What's new in FUSE ESB 4.0.0.4, February 10th:

Improvements:

• SMX4-178- add nmr:address ExtensibilityElement for wsdl port

Bugs:

• SMX-182 - add bundle jar for geronimo-javamail_1.4_provider-1.5.jar
• SMX-188 - camel xslt compoent can't work with JAXP ri 1.4.2 bundle
• SMX-189 - Activation spec fails compile with JDK 1.6
• SMX-174 - Upgrade to latest jsr223 api
• SMX-167 - add bundle jar for jsr311-api in specs
• SM-1709 - unify third party libs used across servicemix projects
• SM-1724 - JBI maven plugin does not correctly prune the dependency tree wrt to referenced shared libraries
• ESB-520 - smx4 shell: removeUrl doesn't seem to be working
• SMX4-183 - use servicemix javamail api and activation bundle jar but not geronimo javamail and activation api bundle
• SMX4-170 - need add SSHD snapshots repo to nmr project
• SMX4-186 - ensure camel feature use same spring version as the container
• SMX4-171 - Develop test case to demonstrate and verify native deployment of CXF service using jbi/nmr transport
• SMX4-172- Develop test case to demonstrate and verify native deployment of CXF service using jms transport
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Unsupported:

ESB-555 - Include smx4web demo from SMX4 Kernel into Fuse ESB 4.0.0.4 kit examples.

Components:

Components release notes for components in Servicemix 4.0.0.4 (2008.01.0.3-fuse)

• Component release notes
  

Dependencies:

This release packages the following Fuse dependencies.

What's new in FUSE ESB 4.0.0.3, December 1st:

New Features

• SMX4-141 - Create an "servicemix-osgi-ws-code-first" archetype that shows how to deploy a code-first CXF web service in SMX4
• SMX4-142 - Create an "servicemix-osgi-ws-wsdl-first" archetype that shows how to deploy a WSDL-first CXF web service in SMX4

Improvements

• ESB-386 - Support container level locking for master/slave deployments.
• ESB-415 - The Fuse ESB 4.0 needs to provide a clean way to instantiate the TraceComponent.
• ESB-448 - Support configurable lock directory for container level locking (for master/slave deployments).
• SMX4NMR-51 - Exchange should be logged at debug level as in smx3
• SMX4-168 - Add jetty-bundle-6.1.14

Bugs

• SMX4-98 - Integration tests fails with Java 6
• SMX4-131- Servicemix 4 is missing commons-codec bundle in kit.(required by servicemix-http component)
• SMX4-139- Make SAAJ implementation bundle works on non Sun JVM
• SMX4-145- OSGi specs bundle listener may register duplicate entries leading to using invalid bundles when creating factories
• SMX4-146- can not find javax.xml.transform.stax.StAXSource
• SMX4-148- Trouble Building Spec Project
• SMX4-151- cxf-transport-osgi doesn't forward the 'Accept' HTTP header to CXF
• SMX4-153- The subshells are no longer working correctly
• SMX4-154- "packages help" is not working with german locale
• SMX4-155- ServiceMix4 trunk actually can't be built because of missing deps
• SMX4-157- Use the geronimo spec for JAX-WS as it passes the TCK
• SMX4-160- Create a default client for the "servicemix-osgi-cxf-code-first-archetype" so that you can run this against the deployed bundle.
• SMX4-161- The first spec implementation bundle deployed is always used instead of the last one.
• SMX4-162- Servicemix Specs POM is using old servicemix-parent-2-SNAPSHOT pom that no longer exists
• SMX4-165- Add bundle for hamcrest 1.2
• SMX4-166- commons-csv from camel-csv contains SNAPHSOT dependency

Dependencies:

This release packages the following Fuse dependencies.

What's new in FUSE ESB 4.0, October 13th:

New Features

• support for master/slave deployments using container level lock
• ability to add Camel components using the features install command
• admin shell for managing child runtime instances

Improvements

• ESB-415 - ESB 4 needs a clean way to instantiate TraceComponent.

Dependencies:

This release packages the following Fuse dependencies.

What's new in FUSE ESB 4.0 Preview 2, September 22nd:

New Features

• JBI components are now deployed as OSGi bundles.
• Applications using JBI components can be packaged as OSGi bundles instead of using the standard JBI packaging.
• Components can be configured using per-component configuration files located in install/etc/.
• SM-1522 - The http provider endpoint now supports SSL and proxies.

Improvements

• SM-1576 - Change endpoints lifecycle to use activate / start / stop / deactivate

Bugs

• SM-1179 - Exchange not found - Servicemix is totally blocked
• ESB-345 - Features install can fail with NPE

Dependencies:

This Preview 2 release packages the following Fuse dependencies.

Known limitations:

• Message flows are no longer supported.
• JBI shared libraries cannot be accessed from JBI service units.
• The run time is no longer embeddable in other application.
• The JBI tooling no longer supports deployment into a running container.

What's new in FUSE ESB 4.0 Preview 1, July 21st:

• Supports OSGi deployment mechanism
• Easy mechanism to package a collection of bundles into an application
• Easy to use command console
• Improved integration with FUSE Mediation Router
• Improved integration with FUSE Services Framework

Dependencies:

This Preview 1 release packages the following Fuse dependencies.

Known limitations:

• Message flows are no longer supported.
• JBI shared libraries cannot be accessed from JBI service units.
• The run time is no longer embeddable in other application.
• The JBI tooling no longer supports deployment into a running container.
• The container can no longer be enlisted as a transactional resource.
• Features install can fail with NPE http://open.iona.com/issues/browse/ESB-345

Migration:

See the Migration Guide for more information about migrating applications from FUSE ESB 3.x to 4.x.