[Springframework-developer] Release schedule

[<jue...@we...>]

Hi everybody,=20

As many of you might already have noticed, we decided to go straight to =
1.1 RC1 as our next release. This means that there won't be an =
intermediate 1.0.3 release with minor enhancements but rather an earlier =
1.1 release candidate. The main reason is that we already have major new =
functionality in CVS that is worth of becoming 1.1.

The current plan is to release 1.1 RC1 on July 11th, with the following =
new features:=20

* refined Cglib2AopProxy implementation=20
* support for static factory methods in the BeanFactory=20
* method-based dependency injection aka lookup methods=20
* more powerful root/child bean definition concept=20
* "classpath*" prefix for retrieving all classpath resources with same =
name=20
* opened-up application event handling (allowing for Mule integration)=20
* nested transaction support (via JDBC 3.0 Savepoints)=20
* custom SQL type values as JDBC operation parameters
* BLOB/CLOB values as JDBC operation parameters (via LobHandler)
* BatchSqlUpdate class for convenient batch operations
* refined JdoDialect in preparation for JDO 2.0 compatibility=20
* convenience operations on JdoTemplate (a la HibernateTemplate)
* added OpenPersistenceManagerInViewInterceptor/Filter for JDO
* support for persistent Quartz jobs with Spring resource management=20
* explicit support for HTML checkboxes (via field marker parameters)

All of those features are already in CVS and open for review. We will =
spend the next two weeks reviewing and refining, and are grateful for =
any early feedback!

For 1.1 final by the end of July, we plan to have the following too:=20

* SQLException translation enhancements=20
* support for JDBC 3.0 auto-generated keys=20
* support for sending JMS messages (moved out of the sandbox)=20
* basic JSF integration helpers (analogous to our Struts helpers)=20
* form simplification macros (for JSP 2.0, Velocity, FreeMarker)=20

All remaining enhancement requests have been moved to 1.2 (to be =
expected in autumn), most notably Portlet support and JMX support. =
Furthermore, Keith's rules-based declarative validation is likely to =
become a subproject, with a first stable release to be expected within =
the Spring 1.2 timeframe.

Regards,=20

Juergen