Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.21.2

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.21.2, 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 2.21.2 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 2.21.2
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Bug

    [JCR-4537] - MalformedURLException: Nested JAR URLs are not supported
    [JCR-4579] - In rare situations we see "Closed Statement; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException: Closed Statement"
    [JCR-4590] - jcr-server: DirListingExportHandler sets empty Etag
    [JCR-4603] - spi-commons: Iterators - incorrect method signature

Improvement

    [JCR-4577] - Define org.apache.derby as Test-Dependency
    [JCR-4578] - IndexMerger should log more debug informations about the internal IndexBuckets
    [JCR-4583] - remove XML serialization workaround for ancient Java versions
    [JCR-4589] - upgrade to servlet-api 3.10
    [JCR-4591] - basic trailer field support

Task

    [JCR-4572] - Update Jackrabbit trunk to oak 1.30.0
    [JCR-4573] - Update Jetty dependency to 9.2.30.v20200428
    [JCR-4575] - Update tomcat dependency to 8.5.55/7.0.104
    [JCR-4580] - switch bundle comparisonVersion for 2.20.1
    [JCR-4592] - Update maven-assembly-plugin to 3.3.0
    [JCR-4593] - update war-plugin dependency to 3.3.0
    [JCR-4594] - update pmd-plugin dependency to 3.13.0
    [JCR-4595] - update checkstyle-plugin dependency to 3.1.1
    [JCR-4596] - update build-helper-maven-plugin to version 3.2.0
    [JCR-4597] - Update commons-io dependency to 2.7
    [JCR-4598] - Update easymock dependency to 4.2
    [JCR-4599] - webapp: update htmlunit dependency to 2.41.0
    [JCR-4600] - Update tomcat dependency to 8.5.56
    [JCR-4601] - jackrabbit-jcr-commons: update cglib dependency to 3.3.0
    [JCR-4602] - jackrabbit-core: remove unused commons-collections dependency
    [JCR-4604] - deprecate Iterators.Predicate
    [JCR-4605] - standalone: fix deprecation warning wrt GnuParser

Sub-task

    [JCR-4166] - support GZIP content coding in requests
    [JCR-4167] - signal support for GZIP content coding as per RFC 7694
    [JCR-4169] - make WebdavServerTests run automatically
    [JCR-4581] - use GZIP encoding in XML responses when client signals support
    [JCR-4582] - support 'deflate' encoding in requests
    [JCR-4585] - jackrabbit-webdav: return Etag with 304 response
    [JCR-4586] - jackrabbit-webdav: must ignore if-modified-since with broken date
    [JCR-4587] - jackrabbit-webdav: include if-unmodified-since in precondition check
    [JCR-4588] - jackrabbit-webdav/server: add parsers for http dates and use them in conditional eval


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/

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Trademarks
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