Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.4.2

Introduction
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Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class
web sites and other demanding content applications.

Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.2 is a patch release that contains fixes and
improvements over Oak 1.4. Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.x releases are
considered stable and targeted for production use.

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

Changes in Oak 1.4.2
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Technical task

    [OAK-4204] - GarbageCollectorFileState.copy() leaks
    FileOutputStream

Bug

    [OAK-4099] - Lucene index appear to be corrupted with compaction
    enabled
    [OAK-4148] - RAT plugin complains about derby files
    [OAK-4166] - Simple versionable nodes are invalid after migration
    [OAK-4275] - Backport OAK-4065 (Counter index can get out of sync)
    to 1.2 and 1.4
    [OAK-4313] - QueryImpl should avoid traversal with queries
    containing native constraints

Documentation

    [OAK-4151] - Broken link to oak-mongo.js function on Command Line
    Tools page

Improvement

    [OAK-4136] - release profile in maven
    [OAK-4165] - Too verbose logging during revision gc
    [OAK-4175] - Allow to skip the repository initialization in
    oak-upgrade
    [OAK-4242] - Counter index should be rebuilt after successful
    migration
    [OAK-4306] - Disable cleanup when compaction is paused
    [OAK-4317] - Similar and Native queries should return no results
    if no index can handle them

Task

    [OAK-4235] - Backport OAK-4003 to 1.4 branch
    [OAK-4273] - Disable testConcurrentWithConflict on Derby

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.x 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
http://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit Oak
---------------------------

Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed 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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