I don't have anything that hasn't been said elsewhere. But perhaps you should wait until ~23.00+2 so all mirrors has had a chance to pick it up?
Frank On Jan 2, 2008 3:47 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there aren't any further comments (within an hour or so), I'll release > this as the announcement for 1.3. > Martijn > > > On Jan 1, 2008 11:28 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Apache Wicket 1.3 released > > > > The Wicket team wishes everybody a happy new year and starts 2008 > > promising with a fresh new release: Apache Wicket 1.3. > > > > Apache Wicket <http://wicket.apache.org/> is a Java open source > component > > based web application framework. Apache Wicket was established as a top > > level project at the Apache Software Foundation on June 20th 2007. With > > proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a refreshing > lack > > of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and enjoyable > > again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for > > powerful, reusable components written with plain Java and HTML. > > > > This new release features some considerable improvements over previous > > releases and stabilizes several coreAPI's. Highlights from this release: > > > > - last JDK-1.4 release (next release will be Java 5 based) > > - package move from wicket to org.apache.wicket—Wicket joined the > > Apache Software foundation and renaming all packages to go into the > Apache > > namespace reflects this move > > - simplified models API—the number of Model classes was minimized, > > the Component parameter to theget/setObject methods has been > > removed as it was not always clear which component to provide > > - simplified converter API—converters now need two methods (see > > interface IConverter ):convertToObject(String, Locale) and > convertToString(Object, Locale), > > this makes rolling your own custom converters much easier > > - all URL's are now generated as relative URL's—this means it works > > with zero-config behind a proxy server > > - simplified validator API—the validator API has been decoupled from > > Wicket's form component hierarchy allowing you to create validators > so that > > validators can be reused outside Wicket > > - guice support—want to use Google's guice as your dependency > > injection framework? wicket-guice makes it easy: @Inject private > > IService service; will inject the IService implementation into your > > Wicket component. > > - portlet support (JSR-168 <http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=168>, > > JSR-286 <http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=286>)—Wicket pages can now > > work directly in a portal as portlets without changing a line of code > (no > > separate component hierarchy), learn more about Wicket's portlet > support in > > this presentation by Ate Douma: Wicket portlet primer< > http://www.slideshare.net/ate.douma/wicket-portlet-primer> > > - switched logging API from commons-logging to slf4j > > - Velocity panel—project wicket-velocity allows you to integrate > > velocity templates as panels in your pages > > - YUI-calendar <http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/calendar//> time": > > http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/ based date picker > > (wicket-datetime) > > - improved Ajax support—new Ajax components can be added to the page > > and contribute new javascript dependencies to the page header, > hide/show > > components using Ajax without workarounds > (setOutputMarkupPlaceHolderTag > > ) > > - added <wicket:enclosure> and <wicket:container> tags— > > <wicket:enclosure> is a grouping tag for controlling visibility of > > markup surrounding a component, <wicket:container> can add > > components' markup in places where it would make the page non-w3c > compliant > > - stateless pages and components for those parts of your application > > that needs to scale > > - hybrid URL encoding to make search engines and your users happy > > (see Thoof <http://thoof.com/> for an example in action) > > - nested form components—create panels that contain forms and use > > them anywhere without having to worry about the nesting of forms > > - minimized session use by storing component hierarchy in file > > system (DiskPageStore) > > > > And much more small updates, bug fixes, upgrades and new features. As > > there have been API breaks you will need to do some work on your > existing > > applications to make it 1.3 compliant. This is not a drop-in replacement > > for Wicket 1.2. The release is accompanied with a migration guide< > http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/migrate-13.html> > > . > > > > You can see Wicket in action with our live examples< > http://wicketstuff.org/wicket13> The > > distribution contains the Wicket jars and all sources, including the > > examples. You can download the release on one of the Apache mirrors< > http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0> > > > > While we take a break recuperating from the holidays, we have begun > > planning the next version: it will be Java 5 based, introduce generics > into > > the models, and some other nice stuff< > http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/wicket-14-wish-list.html>. > > You can help and discuss the future of Wicket on our mailing list. > > > > > > -- > Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst > Apache Wicket 1.3.0-rc2 is released > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc1/ >
