RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 0.17

Introduction
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Jackrabbit Oak is an effort to implement a scalable and performant
hierarchical content repository for use as the foundation of modern
world-class web sites and  other demanding content applications.

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project.
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

Jackrabbit Oak 0.17 is to alpha-level software. Use at your own risk.

Changes in Oak 0.17
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New Features

  [OAK-1157] DS implementation for S3-based DSs
  [OAK-1337] Implement RepositoryStatistics from Jackrabbit API
  [OAK-1338] Implement QueryStat from Jackrabbit API
  [OAK-1387] Pass CommitInfo to commit hooks, editors and validators
  [OAK-1395] Automatically cancel long running queries

Improvements

  [OAK-917] Container: Issues with Workspace#copy and Root#copy
  [OAK-918] Copying nodes does not create independant version histories
  [OAK-919] Proper handling of locks present on copied nodes
  [OAK-920] Proper permission handling upon Workspace#copy
  [OAK-931] Importer: review usage of write-root and objects obtained from the sessioncontext
  [OAK-1331] MicroKernel API: clarify semantics of `read` method
  [OAK-1347] Remove 'members' property index
  [OAK-1392] SegmentBlob.equals() optimization
  [OAK-1393] Upgrade Jackrabbit dependency to include JCR-3720 and JCR-3723
  [OAK-1398] Restore and OPV INITIALIZE/CALCULATE
  [OAK-1400] Move PropertyBuilder from o.a.j.o.util to o.a.j.o.plugins.memory
  [OAK-1401] Move AbstractLazyIterator to o.a.j.commons.iterator (jackrabbit/jcr-commons)
  [OAK-1407] Remove oak-sling module
  [OAK-1412] Make Whiteboard available to LoginModules via Callback
  [OAK-1419] Improve concurrent merge handling
  [OAK-1421] Add support for primary type filter to Solr index
  [OAK-1428] Change Oak-Mongo fixture to DocumentNodeStore
  [OAK-1430] Let oak-solr-remote have an optional dependency on solr-core
  [OAK-1435] Expose commit policy options in RemoteSolrConfigurationProvider
  [OAK-1436] RemoteSolrServerProvider servers initialization has to be bound to related properties
  [OAK-1437] Use default references options for Oak Solr Index(Editor)Providers

Bugs

  [OAK-842] Incorrect interaction of orderable child nodes with permission evaluation
  [OAK-1175] Security Concerns wrt Index Definitions
  [OAK-1389] Query: an index is used even where traversing is faster
  [OAK-1394] Event generation too slow with DocumentNodeStore
  [OAK-1405] OR of different constraints broken
  [OAK-1408] Descriptors: wrong value for OPTION_WORKSPACE_MANAGEMENT_SUPPORTED
  [OAK-1417] Processing pending observation events does not scale linearly with the number of events
  [OAK-1420] ConcurrentAddIT fails on buildbot
  [OAK-1422] Large number of queued EventGenerator.Continuation on big transactions
  [OAK-1433] Typo in org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.value.ValueImpl#getLong

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 0.16 release.

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

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

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.md file for instructions on how to build this release.

The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP
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The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/dist/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit Oak
---------------------------

Oak is an effort implement a scalable and performant hierarchical content 
repository for use as the foundation of modern world-class web sites and 
other demanding content applications. 

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project. 
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

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

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