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| <h4 id="a20050331">31 March 2005 - New Struts PMC Chair</h4> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/volunteers.html#martinc">Martin Cooper</a> has been appointed |
| <strong>Struts PMC Chair</strong> by the ASF Board at their <strong>February 2005</strong> meeting. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/volunteers.html#craigmcc">Craig McClanahan</a> stepped down |
| as the Struts PMC Chair in February 2005. In Craig's words "I will continue to be active, but it's time |
| for someone else to take the administrative responsibilities.". |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The Struts PMC nominated Martin Cooper as their preferred choice for the Struts PMC |
| Chair to the ASF Board which was approved unanimously. Minutes of the ASF Board meeting should |
| be available <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html">here</a> in due course. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20041212">12 Dec 2004 - Struts 1.2.6 (Beta)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts 1.2.6 |
| Beta. This release includes minor new functionality, and a number of |
| fixes for bugs which were reported against previous versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available from the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts download page</a>. |
| The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
| are available on the Struts web site. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20040919">19 Sep 2004 - Struts 1.2.4 (General Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts 1.2.4 for |
| General Availability. This release includes significant new |
| functionality, as well as numerous fixes for bugs which were reported |
| against the previous release, and supersedes the earlier 1.1 version |
| as the latest official release of Struts from The Apache Software |
| Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source and library distributions are available from the |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts download page</a>. |
| The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
| are available on the Struts web site. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20040831">31 Aug 2004 - Struts 1.2.2 (General Availability)</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Apache Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.2.2. |
| This release includes many new enhancements and features as well as numerous |
| bug fixes since the last generally available release (1.1). |
| This release supersedes the earlier 1.1 version as the latest official release |
| of The Apache Struts framework. |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html">http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source, and library distributions are available at |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi/</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The library distribution contains only the requisite JARs, without the documentation or example applications. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We invite your comments on how well this release works with your own applications. Based on feedback from the Struts community, this release may be dubbed "ready for prime time" and promoted to "General Availabilty" quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please note that Struts now uses "Tomcat-style" releases. If the feedback on this release were positive, Struts 1.2.1 may be promoted directly to "GA", without creating yet-another distribution. If a serious problem were found and fixed, then we will issue Struts 1.2.2 and try again. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 id="a20040711">11 Jul 2004 - Struts 1.2.1 (Beta) Available</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.2.1, currently ranked at Beta quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| This release removes many features deprecated in prior releases (Struts 1.1 and Struts 1.0.2) and also provides several new features. Fixes to known problems have been applied. More detail is available at: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html">http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The binary, source, and library distributions are available at |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.1/">http://cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.1/</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| The library distribution contains only the requisite JARs, without the documentation or example applications. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We invite your comments on how well this release works with your own applications. Based on feedback from the Struts community, this release may be dubbed "ready for prime time" and promoted to "General Availabilty" quality. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please note that Struts now uses "Tomcat-style" releases. If the feedback on this release were positive, Struts 1.2.1 may be promoted directly to "GA", without creating yet-another distribution. If a serious problem were found and fixed, then we will issue Struts 1.2.2 and try again. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 id="a20030630">30 Jun 2003 - Struts 1.1 Final released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud, and extremely pleased, to announce the Final |
| release of Struts 1.1. This release includes significant new |
| functionality, as well as numerous fixes for bugs which were reported |
| against the previous release, and supersedes the earlier 1.0.2 version |
| as the latest official release of Struts from the Apache Software |
| Foundation. |
| </p> |
| <p>The binary distribution is available at: <a href= |
| "http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> </p> |
| <p>and the source distribution is available at: <a href= |
| "http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a></p> |
| <p>In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: </p> |
| <p><a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> </p> |
| <p>Details of the changes in this release are available in the Release |
| Notes,which can be found here: </p> |
| <p><a href= |
| "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1.html</a> </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20030223">23 Feb 2003 - Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 Release |
| Candidate 1. This release includes some new functionality, as well as |
| fixes for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier versions. |
| The Struts Team believes that this release is ready for prime time, hence |
| its designation as a release candidate. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the Release |
| Notes, which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-rc1.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="S20021231">31 Dec 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 3 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 Beta 3. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020813">12 Aug 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 2 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 Beta 2. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/">http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/">http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/lib/ |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b2.html |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20020319">19 Mar 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.1 Beta 1. This release |
| includes substantial new functionality, while retaining full backwards |
| compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It also incorporates fixes |
| for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a>. |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a>. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020211">11 Feb 2002 - Struts 1.0.2 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.0.2. This release is a |
| bug fix only release, which fixes a compatibility problem inadvertently introduced |
| with the previous 1.0.1 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a>. |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong></a>. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020112">12 Jan 2002 - Struts 1.0.1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.0.1. This |
| release is primarily a bug fix release, which fixes a number of known |
| problems with the previous 1.0 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/">here</a> |
| and the source distribution is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/src/">here</a>. |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a minimal binary distribution, |
| without sample web applications or additional code, is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/lib/">here</a>. |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
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| <h4 id="a20010615">15 Jun 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released</h4> |
| |
| <p> |
| The production release of Struts 1.0, an open source framework for building Web applications, is now available for download at jakarta.apache.org. Struts encourages application architectures based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and provides services common |
| to most Web applications. Struts helps developers deploy products that are reliable, scaleable, and easier to maintain. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts framework offers services in three primary areas: |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| * A controller servlet to dispatch requests to specific Action classes (provided by the application developer).<br/> |
| * JSP custom tags to help developers create interactive form-based applications.<br/> |
| * Utility classes for XML parsing, automatic JavaBean population, and internationalization of prompts and messages. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts' support for internationalization builds on top of the Java Locale API, and have made it a popular choice for applications worldwide. Struts contributors include developers from Australia, France, Russia, and other parts of the globe. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| In addition to the Struts official distribution, several third-party libraries are already available, which offer enhanced support for JSP templates, HTML form validation, and automatic JavaBean creation. Struts has also been integrated with the Expresso Framework distributed by |
| JCorporate Ltd. (jcorporate.com). |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts can be used with a J2EE Application server to deploy distributed applications, but will run under any compliant Servlet container (Servlet API 2.2+, JSP 1.1+), including Tomcat 3.2 or later. In fact, Struts is already used as an informal compliance test for Java Servlet |
| containers and J2EE Application servers |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts project was founded in May 2000 by Craig McClanahan. McClanahan is also the lead developer of Tomcat 4.0, Sun's reference implementation for Java Servlet and ServerPage containers. Both Tomcat and Struts are open source available under the Apache Software License, |
| and may be downloaded at jakarta.apache.org. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Twenty-six independent developers contributed to the creation of Struts 1.0, with the help of over 1300 subscribers to the Struts mailing lists.<br/> |
| </p> |
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