Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.4.23

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 1.4.23 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 1.4.23
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Technical task

    [OAK-7359] - Update to MongoDB Java driver 3.6

Bug

    [OAK-5458] - Test failure: RepositoryBootIT.repositoryLogin
    [OAK-5750] - Test failure: PojoSR run.osgi.SecurityProviderRegistrationTest
    [OAK-6869] - oak-http and oak-remote use potentially vulnerable versions of com.fasterxml.jackson
    [OAK-7389] - Mongo/FileBlobStore does not update timestamp for already existing blobs
    [OAK-7428] - LdapIdentityProvider doesn't support creating external ids from the uid attribute
    [OAK-7447] - Sporadic test failures when connection is closed twice
    [OAK-7594] - datastorecheck command in oak-run for S3 needs jackson-annotations dependency
    [OAK-7707] - DocumentNodeStoreServiceTest always connects to localhost
    [OAK-7713] - Test failure: SecurityProviderRegistrationTest.testRequiredUserAuthenticationFactoryNotAvailable()

Improvement

    [OAK-7706] - Update to MongoDB Java driver 3.6.4

Task

    [OAK-7255] - Upgrade jackson dependencies to version 2.9.4
    [OAK-7422] - Update jackson dependencies to 2.9.5
    [OAK-7435] - Run travis build on MongoDB 3.6
    [OAK-7536] - Update aws java sdk version to 1.11.330
    [OAK-7596] - define jackson version globally
    [OAK-7609] - Update jackson dependencies to 2.9.6
    [OAK-7611] - Disable org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.segment.standby.ExternalPrivateStoreIT.testProxyFlippedIntermediateByte(Change)2
    [OAK-7677] - Announcement mail template lacks line feeds in front of release notes    
    
In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.4.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 SHA512 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://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

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