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I have just released the source codes, schematics and binaries of YAMI and yamiCX. The source files are released under GPLv3.

Before V1.2, the pmg:index tag could only be used in the index print context. Now it can always be used, which allows to show the picture index along with a single image.

Up to V1.1, </pmg:index/> needed to be used to show an index print, which was neither documented like that nor good XML style. It has been corrected now (<pmg:index/>, note the missing first slash). If you use a customized template.php, make sure to replace the wrong tag.

You want to have a test drive? Just try out the new Emtea demo and discover Emtea's features. See the wiki for more information.

There were only minor improvements in this release. Mainly a package blacklist has been added. It's purpose is to keep certain packages out of the repowatch database.

There is something that was always missing on RepoWatch: an administration area where the repositories can be managed. I have now started an SVN branch for the works on the administration GUI. If you want to give it a try, please note that the branch is work in progress, so it might not always work or even compile.

v0.14 fixes a bug that prevented browsing in a search result. Also, the list browser can now handle very large resultsets with 2000 pages or more.

First of all, the search now finally works case insensitive, so you won't need to remember if it's "gimp", "Gimp" or "GIMP" any more. The search can now also be limited to one repository, using the new combo box in the search mask.

Additionally, the "added" dates of packages are now the real date when the package was added to the repository. Previously only the date and time of the scanning process was used.

RepoWatch has been rewritten in major parts, and is using Spring Framework now instead of the self-made Petit framework. Also the former cron invocation of the repository synchronizer has now been replaced with Quartz. It is now sufficient to deploy the WAR file to a web container, no more hassles with creating cron jobs.

I have moved the branch to the main trunk now. The old trunk (which is discontinued now) has been moved into the "tags" area of Subversion, in case somebody would miss it. If you have previously checked out the main trunk, I suggest to delete your working directory and completely re-checkout the trunk again, since there have been major changes to the structure.

With the new Spring base, I hope more developers will feel attracted to contribute to Repowatch. I also hope to add new features more quickly.

Oh, just one more thing: Repowatch now requires Java 6.0! I couldn't resist to use the new XML Stream API. ;-)

I have just added a branch for the Spring redesign of Repowatch. The source code is in a very early state, barely commented and certainly with further structual changes coming. But it already shows the repository overview page.

Today R14 is officially released, containing a few changes collected in about 2½ years. Besides some minor improvement, a new class PhpSerializer has been added. This class is able to serialize simple Java objects so they can be unserialized with the PHP unserialize() command.

The next release R15 will finally bring Java 5 support like generics and enums. There will be a break in the API for that reason. Also, I will switch to the Apache License 2.0, which will hopefully make jshred more attractive even for commercial purposes. Stay tuned!