News & Events

A new milestone 3.0.0.M01 of Eclipse Virgo is available from the milestone download page.

The theme of the 3.0 line is closer integration with Eclipse RT. The first milestone makes substantial strides in that direction:

• Provided an additional, prototype deliverable: Virgo Jetty Server. This is similar to Virgo Web Server, but based on Jetty, currently v7.3.
• Improved Equinox integration:
  • Upgraded Equinox to 3.7M5.
  • Replaced Felix Configuration Admin and Event Admin with their Equinox counterparts.
  • Added command history and TAB completion to the Equinox console.
  • Rebased the regions implementation on OSGi framework hooks, destined for standardisation in OSGi R4.3, instead of composite bundles.
• In preparation for p2 support, relaxed the order in which kernel bundles need to start by using Equinox Declarative Services.

We expect to produce 3.0.0.M02 later this week to fix bug 337538, described in the release notes. Meanwhile, a workaround if Virgo does not start successfully is to restart it.