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What's new in v0.9.1 (April 2006):
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This release patches v0.9.0, addressing primarily an omission in applying a change for mysql.

Summary of changes:

1. Updated bundled mysql (v4) jdbc driver jar file
2. Updated bundled postgres (v8) jdbc driver jar file
3. mysql schema fix (thanks & credit goes to brandon goodin and sebastian mittelstadt)
4. apixml.bat file for windows (thanks & credit goes to sebastian mittelstadt)
5. ashkelon.bat file for windows (thanks & credit goes to both brandon and sebastian)
6. bug fix
description:
in ashkelon add command (AddCmd.java)
a. assuming ":" instead of file.pathSeparator
b. assuming api.sourcepath() is never null
thanks to sebastian mittelstadt... read more

You'll find many new features in v0.9. The main effort is making ashkelon easier to administer. One of the new features in this version is cvs and subversion integration to auto-download (and update) source code for an api one wants to populate (i.e. this is no longer done manually).

Thanks, / Eitan

This release enhances search and cross references with paging. Searches that return a large number of results are no longer clipped to 50 entries. Instead the first page is displayed, along with "next" and "previous" buttons to navigate the results. The same feature has likewise been applied to listing cross references. For example, you are now able to page through the thousands of methods that match the "returned-by" cross reference on java.lang.String. (These enhancements were made only to the DHTML ui).... read more

ashkelon documentation is now available in PDF format. See the ashkelon project site at http://ashkelon.sf.net (the docs tab). Thanks goes to Dawid Weiss and his excellent Ant docbook styler for making facilitating the process of producing the documentation.

The ashkelon project is proud to announce a new product:

ashkelon lite

"ashkelon lite" provides all the benefits of the ashkelon product without any of the hassle and overhead. It's ashkelon in a war file. There's no need to setup a database, no need to configure _anything_, not even to populate a repository.

Just drop the downloaded war file into tomcat (or whatever servlet container you use) and you've got searchable javadocs "out of the box" presented the ashkelon way (or if you prefer the classic look, you've got it too). ashkelon lite embeds a mckoidb database prepopulated with j2se, servlet, hibernate, dom4j, and junit APIs.... read more

August 20 2004: v0.8.8 of ashkelon has been released.

The primary enhancement to ashkelon in version 0.8.8 is the support for mckoidb (http://mckoi.com/database) as an alternative to mysql or postgres (both of which have been supported in ashkelon for some time)

Two major items to note:
1. eliminated installation hangups
2. easier population: support for maven project.xml files

i finally took the time today to give ashkelon something it needed a long time ago: a project site.

this is my first rev. i hope to also add a wiki and more content in the weeks to come.

javalobby today announced a new service http://jdocs.org , based on ashkelon. they're using ashkelon to serve javadocs for public consumption. currently they're using the ashkelon repository manager but with their own jsps instead of ashkelon's dhtml ui.

Ben Galbraith today blogged on java.net about the release of jdocs.org and about ashkelon. See http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1731

This release includes:
- Rewritten "view source" feature (improved look and performance)
- Dhtml ui: further look improvements and refactoring
- A number of bug fixes

See release notes for full list of changes.

See release notes at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=251619

A number of refactorings, better Safari browser support, UI enhancements and streamlining

May 2004: ashkelon documentation has been significantly enhanced both in terms of content and organization. ashkelon now uses docbook to produce two versions of html documentation (single and chunked, (with pdf coming soon)). New documentation items include screenshots of the viewer application, project history. Also, download, installation, task list, and credits have been consolidated into one document.