Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.4.7

Introduction
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Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class
web sites and other demanding content applications.

Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.7 is a patch release that contains fixes and
improvements over Oak 1.4. Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.x releases are
considered stable and targeted for production use.

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

Changes in Oak 1.4.7
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Bug

    [OAK-4153] - segment's compareAgainstBaseState wont call
    childNodeDeleted when deleting last and adding n nodes
    [OAK-4219] - ExternalLoginModuleTestBase doesn't remove synced
    User/Group accounts
    [OAK-4224] - DefaultSyncContext.sync(ExternalIdentity) should
    verify IDP
    [OAK-4231] - DefaultSyncContext creates Value of type String for
    Binary|Inputstream Object
    [OAK-4267] - SyncedIdentity for foreign authorizable always has
    isGroup set to false
    [OAK-4302] - DefaultSyncContextTest contains duplicate test
    [OAK-4431] - Index path property should be considered optional for
    copy on read logic
    [OAK-4448] - Test failures that rely on expiration time to
    experience a re-sync.
    [OAK-4600] - In case of branch commits, nodeChildrenCache gets
    entries for branch revision without "br" prefix
    [OAK-4658] - Outer join: name(b) and localname(b) can throw a NPE
    [OAK-4675] - SNFE thrown while testing FileStore.cleanup() running
    concurrently with writes
    [OAK-4676] - Index definition on nt:base with analyzed property
    incorrectly matches query with different property
    [OAK-4679] - Backport OAK-4119, OAK-4101, OAK-4087 and OAK-4344
    [OAK-4682] - ConcurrentModificationException in
    JournalEntry.TreeNode
    [OAK-4684] - RepositorySidegrade should also run commit hooks as
    they are run in upgrade

Improvement

    [OAK-3563] - Improve DefaultSyncContext
    [OAK-4001] - ExternalLoginModule: Make max sync attempts
    configurable
    [OAK-4005] - LdapIdentityProvider.getEntries() is prone to OOME.
    [OAK-4087] - Replace Sync of configured AutoMembership by Dynamic
    Principal Generation
    [OAK-4119] - Improvements Take 1
    [OAK-4152] - Expose the index path to IndexEditor
    [OAK-4320] - Use the cache tracker in the RDB Document Store
    [OAK-4347] - Use the indexPath from hidden property instead of
    taking this as input as part of index config
    [OAK-4384] - Benchmarks: add support 'automembership' config
    option
    [OAK-4385] - Benchmarks: proper init of
    ExternalPrincipalConfiguration with dynamicMembership
    [OAK-4516] - Configurable option to lucene index defs to index
    original (unanalyzed value as well)
    [OAK-4585] - Text extraction: runtime status monitoring
    [OAK-4623] - Log more information when null DocumentNodeState is
    read for a child while fetching children
    [OAK-4677] - stop oak-core bundle only transiently on lease
    failure
    [OAK-4678] - Backport OAK-4344 and OAK-4005

New Feature

    [OAK-4101] - Consider separate external (group) principal
    management

Task

    [OAK-3211] - Document External Identity Management
    [OAK-4364] - Initial Benchmarks for oak-auth-external
    [OAK-4671] - Update 1.4 to JR 2.12.3
    [OAK-4743] - Update Oak 1.2 and Oak 1.4 to Jackrabbit 2.12.4

Test

    [OAK-4226] - Improve testing of DefaultSyncContext
    [OAK-4248] - More tests for the exposed 'basic' package
    [OAK-4382] - Test failure in
    ExternalGroupPrincipalProviderTest.testFindPrincipalsByHintTypeGroup

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.x 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
http://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/KEYS.

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

Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed 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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