The latest beta release of Tapestry 4.0 is now available. Tapestry is a component based web application framework that provides lots of functionality with minimal Java coding, and creates an environment that supports high levels of reuse. This is another a bug fix release, building on the beta-9 release. In addition, a default implementation of IPrimaryKeyConverter, used in conjuction with the For component, was added. A full listing of bug fixes is available in the change log. Tapestry 4.0 is getting very close to a final release. Tapestry is provided as a combined binary/source distribution, and a separate documentation distribution.

Tomcat 5.5.12 has been voted a stable release after a testing period following the alpha distribution. There have been no code changes, so if you already have 5.5.12-alpha, you do not need to download 5.5.12 again. Thank you. This release is the last one to be done using the CVS repository at Apache. The Tomcat team is moving to the Subversion (SVN) repository as part of the overall Apache initiative to do so. Access instructions for the SVN repository are available at Apache's repositories page. The move is expected to be complete within the next week. This release is also likely the last one to use the Jakarta pages. As part of Tomcat's move to a top-level project (TLP) at Apache, we will be migrating our content to http://tomcat.apache.org, which is still under construction at this time. That site will have its own download pages and related information. We will keep the key jakarta URLs intact with redirection, but please keep an eye out and update your bookmarks to http://tomcat.apache.org as/when appropriate. As part of the TLP move, distribution names have changed from jakarta-tomcat-* to apache-tomcat-*, and similar minor branding changes will gradually become visible in the web site and documentation. We thank the Jakarta project for its support over the years, and we will continue collaborating on projects and issues of common interest. The Release notes are available at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/RELEASE-NOTES

Version 2.1.1 of Apache JMeter has been released. This is mainly a bug-fix release, but there is some new functionality:

The Jakarta Turbine team is pleased to announce the release of Jakarta Turbine Version 2.3.2, a maintenance release of the Jakarta Turbine 2.3 branch. Turbine is a servlet based framework that allows experienced Java developers to quickly build web applications. Turbine allows you to use personalize the web sites and to use user logins to restrict access to parts of your application. Turbine is available as binary and source distribution through the Apache mirror system and from the main Maven repository.