h1. Camel 1.4.0 has not been released yet (this is work in progress)

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h2. New and Noteworthy
 
Welcome to the 1.4.0 release which includes TODO: new features, improvements and bug fixes such as...

* various improvements in [CXF], [Mail], [File] components
* various improvements in the Java and Spring DSL
* internal refactorings of package structure to avoid cycle dependencies
* @deprecated a few core classes, that will be removed in the next future release
* overall improved wiki documentation
* improved javadoc for camel-core

h3. New [Components]

* [Atom] for consuming atom feeds
* [SpringIntegration] for integration with Spring Integration

h3. New [Data Formats|Data Format]

* TODO That one for string, can't remember to JIRA but there is a ticket for one davsclaus added for 1.4.0

h3. New [Languages]

* [Scala] 

h3. New [Enterprise Integration Patterns]

* TODO: anyone?

h2. Known Issues

CamelTemplate has been marked as @deprecated and you should use ProducerTemplate instead.
TODO: Insert code sample how to get a ProducerTemplate etc.

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h2. Getting the Distributions

h3. Binary Distributions

||Description||Download Link||PGP Signature file of download
|Windows Distribution| [apache-camel-1.4.0.zip|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.zip]| [apache-camel-1.4.0.zip.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.zip.asc]|
|Unix/Linux/Cygwin Distribution| [apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz]| [apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz.asc]|

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h3. Source Distributions

||Description||Download Link||PGP Signature file of download
|Source for Windows| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip]| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip.asc]|
|Source for Unix/Linux/Cygwin| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz]| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.asc]|


h3. Getting the Binaries using Maven 2

To use this release in your maven project, the proper dependency configuration that you should use in your [Maven POM|http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html] is:

{code:xml}
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>
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h3. SVN Tag Checkout

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svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/camel/tags/camel-1.4.0
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h2. Changelog
TODO: Update to 1.4.0 release
For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the [release notes|https://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11020&styleName=Html&version=11822]

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