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Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.5.0

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.5, a fully compliant implementation of the
Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as
specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).

Apache Jackrabbit 2.5 is an unstable series of releases cut directly from
Jackrabbit trunk, with a focus on new features and other improvements.
For production use we recommend the latest stable 2.4 release.

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.5.0
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New features

  [JCR-3233] Provide callback for consistency checker
  [JCR-3255] Access cluster node id

Improvements

  [JCR-3181] add test case for recovering from broken version history ...
  [JCR-3191] Update commons-io dependency from versiom 1.4 to 2.0.1
  [JCR-3209] lock token validity
  [JCR-3212] add TCK test for Info map of NODE_MOVED event on node reordering
  [JCR-3213] Speed up NodeIndexer.isIndexed() check
  [JCR-3229] FileRevision should have a flag to control whether to sync ...
  [JCR-3231] Replace BundleFsPersistenceManager with ...
  [JCR-3232] Improve FileRevision extensibility
  [JCR-3237] add missing name constants for mix:title
  [JCR-3243] RepositoryStatistics should be more flexible
  [JCR-3248] TimeoutHandler visitor should be extracted into a dedicated class
  [JCR-3253] Set omit term freq positions flag on parent field in the index
  [JCR-3254] make max size of CachingEntryCollector's cache configurable
  [JCR-3259] augment logging information around CachingEntryCollector
  [JCR-3275] Audit log
  [JCR-3280] SQL2 joins on empty sets are not efficient
  [JCR-3282] Optimize usage of norms
  [JCR-3286] InternalVersionManagerBase.calculateCheckinVersionName will ...
  [JCR-3296] Indexing ignored file types creates some garbage
  [JCR-3315] Add .gitignore file

Bug fixes

  [JCR-2662] JCR unit tests for journaled observation do not check ...
  [JCR-3050] NullPointerException on removing a node acquired from search ...
  [JCR-3158] Deadlock in DBCP when accessing node
  [JCR-3192] Javadoc in jackrabbit-jcr-rmi is missing an ending ">"
  [JCR-3227] VolatileIndex not closed properly
  [JCR-3234] QueryStat getPopularQueries doesn't set the proper position
  [JCR-3236] Can not instantiate lucene Analyzer in SearchIndex
  [JCR-3247] SQL2 ISDESCENDANTNODE BooleanQuery#TooManyClauses returns
  [JCR-3250] webapp welcome page shows incorrect port when port is the ...
  [JCR-3261] Problems with BundleDbPersistenceManager getAllNodeIds
  [JCR-3262] Oracle JDBC Class Cast Exception
  [JCR-3266] JCR-SQL2 query with multiple columns in result only returns ...
  [JCR-3268] Re-index fails on corrupt bundle
  [JCR-3270] Error instantiating lucene search index in Turkish Regional ...
  [JCR-3272] EventConsumer.canRead() should rely on AccessManager.isGranted()
  [JCR-3289] Remove operation right after move operation causes missing ...
  [JCR-3290] Concurrent add and move can cause inconsistency
  [JCR-3291] Stack overflow in multi-session test with moves
  [JCR-3292] Workspace move in concurrent environment causes inconsistencies
  [JCR-3298] jackrabbit-core RepositoryChecker.fix() can fail with OOM
  [JCR-3299] Adding new index infos generation is not atomic
  [JCR-3300] tests should consistently check for repository support and ...
  [JCR-3303] ClusterNode's stopDelay should default to something other zero
  [JCR-3307] JCR test org.apache.jackrabbit.test.api.version....
  [JCR-3312] AbstractSession.getItem should deal with identifier paths
  [JCR-3314] Drop commons-io dependency from spi-commons
  [JCR-3316] invalid namespace URI in AbstractImportXmlTest
  [JCR-3317] Set the MaxTotalConnections on ConnectionManager to prevent ...

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit 2.4.0 release.

For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other
Jackrabbit releases, please see the Jackrabbit issue tracker at

    https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR

Release Contents
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This release consists of a single source archive packaged as a zip file.
The archive can be unpacked with the jar tool from your JDK installation.
See the README.txt file for instructions on how to build this release.

The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP
signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/dist/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit
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Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content
Repository for Java Technology API (JCR). A content repository is a
hierarchical content store with support for structured and unstructured
content, full text search, versioning, transactions, observation, and
more.

For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

About The Apache Software Foundation
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of its 2,500+ contributors.

For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/

Trademarks
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Apache Jackrabbit, Jackrabbit, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache
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