On 8 December 2011 19:44, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Further to the earlier cancelled RC1 vote, here is an updated release 
> candidate.
>
> The main change since RC1 is that all binary incompatibilities have
> been resolved.
>
> Clirr still reports errors for interfaces that have additional
> methods, but these are false positives, as the changes only affect
> source compatibility.
>
> Compatibility with previous releases
> ==========================
> Version 2.1 is binary compatible with 2.0.1.
>
> However it is not source compatible.
> New methods have been added to the org.apache.commons.jexl2.Script and
> org.apache.commons.jexl2.JexlInfo interfaces.
> Any source code that implements these interfaces will need to be updated.
>
> What's new in 2.1:
> ==================
> * A more thorough arithmetic (JexlArithmetic) that allows fine control
> over decimals (scale and precision), a
>  new syntax for numeric literals (OGNL inspired Big and Huge
> notations) and a better type handling keeping the most
>  appropriate representation in casual operations.
> * The introduction of script variables and parameters that reduce
> context dependencies and methods; this allows to
>  perform checks after script creation (light static checking hints).
> Plus the ability to call script from scripts.
> * A sandoxing feature to restrict and rename what JEXL can access from
> the environment allowing tighter control over security.
> * Extensions to UnifiedJEXL that allow the creation of templates.
>
> New features in 2.1:
> ====================
> * JEXL-114:     Allow scripts to create local variables // Add return keyword
> * JEXL-113:     Add functions to extract which variables, parameters
> and local variables are used to evaluate a script
> * JEXL-118:     Provide an IN operator
> * JEXL-115:     Add support for asynchronous script execution and cancellation
> * JEXL-116:     Add control over classes, methods, constructors and
> properties allowed in scripts
> * JEXL-120:     Add simple template features
> * JEXL-119:     Allow indexed properties container resolution in expressions
>
>
> Tag:
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/jexl/tags/COMMONS_JEXL_2_1_RC3/
>
> Site:
>
> http://people.apache.org/~sebb/jexl-2.1-RC3
>
> Binaries:
>
>  https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-298/org/apache/commons/commons-jexl/
>
> This vote will be open for at least 72 hours, closing no sooner than:
> 20:00PM GMT, Dec 11th.
>
>  [X] +1 Release these artifacts
>  [ ] +0 OK, but...
>  [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix...
>  [ ] -1 I oppose this release because...

Here's my vote.

I'll summarise the vote tomorrow and proceeed with the release,
assuming nothing bad is found in the meantime.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org

Reply via email to