Apache Karaf update July 14 - 20, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.12, 2.3.3, 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:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.3:

New Issues:
Karaf-2390 Fix namespace handlers provided service header
Karaf-2391 Add generic capabilities provided by the framework
Karaf-2392 Remove unneeded manifest headers, add service import definitions for blueprint namespaces

Updated Issues:


Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2381 The shell log:set command not as documented

Apache Karaf 2.4.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2390 Fix namespace handlers provided service header
Karaf-2391 Add generic capabilities provided by the framework
Karaf-2392 Remove unneeded manifest headers, add service import definitions for blueprint namespaces
Karaf-2393 Upgrade to Felix Maven Bundle plugin 2.4.0

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2336 Remove karaf-pax-exam and use pax-exam for itests

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2383 Upgrade to XBean 3.14
Karaf-2389 Upgrade to commons-compress 1.5
Karaf-2394 Upgrade to Felix WebConsole 4.2.0
Karaf-2398 Upgrade to ServiceMix cglib bundle 3.0_1
Karaf-2381 The shell log:set command not as documented

 Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2390 Fix namespace handlers provided service header
Karaf-2391 Add generic capabilities provided by the framework
Karaf-2392 Remove unneeded manifest headers, add service import definitions for blueprint namespaces
Karaf-2393 Upgrade to Felix Maven Bundle plugin 2.4.0

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2336 Remove karaf-pax-exam and use pax-exam for itests

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2383 Upgrade to XBean 3.14
Karaf-2389 Upgrade to commons-compress 1.5
Karaf-2394 Upgrade to Felix WebConsole 4.2.0
Karaf-2397 Replace usages of non-standard org.eclipse:osgi with org.eclipse:org.eclipse.osgi
Karaf-2398 Upgrade to ServiceMix cglib bundle 3.0_1
Karaf-2399 Upgrade to jledit 0.2.0
Karaf-2381 The shell log:set command not as documented

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2385 jledit bundle isn't found by Karaf features bundle and therefore Karaf freezes at startup.
Karaf-2387 Pax-Web Feature not bundled in karaf distribution
Karaf-2384 karaf.bat fails to cd to %KARAF_BASE% under some circumstances
Karaf-2296 features service should enforce install mode=auto on framework restart
Karaf-2388 Error "No karaf base dir found in extracted distribution." when using customized Karaf distribution
Karaf-1972 karaf-maven-plugin should respect scope
Karaf-2211 Command aliases don't show completers on
Karaf-1443 Unreadable code arised in the console when press the four keyboard(↑, ↓, ←, →)