Netty 3.2.0.CR1 released: one step closer to the final release

[jfarcand]

Great work! Works like a charm with the async http client!

Thanks!

-- Jeanfrancois

On 10-05-09 10:45 PM, "Trustin Lee (이희승)" wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Netty 3.2.0.CR1, the first candidate release in 3.2 branch, has been
> released after long awaits.
>
> The Netty project is an effort to provide an asynchronous, event-driven
> network application framework and tools for rapid development of
> maintainable, high-performance, high-scalability protocol servers and
> clients.
>
> In other words, Netty is an NIO client server framework that enables
> quick and easy development of network applications such as protocol
> servers and clients. It simplifies and streamlines network programming
> such as TCP and UDP socket servers
>
> Please visit our web site to get more information and download it.  Your
> feed back is more than appreciated - please visit the discussion forum
> and leave some comments and questions:
>
>    * http://www.jboss.org/netty/
>
> New Related Project: Apache JAMES Server
> ========================================
> Apache JAMES Server is a modular e-mail server platform that integrates
> SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and NNTP.  JAMES server was using old I/O, switched to
> Apache MINA, and then finally settled down to Netty recently:
>
>    * http://james.markmail.org/thread/i3zj4s2g6zj3sx6v
>
> New Maven repository
> ====================
> JBoss.org adopted Sonatype Nexus recently as an intermediary step to get
> in sync with the central repository.  Unfortunately, the repository URL
> has been changed due to the upgrade.  Please upgrade your M2
> settings.xml or pom.xml to point the new repository:
>
>    * https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/
>
> If you need to build Netty from the source code, please refer to the new
> build instruction page:
>
>    * http://jboss.org/netty/build.html
>
> Notable changes since 3.2.0.BETA1
> =================================
>
>    * Protobuf integration now works with MessageLite types
>      (thanks to Jan Van Besien)
>    * Various bug fixes
>
> For the complete list of resolved issues, visit the issue tracker:
>
>    * http://is.gd/c1XP4
>
> Notable changes since 3.1.5.GA
> ==============================
>
>    * Overall performance improvement in NIO transport
>
>    * @ChannelPipelineCoverage annotation has been deprecated by the
>      @Sharable annotation to reduce beginner confusion
>
>    * ChannelBuffer improvements
>      * New access methods for float, double, and char
>      * New method: ensureWritableBytes(int)
>      * New method: bytesBefore() for easier variable length string decode
>      * All string conversion methods now use Charset instead of String.
>
>    * Channel API improvements
>      * Zero-copy file transfer in NIO transport: http://is.gd/8Z7dI
>      * StaticChannelPipeline: an alternative pipeline implementation
>
>    * HTTP codec improvements
>      * WebSocket support
>      * Complete trailing header support
>      * More robust CookieDecoder
>      * More convenience methods in HttpMessage
>
>    * Zlib-based compression handlers
>    * RTSP codec
>
> For the full changelog, please visit the issue tracker:
>
>    * http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/NETTY
>
> Upcoming Releases
> =================
> All planned features have been implemented.  Unless there is a critical
> issue, I will proceed to the final release.
>
> Although 3.2 has been feature-frozen, the road map for 3.3 release is
> wide open.  Please keep posting new ideas so that we can pick them up
> for 3.3.
>
> Cheers,
> Trustin
>