Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.23.1-beta

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.23.1-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 2.23.1-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 2.23.1-beta
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Bug

    [JCR-5107] - DbInputStream makes incorrect assumptions about commons-io internals

Improvement

    [JCR-5093] - jcr2spi: get rid of Commons IO dependency
    [JCR-5106] - core tests: improve diagnostics in DBDataStoreTest

Test

    [JCR-5098] - jackrabbit-jcr-server: Java 24 javadoc errors

Task

    [JCR-5088] - remove warnings about missing @deprecated annotations
    [JCR-5089] - avoid use of deprecated junit.framework.Assert
    [JCR-5094] - webapp: bump htmlunit to 4.4.0
    [JCR-5096] - JcrConstants: refer to the constants in javax.jcr.Property and javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType
    [JCR-5097] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.implemented in trunk to Oak 1.68.0
    [JCR-5099] - Update Logback version to 1.2.13
    [JCR-5100] - Update commons-cli dependency to 1.9.0
    [JCR-5101] - Update easymock dependency to 5.4.0
    [JCR-5102] - Update mockito dependency to 5.14.1
    [JCR-5103] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.used to Oak 1.22.21
    [JCR-5104] - Update oak-jackrabbit-api.version.implemented in trunk to Oak 1.70.0
    [JCR-5105] - Update commons-io dependency to 2.17.0
    [JCR-5108] - remove commons-collections4 version-specific dependency from jackrabbit-standalone
    [JCR-5109] - Update tomcat dependency to 9.0.95
    [JCR-5110] - update aws java sdk version to 1.12.773
    [JCR-5111] - update kotlin-stdlib dependency to 1.9.25
    [JCR-5112] - update Jetty to 9.4.56.v20240826
    [JCR-5113] - Update pmd-plugin dependency to 3.25.0
    [JCR-5114] - update checkstyle-plugin dependency to 3.5.0
    [JCR-5115] - Update spotbugs-maven-plugin to 4.8.6.4


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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