Apache Karaf update April 28 - May 4, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.12, 2.3.2, 2.4.0, and 3.0.0 as up coming releases. All of the information here is collected from following Karaf's issues mailing list, and cross referencing with the community's issue tracker. The summary form is presented here courtesy of Savoir Technologies to help make keeping up with the community's fast pace a little easier.

Note: Apache Karaf 2.2.11 is now available!

Apache Karaf 2.2.12:

New Issues:
Karaf-2297 WebConsole should export org.json
Karaf-2299 WARN message should be logged when a boot feature installation fails

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded

Resolved Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.2:

New Issues:
Karaf-2297 WebConsole should export org.json
Karaf-2299 WARN message should be logged when a boot feature installation fails

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2206 The container fails to start correctly with IBM Java 6
Karaf-2289 AJAX Error when editing some configurations in webconsole
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2164 Create shell:wc command

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2137 Unable to prevent remote JMX access
Karaf-2285 Some tabs in WebConsole are blank

Apache Karaf 2.4.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2297 WebConsole should export org.json
Karaf-2299 WARN message should be logged when a boot feature installation fails

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2206 The container fails to start correctly with IBM Java 6
Karaf-2285 Some tabs in WebConsole are blank
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2164 Create shell:wc command

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2137 Unable to prevent remote JMX access
Karaf-2293 Upgrade to Pax Web 2.1.3

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2295 features deployer is useless for dynamic updates
Karaf-2297 WebConsole should export org.json
Karaf-2299 WARN message should be logged when a boot feature installation fails

Updated Issues:
Karaf-2206 The container fails to start correctly with IBM Java 6
Karaf-2285 Some tabs in WebConsole are blank
Karaf-1545 Jar files in lib directory require "karaf-" prefix in order to be loaded
Karaf-2164 Create shell:wc command

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2137 Unable to prevent remote JMX access
Karaf-2292 Upgrade to Pax Web 3.0.0
Karaf-2279 Upgrade to OSGi Core 5.0.0
Karaf-2177 Upgrade to Felix Framework 4.2.1
Karaf-2240 Incompatible Equinox version

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-1724 Blueprint bundle deadlocks in "Stopping" status when update-ing/dev:watch bundle
Karaf-2298 Karaf shell option for a "transient" bundle stop
Karaf-2301 Improve shell syntax documentation