Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 1.6.4

Introduction
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Apache Jackrabbit 1.6.4 is a bug fix release that fixes issues reported
against previous releases. This release is backwards-compatible with the
earlier 1.6.x releases, but contains a change in persistence format that
makes it impossible to downgrade to releases earlier than 1.6.2 after a
repository has been upgraded. A full backup of the repository is recommended
before this upgrade.

Changes in this release
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This release fixes the following issues:

  JCR-2341 Unable to add/lock and unlock/remove Node with shared Session ...
  JCR-2413 AlreadyClosedException on initial index creation
  JCR-2546 SISM blocks the item state cache when loading a new item
  JCR-2579 InvalidItemStateException when attempting concurrent, non ...
  JCR-2598 Saving concurrent sessions executing random operations causes ...
  JCR-2613 NoSuchItemStateException on checkin after removeVersion in XA ...
  JCR-2651 Add a OnWorkspaceInconsistency with logging only
  JCR-2652 Can no longer set a Date property using a Long value
  JCR-2656 Embedded Derby fails under JBoss because of JMX-related conflicts
  JCR-2659 Fails to remove a previously assigned mixin
  JCR-2667 NodeReferences are lost when deleting and setting the same ...
  JCR-2681 XMLPersistanceManager doesn't preserve a property's ...

See the Jackrabbit issue tracker for more details about these changes:

    https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR

The issue tracker also documents all the known issues in this release.

Release Contents
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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.txt 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
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/dist/KEYS.

Contributors
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The following people have contributed to this release by submitting bug
reports or by participating in the issue resolution process.

    Adam Cooney           Marcel Reutegger      Tobias Bocanegra
    Cédric Damioli        Paco Avila            Tom Quellenberg
    Claus Köll            Sergiy Shyrkov        Vidar Ramdal
    Dan Diephouse         Stefan Guggisberg
    Jukka Zitting         Stephan Huttenhuis

Thank you to everyone involved!

About Apache Jackrabbit
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Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content
Repository for Java Technology API (JCR, specified in JSR 170 and 283).

A content repository is a hierarchical content store with support for
structured and unstructured content, full text search, versioning,
transactions, observation, and more.

For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

About The Apache Software Foundation
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of its 2,500+ contributors.

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