Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 0.8

Introduction
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Jackrabbit Oak is an effort to implement a scalable and performant
hierarchical content repository for use as the foundation of modern
world-class web sites and  other demanding content applications.

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project.
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

Jackrabbit Oak 0.8 is to alpha-level software. Use at your own risk.

Changes in Oak 0.8
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New features

  [OAK-788] File backend for the SegmentMK

Improvements

  [OAK-601] Node#getVersionHistory fails with UnsupportedRepository...
  [OAK-602] VersionManager is never updated
  [OAK-734] Refactor indexing code to use Editors
  [OAK-750] Reduce log level of oak-solr-core tests
  [OAK-796] PermissionValidator: proper check for jcr:uuid modifications.
  [OAK-807] Keep original xpath query as a comment appended to the ...
  [OAK-809] Review remove permissions
  [OAK-811] Refactor Lucene index impl
  [OAK-812] QueryEngine support for multiple indices (tests)
  [OAK-814] Update/Insertion of ACEs for Group principals
  [OAK-816] Property index: restrictions of the type "x > 10" can be ...
  [OAK-817] Expose LuceneIndexHelper via osgi and make it consistent with ...
  [OAK-831] Lucene filesystem based index

Bug fixes

  [OAK-510] Multivalued properties with array size 0 forget their type
  [OAK-815] Wrong type for empty multi-valued property
  [OAK-822] TypeEditor: Missing validation for mandatory items
  [OAK-824] Query engine: automatic expansion of "x=1 or x=2" to "(x is ...
  [OAK-830] XPathToSQL2Converter fails to wrap or clauses
  [OAK-832] RegistrationEditor always sets oak:protectedChildNodes to 'false'

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 0.6 release.

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

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

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.md 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.

About Apache Jackrabbit Oak
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Oak is an effort implement a scalable and performant hierarchical content 
repository for use as the foundation of modern world-class web sites and 
other demanding content applications. 

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project. 
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

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

About The Apache Software Foundation
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