Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 0.12

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 0.12 is to alpha-level software. Use at your own risk.

Changes in Oak 0.12
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New Features

  [OAK-1203] Reset branch to previous commit
  [OAK-1210] Update Mongo Java Driver version to 2.11.3

Improvements

  [OAK-1114] Clarify NodeBuilder.moveTo() contract
  [OAK-1134] IdentifierManager.getReferences() does not scale
  [OAK-1198] Retry InMemory merge
  [OAK-1202] Retry Persisted merge
  [OAK-1212] InMemory merge retries too aggressive

Bugs

  [OAK-482] Group members stored in a rep:members tree
  [OAK-685] Enforce referential integrity for referenceable nodes
  [OAK-869] Runtime exception while adding node
  [OAK-1130] Performance issues with MutableTree
  [OAK-1137] Node.getReferences() is slow due to missing property index
  [OAK-1187] Parallel execution of various access control related benchmarks fail on MongoMK
  [OAK-1189] Blob instances do no adhere to contract
  [OAK-1195] Unable to move referenced mode
  [OAK-1199] Parallel execution of DescendantSearchTest and SimpleSearchTest fail with MongoMK
  [OAK-1208] Lucene Index should ignore property existence checks
  [OAK-1213] Namespaces index node oak:namespaces should have a primary type
  [OAK-1218] NPE in PrincipalManagerTest#testMembers
  [OAK-1219] VersionEditor must ignore hidden items

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 0.11 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
signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download.
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
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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

About The Apache Software Foundation
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