Apache Karaf update May 12 - 18, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.12, 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.

Apache Karaf 2.2.12:

New Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-1149 Karaf MBeanServer is not usable behind firewall
Karaf-1894 Framework's active start level is set to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning too early when launching Karaf with empty bundle cache

Resolved Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.2:

New Issues:
Karaf-2315 The check for jvm.dll happens to early in the bat file

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2313 The feature:list command does not support multiple versions of the same feature
Karaf-2121 Add Support For Displaying Gogo Commands in Karaf Shell Help
Karaf-1149 Karaf MBeanServer is not usable behind firewall
Karaf-1894 Framework's active start level is set to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning too early when launching Karaf with empty bundle cache

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2309 Normal Zip file which put into the deploy folder can't be deleted anymore
Karaf-2310 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.2.RELEASE
Karaf-2311 Upgrade to Pax Web 1.1.14
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature
Karaf-2314 Remove SNAPSHOT repositories by default in the distribution

Apache Karaf 2.4.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2315 The check for jvm.dll happens to early in the bat file

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2313 The feature:list command does not support multiple versions of the same feature
Karaf-2121 Add Support For Displaying Gogo Commands in Karaf Shell Help
Karaf-2070 Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
Karaf-1886 Create transaction-jdbc and transaction-jms enterprise features
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-1379 Provide exit alias and improve shell:logout command
Karaf-1254 Jasypt config admin property with reload strategy.
Karaf-2081 Upgrade to JUnit 4.11
Karaf-1512 enhancement: add self to generated feature in "features-generate-descriptor" goal
Karaf-1940 admin/instance should be provided as a feature
Karaf-1894 Framework's active start level is set to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning too early when launching Karaf with empty bundle cache

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2309 Normal Zip file which put into the deploy folder can't be deleted anymore
Karaf-2310 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.2.RELEASE
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature
Karaf-2314 Remove SNAPSHOT repositories by default in the distribution

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2315 The check for jvm.dll happens to early in the bat file
Karaf-2319 Upgrade to Pax Web 3.0.1

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2313 The feature:list command does not support multiple versions of the same feature
Karaf-1894 Framework's active start level is set to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning too early when launching Karaf with empty bundle cache

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2309 Normal Zip file which put into the deploy folder can't be deleted anymore
Karaf-2310 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.2.RELEASE
Karaf-2062 Add a spring3.2 feature
Karaf-2314 Remove SNAPSHOT repositories by default in the distribution
Karaf-1459 Problem with the OBR Resolver and Pax Web
Karaf-2003 Interrupt a running command in shell

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2312 Uninstalling a feature should respect bundle start levels

Karaf-2077 Exported package names cannot be zero length. when karaf 2.3 starts within unit test using openengsb

Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml