• 2005 news from Jakarta (January - March, April - June, July - September)
• 2004 news from Jakarta ( January - June, July - December) and elsewhere ( January - June, July - December).
• Jakarta and other news from 2003
• Jakarta and other news from 2002
• News from 2001
• News from 2000

• May-June 2003
• March-April 2003
• January 2003
• December 2002
• November 2002
• October 2002
• August 2002
• July 2002
• June 2002

For 2005 news please see January - March 2005.

• December
  • Commons Transaction 1.0 Released
  • Commons-Net 1.3.0 Released
  • Tomcat 5.5.6-alpha Released
  • Commons Chain 1.0 Released
  • ApacheCon Europe 2005 July 18-22 Stuttgart
  • Apache Derby 10.0.2.1 Released
  • Commons Math 1.0 Released
  • Lucene 1.4.3 Released
  • Apache Maven 1.0.2 Released
  • Tomcat 5.5.5-alpha Released
  • Commons Validator 1.1.4 Released
• November
  • Tomcat 5.0.30-beta Released
  • Apache Jakarta Jelly 1.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
  • Apache Cocoon 2.1.6 Released
  • Apache Maven 1.0.1Released
• October
  • Tomcat 5.5.4 is Stable
  • Tomcat 5.5.4-alpha Released
  • Turbine 2.3.1 Released
  • Apache DB Torque 3.1.1 Released
  • Apache Forrest 0.6 Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.31-stable Released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0.2 Released
  • Tomcat 5.5.3-alpha Released
  • Tomcat 5.0.29-beta Released
  • Commons Betwixt 0.6 Released
• September
  • Apache HTTP Server 2.0.52 Released
  • Last Call For ApacheCon 2004 Early Birds
  • Apache SpamAssassin 3.0 Released
  • Apache Struts 1.2.4 Released
  • Commons HttpClient 3.0 alpha2 Released
  • Tomcat 5.5.2-alpha Released
  • Apache DB/OJB 1.0.1 Released
  • HiveMind 1.0-rc-2 Released
  • Commons Jelly 1.0-beta-4 Released
  • Commons Digester 1.6 Released
  • Tomcat 5.5.1 Released
  • Commons JEXL 1.0 Released
• August
  • Apache Struts 1.2.2 Released
  • Tomcat 5.0.28 Released
  • HiveMind 1.0-rc-1 Released
  • Commons Validator 1.1.3 Released
  • Commons Launcher 1.1 Released
  • Commons Attributes 2.1 Released
  • Cloudscape Becomes Apache Derby
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.7 Released
  • Commons JXPath 1.2 Released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0.1 Released
• July
  • WebServices JaxMe 0.3 Released
  • Standard Tagslibs 1.1.1 and 1.0.6 Released
  • Commons Codec 1.3 Released
  • Apache Ant 1.6.2 Released
  • Tomcat 5.0.27 Stable Released
  • Apache Maven 1.0 Released
  • HiveMind 1.0-beta-1 Released
  • Commons Betwixt 0.5 Released
  • Apache HTTP Server 2.0.50 Released
• June
  • Commons Collections 3.1 Released
  • Henri Yandell Succeeds Geir Magnusson Jr. As Jakarta Chair
  • Eclipse Pollinate announced
  • Call for Participation: ApacheCon US 2004
  • Eclipse 3.0 is now available
  • Commons Logging 1.0.4 Released
  • Commons DBCP 1.2.1 Released
  • Commons Collections 3.1-RC1 and 2.1.1 Released
  • At Last It's Official: Apache Geronimo graduates

• May
  • BEA and ASF Announce Apache Beehive
  • Commons HttpClient 3.0 Alpha 1 Released
  • Velocity Tools 1.1 Released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.6.1 Released
  • Tomcat 5.0.24 Released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.6 Released
  • Commons-Net 1.2.1 Released
  • Jakarta Slide 2.0 Server and WebDAV Client Released
• April
  • Commons/Net 1.2.0 Released
  • Tapestry 3.0 Final Released
  • Velocity 1.4 Released
  • Apache Xindice 1.1b4 Released
  • HiveMind home page now live
  • Tapestry 3.0 RC2 Released
• March
  • Lucene 1.4 RC2 Released
  • Tomcat mod_jk2 web server connector version 2.0.4 Released
  • jUDDI graduates from the Incubator to the web services project
  • Apache Maven 1.0 RC2 Released
  • Jakarta Struts' graduation with honors into Apache Struts
  • Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 R.C.1 Released
  • ASF Announces CeBit 2004 Booth
  • Tomcat 3.3.2 Final Available
  • POI 2.5-FINAL Released
  • The Board of the ASF established two new PMCs
• February
  • Xalan Java 2.6.0 is available
  • Geir Magnusson Jr Succeeds Sam Ruby As Jakarta Project Chair
  • Tomcat 3.3.2 Release Candidate 1 Available
  • Tomcat 5.0.19 Stable and Tomcat 4.1.30 Stable released
  • Subversion 1.0.0 Released
  • Velocity Tools 1.1 RC 1 Released
  • Xerces-J 2.6.2 Released
  • Slide 2.0 Beta 1 Released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Final Released
  • Apache Cocoon 2.1.4 Released
  • Ant 1.6.1 Released
  • Tapestry 3.0-beta-4
  • Xerces-J 2.6.1 Released
• January
  • Jakarta POI 2.0 FINAL released
  • Commons Collections 3.0 released
  • Tomcat 5.0.18 Stable released
  • Apache License 2.0 came into effect
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 RC 3 Released
  • Life On Planet Apache

• December
  • Apache Xindice 1.1 beta 3 Released
  • ORO 2.0.8 Released
  • Lucene 1.3 Final Released
  • Commons Configuration Promoted out of Sandbox
  • Apache Logging Services Project Launched
  • Apache Ant 1.6.0 Released
  • Xerces-C 2.4.0 is now available
  • Tomcat 5.0.16 Stable released
  • Axis C++ 1.0 Beta Released
• November
  • Lucene 1.3 RC3 Released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.5 Released
  • Xerces-J 2.6.0 Released
  • Incubated-JaxMe 0.2 Released
  • Jakarta Velocity Tools 1.1-beta1 Released
  • Apache Cocoon 2.1.3 Released
  • Jakarta Commons DbUtils 1.0 Released
  • Jakarta Commons Primitives 1.0 Released
  • Jakarta POI 2.0 RC1 Released
  • Commons Math graduated from Commons-Sandbox
• October
  • Tomcat 4.1.29 Stable and Tomcat 5.0.14 Beta released
  • Jakarta Jetspeed 1.4 Final Released
  • Apache Axis C++ v1.0 (Alpha) Released
  • Apache Xalan Java 2.5.2 Released
  • Apache HTTP Server 2.0.48 Released
  • Apache HTTP Server 1.3.29 Released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.5-rc1 Released
  • Commons/Net 1.1.0 Released
  • Commons DBCP 1.1 Released
  • Commons Pool 1.1 Released
  • Lucene 1.3 RC2 Released
  • The Apache Newsletter Issue #2 Released
  • XML-Commons Resolver component 1.1 beta 1 Released
  • Scarab Beta 17 is now available from Tigris.org
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 RC2 Released
  • Tomcat mod_jk web server connector version 1.2.5 Released
  • Velocity 1.4 RC1 Released
  • Apache Forrest 0.5.1 Released
• September
  • Pluto is now available at Apache
  • Jakarta POI featured on Devx
  • Apache Maven 1.0 Release Candidate 1 Released!
  • Apache Avalon Merlin 3.0 beta 1 release
  • Apache Avalon Excalibur i18n 1.1 and Configuration 1.1 Released
  • Apache Avalon Framework 4.1.5 + Meta 1.1 Released
  • JaxMe Is Now Under Incubation in WS.APACHE.ORG
  • XMLBeans Is Now Under Incubation in XML.APACHE.ORG
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.12 Beta released
  • Registration Opens for ApacheCon 2003, the Global Hub for All Things Apache
  • Apache Forrest 0.5 Released
  • Tapestry 3.0-beta-3
  • Apache Avalon Cornerstone 1.0 Components Released
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.3 released
  • Jakarta Regexp 1.3 released
  • Jakarta Commons Lang 2.0 released
  • Apache Torque 3.1 Released
  • Apache Torque 3.1 R.C. Now Available
• August
  • Apache Software Foundation EU Patent Protest
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.3 R.C.2 released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.9 Beta released
  • Java JDK version 1.3.1 Now Available For FreeBSD.
  • LDAPd 0.71a released.
  • Apache Torque 3.1-beta1 released.
  • The Apache Newsletter Issue #1 Released
  • Apache Cocoon 2.1 Released
  • Ant 1.5.4 Available
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.7 Alpha released
  • Jakarta Commons Modeler 1.1 Released
  • Jakarta JMeter 1.9 Final Version released
  • Apache Geronimo -- participation in Apache J2EE efforts
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.6 Alpha released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.27 Stable Released
• July
  • Apache Xerces2 Java Parser 2.5.0 released
  • Apache Cocoon 2.1 Release Candidate released
  • Jakarta POI 2.0-pre3 Released
  • Apache OJB (Object Relational Bridge) 1.0 RC4 released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.5 Alpha released
  • Apache FOP 0.20.5 released
  • Apache HTTP Server 1.3.28 released
  • Jakarta Velocity Tools 1.0 Released
  • Jakarta Tapestry 3.0-beta-2 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.4 Alpha released
  • Apache.org projects included in Out-of-the-Box 2.1
  • Apache Maven 1.0 beta10 released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.5-beta1 Released
  • Jakarta POI 2.0-pre2 Released
  • Jakarta Element Construction Set 1.4.2 Released
  • Apache Http Server 2.0.47 released
  • Jakarta Newsletter Issue 9 Released
  • Jakarta Commons Finds Fame At Last ;)
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Beta 2 Released
• June
  • Struts 1.1 Final Released
  • Commons FileUpload 1.0 Released
  • World Wide Web Consortium Issues SOAP Version 1.2 as a W3C Recommendation
  • Apache Tools Feature In 2003 JavaWorld Awards
  • Commons EL 1.0 Released
  • James featured on IBM developerWorks
  • Struts 1.1 Release Candidate 2 Released
  • Jakarta Lucene and Commons Digester featured on IBM developerWorks
  • Commons FileUpload 1.0 Release Candidate 1 Released
  • Tapestry 3.0-beta-1 Released
• May
  • Announcing Jakarta Tapestry
  • Apache 2.0.46 released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Beta 1 Released
  • Jakarta Newsletter Issue 8 Released
  • James (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server) v2.1.3 released
  • Commons Codec 1.1 Released
  • Scarab 1.0 Beta 14 Released By Tigris.org
• April
  • Jetspeed 1.4 Beta 4 Released
  • Commons Digester 1.5 Released
  • BCEL 5.1 Released
  • Commons Validator 1.0.2 Released
  • Commons Discovery 0.2 Pre-Release
  • POI News Feed
  • Ant 1.5.3 released.
  • LDAPd 0.7 released.
  • Commons-Logging 1.0.3 Released
  • Apache 2.0.45 Released
• March
  • Velocity 1.3.1 Released
  • Xerces-J 2.4.0 Released
  • Tapestry 2.4-alpha-5 Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.24 Stable Released
  • Apache Goes CeBIT 2003
  • Tapestry 2.4-alpha-4 Released
  • POI 1.10-dev Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.21 Beta Released
  • Ant 1.5.2 released.
  • Commons Digester 1.4.1 Released
• February
  • Tapestry 2.3 Released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Alpha 3 Released
  • Enterprise Object Broker 0.9.5: Easier than EJB
  • Commons Net 1.0.0 Released
  • Ant 1.5.2beta1 released.
  • Log4j 1.2.8 Released
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.6.1 Released
  • Commons FileUpload 1.0 Beta 1 Released
  • Commons Jelly Promoted out of Sandbox
  • Commons Net Promoted out of Sandbox
  • JavaWorld article about the JCP mentions Jakarta's involvement
  • Commons Digester 1.4 Released
• January
  • Security update: Tomcat 3.3.1a Released
  • Commons HttpClient 2.0 Alpha 2 Released
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.6 Released
  • Enterprise Object Broker 0.8: EJB for mere mortals

• December
  • Struts 1.1 Beta 3 Released
  • James 2.1 Released
  • Security update: Tomcat 4.1.18 Stable Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.17 Stable Released
  • Jetspeed 1.4 Beta 3 Released
  • Commons Validator 1.0.1 Released
  • Jetspeed 1.4 Beta 2 Released
  • Turbine 2.2 Released
  • Torque 3.0 Released
  • San Francisco Java MEETUP
  • Tomcat 4.1.16 Beta Released
• November
  • Commons Lang 1.0.1 Released
  • Commons CLI 1.0 Released
  • Commons Validator 1.0 Released
• October
  • San Francisco Java MEETUP
  • Enterprise Object Broker 0.75: EJB for mere mortals
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.5 released.
  • OnJava publishes Digester Article.
  • Details of ASF TCK license published
  • Commons Collections 2.1 released.
  • Avalon-Phoenix 4.0.1 Released
  • log4j 1.2.7 released
  • Tomcat 4.0.6 Released.
  • Commons Lang 1.0 released.
  • Ant 1.5.1 released.
• September
  • Commons Logging 1.0.2 released.
  • Jakarta POI 1.8-dev released
  • Security updates: Tomcat 4.1.12 Stable and Tomcat 4.0.5 Released
  • Avalon-Phoenix 4.0 Released
  • Commons Discovery 0.1 Pre-release
  • Tomcat 4.1.10 Stable Released
  • Avalon-Logkit 1.1 Released
• August
  • Cactus 1.4.1 Released
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.4.1 released.
  • Cactus 1.4 final Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.9 Beta Released
  • Commons Digester 1.3 released.
  • Commons BeanUtils 1.4 released.
  • Commons Logging 1.0.1 released.
  • Struts 1.1 Beta 2 Released
  • Avalon-Phoenix 4.0 Beta Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.8 Beta Released
  • log4j 1.2.6 released
• July
  • Cactus 1.4 Beta 1 Released
  • Jetspeed 1.4 Beta 1 Released
  • Apache Ant 1.5
  • Tomcat 4.1.7 Beta Released
  • Jakarta Velocity 1.3 Released
  • Jakarta POI documentation translations
• June
  • Apache Ant 1.5 beta 3
  • Tomcat 4.0.4 Final Released
  • POI 1.5.1 released
  • log4j 1.2.4 released
  • Lucene 1.2 Final Released
  • Tomcat 4.1.3 Beta Released
  • Apache Ant 1.5 beta 2
• May
  • James v2.0a3 Released
  • POI Logo Contest
  • OpenEJB 0.8 Beta 2 Released
  • JBoss Project posts the third release candidate for JBoss 3.0.0
  • OpenORB Community Edition 1.3 Beta 1 Released
  • Lucene Release Candidate 5
  • Tomcat 4.0.4 Beta 3 Released
  • log4j 1.2 final
  • Krysalis Centipede 1.0 beta2Released - maven included
  • Torque 3.0 beta 2
  • POI 1.5-FINAL (production release)
  • "Its POI-fect", Javaworld
  • Apache Ant 1.5 beta 1
• April
  • Krysalis Centipede 1.0 beta1 Released
  • POI 1.5-dev-rc2 (release candidate)
  • Cactus 1.3 Released
  • POI 1.5-dev-20020416 (release candidate)
  • Log4j 1.2 (release candidate)
  • Jakarta Taglibs Version 1.0 Releases
  • Jakarta Turbine Maven Beta 3 Released
  • Jakarta Commons Collections 2.0 Released
• March
  • Jakarta Turbine Maven Beta 2 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3.1 Final Released
  • Apache Software Foundation Reaches Agreement with Sun Microsystems
  • Apache Ant wins award
  • Tomcat 4.0.4 Beta 2 Released
  • JakartaOne: The Gathering
  • We have spirit! Go Apache Go!
  • Krysalis Centipede = Ant + Cocoon
  • Struts 1.1 Beta 1 Released
  • Jakarta Overview Compiled
  • Jakarta One Downsized
  • JSPA Passes; But Even YES Votes Want Open Source Issues Addressed.
  • POI 1.4583 Released
  • Enterprise Object Broker: EJB for mere mortals
  • Tomcat 4.0.4 Beta 1 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3.1 Release Candidate 1 Released
  • Poolman developer retires
  • Jakarta Volunteer Guides
  • Jakarta One Planning
  • Jakarta POI logo contest
  • Tomcat 4.0.3 Released
  • Simper 0.2: JDBC Persistence
• February
  • New PMC Elected
  • POI joins Jakarta
  • Jakarta Log4j 1.2 Beta 3 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3.1 Beta 1 Released
  • Struts 1.0.2 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0.2 Released
  • JasperReports: Writing Complex Reports and PDF
  • Apache's Position on the JSPA
  • James v2.0a2 Released
• January
  • Avalon Framework 4.1.2 Released
  • LogKit 1.0.1 Released
  • That flaming fireball in the sky...
  • Avalon Excalibur 4.1 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0.2 Beta 2 Released
  • dbForms releases version 1.0

• December
  • Avalon Framework 4.1.1 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0.2 Beta 1 Released
  • BCEL 5.0 Released
  • Avalon Framework 4.1 Released
  • Velocity v1.2 Released
• November
  • Struts 1.0.1-rc1 Released
  • BCEL RC1 Released
  • Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3 Released
• October
  • LogKit 1.0 Released
  • Apache Tomcat 3.3 Final Released
  • Tomcat 4.0.1 Released
  • Lucene joins Jakarta
• September
  • Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1 Released
  • Jakarta Cactus 1.2 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-rc1 Released
  • Apache Tomcat 4.0 Final Released
  • LogKit 1.0b5 Released
  • Cactus is now a Jakarta top level project
  • Tomcat 4.0-rc2 Released
  • Avalon Excalibur 4.0 Final Released
  • Tomcat 4.0-rc1 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b2 Released
• August
  • Ant 1.4beta2 Released
  • Ant 1.4beta1 Released
  • Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0-beta-7 Released
  • Apache LogKit 1.0b4 Released
• July
  • Avalon Framework 4.0 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b1 Released
  • Apache LogKit 1.0b3 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0-beta-6 Released
• June
  • Velocity v1.1 Released
  • Struts 1.0 Released
  • Avalon beta 3
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.1 Released
  • Avalon beta 2
  • Velocity v1.1 Release Candidate 2
  • Struts 1.0-beta-3 Released
• May
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.2.2 Released
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.1b3 Released
  • Velocity v1.1 release candidate 1
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.1b2 Released
  • Jakarta Struts 1.0-b2 Released
  • Jakarta log4j 1.1 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-m3 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-5 Released
  • Jakarta Turbine 2.1b1 Released
  • Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-4 Released
  • Jakarta ORO 2.0.2 Released!
  • JavaWorld Selects Log4J and Tomcat as Finalists
  • Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 Released
• April
  • Jakarta Velocity 1.0.1 Released
  • Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-2 Released
  • log4j 1.1 beta 4 Released
  • Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-1 Released
  • Tomcat 4.0-beta-3 Released
  • Velocity 1.0 Released
• March
  • Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 Released
  • Sun Profiles Velocity on Dot-Com Builder Website
  • IBM WebSphere Portal Server
  • Velocity 1.0 Beta 2 Release
  • Velocity 1.0 Beta 1 Release
  • Tomcat 3.3 Release
  • JDBC custom tag 1.0 Release
  • Ant 1.3 Release
• February
  • Scrape custom tag 1.0 Release
  • Struts 1.0 Beta 1 Released
  • James Project Migrated
• January
  • Tomcat 4.0 Beta 1 Release

• December
  • Jakarta PMC Meeting
  • ECS 1.4.1 Release
  • ECS 1.4 Release
  • Tomcat 4.0 Milestone 5 Release
  • Tomcat 3.1.1 and Tomcat 3.2.1 Security Fix Releases
• November
  • Tomcat 3.2 Final Release Available
  • Jakarta Regexp 1.2 Available
  • New Website Design
• October
• September
• August
• July
  • Jakarta-ORO Project Now Available
• June
• May
  • New Struts Subproject Started
  • New WebDAV Subproject Started
  • New Code Donation
  • Apache Jakarta Regexp 1.1 Released
• April
• March
• February
• January