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Eclipse Virgo 3.7.0

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Description: 

The Eclipse Virgo 3.7 release with code name Steel contains a rework of the build system to Gradle and updates of the major dependencies: Spring Framework (4.2.9), Gemini Blueprint (2.0), Gemini Web (3.0), Tomcat (8.5.11) and Equinox (3.9.1).

This release will be accompanied by

Bundlor 1.2.0 and Virgo Tooling 1.5.0.

API Certification: 

The project leadership certifies that the APIs in this release are "Eclipse Quality".

Architectural Issues: 

None

Security Issues: 

Known security issues:

  • Outdated Spring Framework Bug 510211 (fixed with Bug 510305)
  • Bug 511103 (currently under investigation - application developer side workaround is available)

3rd party libraries such as Spring Framework, Tomcat and others have been updated to recent versions.

 

Non-Code Aspects: 

Virgo Tooling has been updated.

Several new Virgo recipes have been added to the sample page:

  • Virgo recipe for 'Create a Custom Virgo Runtime with Dockerizor' ( HTML )
  • Virgo recipe for 'Serving Web Content with Spring MVC' ( HTML )
  • Virgo recipe for 'Accessing Data with MongoDB' ( HTML )
  • Virgo recipe for 'Messaging with RabbitMQ' ( HTML )
Usability Details: 

No usability issues.

End of Life: 

Virgo Nano Full has been discontinued.

  • Virgo Nano Full integrates OpenEjb and other components providing Java EE Web Profile function
Standards: 
  • Virgo requires Java 7 (JavaSE-1.7)
  • Virgo supports OSGi v4.3
  • The Gemini Web container provides support for Web Bundles as defined by OSGi Enterprise Spec v4.2
  • Tomcat 8.5 with servlet 3.1 and Jetty 8 with servlet 3.0 support
  • Kernel uses OSGi standard framework hooks
  • Virgo supports the OSGi Blueprint service, OSGi Declarative Services, OSGi JMX Management, and OSGi Log Service
Communities: 
  • Bugzilla in use by users and contributors
  • Virgo forum and virgo-dev similarly active
  • Bi-Monthly Virgo community call
  • Blogs
  • Forum is used for propagating news updates
  • Virgo Tutorial at EclipseCon
  • Mattermost (Virgo Channel on Mattermost)

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Eclipse Virgo

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