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The Knopflerfish team is pleased to announce the release of Knopflerfish 5.2,
now available for download from the Knopflerfish web site:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

The new key features and bug fixes in Knopflerfish 5.2 are:

• Bug fixes in the Knopflerfish OSGi framework: fixed NPR during package
resolve, correcting native code checking when attaching a fragment, and
corrections related to start level handling.
• Improved support for handling Android DEX files
• ART (Android runtime), the Dalvik predecessor, is now fully supported
• The Knopflerfish embedded HTTP server has been optimized to use less
resources (threads & memory)
• The HTTP also has the following new features:
□ Chunked transfer encoding responses
□ Automatic content compression for selected content types
□ Better handling of certain HTTP/1.1 request and response headers
• Improvements to the build system to better support Android / OSGi DEX
bundles.... read more

The Knopflerfish team is pleased to announce the release of Knopflerfish 5.1 now available for download from the Knopflerfish web site: http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

Knopflerfish version 5.1 is the first minor release of Knopflerfish implemented according to the OSGi Release 5 specification and includes several minor enhancements as well as all bug fixes made since KF 5.0 was released. The 5.1 release also includes fixed related to Java 8 and Knopflerfish 5.1 passes all tests on Java 7 and 8, as well as older Java versions, and embedded Java profiles.... read more

Knopflerfish moves to new major version, Knopflerfish 5 is released Knopflerfish 5 is the next major release of Knopflerfish and is now available for download. KF5 is designed to be compliant with the OSGi R5 specifications.

The new KF5 release support all core features as well as the the OSGi Services relevant for the embedded and desktop markets.

The new key features in KF5 are:

• Knopflerfish OSGi framework and OSGi Compendium Services are all updated to OSGi R5.... read more

We are happy to announce the release of Knopflerfish 4.0.1

Knopflerfish 4.0.1 is a bug fix release of Knopflerfish 4 / OSGi R4 v4.3, collecting all bug fixes made on the Knopflerfish trunk since KF 4.0.0 was released. The Knopflerfish 5 release is just around the corner and concurrent with the KF5 release the Knopflerfish svn trunk will be switched to KF5 / OSGi R5. The 4.0.1 release therefore also marks the end of KF4 as the main development branch.... read more

We are happy to announce the first beta release of Knopflerfish 5, the next major release of Knopflerfish, designed to be compliant with the OSGi R5 specifications.

New features in OSGi R5 include the Resource API, OSGi namespace definition, repository service, resolver service and sub-systems to name a few.

For KF users the most important changes in KF5 are:

• Knopflerfish OSGi framework updated to R5
• Repository services added. This is still work in progress
• CM has a new concept of targeted PIDs as well as API changes. The KF OSGi CM bundle has been updated accordingly
• Other Knopflerfish bundles, e.g. desktop, console commands etc have been update to use and reflect the new R5 APIs.... read more

Knopflerfish moves to new major version, Knopflerfish 4 is released Knopflerfish 4 is the next major release of Knopflerfish. KF4 is designed to be compliant with the OSGi R4 v4.3 specifications.

The new KF4 release support all core features as well as the the OSGi Services relevant for the embedded and desktop markets. The KF4 overview page presents a detailed overview of KF4 and OSGi R4 v4.3.
http://www.knopflerfish.org/kf4_osgi_r4_v4.3.html... read more

Knopflerfish 3.6 released, KF3 moves to maintenance branch. Knopflerfish 4.0 release is imminent

Knopflerfish 3.6 is the next minor KF3 release and includes several fixes and improvement in the core OSGi framework, the OSGi compendium services, and the Knopflerfish services.
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.6.0/

The 3.6 release also marks the end of KF3 as the main development version in the KF trunk. With the 3.6 release the Knopflerfish SVN trunk is switched to KF4 / OSGi R4 v4.3, preparing for the imminent release of Knopflerfish 4.0.... read more

We are happy to announce the second beta release of Knopflerfish 4, the next major release of Knopflerfish, designed to be compliant with the OSGi R4 v4.3 specifications.

Compared to the first beta-1 release of KF4 / OSGi R4 v4.3, the second beta release includes several new features and fixes:

• With the completion of Declarative Services KF4 beta-2 implement OSGi R4 v4.3 fully.
• Android support is restored and functions for building an Android .apk containing Knopflerfish has been added.
• The class weaving using ASM has been been moved into a separate classpatcher bundle that implements a Weaving Hook.
• The KF Directory Deployer bundle has been given an overhaul and a new feature for deployment of XML-files with OSGi CM configurations has been added.
• Several new features in the CM-Desktop plug-in, in particular functions for handling the CM Meta data XML document used by the Directory Deployer.
• Desktop bundle includes several minor improvements... read more

We are happy to announce the first beta release of Knopflerfish 4, the next
major release of Knopflerfish.

With the KF4 release Knopflerfish moves to OSGi R4 v4.3 for both Core and
Compendium.

KF4 is available for download at: http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

The new KF4 release includes all the new features in R4 v4.3, e.g.

• Generics - core API now uses generics
• Capabilities - generic requirements and capabilities
• Bundle Wiring API - provide information how requirements and provided
  capabilities have been resolved by the framework. Replaces PackageAdmin
• Adapt pattern - new adapt method on the Bundle class
• Framework hooks - mechanism to plug into the framework for close
  interaction, Resolver Hooks, Bundle Hooks, Service Hooks, Weaving Hooks.
• Knopflerfish bundles, e.g. desktop, console commands etc, are all update to
  use and reflect the new 4.3 APIs.... read more

We are happy to announce that Knopflerfish 3.5, the next minor KF3 release, is now available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

Knopflerfish 3.5 includes several fixes and improvement in the core OSGi framework, the OSGi compendium services and the Knopflerfish services.

The most important changes are:

• Stability issues corrected in the Knopflerfish OSGi framework

• Several stability issues corrected in Declarative Services (SCR), e.g. potential race conditions, re-bind and re-registration issues.... read more

We are happy to announce that Knopflerfish 3.4, the next minor KF3 release, is now available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

Knopflerfish 3.4 includes several fixes and improvement in the core OSGi framework, the OSGi compendium services and the Knopflerfish
services.

The most important changes are:

o Several stability issues corrected in SCR (Declarative Services),
e.g. correcting potential deadlocks and improved circular component
reference handling.... read more

We are happy to announce that Knopflerfish 3.3, the third minor KF3 release, is now available for download at: http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

KF 3.3 includes several fixes and improvement in the framework, the compendium services and the Knopflerfish services, resulting in a faster and more robust Knopflerfish OSGi. The most important changes are:

• Corrected framework stability issues, e.g. detecting and abort recursive service factory calls, issue with deadlock in service listeners
• SCR (component) now supports the Felix SCR API. This is used by the new SCR Commands bundle, see below
• scrcommands - new console command group bundle for controlling and inspecting service components
• Corrected stability issues in SCR, Event Admin, CM and HTTP
• Enhanced support for Android, including support for Android 4 and handling the crippled java security classes in Dalvik
• Improved bundle sort order in desktop
• HTTP PUT and DELETE supported by HttpClientConnector... read more

Knopflerfish 3.2 is the second minor KF3 release. KF 3.2 includes several improvement in the framework, the compendium services and the Knopflerfish services, resulting in a faster and more robust Knopflerfish OSGi. The most important new feature are:

Refactored fragment handling and full support for dynamic fragment attachment
Improved handling of hanging bundle threads in start and stop methods,
Bugfixes in Conditional Permission Admin
Improved HTTP server, better handling persistent connections as well as handling DoS attacks
Fixed stability issues in Component (SCR)
Improved Android / Dalvik support
New tutorials for Security and Android... read more

Knopflerfish 3.1 has been released and is available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

Knopflerfish 3.1 is the first minor KF3 release. KF3.1 includes several improvement in the
framework, the compendium services and the Knopflerfish services, resulting in a faster and
more robust platform.

The most important new feature and fixes are:
- Updated framework with improved thread handling& asyncronous listeners.
- Reduced bundle start-up time
- Improved and faster log bundle
- Several fixes and minor improvements in the desktop bundle... read more

Knopflerfish 3 has been released and is available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

KF3 is designed in accordance with the OSGi R4 v4.2 specifications and
fully implements the core framework and compendium services. KF3 also includes several other improvements and fixes. The Release Notes
includes a complete description:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0/release_notes.html... read more

We have just made KF3 Release Candidate one available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

With the rc-1 release both the core parts and the compendium services of OSGi R4 v4.2 are fully implemented.

There's more info on the news section:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/news.html

And in the release notes:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.rc-1/release_notes.html

Regards,
\GE

We have just made KF3 beta-5 available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

With the beta-5 release both the core parts and the compendium
services of OSGi R4 v4.2 are fully implemented.

There's more info on the news section:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/news.html

And in the release notes:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.beta-5/release_notes.html

Regards,
\GE

We have just released KF3 beta-4 available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

With the beta-4 release the core parts of OSGi R4 v4.2 are fully implemented.
We are still waiting for the 4.2 updates of declarative services before we do an official
release.

There's more info on the news section:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/news.html

And in the release notes:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.beta-4/release_notes.html

We have just released KF3 beta-3 available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

With the beta-3 release the core parts of OSGi R4 v4.2 are fully implemented.

What now remains are 4.2 updates to declarative services.

There's more info on the news section:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/news.html

And in the release notes:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.beta-3/release_notes.html

We have just released KF3 beta-2 available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

With the beta-2 release the security parts of OSGi R4 v4.2 are fully implemented.

What now remains are some features regarding extension bundles and 4.2 updates to declarative services.

There's more info on the news section:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/news.html

And in the release notes:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.beta-2/release_notes.html... read more

Knopflerfish 2.3.3 is released and available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

This is a maintenance release of KF.

The release notes has the full story:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/2.3.3/release_notes.html

The first beta release of KF3, 3.0.0.beta-1, is released and is available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.beta-1/index.html

More information on KF3 can be found at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/kf3_osgi_r4_v4.2.html

Happy hacking,
Jan

The first preview release of KF-3, 3.0.0.alfa-1, is released and
available for download at:

http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html#kf3

Release notes are available at:

http://www.knopflerfish.org/releases/3.0.0.alfa-1/release_notes.html

More information on KF-3 can be found on:

http://www.knopflerfish.org/kf3_osgi_r4_v4.2.html

Regards,
\GE

Knopflerfish 2.3.2 is released and available for download at:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/download.html

This is a maintenance release of Knopflerfish.

The release notes has the full story:
http://www.knopflerfish.org/release_notes_2.3.2.html

Regards,
\GE
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Gunnar Ekolin
Makewave, http://www.makewave.com

Hi,

Knopflerfish 3 is the upcoming implementation of the OSGi 4.2 specification.

Read more about the KF3 development at the Knopflerfish blog

http://knopflerfish.blogspot.com/

Regards,
\GE
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Gunnar Ekolin,
Makewave AB