Overview
This release is the first release of Karaf.
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Release notes
This release is the first release of Apache Felix Karaf.
See the change log below for more informations:
Release Notes - Felix - Version karaf-1.0.0
- Sub-task
- FELIX-1117 - Update branding
- FELIX-1118 - Update shell scripts
- FELIX-1132 - Get rid of the JMX spring stuff in gshell-features
- Bug
- FELIX-1087 - Unable to log into ServiceMix Kernel using Windows putty SSH client
- FELIX-1097 - ServiceMix -> Karaf in base directory notices
- FELIX-1100 - Cat Command fails to display ?wsdl files
- FELIX-1125 - "features/list -i" returns "ERROR CommandLineExecutionFailed: org.apache.geronimo.gshell.command.CommandException: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.features.internal.FeatureImpl"
- FELIX-1128 - Features installed via the deploy directory aren't listed by the "features/list" command
- FELIX-1152 - wrapper scripts fail to start Karaf
- FELIX-1153 - change parent artifact id from kernel to karaf in some modules to make the build pass from clean local maven repo
- FELIX-1161 - Stange classloading issues when using compendium services
- FELIX-1192 - KARAF: Locking error in DefaultJDBCLock, also contains an eventual OutOfMemory error on locked processes.
- FELIX-1199 - Karaf: closing IO stream, removal of minor file descriptor leak.
- FELIX-1212 - Possible infinit loop when a remote ssh connection is closed
- FELIX-1218 - Existing configurations are not retrieved when installing a feature
- FELIX-1222 - [features-maven-plugin:add-features-to-repo] Incorrect parsing of pax mvn url string
- FELIX-1243 - Change the default port for the OSGI HTTP Service from 8080 to 8181
- FELIX-1253 - Cursor is blocked when the correct syntax is not displaed
- FELIX-1265 - The command refreshUrl does not work if the features.xml file is embedded in a Jar. The JVM caches jar entries
- FELIX-1274 - Spring deployer fails when bean class is from java.* packages
- FELIX-1315 - Karaf console is garbled on Windows
- FELIX-1320 - Authentication failed connecting via ssh on Windows
- FELIX-1361 - Issue with import/export version of the package : org.osgi.util.tracker in Apache Felix Karaf
- FELIX-1373 - featuresBoot in etc/org.apache.felix.karaf.featues no longer works
- FELIX-1375 - [Karaf] There's no 'help' command
- FELIX-1378 - Optional branding does not work in new gogo console
- FELIX-1391 - Unable to create new ConfigAdmin PID through karaf console
- FELIX-1423 - karaf fails to start in cygwin bash
- FELIX-1431 - Add a web console plugin to have access to the gogo shell
- FELIX-1449 - Tab completion doesn't work on Windows
- FELIX-1454 - install --help throws exception
- FELIX-1458 - 'servicemix server' and servicemix client' not working properly on windows
- FELIX-1459 - bin/karaf may fail to start when CDPATH is set (on POSIX shells)
- FELIX-1465 - Make symbolic names of Karaf webconsole bundles consistent with other bundles
- FELIX-1466 - org.apache.felix.karaf.features.FeaturesServiceTest fails
- FELIX-1468 - wrapper:install and admin:create prints old ansi output that need to be converted to real ansi
- FELIX-1472 - Better handling of configurations from the deployer and feature service
- FELIX-1515 - Entering an illegal command has an unusual effect
- FELIX-1517 - Manually deleting an instance breaks admin:list
- FELIX-1519 - Karaf Failover does not work with PostgreSQL and Oracle
- FELIX-1529 - The console does not work anymore when connecting to another karaf instance
- FELIX-1564 - Authentication failed when using admin:connect to connect to a newly created instance
- FELIX-1566 - Possible NPE when uninstalling a feature
- FELIX-1567 - When dropping an empty xml file (i.e. just an empty file with an xml extension) in the deploy folder, errors are printed to the console
- FELIX-1575 - The JMX connector can not be registered because of a clash in the name in the RMI registry
- FELIX-1576 - The features service should do a PackageAdmin.refresh() after uninstalling a feature
- FELIX-1602 - Unable to configure boot features on admin:create-d instance
- FELIX-1618 - in spring-dm feature, optional imports in spring-context won't get resolved
- FELIX-1641 - Unable to connect to Karaf with ssh on Windows
- Improvement
- FELIX-1062 - Upgrade to latest Felix Runtime
- FELIX-1063 - Upgrade to latest Felix Bundle Repository
- FELIX-1092 - The client jar / ssh deamon should support direct commands
- FELIX-1102 - Make gshell-core really independant of the MainService
- FELIX-1104 - Allow osgi/stop command to specify more than one bundle per command entry.
- FELIX-1107 - Make org.apache.servicemix.kernel.gshell.features dependency on org.apache.servicemix.kernel.filemonitor optional
- FELIX-1110 - Refactor filemonitor / deployers inside a deployer sub module
- FELIX-1112 - [PATCH] Allow osgi/start command to specify more than one bundle per command entry
- FELIX-1115 - Use better version ranges for imports
- FELIX-1121 - Add feature for installing Felix Web Console
- FELIX-1126 - No errors are generated for a bad URL passed to the "features/addUrl", "features/refreshUrl", or "features/list" commands.
- FELIX-1127 - Add a name for a repository
- FELIX-1133 - Allow usage of fragments in Karaf features
- FELIX-1149 - Describe ConfigAdmin configurations using metatype
- FELIX-1150 - Upgrade to SpringDM and SpringFramework
- FELIX-1172 - Rebrand Karaf locking mechanism.
- FELIX-1180 - Improve Karaf DefaultJDBCLock to use proper logging mechanism instead of System err prints.
- FELIX-1196 - Felix Web Console can't list Karaf features
- FELIX-1204 - Fix the karaf client to allow direct execution of commands
- FELIX-1220 - Remove unnecssary parts of a filter
- FELIX-1276 - There is no way to get all the Feature information from the FeaturesService
- FELIX-1450 - Karaf branding and plugins for Felix webconsole
- FELIX-1455 - OSGi Storage is hardcoded to be data/cache
- FELIX-1457 - Externalize and refactory management layer for FeatureService to be more scalable and more consistent with the OSGi management (using open mbeans)
- FELIX-1463 - Switch to Felix Fileinstall instead of our own file deployer
- FELIX-1467 - Add Karaf to top-level build files
- FELIX-1469 - Add svn:ignore property to a few Karaf projects
- FELIX-1528 - [karaf] Use a defined location for storing the list of managed instances create by the admin service
- FELIX-1555 - The osgi:list command should print spring-dm bundle state if spring-dm has been deployed
- FELIX-1558 - use com.sun.* instead of com.sun.management* for boot delegation
- FELIX-1594 - include blueprint bundle in karaf kit system folder
- FELIX-1624 - Add a convenience start/stop script to start/stop karaf running in server mode
- New Feature
- FELIX-1109 - Deployer for blueprint applications
- FELIX-1111 - Ability to run Karaf on Equinox
- FELIX-1206 - [PATCH] config/propappend
- FELIX-1261 - Install/Uninstall Karaf Features from Felix WebConsole
- FELIX-1485 - Admin commands support in Karaf webconsole
- FELIX-1524 - Implement a better tac command
- FELIX-1547 - OS shell level admin commands for Karaf
- Task
- FELIX-1098 - Switch from spring-dm to blueprint
- FELIX-1099 - Switch from spring-dm integration tests to pax-exam
- FELIX-1116 - Rename to Apache Felix Karaf
- FELIX-1200 - Move features-maven-plugin into Karaf
- FELIX-1312 - Switch from gshell to gogo
- FELIX-1523 - Fix Karaf version to 0.9.0-SNAPSHOT as next release will be 1.0.0