Apache Maven Continuum 1.1 Final

The Apache Maven Continuum team announced the ontinuum 1.1 final release. This new release highlights mainly on bug fixes and adds new backup tool with xmlrpc for continuum db. Continuum is a continuous integration server for building Java based projects. It supports a wide range of projects such as Maven 1, Maven 2, Ant, and Shell scripts and provides features like easy installation, easy configuration, SCM support, hange set support, Build notification, Build tool support etc.

JRuby 1.1 Beta 1 Released

JRuby, Java powered Ruby implementation, has released version 1.1 beta 1. This is the most compatible release with the stable Ruby 1.8 compiler. It was initially released with the version 1.0 in June. According to Lead developer Thomas Enebo, “Ruby code can completely compile in an Ahead Of Time (AOT) or Just In Time (JIT) mode; yielding a faster Ruby! It uses less memory than our previous releases.”

Apache Cocoon 2.2-RC2 Released

Apache Cocoon Community announced the second release candidate of Cocoon 2.2. Apache Cocoon is a Spring-based framework built around the concepts of separation of concerns and component-based development. Cocoon 2.2 introduces blocks. A block is the unit of modularization and packaged as a Java archive following certain conventions concerning the directory structure.