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Castor News


Castor News


Castor News


Castor 0.9.9.1 released

I've placed a copy of the Castor 0.9.9.1 release at the Codehaus.

This is a maintenance release. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the release notes. We are still planning for a Castor 1.0 release in about 8+ weeks.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on Nov 15 2005 @ 10:11:12

Castor 0.9.9 - Final release

I've placed a copy of the final Castor 0.9.9 release at the Codehaus.

This is a major feature release. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the release notes. We are currently planning for a Castor 1.0 release in about 8+ weeks, which we mainly see as a bug fix release and a one-time opportunity to get the HTML documentation into a better shape .. ;-). Please have a look at the project roadmap for details.

Please report any issues at the Castor Jira site.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on Sep 22 2005 @ 10:11:12

Castor 0.9.9 - 2nd milestone build

I've placed a copy of the 2nd Castor 0.9.9 milestone build at the Codehaus.

This is a bug fix release only. For details about the bugs fixed since the last release candidate, please have a look at the project roadmap and the interim version of the release notes.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on Sep 13 2005 @ 23:23:32

Castor 0.9.9 - 1st milestone build

I've placed a copy of the 1st Castor 0.9.9 milestone build at the Codehaus.

This is a major feature release. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the project roadmap and the interim version of the release notes.

This milestone will be replaced by a second milestone within a week, so please try this version and report any regression issues (where applicable).


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on Aug 24 2005 @ 23:23:32

Castor 0.9.7 - Final release

I've placed a copy of Castor 0.9.7 (final) at The Codehaus.

This is mainly a maintenance release. For details about the bugs fixed and features provided, please have a look at the release notes.

Please report any issues through the project's issue tracking system and/or the mailing lists.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on Jun 08 2005 @ 14:15:21

Castor 0.9.7 - 1st milestone build

I've placed a copy of the 1st Castor 0.9.7 milestone build at the Codehaus.

This is a maintenance release for release 0.9.6 only. For details about the bugs fixed, please have a look at the project roadmap and the interim version of the release notes.

This milestone will be replaced by a second milestone within a week, so please try this version and report any regression issues (where applicable).


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on May 19 2005 @ 22:23:21

Werner Guttmann Promoted to Castor JDO Lead

After having lead Castor JDO since 2002, Bruce has decided to pass the torch to Werner Guttmann. Werner has been a force on the project since he began contributing and his tireless efforts are exactly what the project needs to continue. Congratulations, Werner and keep up the great work!

Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 19 May 2005 @ 08:04:00

New Castor roadmap

For information about upcoming Castor releases and future development areas in general, please have a look at the Castor roadmap.

As it stands right now, this will reveal that we have scheduled two releases (0.9.7 and 0.9.9) within the next 5 weeks, the former designated to be a maintenance release for Castor 0.9.6, the latter planned as a feature release with quite some new features and improvements to be added.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 11 May 2005 @ 20:21:20

Castor forums currently unavailable

Many of you will have recognized by now that the exolab.org domain had been voided as of last Friday. As a result of this, the Castor user forums are not available. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing and rest assured that we are working to get it back online as soon as possible.

Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 20 Apr 2005 @ 22:21:20

New issue tracking tool

This is to announce that we finally moved our issue tracking tool from Exolab Bugzilla to the Codehaus JIRA.

We'd like to offer our apologies for any inconvenience you experienced as a result of this migration and hope that you like our new home for tracking (and resolving) issues as much as we do.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 20 Apr 2005 @ 21:20:19

How to submit a patch - New guidelines

This is to announce that we now provide unified instructions on how to submit a patch at http://castor.codehaus.org/how-to-submit-a-bug.html. To facilitate this task, we are now providing a template for Castor JDO related patches that has been added to the CVS sources already.

Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 08 Apr 2005 @ 21:22:21

Support for polymorphism - A test drive

One of the major short-comings of Castor JDO always has been missing support for polymorphism. After the 0.9.6 release back in Februray, which mainly focused on bug fixing, we decided to tackle this missing feature and start work for adding support for polymorphism to Castor JDO. For a complete history of the work done so far and the tests conducted, please have a look at bug 1881.

As of last week, most of the work (originally initiated by myself) has been finished, and we are now in a position where we'd like to ask you, our users, for feedback. In other words, we think that the current implementation is stable enough to make it available as described below. But as we want to get this new feature as stable as possible before heading for a new release (most likely 0.9.7, but maybe 1.0), we now need feedback from our users.

To facilitate this, I've made available binaries here. Please use the source distribution if possible, as it contains the tests mentioned above as well.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 31 Mar 2005 @ 21:22:26

Mailing list changes

This is to announce that we finally moved our mailing lists to the Codehaus. As part of this move, we moved your subscriptions to spare you the work of having to re-subscribe. If you feel that you are subscribed to one of the mailing lists by fault, please use the below addresses to unsubscribe.

As of now, please use the following email addresses:

* User mailing list

To post a message: user@castor.codehaus.org
To subscribe: user-subscribe@castor.codehaus.org
To unsubscribe: user-unsubscribe@castor.codehaus.org
Archive: http://archive.castor.codehaus.org/user

* Announcement mailing list

To post a message: announce@castor.codehaus.org
To subscribe: announce-subscribe@castor.codehaus.org
To unsubscribe: announce-unsubscribe@castor.codehaus.org
Archive: http://archive.castor.codehaus.org/announce

* Development mailing list

To post a message: dev@castor.codehaus.org
To subscribe: dev-subscribe@castor.codehaus.org
To unsubscribe: dev-unsubscribe@castor.codehaus.org
Archive: http://archive.castor.codehaus.org/dev

For a period of 14 days, we'll be monitoring the old lists at Exolab, mainly referring you to the lists mentioned above. After this period, we will turn off these lists at our discretion. As for mailing lists archives, please note that at the moment, the archives mentioned above don't hold any messages from the old lists, but we are working on a solution. As such, messages from the lists at Exolab will be available at the usual sites.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 30 Mar 2005 @ 22:23:24

RSS feed available

We are happy to provide an RSS feed for announcements related to Castor here. This service basically mirrors the information provided at our news page.

Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 11 Mar 2005 @ 21:22:23

Castor - A new home

After over five years of Exolab sponsoring Castor, the Castor team recently decided to move the entire project to a new home at the Codehaus. The team would like to thank Exolab and it's parent company Intalio, Inc. for it's long-standing support of the project.

Please use the below links for access to ...

- Main documentation
- CVS Repository
- Download


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 14 Feb 2005 @ 22:21:20

Castor JDO - New committers

Please join me to welcome Gregory Block, Martin Fuchs, Ralf Joachim and Stein as new committers for Castor JDO. I am more than happy to have them on board, as all of them have shown their dedication to the project through numerous occasions (incl. patches and willingness to spend time with myself ...). Details about the current and past committers (as well as contributors) can be found at here.

Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 14 Feb 2005 @ 21:21:21

Castor 0.9.6 - Final release

I've placed a copy of Castor 0.9.6 (final) on the FTP Server.

This is mainly a bug fix release, but includes a couple of new features as well. For details about the bugs fixed and features provided, please have a look at the release notes.

Please report any issues through the project's issue tracking system and/or the mailing lists.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 09 Feb 2005 @ 22:22:22

Castor 0.9.6 - 3rd release candidates

I've placed a copy of the 3rd and final Castor 0.9.6 release candidate on the FTP Server.

This is a bug fix release only. For details about the bugs fixed sinc the last release candidate, please have a look at (an interim version of) the release notes.

The release candidate will be replaced by the official version within about a week, so please try this version and report any regression issues (where applicable).


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 11 Jan 2005 @ 23:25:00

Castor 0.9.5.4 Final Release

I've placed a copy of Castor 0.9.5.4 final on the FTP Server. This is a bug fix release, so please do not expect new features slated for 0.9.6 to appear in this release. Sorry for the delay in officially announcing the release, it's actually been available on the FTP Server for a couple weeks now!

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 18 Nov 2004 @ 17:45:00

Castor 0.9.6 Release Candidates

I've placed a copy of the first Castor 0.9.6 release candidate on the FTP Server.

This is mainly a bug fix release, but includes a couple of new features as well. For details about the bugs fixed and features provided, please have a look at (an interim version of) the release notes.

The release candidate will be replaced by the official version within the next three or four weeks, so please try this version and report any regression issues (where applicable). A regression for this release is something that was working in 0.9.5.4 but no longer is working in this 0.9.6 release candidate. Only regression issues will be considered for fixing before the final 0.9.6 release.

All other bugs will be moved out to 0.9.7, or a 0.9.6.x sub-release if necessary.


Submitted by Werner Guttmann, on 28 Oct 2004 @ 23:55:00

Castor 0.9.5.4 Release Candidates

I've placed a copy of the latest Castor 0.9.5.4 release candidate on the FTP Server. This is a bug fix release, so please do not expect new features slated for 0.9.6 to appear in this release. The release candidate will be replaced by the official version by end of the week, so please try this version and report any regression issues. A regression for this release is something that was working in 0.9.5.3 but no longer working in this 0.9.5.4 release candidate. Only regression issues will be considered for fixing before the final release. All other bugs will be moved out to 0.9.6, or a 0.9.5.5 release if necessary.

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 18 Oct 2004 @ 22:00:00

Castor Message Board

The Castor site now has a new message board.

Message boards are typically more user-friendly than mailing lists as they keeps the information in a much more organized fashion and don't add to our ever increasing inboxes.
The mailing lists will continue to remain open and you can choose which ever communication method you prefer.


Submitted by Keith Visco, on 04 Jul 2004 @ 05:00:00

CastorLive Book in the Works

Bruce Snyder is now authoring Castor Live for SourceBeat Publishing. The first cut of the book will be out by the end of the July containing the first few chapters.

The SourceBeat model is very different from traditional publishing because books are published online and updated every month by the author! Subscribers to a book receive a one year subscription and receive all updates to the title for that year. Also check out the Castor Live blog for additional information.


Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 20 Jun 2004 @ 08:15:44

Current Release

Version $VERSION$ is now available for download.

Changes in 0.9.5.3


Submitted by Keith Visco, on $RELEASE_DATE$ @

Next Release

Next scheduled release (0.9.6): June, 7 2004 (tentative).

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 10 Mar 2004 @ 04:19:15

Possible Interim Release

An interim release (0.9.5.4) may be released sooner for any regression issues still present in 0.9.5.3.

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 10 Mar 2004 @ 04:19:15

Welcome Stein Hugubakken to the Team

Please welcome Stein Hugubakken as the latest addition to team Castor! Stein has been active with Castor since early this year and we're very happy to have him on board.

Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 01 May 2004 @ 13:06:24

Welcome Patrick van Kaan to the Team

Please welcome Patrick van Kaan as the latest addition to team Castor! Patrick has been using Castor JDO for a while now and is the developer behind the Castor-Taglib project.

Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 15 Jan 2004 @ 22:58:39

Welcome Werner Guttmann to the Team

Please welcome Werner Guttman as the newest committer to the Castor team! Werner's contributions moving forward with the Castor JDO refactoring are key, as is his experience with J2EE and IBM WebSphere.

Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 11 Nov 2003 @ 18:38:10

CastorWiki Now Available

Can't find it here? Check out the CastorWiki. An effort put together by a number of Castor users to document the undocumented! Hosted off site by Lance Lavandowska, and championed by Tek1 (whose real name is a mystery to us all!).

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 19 Jun 2003 @ 16:39:17

RefactorIt to Include Castor

We're pleased to announce that the folks at RefactorIt have included Castor as part of their Open Source Community License. This means anyone who works on the Castor code base can download a copy of RefactorIt and use it when working on the Castor code.

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 12 Mar 2003 @

Congratulations Bruce!

Congratulations to Bruce Snyder and his family on the birth of their second daughter, the youngest member of the Castor team, we can't wait until she's old enough to start programming!

Submitted by Keith Visco, on 14 Nov 2002 @

Welcome Mickaël Guessant to the Team

Please welcome our newest addition to the Castor team of committers, Mickaël Guessant! Mickaël is a very welcome addition to the Castor JDO team.

Submitted by Bruce Snyder, on 24 Oct 2002 @

Bruce Snyder Promoted to Castor JDO Lead

Bruce Snyder has taken over for Thomas Yip as the Castor JDO Project Lead. Bruce's name should be very familar to most Castor users as he has been an active contributor and committer to Castor JDO for more than a year.

A very special Thanks to Thomas Yip for the great job he did and all the contributions he made to the project.


Submitted by Keith Visco, on 10 July 2002 @
 
   
  
   
 


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