This is the second release candidate for Apache Wicket we have prepared for your pleasure. The number of issues fixed are decreasing as we are approaching the final release.

In this announcement:

Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further:

http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc2

We thank you for your patience and support.

The Wicket Team

Apache Wicket

Apache Wicket is a component oriented Java web application framework. With proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a refreshing lack of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and enjoyable again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for powerful, reusable components written with plain Java and HTML.

Our migration to a top level project is now completed and you can find our website and documentation here:

http://wicket.apache.org

This release

This release is the second in a series of release candidates releases until we feel confident to finalize Wicket 1.3. This is called a release candidate because we strive for API freeze. This means only bug fixes will be done on the 1.3 release from now on.

But one "new" thing has sneaked into this release and that is a new design of the examples. This is done in association with the Google Highly Open Participation which Wicket is participating.

http://code.google.com/opensource/ghop/2007-8/

Migrating from 1.2

If you are coming from Wicket 1.2, you really want to read our migration guide, found on the wiki:

http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/migrate-13.html

Downloading the release

You can download the release from the official Apache mirror system, and you can find it through the following link:

http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc2/

For the Maven and Ivy fans out there: update your pom's to the following, and everything will be downloaded automatically:

 
<dependency>  
    <groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId> 
    <artifactId>wicket</artifactId> 
    <version>1.3.0-rc2</version> 
</dependency>

Substitute the artifact ID with the projects of your liking to get the other projects.

Please note that we don't prescribe a Logging implementation for SLF4J. You need to specify yourself which one you prefer. Read more about SLF4J here: http://slf4j.org

Validating the release

The release has been signed by Frank Bille, your release manager for today. The public key can be found in the KEYS file in the download area. Download the KEYS file only from the Apache website.

http://www.apache.org/dist/wicket/1.3.0-rc2/KEYS

Instructions on how to validate the release can be found here:

http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#check-integrity

Reporting bugs

In case you do encounter a bug, we would appreciate a report in our JIRA:

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET

The distribution

In the distribution you will find a README. The README contains instructions on how to build from source yourself and a list of all things that have been fixed, added and/or removed since the first beta release.

Release Notes - Wicket - Version 1.3.0-rc2

Sub-task

Bug

Improvement

New Feature