Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.5.16

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.

Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.5.16 is an unstable release cut directly from
Jackrabbit Oak trunk, with a focus on new features and other
improvements. For production use we recommend the latest stable 1.4.x
release.

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

Changes in Oak 1.5.16
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Sub-task

    [OAK-5274] - Document CLI tools for oak-segment-tar
    [OAK-5292] - The README in oak-run should link to the documentation for oak-segment-tar
    [OAK-5299] - Introduce BlobFactory in OakDirectory


Bug

    [OAK-3328] - checked-in state should only affect properties with OPV!=IGNORE
    [OAK-4687] - Issue with backgroundOperationLock handling in exception case
    [OAK-5238] - IndexCopier causes concurrent update on NodeBuilder
    [OAK-5240] - Test failure: IndexSanityCheckerTest.sizeMismatch()
    [OAK-5254] - MultiplexingNodeStoreService does not pick up Observers registered through the whiteboard
    [OAK-5258] - LuceneIndexEditor skips indexing for unknown nodetype due to stale NodeType registry state
    [OAK-5259] - Better default for size delta estimation
    [OAK-5297] - Check for null homeDir in DataStoreCacheUpgradeUtils
    [OAK-5300] - OakDirectory.fileLength() must throw FileNotFoundException if file does not exist
    [OAK-5305] - NRTIndex link to previous index leads to memory leak
    [OAK-5327] - Change default query limit configuration, take 2
    [OAK-5333] - Standalone example does not work with mongo


Epic

    [OAK-3270] - Improve DocumentMK resilience


Improvement

    [OAK-3976] - journal should support large(r) entries
    [OAK-4069] - Use read concern majority when connected to a replica set
    [OAK-4978] - Expose maintainence related MBeans for Segment NodeStores created via factory
    [OAK-5060] - Make DocumentNodeStore.alignWithExternalRevisions more chatty
    [OAK-5186] - ChangeSetFilterImpl: support many includePaths by filtering for 1st path name
    [OAK-5189] - SegmentRevisionGC should expose unformatted timestamps
    [OAK-5225] - Online compaction throttling
    [OAK-5237] - Change default query limit configuration
    [OAK-5271] - IndexDefinitionBuilder should ignore safe change in "async" for determining reindex flag value
    [OAK-5295] - Allow chaining of include in building aggregation rule via IndexDefinitionBuilder
    [OAK-5303] - Improve readability of SegmentNodeStoreService
    [OAK-5317] - MongoBlobStore creates _id index unnecessarily


Task

    [OAK-4452] - Consistently use the term segment-tar
    [OAK-5198] - Javadoc and Documentation of ExternalGroupRef
    [OAK-5199] - Test coverage for ExternalGroupRef
    [OAK-5256] - Add type property to LuceneIndexEditorProvider
    [OAK-5257] - Pass CommitContext as part of CommitInfo in OakInitializer
    [OAK-5294] - Update Oak trunk to Jackrabbit 2.13.6
    [OAK-5319] - Remove ReversedLinesFileReaderTestParamBlockSize


In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.5.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

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