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                           Commons Configuration Package
                               Version 1.2
                                 Release Notes


INTRODUCTION
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This document contains the release notes for this version of the Commons
Configuration component, and highlights changes since the previous version.

Release 1.2 in the first line contains bug fixes, many of them related to file
based configurations and reloading strategies. There are some new features as
well, e.g. the new plist package that provides support for configuration files
in the NeXT / OpenStep format or support for validating XML configuration files.

A complete list of changes can be obtained from the changelog report that
is created when building with maven or can be viewed at

  http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/configuration/changes-report.html