RepoWatch

This is the first release where an actual WAR file can be downloaded for your own RepoWatch installation. An installation howto will follow shortly in the wiki.

RepoWatch is a maven project now. Some final cleanups still have to be done, but it is now quite easy to check out the project and test it out using Jetty and a local Postgresql or Hypersonic database.

Besides the changes at the project structure itself, Repoview links and a quick search bar have been added.

A maven project site and repository are being built up as well. Stay tuned.

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 the RepoWatch project is officially launched at the shredzone.org software forge.