Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit Oak -- Version 1.8.25

Introduction
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Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class
web sites and other demanding content applications.

Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.25 is a patch release that contains fixes and
improvements over Oak 1.8. Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.x releases are
considered stable and targeted for production use.

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project.
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

Changes in Oak 1.8.25
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Bug
        [OAK-8967] - OR query with ORDER BY don't work as expected
        [OAK-9519] - TlsGuardingConnection doesn't do a TLS handshake on reused connections
        [OAK-9562] - Missing _bin when node is recreated after revision GC
        [OAK-9591] - Implement hashcode() and equals() method in ItemDefinitionImpl

Improvement

        [OAK-9451] - Cold Standby SSL certificates should be configurable

Task

        [OAK-8769] - oak-auth-ldap pom needs maintenance
        [OAK-8974] - VersionGarbageCollectorIT should use fixtures from AbstractDocumentStoreTest
        [OAK-9353] - Update Oak 1.8 to Jackrabbit 2.16.7
        [OAK-9534] - Update Oak 1.8 to Jackrabbit 2.16.8
        [OAK-9600] - Make "standby.secure" configurable





In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.x release.

For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other
Oak releases, please see the Oak issue tracker at

  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK

Release Contents
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This release consists of a single source archive packaged as a zip file.
The archive can be unpacked with the jar tool from your JDK installation.
See the README.md file for instructions on how to build this release.

The source archive is accompanied by SHA512 checksums and a
PGP signature that you can use to verify the authenticity of your
download. The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
https://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit Oak
---------------------------

Jackrabbit Oak is a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content
repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class
web sites and other demanding content applications.

The Oak effort is a part of the Apache Jackrabbit project. 
Apache Jackrabbit is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/oak

About The Apache Software Foundation
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