Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.7.2

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.

Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.2 is an unstable release cut directly from
Jackrabbit Oak trunk, with a focus on new features and other
improvements. For production use we recommend the latest stable 1.6.x
release.

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

Changes in Oak 1.7.2
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Technical task

    [OAK-6248] - Enable use of pre extracted text cache
    [OAK-6286] - Use BlobStore in read only mode by default unless
    read-write mode enabled

Bug

    [OAK-6294] - The "missing" node cache value breaks the
    DocumentNodeStore#applyChanges
    [OAK-6314] - ActiveDeletedBlobCollectorTest.multiThreadedCommits
    is failing intermittently for a few users
    [OAK-6321] - oak-blob-plugins exports all packages
    [OAK-6335] - Baseline check fails in oak-api
    [OAK-6338] - AbstractCompositeProviderTest reverse order flag is
    ignored
    [OAK-6365] - oak-store-spi fails on javadoc

Improvement

    [OAK-3381] - Provide Common Ancestor To ConflictHandler
    [OAK-4637] - Property index: include/exclude key pattern list
    [OAK-6295] - Move constants from oak.query.QueryImpl to
    oak.spi.query.QueryConstants
    [OAK-6323] - Remove StandbyTest
    [OAK-6324] - Remove SegmentNodeStoreFactoryTest#nodeStoreProvider
    [OAK-6326] - Remove unused field SegmentNodeStore.reader
    [OAK-6327] - Convert FileStore.maxFileSize fiels into local
    variable
    [OAK-6328] - Declare StandbyStoreService.closer final
    [OAK-6329] - Declare immutable field of FileStore.CompactionResult
    final
    [OAK-6330] - LockBasedScheduler.execute declares exception that is
    never thrown
    [OAK-6331] - Closeable.close in StandbyStoreService declares
    exception that is never thrown
    [OAK-6332] - Add missing @Nonnull annotations
    [OAK-6348] - Active deletion of blobs should have larger queue for
    blobs being deleted
    [OAK-6349] - Randomized permission tests
    [OAK-6351] - Invalidate cache entries when getChildNodes() is
    aborted
    [OAK-6354] - Move DocumentNodeStoreMBean implementation in
    separate file
    [OAK-6361] - Oak run tika command should connect to NodeStore in
    read only mode
    [OAK-6362] - Use NodeStoreFixtureProvider in tika command of
    oak-run
    [OAK-6363] - BlobStoreFixtureProvider should support '.cfg' files
    also
    [OAK-6364] - BlobStoreFixtureProvider should configure a default
    'secret' value if none specified

New Feature

    [OAK-3712] - Clean up uncommitted changes

Task

    [OAK-6304] - Cyclic dependency between oak.spi.query an
    oak.query.*
    [OAK-6311] - Move generic part of PropertyStateValue and
    PropertyValues to oak-store-spi
    [OAK-6343] - Add replacement for deprecated
    RootFactory.createSystemRoot

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.7.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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