Spring Framework 3.2 RC2 Released

Submitted by Chris Beams on Tue, 2012-11-27 07:34

The second and final release candidate toward Spring Framework 3.2 is now available from the SpringSource repository.

With GA rapidly approaching this release consists mostly of bug fixes and refactoring; see the release notes for complete details. Note that a number of the bug fixes are significant, some relating to performance and concurrency. Please update your dev and test builds to give RC2 a try – it's the last chance for feedback before 3.2 goes final!

A few non-code related changes are worth pointing out as well:

Our reference documentation has been given a facelift (compare old vs new). This change also goes along nicely with the new look for our API docs under JDK 7.
We're now publishing JDiff reports to aid users in understanding what's changing at the API level between releases. For example, we've just published reports for 3.1.3.RELEASE_to_3.2.0.RC2 and 3.2.0.RC1_to_3.2.0.RC2. Spend a little time clicking around – we hope you'll find it's a great way to stay up to date. It helps us too in our own code reviews and when ensuring backward compatibility between releases.