Apache Karaf update May 19 - 25, 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:
N/A

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1973 NullPointerException when performing log:clear then log:tail

Apache Karaf 2.3.2:

New Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
N/A

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml
Karaf-911 features-maven-plugin:add-features-to-repo doesn't use maven proxy setting
Karaf-1973 NullPointerException when performing log:clear then log:tail
Karaf-2320 make kar deployer/service to support NoAutoRefreshBundles option
Karaf-2326 Backspace stops working after shutdown command
Karaf-2330 Upgrade to Aries Transaction Blueprint 1.0.1
Karaf-2335 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.3.RELEASE
Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml

Apache Karaf 2.4.0:

New Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
N/A

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml
Karaf-911 features-maven-plugin:add-features-to-repo doesn't use maven proxy setting
Karaf-2201 http, war, and http-whiteboard feature should use the version of underlying pax-web feature
Karaf-1973 NullPointerException when performing log:clear then log:tail
Karaf-2320 make kar deployer/service to support NoAutoRefreshBundles option
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-2298 Karaf shell option for a "transient" bundle stop
Karaf-2326 Backspace stops working after shutdown command
Karaf-2329 Upgrade to jline 2.11
Karaf-2328 Upgrade to guava 14.0.1
Karaf-2327 Upgrade to commons-codec 1.8
Karaf-2330 Upgrade to Aries Transaction Blueprint 1.0.1
Karaf-2332 Upgrade to jansi 1.11
Karaf-2333 Upgrade to Pax SwissBox 1.6.0
Karaf-2334 Upgrade to slf4j 1.7.5/Pax Logging 1.7.1
Karaf-2335 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.3.RELEASE

Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml
Karaf-2336 Remove karaf-pax-exam and use pax-exam for itests
Karaf-2337 Upgrade to Apache POM 13

 Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1246 add a version checker for karaf start script
Karaf-1253 No completion on some commands with scope *

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2308 404 link in latest karaf documentation
Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml
Karaf-911 features-maven-plugin:add-features-to-repo doesn't use maven proxy setting
Karaf-2201 http, war, and http-whiteboard feature should use the version of underlying pax-web feature
Karaf-687 Add VirtualHost support for webapp
Karaf-1973 NullPointerException when performing log:clear then log:tail
Karaf-2320 make kar deployer/service to support NoAutoRefreshBundles option
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-2323 Package MBean fails for export
Karaf-2319 Upgrade to Pax Web 3.0.1
Karaf-2298 Karaf shell option for a "transient" bundle stop
Karaf-2326 Backspace stops working after shutdown command
Karaf-2329 Upgrade to jline 2.11
Karaf-2328 Upgrade to guava 14.0.1
Karaf-2327 Upgrade to commons-codec 1.8
Karaf-2330 Upgrade to Aries Transaction Blueprint 1.0.1
Karaf-2332 Upgrade to jansi 1.11

Karaf-2333 Upgrade to Pax SwissBox 1.6.0
Karaf-2334 Upgrade to slf4j 1.7.5/Pax Logging 1.7.1
Karaf-2335 Upgrade to Spring 3.2.3.RELEASE

Karaf-2316 features-maven-plugin ignore proxy settings in maven settings.xml
Karaf-2336 Remove karaf-pax-exam and use pax-exam for itests
Karaf-1246 add a version checker for karaf start script
Karaf-2337 Upgrade to Apache POM 13
Karaf-1549 Child instance features cfg file looks weird
Karaf-381 Commands for inspecting blueprint bundles

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2199 Features fail to start due to wrong maven repo resolution

Karaf-2303 Command completer stopped working after RC1
Karaf-2238 Logback appender
Karaf-1443 Unreadable code arised in the console when press the four keyboard(↑, ↓, ←, →)
Karaf-2338 Felix File Install property (felix.fileinstall.active.level) is not working
Karaf-2339 Do not install boot features asynchronously
Karaf-1808 Add commercial support page