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   Commons CLI Package
      Version 1.1
     Release Notes


INTRODUCTION:

This document contains the release notes for this version of the Commons
CLI package. Commons CLI provides a simple API for working with the command line arguments and options.

This is the first release of the CLI component, therefore all features are new, 
there are no bug-fixes, nothing is deprecated and there are no changes.

For more information, read the documentation on the project site at 
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/cli/

NEW FEATURES:

* Support for boolean/flag options from properties

BUG FIXES:

#35191 - Documentation enhancement
         Submitted by: Liu yehui

#32525 - Parser breaks up command line parms into single characters
         Submitted by: David Morris

#31148 - Passing properties in Parser does not work for options with a single argument

#30371 - readme lists deprecate maven goal and old maven URL
         Submitted by: Brant Langer Gurganus

#30089 - Documentation fixes
         Submitted by: Dennis Lundberg

#27635 - Only long options without short option seems to be noticed

#25044 - Error parsing option arguments
         Submitted by: David Morris

#21215 - Line separator as first char for helpformatter (footer) throws exception

#19383 - Missing arguments in HelpFormatter.renderOptions(..)

#15648 - Quoted strings as a single argument.

#15046 - MissingArgumentException: no argument for <option> is thrown when the option's parameter equals to an existing option.

#14786 - Options should not be able to be added more than once

DEPRECATIONS:

CHANGES: 

* Updated to Apache License 2.0 and included NOTICE file in distributions

* Updated introduction documentation

* Improved javadocs

* More tests

* Improved help formatter