Hi all,
We're ready for the next feature introduction release, ApacheDS 1.5.2. The
1.5.x branch is intended for new feature additions which may potentially
destabilize the server. However this is by far still one of the most stable
releases we've had. There are several bug fixes and new features that have
been incorporated:
Notable Features
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o New schema aware ServerEntry API
o New improved installers for more platforms
o Zero configuration StartTLS and LDAPS
o DIT backed server certificate management
o ChangeLog service, snapshotting and state rollback
o Faster integration tests
o Support password hashing for Administrator
o Restart no longer needed for Administrator password changes
o Support for different Kerberos encryption types with GSSAPI
Closed JIRA Issues
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Bug DIRSERVER-1149 Removing a non existing value of an attribute
removes one of this attribute's values
Bug DIRSERVER-1083 Search on an custom attribute added to the
dynamic schema fails when no result is found
Bug DIRSERVER-1064 Admin password cannot be hashed
Bug DIRSERVER-1062 MaxValueCount protectedItem is not working
properly for access control
Bug DIRSERVER-1055 Reading cn=schema doesn't return all requested
attributes
Bug DIRSERVER-1047 Concurrency issuses in the nexus partition lead
to race conditions with unbind requests on shutdown.
Bug DIRSERVER-1026 Metaschema ObjectClass description is incorrect
Bug DIRSERVER-990 2 objects of the Apache DS Schema share the
same OID
Bug DIRSERVER-957 OOM when adding a lot of entries
Bug DIRSERVER-915 Hot Partitions Throw Exceptions for Normal JNDI
Operations
Bug DIRSERVER-871 NPE when running ADS in eclipse from time to
time
Bug DIRSERVER-782 Restart required after changing password
Bug DIRSERVER-646 Replacing an unknown attribute with no values
(deletion) causes an error
New Feature DIRSERVER-1066 Add change log interceptor as optional
interceptor
New Feature DIRSERVER-869 Add Start TLS support
Test DIRSERVER-1123 Test cases for JdbmNoDupsCursor
Task DIRSERVER-1054 Project sar-plugin should be sandboxed
Task DIRSERVER-1052 Clean ^M into many files
Kick the Tires: Installers
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Various native installers for the build are available here:
http://people.apache.org/~akarasulu/apacheds/candidates/1.5.2/
Therein you'll find installers for windows, macosx, and various flavors of
Linux. Where applicable there are 64-bit and 32-bit versions of the
installers.
Note a suite installer is included for ApacheDS and Studio combined. This
will install both and configure a connection in Studio to connect to
ApacheDS.
Hazards to Consider
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Show stoppers to consider while evaluating and voting:
o Legal Notices
o License File Contents
o Export Restriction Classification (due to bouncycastle)
- [NOTE] We're using a reduced version of the bouncycastle jar which
avoids patent infringement issues by removing the IDEA algorithm support.
- [NOTE] The US government notice has been sent for this release.
- ASF Crypto Policy: http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html
- ASF Export Classification Matrix:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports
1.5.2 Release Vote
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[ ] +1 Release ApacheDS 1.5.2
[ ] +/-0 Abstain
[ ] -1 Do not release ApacheDS 1.5.2
Thanks,
Alex
