Apache Karaf 3.0.0.RC1 Technology Preview is now available!

Apache Karaf 2.2.11:

New Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2228 Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-2215 kar fails to attach artifact
Karaf-2218 Fix manual links on website

Resolved Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.2:

New Issues:
Karaf-2232 Upgrade to Aries Blueprint Core 1.1.1
Karaf-2239 Upgrade to Pax Web 1.1.13

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-2228 Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-2215 kar fails to attach artifact
Karaf-2224 generate-features-xml Mojo ignores classifier of maven dependencies
Karaf-2218 Fix manual links on website

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2231 ConcurrentModificationException at org.apache.karaf.admin.internal.AdminServiceImplTest.testToSimulateRenameInstanceByExternalProcess
Karaf-2221 The admin service is not safe when used to create / start agents quickly
Karaf-2225 jaas PropertiesLoginModule does not complain when users.properties is not found but fails later

Apache Karaf 2.4.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2232 Upgrade to Aries Blueprint Core 1.1.1
Karaf-2235 Upgrade to Pax-Web 2.1.x and Jetty 8

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2069 Provide less command
Karaf-2228 Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-2215 kar fails to attach artifact
Karaf-2140 Add an explicit allowEmptyPasswords to the LDAPLoginModule defaulting to false
Karaf-2218 Fix manual links on website

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2221 The admin service is not safe when used to create / start agents quickly
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature
Karaf-2185 Provide Spring 3.2.x support
Karaf-2197 Upgrade to JLine 2.10

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2232 Upgrade to Aries Blueprint Core 1.1.1

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2069 Provide less command
Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-2228 Karaf-2125 Adapt karaf.webconsole package-imports/exports to felix.webconsole all-in-one bundle
Karaf-2219 Add option to jaas LoginModules to skip checking the credentials
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-1553 Command service references should be AUTO_EXPORT_INTERFACES
Karaf-2215 kar fails to attach artifact
Karaf-2140 Add an explicit allowEmptyPasswords to the LDAPLoginModule defaulting to false
Karaf-2218 Fix manual links on website

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2221 The admin service is not safe when used to create / start agents quickly
Karaf-2225 jaas PropertiesLoginModule does not complain when users.properties is not found but fails later
Karaf-2016 Hudson paths hard coded in assembled zip and tar.gz distributions
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature
Karaf-2185 Provide Spring 3.2.x support
Karaf-2197 Upgrade to JLine 2.10

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2165 Create karaf-2.x branch
Karaf-2234 Thrown Exception in shell commands should be logged as ERROR
Karaf-2236 karaf scripts fail when paths contain spaces
Karaf-2237 LDAP login module cannot look up keystore and/or truststore
Karaf-2238 Logback appender