Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.9.4 Introduction ------------ 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 1.9.4 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 1.8.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 1.9.4 -------------------- Technical task [OAK-7527] - Drop mandatory constraint on "rep:system" node for "rep:privileges" [OAK-7529] - Define and register oak namespace [OAK-7533] - NameValidator is not using namespaces defined in the current transaction [OAK-7537] - Allow for initial registration of 'xml' namespace [OAK-7546] - add maven profile to build with Guava beta checks [OAK-7547] - commons: avoid use of Guava beta APIs in StringSort Bug [OAK-7521] - Command line params to modify query and read limits don't work for large values [OAK-7540] - Unique property index update fails in composite NodeStore setup [OAK-7543] - MissingLastRevSeekerTest fails on MongoDB with secondary preferred Improvement [OAK-7506] - Prevent user enumeration by exploiting time delay vulnerability [OAK-7530] - PrivilegeInitializer should not attempt to create jcr:system node [OAK-7550] - Make running cleanup before compaction the default strategy Task [OAK-7512] - RestoreTest.testRestoreNameJcr2 occasionally failing [OAK-7536] - Update aws java sdk version to 1.11.330 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 ---------------- 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 About The Apache Software Foundation ------------------------------------ Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for more than 140 freely-available, collaboratively-developed Open Source projects. The pragmatic Apache License enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software; the Foundation's intellectual property framework limits the legal exposure of its 3,800+ contributors. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/