Release notes tweaks for the upcoming release.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk@1794227 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 8874180..ce89905 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,48 +1,49 @@
Release 5.0-ALPHA2
-------------------
-This is a major release that introduces support for HTTP/2 protocol and event driven
+This is a major release that introduces support for the HTTP/2 protocol and event driven
messaging APIs consistent for all supported HTTP protocol versions.
HttpClient ships with two client implementations:
-* Classic: it is based on the classic (blocking) I/O model; largely compatible
+* HttpClient Classic is based on the classic (blocking) I/O model; largely compatible
with the 4.x APIs; supports HTTP/1.1 only.
-* Async: based on NIO model; new event driven APIs consistent for all supported
+* HttpClient Async is based on NIO model; new event driven APIs consistent for all supported
HTTP protocol versions; supports both HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.
Notable changes and features included in the 5.0 series are:
-* Partial support for HTTP/2 protocol and conformance to requirements and
- recommendations of the latest HTTP/2 protocol specification (RFC 7540, RFC 7541)
+* Partial support for the HTTP/2 protocol and conformance to requirements and
+ recommendations of the latest HTTP/2 protocol specification documents
+ (RFC 7540, RFC 7541.)
Supported features:
** HPACK header compression
- ** stream multiplexing (client and server)
- ** flow control
- ** response push
- ** message trailers
- ** expect-continue handshake
- ** connection validation (ping)
- ** application-layer protocol negotiation (ALPN) on Java 1.9+
+ ** Stream multiplexing (client and server)
+ ** Flow control
+ ** Response push
+ ** Message trailers
+ ** Expect-continue handshake
+ ** Connection validation (ping)
+ ** Application-layer protocol negotiation (ALPN) on Java 1.9+
** TLS 1.2 security features
* Improved conformance to requirements and recommendations of the latest HTTP/1.1 protocol
- specification (RFC 7230, RFC 7231)
+ specification documents (RFC 7230, RFC 7231.)
* Redesigned connection pool implementation with reduced pool lock contention.
-* Package name space changed to 'org.apache.hc.client5'
+* Package name space changed to 'org.apache.hc.client5'.
-* Maven group id changed to 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5'
+* Maven group id changed to 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5'.
-* Apache Log4j2 logging APIs used for internal logging instead of Commons Logging APIs
+* Apache Log4j2 logging APIs used for internal logging instead of Commons Logging APIs.
-Fetures presently that are presently NOT supported:
+Features that are presently NOT supported:
* HTTP/2 transport (classic)
@@ -53,11 +54,12 @@
* Caching (async)
-HttpClient 5.0 releases can be co-located with earlier versions.
+HttpClient 5.0 releases can be co-located with earlier major versions on the same classpath
+due to the change in package names and Maven module coordinates.
-Please note that as of 5.0 HttpClient requires Java 1.7 or newer.
+Please note that as of 5.0, HttpClient requires Java 1.7 or newer.
-Please note that at this point 5.0 APIs are considered API experimental and unstable and are
+Please note that at this point 5.0 APIs are considered experimental and unstable and are
expected to change in the coming releases without providing a migration path.
