This is a DRAFT article for discussion purposes only.
Apache Taverna Language 0.15.1-incubating, Apache Taverna OSGi 0.2.1-incubating
2016-02-01 DRAFT, Revised 2016-02-18
Introduction
These are the release notes for the release of Taverna Language and Taverna OSGi.
This release of Taverna Language is an update that fixes bugs and adds the Tavlang Tool, contributed by Menaka Madushanka (sponsored by Google Summer of Code 2015).
This release of Taverna OSGi Plugin System will support the upcoming Apache releases of the Taverna Engine, Taverna Common Activities, and Taverna Command Line.
New Features
(1) Addition of Tavlang Tool
The Taverna Language command line (tavlang) tool accesses the features of the Taverna language modules. The tool has the following functions:
– Conversion
– Inspection
– Validation
– Viewing workflow statistics.
See Apache Taverna Tavlang Tool for more information.
Improvements/Enhancements
(1) OSGi Support
The OSGi support has been stabilized. The current OSGi version will be 0.2.1-incubating.
(2) Retained Functionality
<Does this stay with Language/OSGi or move to 2nd RN?>
These plugins ARE included in the 3.1.0 release:
– Beanshell scripts
– External Tool
– Interaction service
– REST service
– Spreadsheet
– XML splitters
– WSDL services
– XPath
Removed / Retired Features
(1) TBD
Bug Fixes
Mvn clean package fails to run (TAVERNA-874)
This release fixes the following error which was caused by a null pointer exception (NPE) in Taverna Language.
[ERROR] /C:/Users/idunlop/code/incubator-taverna-commandline/taverna-commandline-common/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/commandline/data/DatabaseConfigurationHandler.java:[57,38] cannot access uk.org.taverna.configuration.Configurable
See also JRA change notes:
Apache Taverna Parent: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12333249&projectId=12318322
Apache Taverna Language: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12333250&projectId=12318322
Apache Taverna OSGi: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12332248&projectId=12318322
Known Issues
Are there any known issues we should list here?
Issue 1
TBD
Workaround
TBD
Installation Information
Source Code Name Changes
Package names have changed to org.apache.taverna.* and source code has been reorganized.
Prerequisites
Java 1.8 or newer (tested with OpenJDK 1.8)
Apache Maven 3.2.5 or newer (older versions probably also work)
Installation
TBD
Stay Informed
Please subscribe to and contact the dev@taverna mailing list for any questions, suggestions, and discussions about Apache Taverna.
Bugs and feature plannings are tracked in the JIRA Issue tracker under the TAVERNA component Taverna Language. Anyone may add an issue.