JXTA Java SE 2.3.5 "Shebakia" Beta Annoucement

Community Members,

The next release of JXTA Java SE, 2.3.5 "Shebakia", is scheduled for 
September 15th. This release will contain minor enhancements of the JXTA 
Java SE platform along with a small number of important bug fixes.

A Beta test version of JXTA Java SE 2.3.5 is now available. This Beta 
test is likely very close to what the final stable release will be. If 
you have not been following the daily builds then now would be a very 
good time to test the upcoming release with your applications.

This is a Beta release. It is possible (and perhaps likely) that bugs 
still remain. It's critical that we find and fix those bugs before the 
official final release. Your input is essential in this task!

How to get involved :

1. Build the beta from the CVS tag "JXTA_JAVA_2_3_5_BETA" or download 
prebuilt binaries from: <http://download.jxta.org/build/release/2.3.5b>

2. Rebuild your applications with JXTA Java SE 2.3.5 Beta.

3. Test with your applications.

4. File bugs, propose patches, comment on <mailto:[email protected]>

The JXTA Java SE Release Team


Acknowledgements
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Special thanks to all of the community members who have contributed 
ideas, reported problems, provided patches, and have helped greatly to 
improve the quality, and robustness of this release.


JXTA "BUG DAY" Online Chat
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On Friday September 9th, 2005 from 8:00am to 4:00pm PDT 
(2005-09-09T16:00-2005-09-12T00:00 UTC) the JXTA dev teams will be 
participating in an online chat devoted to the upcoming JXTA-C, JXTA 
J2ME (JXME) and JXTA Java releases.

If you are having problems with the beta releases, have questions for 
the developers or just want to say hello and see what's happening please 
stop by!

Connect via the myJXTA2 application which you can download from :

http://download.jxta.org/build/release/2.3.5b/jxta-myjxta-2.3.5b.zip

Or easier yet, just run it using Java Web Start from:

http://download.java.net/lg3d/jxta/build/release/2.3.5b/jnlp/myjxta.jnlp


New Features & Significant Changes
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- Significant Improvements to Rendezvous Propagation

- Enhancements to JxtaSocket


Significant Improvements to Rendezvous Propagation
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Two patches (issues #1404 & #1405) have been committed which 
significantly improve the behaviour of rendezvous propagation. The 
improvements reduce the number of messages exchanged by peers sometimes 
dramatically.

Enhancements to JxtaSocket
--------------------------------------------------
A number of important bug and performance fixes have been contributed to 
JxtaSocket and some useful API extensions (JxtaSocketAddress).


Downloading and Installing
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Prebuilt JXTA Java SE 2.3.5 builds can be installed from :

<http://download.jxta.org/build/release/2.3.5b>

You can also build from cvs, refer to the following URL on how to build 
from CVS in general.

<http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Jxta/BuildingJXTA>

Remember to set cvs.version property to "JXTA_JAVA_2_3_5_BETA" for this 
beta release, the command should be like this:

ant -f bootstrap.xml -Dcvs.version="JXTA_JAVA_2_3_5_BETA"


Known incompatibilities between JXTA 2.3.5 and prior JXTA 2.x releases
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N/A


Known issues in JXTA Java SE
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1410  DEFECT  P2  publish/discover adv in secure peer group
1415  DEFECT  P3  PeerGroup creation with the Proxy Service
1420  DEFECT  P2  RelayServer won't process to a relay request

For a complete list of known issues follow the link:

<http://platform.jxta.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&target_milestone=2.3.5+Shebakia>