Apache Continuum - Release Notes

Release Notes - Continuum - Version 1.2.2

The Apache Continuum team is pleased to announce Apache Continuum 1.2.2

As the first public release since Continuum 1.2, version 1.2.2 resolves a security issue in which scm passwords were exposed in plain text in the log files. Users who have password protected scm repositories are encouraged to upgrade and take precautions to secure any log files written by Continuum 1.2.

In addition, this release contains many fixes and improvements, including new configuration options and XML-RPC methods.

Changes in Continuum 1.2.2

Bug

[CONTINUUM-1944] - Multiple email notifiers in pom.xml do not work

Changes in Continuum 1.2.1 (test build)

Bug

[CONTINUUM-1562] - NullPointerException when saving project
[CONTINUUM-1815] - Scheduled build loses track of proper reactor order after a release
[CONTINUUM-1832] - When giving registered user "Project Administrator" role to one of the created projects, he/she is able to change/alter the default user "admin" role
[CONTINUUM-1838] - If "Fresh Build" is used, "Always build" should be implicit but it doesn't
[CONTINUUM-1857] - Stack trace appears on the pagewhen when deleting the default build definition of a project group
[CONTINUUM-1865] - Project group admin should not be able to see Local Repo and Purge configuration
[CONTINUUM-1874] - continuum:add-maven-two-project doesn't work
[CONTINUUM-1879] - Project group admin should not be able to change the local repository
[CONTINUUM-1881] - Accepts spaces when editing the Build Environment name
[CONTINUUM-1886] - NPE when deleting a project group when ReleaseOutputDirectory is not defined
[CONTINUUM-1889] - Project group admin should not be able to move a project into a group he does not have access to
[CONTINUUM-1897] - Error uploading maven 2 pom file
[CONTINUUM-1907] - wrapper.conf strange defect with %PWD%/..
[CONTINUUM-1914] - Passwords are exposed in continuum.log
[CONTINUUM-1919] - 'Project Developer' role has rights to delete project group to which he is assign to.
[CONTINUUM-1931] - Upgrade Redback to 1.1.2
[CONTINUUM-1935] - JPOX exception storing ChangeFile: NAME column is too short
[CONTINUUM-1937] - Exception when trying to edit a project group
[CONTINUUM-1938] - Database files go under the logs directory by default

Improvement

[CONTINUUM-1488] - Add Build, Release and Delete icons/links to groupSummary page
[CONTINUUM-1572] - Release should support Build Environments (formerly called Continuum Profiles)
[CONTINUUM-1694] - Adding Number of Errors and Test Success Rate to Notification Email
[CONTINUUM-1808] - Maven2 POM validation errors should end up in the Output text field of the Build results!
[CONTINUUM-1842] - Migration to Spring mail sender
[CONTINUUM-1883] - Configuration should default to the 'data' directory, not 'target'
[CONTINUUM-1891] - don't use default java.io.tmpdir for jetty bundle (can causes issues on solaris)
[CONTINUUM-1895] - Project group page is not refreshing
[CONTINUUM-1913] - Missing default for release output directory on general configuration page
[CONTINUUM-1930] - Test summary is missing units of time
[CONTINUUM-1933] - Add new methods in webservices

New Feature

[CONTINUUM-1899] - Cannot edit Project Group homepage URL

Test

[CONTINUUM-1942] - Add some Selenium IDE tests

New in Continuum 1.2

Using Spring

Continuum now uses the Spring Framework as it's underlying container instead of Plexus. This results in a boost in performance and stability for the web application in particular.

Repository Purge

It's now possible to add purges which will cleanup :

m2 repositories (now it's possible to configure a local m2 repository per project group)
build output directory

Maven plugin groupId and artifactId change

Now the maven plugin has the new groupId:artifactId org.apache.continuum:continuum-maven-plugin

New SCMs support

Now continuum two new providers : git and accurev.

Changes in Continuum 1.2

Bug

[CONTINUUM-860] - multiple email addresses delimited with commas causes AddressException
[CONTINUUM-1054] - IllegalStateException stack adding pom
[CONTINUUM-1200] - Password Characters Not Supported in SCM Checkout
[CONTINUUM-1322] - Attempt to store value with more than 256 chars
[CONTINUUM-1336] - upgrade quartz - we use a very old version
[CONTINUUM-1360] - Prepended semicolon in svn password does not work
[CONTINUUM-1371] - NullPointer when Releasing with Ant and Default Project Group
[CONTINUUM-1433] - Wrong path in descripton on how to allow the file protocol.
[CONTINUUM-1489] - replace use of MungedHttpsURL with apache httpclient (4.0-beta1)
[CONTINUUM-1515] - SCM Tag does not have a default value
[CONTINUUM-1521] - NullPointerException in StarTeam changelog command
[CONTINUUM-1525] - Can't release project with Continuum on Geronimo 2.0.1
[CONTINUUM-1528] - Continuum gets slower over time and eventually crashes
[CONTINUUM-1549] - LDAP Authenticated Continuum - NullPointerException when trying to see Members of a project group
[CONTINUUM-1575] - Confusing behavior when continuum can't construct MavenProject from pom
[CONTINUUM-1589] - updateBuildDefinitionForProjectGroup remove the description of the build definition
[CONTINUUM-1590] - updateBuildDefinitionForProjectGroup leads to a StackOverflowError
[CONTINUUM-1593] - Requires Javamail 1.5? Should be 1.4?
[CONTINUUM-1596] - The release perform doesn't work when a scm password is required
[CONTINUUM-1601] - Email address with '+' is not accepted in mail notifier
[CONTINUUM-1610] - Deployment Repository Directory does not work at all
[CONTINUUM-1623] - Checkbox not displaying when validation error in add Instalaction->Tool form
[CONTINUUM-1630] - Error attempting to delete project group
[CONTINUUM-1643] - Perform release page results to a blank page after submitted
[CONTINUUM-1644] - Test failures occur in tagged sources
[CONTINUUM-1646] - Empty recipient is allowed in mail notifier
[CONTINUUM-1647] - Incorrect alt and title text for releaseproject_disabled.gif
[CONTINUUM-1649] - Move Build Definition Template guide to Administrator's Guides
[CONTINUUM-1651] - Unable to delete user-created build definitions
[CONTINUUM-1659] - project admin cannot assign project roles to users
[CONTINUUM-1660] - Download page does not have source archives
[CONTINUUM-1672] - continuum plugin doesn't fails to add maven two projects
[CONTINUUM-1676] - deleting a project or group should cancel any current or scheduled builds, and prevent any from being queued
[CONTINUUM-1679] - Adding Null values for Project's Build Definition directs to a blank page
[CONTINUUM-1688] - Maximum length for name column in object ChangeFile is too small
[CONTINUUM-1693] - Continuum fills our server disk with SNAPSHOTs.
[CONTINUUM-1701] - No field validation when adding Ant and Shell projects
[CONTINUUM-1713] - JDOFatalUserException '.-..column ""NAME"" that has maximum length of 255. Please correct your data!'
[CONTINUUM-1715] - no response when adding a project
[CONTINUUM-1725] - Using the Cancel Button without an selected project will produce NPE
[CONTINUUM-1734] - Loop in getProjects methode
[CONTINUUM-1738] - Add schedule page doesn't use its properties file
[CONTINUUM-1739] - Import of Maven2 project fails if 2.0.9 feature depMgm. scope>import used
[CONTINUUM-1742] - Duplicate installations (environment variables) in Profile are accepted
[CONTINUUM-1746] - Duplicate Profile names are accepted
[CONTINUUM-1748] - Duplicate Installation names are accepted
[CONTINUUM-1750] - unable to operate on a working directory that contains spaces
[CONTINUUM-1752] - Allowed duplication of group name when editing a project group
[CONTINUUM-1753] - Download As Text of build result output displays it on another page instead of downloading it
[CONTINUUM-1757] - continuum roles do not have user friendly names
[CONTINUUM-1758] - Error with group summary auto-refresh after adding a project group
[CONTINUUM-1760] - TextArea inside the Working Copy Section for a Project is editable
[CONTINUUM-1768] - NPE on Members tab with LDAP authentication
[CONTINUUM-1773] - unable to add a mail recipient address containing an ampersand (&) in the local part of the adress
[CONTINUUM-1782] - Rename 'Profiles' instances to 'Build Environments' in available roles.
[CONTINUUM-1784] - URLs with Query String appears not work properly
[CONTINUUM-1785] - Broken link
[CONTINUUM-1788] - JBoss installation documentation contains a "Start Jetty" section
[CONTINUUM-1789] - Unable to add project if its parent is not in server
[CONTINUUM-1792] - svn checkout with authentification doesn't work in 1.2 (trunk rev 663360)
[CONTINUUM-1795] - [regression] continuum application starts twice
[CONTINUUM-1796] - Project Information tab's Add/Edit Notifiers links contain leading whitespace
[CONTINUUM-1799] - Thread count for schedule is not configurable
[CONTINUUM-1804] - Wrong source code repository urls listed on Continuum public web
[CONTINUUM-1805] - Adding a project displays "Adding your project is under process. Please wait .."
[CONTINUUM-1816] - Continuum trunk failed to start on unix os
[CONTINUUM-1825] - NPE when checkout project with trunk (rev 678311)
[CONTINUUM-1828] - Downloaded maven files (pom and project.xml) are not deleted
[CONTINUUM-1831] - When click "save" or "cancel" button on the Appearance page (with or without making changes), get java.lang.NullPointerException error
[CONTINUUM-1836] - Validation for Build Environment doesn't work
[CONTINUUM-1839] - [French] "Construction en ìhec" instead of "Construction en échec"
[CONTINUUM-1841] - Error when adding project group with null values
[CONTINUUM-1844] - EL Expression failed with empty/not functions
[CONTINUUM-1863] - NPE when clicking Appearance menu item
[CONTINUUM-1867] - Project group admin should not be able to grant system-wide roles to himself
[CONTINUUM-1869] - Correct type of url variable in 'Connection to Continuum' section on 'Guide to use XML-RPC with Continuum' page
[CONTINUUM-1870] - changing groupId:artifactId of the maven plugin to org.apache.continuum:continuum-maven-plugin
[CONTINUUM-1871] - Continuum does not execute builds when last BUILDRESULT.END_TIME=0
[CONTINUUM-1877] - Incorrect svn urls on site "source repository" page
[CONTINUUM-1878] - MS SQL Server size of NVARCHAR defect
[CONTINUUM-1888] - Support for 64 bit architectures has been removed

Improvement

[CONTINUUM-515] - Add a wait page when adding a project
[CONTINUUM-801] - Maven2: Add Project Homepage URL to the project group summary page
[CONTINUUM-1186] - Application should unpack to apache-continuum-${version}
[CONTINUUM-1213] - Patch to easily run continuum jetty with postgres
[CONTINUUM-1252] - General Configuration should be pre-configurable in XML
[CONTINUUM-1344] - New Guide to Building Continuum from Source
[CONTINUUM-1465] - Project groups should probably get their own local maven repo
[CONTINUUM-1490] - Include data-management-cli jar in the distribution
[CONTINUUM-1511] - Improve error handling when not able to resolv artifacts
[CONTINUUM-1531] - set JSW to auto-restart if it crashes or hangs
[CONTINUUM-1605] - Continuum should not store the userid or password if 'use cached credentials' is checked
[CONTINUUM-1612] - Provide a sample security.properties file
[CONTINUUM-1613] - Add setting JAVA_HOME to the getting started documentation
[CONTINUUM-1619] - Project Ant : Adding a built-in property allowing to know wich project is under construction from the ant build script
[CONTINUUM-1639] - Ability to download files from the working copy
[CONTINUUM-1645] - Move images into continuum-docs module
[CONTINUUM-1675] - Improve error message when scm element is missing from a child pom
[CONTINUUM-1687] - Improve the template and build definition names
[CONTINUUM-1698] - Include svn revision number in the jar file manifest
[CONTINUUM-1703] - use plexus-spring in continuum-webapp
[CONTINUUM-1705] - Read-only view of the queues
[CONTINUUM-1711] - Rename Profile to Build Environment to avoid clash with Maven profiles
[CONTINUUM-1712] - improve the performance of the group summary page
[CONTINUUM-1736] - Add the svn revision in the about action
[CONTINUUM-1741] - release.properties file containing scm credentials in plain text is visible through the Web UI
[CONTINUUM-1744] - Upgrade continuum to redback 1.0.1
[CONTINUUM-1745] - decouple SCM code from continuum model
[CONTINUUM-1759] - Ability to delete working copies associated with releases
[CONTINUUM-1762] - add confirmation page before deleting multiple projects at once
[CONTINUUM-1769] - add confirmation page before deleting a profile
[CONTINUUM-1775] - There is a typo on the Project Group Summary page. "Project Group Informations" should be "Project Group Information" - no "s" needed
[CONTINUUM-1793] - continuum.log needs human readable date and time stamps
[CONTINUUM-1807] - Improve performance on maven2 builds by building a pom project if changes are only in sub-modules
[CONTINUUM-1822] - Upgrade to Jetty 6.1.11
[CONTINUUM-1827] - XMPRPC Basic Compliance ( Call continuum XPMRPC Service from other language like Php )
[CONTINUUM-1846] - Split ContinuumStore to few dao classes
[CONTINUUM-1858] - Add rolesList page in the menu from redback

New Feature

[CONTINUUM-782] - Add a feature to allow cleaning the m2 local repo once every N days
[CONTINUUM-1628] - 2 new methods for editing building queue with xmlrpc
[CONTINUUM-1681] - Replace plexus-runtime with standalone jetty bundle
[CONTINUUM-1691] - Ability to delete a project via XML RPC
[CONTINUUM-1692] - Ability to delete build results via XML RPC
[CONTINUUM-1830] - Ability to view release results after leaving page
[CONTINUUM-1843] - add new maven scm providers (accurev and git)

Task

[CONTINUUM-1614] - release maven-scm 1.1
[CONTINUUM-1617] - Update to JPOX 1.1.9
[CONTINUUM-1821] - Remove references to Maven in continuum-docs
[CONTINUUM-1885] - Clean up site documentation

Wish

[CONTINUUM-1638] - Documentation for Release Management

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Release Notes - Continuum - Version 1.2.2

Changes in Continuum 1.2.2

Bug

Changes in Continuum 1.2.1 (test build)

Bug

Improvement

New Feature

Test

New in Continuum 1.2

Using Spring

Repository Purge

Maven plugin groupId and artifactId change

New SCMs support

Changes in Continuum 1.2

Bug

Improvement

New Feature

Task

Wish