Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.17.6

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.17.6, 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 2.17.6 is an unstable release cut directly from
Jackrabbit trunk, with a focus on new features and other
improvements. For production use we recommend the latest stable 2.16.x
release.

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.17.6
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Bug

    [JCR-4370] - Remove extraneously set config from TestS3Ds

Improvement

    [JCR-4354] - VFS (commons-vfs) based FileSystem for VFS backend based Persistence Manager
    [JCR-4355] - Javadoc fixes and improvements for new direct binary access API
    [JCR-4369] - Avoid S3 Incomplete Read Warning

Task

    [JCR-4337] - Jackrabbit should compile & test on Java 11
    [JCR-4342] - remove unused JSR 305 dependency from pom
    [JCR-4343] - Update commons-vfs2 version to 2.2
    [JCR-4344] - Update h2db version to latest stable 1.4.196
    [JCR-4345] - Update mockito dependency to 2.20.0
    [JCR-4346] - Update easymock dependency to 3.6
    [JCR-4347] - Update com.jcraft.jsch dependency to 0.1.54
    [JCR-4348] - Update osgi (compendium, core) dependencies
    [JCR-4349] - Update plexus-utils dependency to 3.1.0
    [JCR-4350] - jackrabbit-jcr-servlet: remove special-cased servlet-api dependency
    [JCR-4353] - set baseline comparisonVersion to latest stable (2.16.3)
    [JCR-4359] - update maven-bundle-plugin to 3.5.0
    [JCR-4360] - update maven-scr-plugin to 1.26.0
    [JCR-4361] - Update spotbugs plugin to 3.1.6
    [JCR-4362] - Update tomcat dependency to 8.5.33
    [JCR-4363] - Update mockito dependency to 2.21.0
    [JCR-4364] - update org.apache.felix.scr.annotations dependency to 1.12.0
    [JCR-4365] - Update cglib dependency to 3.2.8
    [JCR-4367] - Update htmlunit test dependency to 2.32
    [JCR-4368] - Update commons-cli dependency to 1.4
    [JCR-4371] - Update tika dependency to 1.19
    [JCR-4372] - Update mockito dependency to 2.22.0
    [JCR-4373] - webapp: update Tomcat dependency to 8.5.34
    [JCR-4374] - webapp: update htmlunit dependency to 2.33
    [JCR-4375] - Update jetbrains dependency to 16.0.3

Sub-task

    [JCR-4357] - upgrade to Jacoco version compatible with Java 11


In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit 2.16.x release.

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 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
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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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Trademarks
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