IzPack version 4.3.1 is now available!

It can be downloaded from the project website at http://izpack.org/

This is a maintenance release that fixes some minor issues found in IzPack 4.3.0. Our users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

The complete list of changes is detailed at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK/fixforversion/15137

We would like to thank our developers, contributors, issue reporters and users for making this release possible!

I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of IzPack 4.3.0!

About IzPack

IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying
applications. IzPack is opensource, released under the liberal Apache
Software License 2.0.

It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is 
an alternative to native solutions such as platform-specific installers and 
package managers.

IzPack-generated installers only require a Java virtual machine to run.

Many companies and projects have been using IzPack over the years, including
Sun Microsystems, JBoss/RedHat, the Scala language project, some ObjectWeb/OW2
projects, XWiki and many more.

Downloading IzPack

IzPack can be obtained free of charge from its website at http://izpack.org/

Getting professional services

IzPack creator and project leader Julien Ponge offers paid professional services:

• one-time and subscription-based support
• consulting
• custom developments
• installer creation bootstrap.

Do not hesitate to contact Julien and get more informations from http://izpack.proservices.ponge.info/

Those services directly help in sustaining and improving IzPack.

About this release

This release is the result of a collective effort where our developers and 
contributors worked hand-in-hand to improve IzPack. Also, new developers have
joined the project to bring further ideas and energy to the project.

About a hundred issues have been resolved in this release. The complete list
along with JIRA issues can be reviewed at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK/fixforversion/14763

New features highlights

The release contains its usual set of bug fixes, small enhancements and 
documentation improvements. The new features include:

• Scripting support through the Apache Bean Scripting Framework
• Full console manual and automated installations
• Removal of NanoXML in favor of a javax.xml backend
• Ability to call Java classes before and after each panel
• Privileges elevation improvements
• Graphical reporting of launch-time errors
• AntActionListener improvement
• Configuration of the uninstaller path
• Compile-time variable substitutions

Greetings

The IzPack team would like to thank its developers and contributors for having made this release
possible! We would also like to thank our numerous and growing users worldwide for pushing us
forward!

Other thanks go to:

• The Codehaus Foundation and especially Ben Walding: http://codehaus.org/
• JetBrains for their amazing IntelliJ IDEA IDE: http://www.jetbrains.com/
• Atlassian for the tools that power some Codehaus services: http://www.atlassian.com/
• Sun Microsystems, especially the Glassfish and IPS teams: http://www.sun.com/

Further links

• IzPack website: http://izpack.org/
• Codehaus space: http://xircles.codehaus.org/projects/izpack/
• Mailing-lists: http://xircles.codehaus.org/projects/izpack/lists
• Confluence wiki: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/IZPACK
• News feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/IzPack
• Subversion repository: http://svn.codehaus.org/izpack/
• Git repository (synchronized from svn): http://github.com/jponge/izpack/tree/master
• FishEye SVN browser: http://svn.izpack.codehaus.org/
• JIRA issues tracker: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of IzPack 4.3.0-rc2 (the second release candidate to IzPack 4.3.0 which is due 21/Apr/09).

As we are coming into the closing stages  of preparing this release, your help is needed by downloading it from http://snapshots.dist.codehaus.org/izpack/IzPack-install-4.3.0-rc2.jar and reporting any critical issue that you may encounter.

The full list of issues for this release is available from http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK/fixforversion/14763

Thanks for your help!

Release status This release is intended for testing, not for production use (yet). We need as many of you to test it and report any issue you might have so that we can have a great 4.3.0 release!

I am pleased to announce the availability of IzPack 4.3.0-rc1 for testing purposes.

This is the first test version of the next major release (4.3.0) which is due 21/Apr/2009.

Lots of nice features and fixes are available in this version (see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/IZPACK/fixforversion/14763);

• NanoXML removal
• "real" console (interactive or silent) installations
• privileges escalation improvements
• bean scripting framework integration (to have custom scripts in JavaScript, Groovy, JRuby, etc)
• validators for packs
• ... and more!

There are still a few fixes / documentation JIRA issues open that will be resolved on time for the final release.

Release status This release is intended for testing, not for production use (yet). We need as many of you to test it and report any issue you might have so that we can have a great 4.3.0 release!

It can be downloaded from http://snapshots.dist.codehaus.org/izpack/IzPack-install-4.3.0-rc1.jar

Many thanks to the developers and contributors for making this release possible!

Professional services Should you need professional services on IzPack (consulting, support, custom development), please check out http://izpack.proservices.ponge.info/

An open group has been created on LinkedIn for you IzPack users

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1826148

We look forward to see you there!