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+                   Apache ServiceMix Kernel 1.0.0
+                   ==============================
+
+ Overview
+ --------
+
+This release is the first GA release of ServiceMix Kernel.  A few bugs and enhancements have been done 
+to the Kernel since the second release candidate. The most two important fixes from a user point of view
+are SMX4KNL-70 which makes sure the bundles provided in the distribution are used first instead of the ones
+from the user's local maven repository and SMx4KNL-77 which allows artifacts in the /deploy folder to be 
+started when the needed dependencies have been installed successfully (the previous behavior was to fail
+if there were missing bundles when the artifact is processed).
+See the change log below for more informations.
+
+ Changelog
+ ---------
+
+ The following list shows the bug fixes and enhancements included in this release:
+
+** Bug
+    * [SMX4KNL-70] - Bundles in /system folder should take precedence over local Maven repository
+    * [SMX4KNL-79] - When starting the kernel, a log entry states "Can not install feature ''"
+
+** Improvement
+    * [SMX4KNL-69] - Add installation status for the 'features list' result.
+    * [SMX4KNL-71] - Export the gshell CommandExecutor in the OSGi registry
+    * [SMX4KNL-73] - Require work around for blocking in.read() call in ProxyIO for automated testing.
+    * [SMX4KNL-75] - Modify GShell argument processing to execute multiple commands.
+    * [SMX4KNL-77] - The deployer should keep a list of installed bundles that failed to start and retry those when new bundles have been resolved
+    * [SMX4KNL-78] - Small refactoring of the Feature interface
+
+
+
                   Apache ServiceMix Kernel 1.0.0-rc2
                   ==================================