
Release Notes JGroups 2.6.9
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Version: $Id: ReleaseNotes-2.6.9.txt,v 1.1.2.2 2009/03/31 12:55:15 vlada Exp $
Author: Bela Ban

JGroups 2.6.9 is still API-backwards compatible with previous versions (down to 2.2.7).
It is also binary backwards compatible with 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.

Below is a summary (with links to the detailed description) of the major new features between 2.6.8 and 2.6.9.

Bug

    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-914] - FLUSH: concurrent (partial) flushing blocks
    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-916] - TCP_NIO uses default IP address instead of bind_addr
    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-928] - Deadlock with concurrent stack in FC if RPC response blocks
    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-946] - JChannel: automatic reconnect ignores

Feature Request

    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-911] - STREAMING_STATE_TRANSFER: investigate use of UDP datagrams instead of TCP socket
    * https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/[JGRP-941] - Merge: log merge results and make them available via JMX

Task

    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-922] - FLUSH: let application handle concurrent flushing
    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-943] - FC: set ignore_synchronous_response to true by default
    * [https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JGRP-944] - JChannel: automatic reconnection might fail


Manual
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The manual is online at http://www.jgroups.org/manual/html/index.html



The complete list of features and bug fixes can be found at http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP.


Bela Ban, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Vladimir Blagojevic, Toronto, Canada
Richard Achmatowicz, Montreal, Canada

April 2009


