Apache Karaf Update Oct 21 - Oct 27, 2012

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.10, 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 2.2.10:

New Issues:
Karaf-1965 Release Apache Karaf 2.2.10

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1963 incorrect statement in developers-guide/branding-console.html

Updated Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-1977 Upgrade to OSGi 4.3.1

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1963 incorrect statement in developers-guide/branding-console.html
Karaf-1930 Upgrade to Pax Web 1.1.5

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-1966 Upgrade to Pax Web 3.0
Karaf-1977 Upgrade to OSGi 4.3.1

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1963 incorrect statement in developers-guide/branding-console.html
Karaf-1334 Use the new servicemix spec to allow the use of both the JRE implementations and implementations from bundles

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1938 Lock logic should wait for start level change to occur
Karaf-1968 Uninstalling jndi feature leads to hanging Karaf
Karaf-1972 karaf-maven-plugin should respect scope
Karaf-1973 NullPointerException when performing log:clear then log:tail
Karaf-1976 Shell attempts to execute sub-shell actions as commands

Preparing for Apache Karaf 2.3.1

The first patch release of the Apache Karaf 2.3.x branch will be soon entering the planning phase (no immediate need patch, 2.3.0 is performing wonderfully!), as such I'm preparing for the release management role.

To prepare I've selected a bottle of Marques de Casa Concha 2010 Pinot Noir to decant while listening to some Death From Above 1979 albums.

Current high lights of this patch include a multitude of updates to dependencies, such as updating to OSG 4.3.1, Apache pom 11, Spring 3.1, Pax-web 1.1.5, and Servicemix Specs 2.2. A complete change log will be created for the Release Candidate once the community is ready to put it to vote.

The wine will of course only be sampled after being gave proper time to breath in its container, after the first release candidate has be up loaded for voting (see our release guide for more details on our process).

Unfortunately I can't share the wine with you, but I can share a few links to some DFA 1979 videos. I'm looking forward to starting the 2.3.1 release process soon.

I'll be posting updates to our Twitter stream (#karaf) and on our IRC channel (irc.codehaus.org #karaf).

Apache Karaf Update Oct 14 - Oct 20, 2012

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.10, 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.

Announcements:

Apache Karaf 2.3.0 Released!

Apache Karaf 2.2.10:

New Issues:
N/A

Resolved Issues:
N/A

Updated Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-1921 Upgrade to Spring 3.1.x for Karaf 2.3.x
Karaf-1934 Release Apache Karaf 2.3.1
Karaf-1936 LDAPLoginModule not working in 2.3.0 due to missing import of javax.net.SocketFactory
Karaf-1939 ssh bundles should not be in startup.properties
Karaf-1940 admin/instance should be provided as a feature
Karaf-1941 Management bundles should not be in the startup.properties
Karaf-1952 Allow Karaf monitoring using host:port
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1801 slf4j 1.7.0
Karaf-1924 Fix the WARN logs from starting a vanilla Karaf 2.3.0
Karaf-1933 Add id for Maven repository
Karaf-1117 Remove workaround for KARAF-1117
Karaf-1949 console shutdown -f hang

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1930 Upgrade to Pax Web 1.1.5

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-1512 enhancement: add self to generated feature in "features-generate-descriptor" goal
Karaf-1936 LDAPLoginModule not working in 2.3.0 due to missing import of javax.net.SocketFactory
Karaf-1940 admin/instance should be provided as a feature
Karaf-1952 Allow Karaf monitoring using host:port
Karaf-1955 Upgrade to ServiceMix Specs 2.2

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-1801 slf4j 1.7.0
Karaf-1893 Upgrade to Jetty 8.1.7.v20120910
Karaf-1903 Refactore osgicore and osgicompendium modules
Karaf-1900 create project for private compendium build for java 7
Karaf-1933 Add id for Maven repository
Karaf-1117 Remove workaround for KARAF-1117
Karaf-1655 ManagementCfg configuratoinPointers in tooling-exam are incorrect
Karaf-1489 Add an itest showing how to correctly use tinybundles with provision in paxexam-karaf

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1835 NPE in jaas:realm-manage command when multiple realm with the same name are present and not login module name is provided.
Karaf-1897 Use dynamic port allocation of integration tests

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1925 Blueprint timeout exceptions after karaf startup
Karaf-1926 Web Console should show Blueprint status
Karaf-1928 Coloring in list shell command
Karaf-1927 Web Console bundles should be color coded
Karaf-1932 Color output in file logs
Karaf-1938 Lock logic should wait for start level change to occur
Karaf-1943 Add support to paxexam-karaf for testng
Karaf-1944 Add support to paxexam-karaf to attach jvm weavers to the process started
Karaf-1945 Add support to paxexam-karaf to support scanDir option for KarafTestContainer
Karaf-1946 Add pax-scanner & full pax-url support to paxexam-karaf
Karaf-1947 paxexam-karaf doesn't support to customize test probe
Karaf-1954 NullPointerException on custom Karaf shell command: ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.felix.service.command.Function not found
Karaf-1957 Allow to mark features as 'aggregate' features
Karaf-1902 Add a friendly option to point karaf-pax-exam to a already unpacked directory