craigmcc 01/09/17 11:38:48
Modified: . RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt
Log:
Update release notes to reflect latest bug fixes, and the current state of
the web connector.
I'm currently investigating 3529 and 3640, which might modify the known
issue section about JSPC - other than that (and any more bugfixes for
reports not yet submitted), this is what I plan to publish tonight with
the final release.
Revision Changes Path
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--- RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt 2001/09/17 06:29:24 1.4
+++ RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt 2001/09/17 18:38:48 1.5
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Release Notes
=============
-$Id: RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt,v 1.4 2001/09/17 06:29:24 ccain Exp $
+$Id: RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt,v 1.5 2001/09/17 18:38:48 craigmcc Exp $
============
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
This document describes the changes that have been made in the current
release candidate release of Apache Tomcat, relative to the previous release.
+The release notes for all prior releases of Tomcat 4.0 are also included, for
+your reference.
Bug reports should be entered at the bug reporting system for
Jakarta projects at:
@@ -33,7 +35,20 @@
--------------------
The 1.4 release of Ant is now required in order to build Tomcat 4.0
-from source. Previous versions relied on Ant 1.3.
+from source. Previous versions relied on Ant 1.3. Please read the
+"BUILDING.txt" file in the top-level directory of the source distribution
+for more information about building Tomcat 4.0 from source.
+
+Tomcat 4.0 now makes an XML parser, as well as other API classes, available
+to web applications by default. This behavior is consistent with that of
+previous versions of Tomcat, and will make porting apps much less painful.
+See "Tomcat 4.0 Standard APIs Available", below, for more information.
+
+The "build.xml" example file included in the Application Developer's Guide now
+creates a compilation classpath that automatically includes all of the classes
+that Tomcat 4.0 exposes to web applications. You should not need to customize
+this file unless you need to add additional application-specific classes into
+"/WEB-INF/lib".
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@@ -98,7 +113,12 @@
Webapps Bug Fixes:
-----------------
+The form-based login example will now operate correctly even if cookies are
+turned off. Note that this is an extension to the servlet specification's
+requirements, which only require form-based login to work if either cookies
+or SSL sessions are used to maintain session identity.
+
============================
KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE:
============================
@@ -113,22 +133,18 @@
inside Apache 1.3. The current state of this support is summarized as follows:
* The mod_webapp connector is configured based on the contents of the
- web.xml file for your web application. The only required per-webapp
- configuration information in your Apache 1.3 httpd.conf file is
- something like this:
-
- WebAppDeploy examples warpConnection /examples/
-
- which causes mod_webapp to automatically recognize all of your servlet
- mappings, security constraints, and other configuration elements.
-
-* The final version of the mod_webapp connector will be released separately
- when remaining bugs are fixed. If any changes are necessary to the Java
- end of the connector, they will be packaged in a single JAR file (warp.jar)
- to be installed into $CATALINA_HOME/server/lib of the Tomcat 4.0 final
- release.
+ web.xml file for your web application. See the documentation included
+ with the connector for configuration requirements.
+
+* The version of the connector to be published with Tomcat 4.0 final has had
+ all outstanding bugs fixed for Unix platforms. However, a known issue
+ remains with the connector on Windows platforms. For more information, see
+
+ http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3509
+ This problem will be addressed in a future release of the connector.
+
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Tomcat 4.0 and JNI Based Applications:
-------------------------------------
@@ -179,6 +195,10 @@
* mail.jar (JavaMail 1.2)
* servlet.jar (Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 APIs)
* tyrex-0.9.7.0.jar (Tyrex XA-compatible data source from tyrex.exolab.org)
+
+You can make additional APIs available to all of your web applications by
+putting unpacked classes into a "classes" directory (not created by default),
+or by placing them in JAR files in the "lib" directory.
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