OW2 JOnAS 5.3 M1 : ready to serve

Hi all

This is quite a busy week: earlier this week was released JOnAS 5.2.0, 
the first stable release of the 5.2 series, and today we distribute 
version 5.3 M1 !

So, what's new in 5.3 
<http://jira.ow2.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10010&version=10152> 
?
First, 5.3 series targets Java EE 6 web profile 
<http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=316> : a web oriented subset of the 
Java EE specifications. During the 5.3 development cycle, we will 
incrementaly add support for the required specifications. Thanks to the 
recent Oracle Java EE Licensee Scholarship renewal, we'll have a lot of 
tests to ensure compliance :)

JOnAS 5.3 includes an initial support for JSF 2.0 (Mojarra 2), Servlet 
3.0 (Tomcat 7) and JAX-WS 2.2 (CXF 2.3). It already have CDI 1.0, JAX-RS 
1.1, Bean Validation 1.0, JPA 2.0 and EJB 3.1 preliminary support.

In parallel of the Java EE related work, we've moved away from HSQL to 
H2 as our default in-memory JDBC database, ensured that JOnAS was 
running well on Java 7, upgraded our components to their latest versions 
(Felix 3.2.0, ...) and many more bug fixes...
See the releases notes 
<http://jira.ow2.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10010&version=10152> 
for details.

As said in a previous mail, we're now using a time boxed release 
strategy, that means that we will perform a new release each month. So 
expect regular news from our side (an RSS feed is available 
<http://wiki.jonas.ow2.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/BlogRss?xpage=rdf>) :)

As usual, we'll be happy to gather all possible feedback from you.
Please report bugs on JIRA <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS>, or 
discuss on IRC 
<http://wiki.jonas.ow2.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/ContactUs#HIRC> or 
via mailing lists 
<http://wiki.jonas.ow2.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Lists>.

As usual, 2 distributions are available for download.
JOnAS Full Profile is a full blown Java EE Application Server Platform: 
Zip 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.3.0-M1-bin.zip> 
/ Tgz 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.3.0-M1-bin.tar.gz> 
/ Rpm 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.3.0-M1_1.noarch.rpm> 
/ Installer 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.3.0-M1-installer.jnlp> 
/ Offline Installer 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.3.0-M1-installer.jar>
JOnAS Micro Profile is small JOnAS Bootstrap (require an internet 
connection): Zip 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/micro-jonas-5.3.0-M1-bin.zip> 
/ Tgz 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/micro-jonas-5.3.0-M1-bin.tar.gz>

Thanks
--Guillaume (on behalf of the JOnAS Team)


    Bug

    * [JONAS-382 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-382>] - WebServices /
      Tomcat7
    * [JONAS-383 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-383>] - With tomcat7,
      jsp-file check is invalid for Web-App with a 2.2 DTD
    * [JONAS-385 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-385>] - Wrong
      exception is thrown when JMX is secured with JAAS authorization
    * [JONAS-391 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-391>] - Unable to set
      '-1' for disabling pstmt cache in XML datasource (deployment plan)


    Improvement

    * [JONAS-381 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-381>] - Upgrade to
      CXF 2.3.x


    New Feature

    * [JONAS-343 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-343>] - Add support
      of JDK7
    * [JONAS-344 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-344>] - Add support
      of H2 database
    * [JONAS-386 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-386>] - Add support
      for JSF 2.0
    * [JONAS-388 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-388>] - Add a console
      to handle web service tests


    Task

    * [JONAS-389 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-389>] - Update Apache
      Felix to 3.2.0
    * [JONAS-392 <http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS-392>] - Update OW2
      Spec to 1.0.7

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