Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.23.2-beta

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.23.3-beta, 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 2.23.3-beta 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 2.20.x
release.

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.23.3-beta
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Sub-task

    [JCR-5160] - Create jacoco reports compliant with SonarQube Cloud
    [JCR-5172] - Exclude test sources from SonarQube analysis
    [JCR-5173] - Create aggregate jacoco report
    [JCR-5174] - Exclude jackrabbit-jcr-tests from coverage calculation


Bug

    [JCR-5090] - Invalid href generated for 'Edit' buttons
    [JCR-5141] - Deprecate org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.json
    [JCR-5196] - Some test classes are not executed by default because they haven't been added to a test suite
    [JCR-5203] - integration tests in jackrabbit-core occasionally fail to ItemNotFoundExceptions during cleanup

Improvement

    [JCR-5154] - Replace deprecated call of Class.newInstance()

Task

    [JCR-5140] - Improve support for generating namespace prefixes
    [JCR-5156] - webapp: update tomcat dependency to 9.0.112
    [JCR-5175] - Update Mockito dependency to 5.20.0
    [JCR-5176] - Update commons-io dependency to 2.21.0
    [JCR-5177] - jackrabbit-jcr2spi: update to commons-collections4 4.5.0
    [JCR-5178] - Update easymock dependency to 5.6.0
    [JCR-5179] - set baseline comparisonVersion to latest stable (2.22.1)
    [JCR-5182] - Update pax-exam test dependency to 4.14.0
    [JCR-5183] - Vote Template should be clear about the fact that running the check script in "sh" will not work
    [JCR-5185] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.implemented in trunk to Oak 1.86.0
    [JCR-5187] - Update commons-cli dependency to 1.11.0
    [JCR-5188] - Update h2db dependency to 2.3.232
    [JCR-5189] - update Jetty to 9.4.58.v20250814
    [JCR-5190] - webapp: bump htmlunit to 4.19.0
    [JCR-5191] - remove JEXL dependency
    [JCR-5192] - update aws java sdk version to 1.12.791
    [JCR-5193] - update Apache parent pom to version 35
    [JCR-5195] - Utilities for 'safe' creation of XML document builders
    [JCR-5197] - cleanup o.a.j.util.Base64 and update Javadoc
    [JCR-5200] - Update h2db dependency to 2.4.240
    [JCR-5201] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.implemented in trunk to Oak 1.88.0


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 an SHA512 checksum 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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legal, and financial support for more than 140 freely-available,
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enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software;
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of its 3,800+ contributors.

For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/

Trademarks
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Apache Jackrabbit, Jackrabbit, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache
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