Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.20.14

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.20.14, a fully compliant implementation of the
Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as
specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).

Apache Jackrabbit 2.20.14 is an incremental feature release based on
and compatible with earlier stable Jackrabbit 2.x releases. Jackrabbit
2.20.x releases are considered stable and targeted for production use.

The minimum Java version for this release is Java 8. See

  http://jackrabbit.apache.org/jcr/downloads.html
  
for maintenance versions that support earlier Java versions.


Changes in Jackrabbit 2.20.14
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Bug

    [JCR-4570] - WebdavRequestImpl does not check ETags if there is no resource or no exclusive write lock
    [JCR-4571] - WebdavRequestImpl stores If-Header values using either absolute URIs or absolute paths, but both may be used for lookup

Improvement

    [JCR-4979] - Migrate from Subversion to Git
    [JCR-4980] - make webapp build reproducible
    [JCR-5011] - Restore SCM information in parent POM

Test

    [JCR-4967] - test coverage for modification of non-versioned node with jcr:isCheckedOut==false property
    [JCR-4990] - add test for observing effect of remapping a namespace prefix to a different namespace name

Task

    [JCR-4956] - Replace deprecated Surefire fork options
    [JCR-4959] - update Apache parent pom to version 30
    [JCR-4981] - jackrabbit-webapp: deprecate RMI support
    [JCR-4982] - jackrabbit-spi-commons: update Javadoc for IllegalNameException
    [JCR-4983] - jackrabbit-spi-commons: improve diagnostics for invalid names
    [JCR-4986] - update Jetty to 9.4.53.v20231009
    [JCR-4987] - Update to jacoco version 0.8.11
    [JCR-4992] - Update animal-sniffer plugin dependency to 1.23
    [JCR-4993] - Update war-plugin dependency to 3.4.0
    [JCR-4994] - Update build-helper-maven-plugin to version 3.4.0
    [JCR-4995] - Update pmd-plugin dependency to 3.21.2
    [JCR-4996] - update checkstyle-plugin dependency to 3.3.1
    [JCR-4997] - Update spotbugs-maven-plugin to 4.8.1.0
    [JCR-4998] - Update commons-io dependency to 2.15.0
    [JCR-4999] - Update commons-cli dependency to 1.6.0
    [JCR-5001] - Update tomcat dependency to 9.0.83
    [JCR-5002] - update aws java sdk version to 1.12.591
    [JCR-5003] - Update h2db dependency to 2.2.224
    [JCR-5004] - jcr-commons: get rid of cglib test dependency (unmaintained)
    [JCR-5005] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.used in trunk and 2.20 to Oak 1.22.18


For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other
Jackrabbit releases, please see the Jackrabbit issue tracker at

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

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 an SHA512 checksum 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://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit
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Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content
Repository for Java Technology API (JCR). 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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For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/

Trademarks
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