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title: Apache TomEE 1.7.3 released.
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date: '2015-12-09 22:42:48 -0500'
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<p><a href="http://tomee.apache.org">http://tomee.apache.org</a></p>
<p>Something to shout about this Christmas, TomEE 1.7.3 is here! This is a maintenance release that fixes several issues and improvements. This version is still shipped upon Apache Tomcat 7.0.65.</p>
<p>Please note that the TomEE 1.7.3 drop in WAR file will not work on Apache Tomcat 8. If you are interested in a Tomcat 8.x version then please feel free to check out and <a href="http://tomee.apache.org/contribute.html">contribute to the developer branch</a> - We are always interested in any help from the community that we can get.</p>
<p>The Apache TomEE 1.7.3 release files can be downloaded from here:</p>
<p><a href="http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html">http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html</a></p>
<p>Or just update your existing Maven JavaEE-API, OpenEJB and or TomEE pom.xml entries to point to the latest versions:</p>
<p>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<dependency><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<version>6.0-6</version><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<scope>provided</scope><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</dependency><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<dependency><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<artifactId>openejb-core</artifactId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<version>4.7.3</version><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</dependency><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<dependency><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<artifactId>tomee</artifactId><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<version>1.7.3</version><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</dependency></p>
<p>A complete <a href="http://tomee.apache.org/tomee-1.7.3-release-notes.html">Changelog</a> can be viewed here:</p>
<p><a href="http://tomee.apache.org/tomee-1.7.3-release-notes.html">tomee-1.7.3-release-notes.html</a></p>
<p>So please feel free to jump in feet first and <a href="http://tomee.apache.org/documentation.html">get started with TomEE</a>. You will nearly always find someone to help you on one of our <a href="http://tomee.apache.org/support.html">support channels</a>.</p>