<div dir="ltr">This release fixes some critical issues, and also addresses some usability improvements over the Alpha7 release.<div><br></div><div><h2 style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:23px;line-height:1.174;color:rgb(36,52,70);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif">
Bug</h2><ul style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 24px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">
[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1037" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1037</a>] - REGRESSION: Addon installed in different repository does not register @Exported instances in AddonRegistry</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1038" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1038</a>] - AddonManager should not attempt to update addons from immutable repositories</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1047" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1047</a>] - FurnaceManagerResolverMaven leaks ObjectWeb classes onto the classpath when they are not required</li>
</ul><h2 style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:23px;line-height:1.174;color:rgb(36,52,70);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif">Enhancement</h2><ul style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 24px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1048" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1048</a>] - META-INF/beans.xml file is not created for addons created by the NewProjectWizard</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1050" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1050</a>] - DependencyInstaller duplicates the version already set in the dependencyManagement section</li>
</ul><h2 style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:23px;line-height:1.174;color:rgb(36,52,70);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif">Feature Request</h2><ul style="margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 24px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:15.454545021057129px">
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1041" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1041</a>] - Furnace Test Harness should support testing of Multiple Repositories</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px">[<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-1046" style="color:rgb(50,108,166);text-decoration:none">FORGE-1046</a>] - Creation of InputComponents without CDI</li></ul><div><br></div>
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