Release v2.9

Author: jodastephen

README.md

@@ -46,11 +46,17 @@ Various documentation is available:
 
 
 ### Releases
-[Release 2.8.2](http://www.joda.org/joda-time/download.html) is the current latest release.
+[Release 2.9](http://www.joda.org/joda-time/download.html) is the current latest release.
 This release is considered stable and worthy of the 2.x tag.
 It depends on JDK 1.5 or later.
 
-Available in the [Maven Central repository](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|joda-time|joda-time|2.8.2|jar)
+Available in the [Maven Central repository](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|joda-time|joda-time|2.9|jar)
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9</version>
+    </dependency>
 
 
 ### Related projects

RELEASE-NOTES.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Joda-Time version 2.8.3
------------------------
+Joda-Time version 2.9
+---------------------
 
 Joda-Time is a date and time handling library that seeks to replace the JDK
-Date and Calendar classes.
+Date and Calendar classes. For Java SE 8 and later, please use java.time instead.
 
 This release contains enhancements, bug fixes and a time zone update.
 The release runs on JDK 5 or later.
@@ -14,20 +14,13 @@ This is the same license as all of Apache, plus other open source projects such
 ** http://www.joda.org/joda-time/related.html **
 
 
-Changes in 2.8.3
-================
-- DateTimeZone data updated to version 2015g
-
+Enhancements since 2.8
+----------------------
 - Faster parsing of time-zone identifiers [#282]
 
-- Fix parsing of basic form ISO style where year has unnecessary plus sign [#86]
-  For example, +20151030 will now be correctly parsed as year 2015.
-
 - Added Interval.parseWithOffset(String) [#299, #296]
   Provides a way to parse the fixed offset in an interval string
 
-- Clarify that PeriodFormatterBuilder is in an invalid state once built [#309]
-
 - Add DateTimeFormatter methods for StringBuilder [#298]
 
 - Add Russian period translations [#320]
@@ -36,31 +29,43 @@ Changes in 2.8.3
 
 - Add Czech period translations [#313]
 
+- Clarify that PeriodFormatterBuilder is in an invalid state once built [#309]
+
 - Allow DateTime and Interval to refer to values at Long.MIN_VALUE and Long.MAX_VALUE [#297, #190]
   A DateTime may be created with any millisecond value, however at the very edges there may be
-  some undesirable effects, for example alway using UTC instead of the time-zone
-
-- Fix overflow bug in intervals [#315]
+  some undesirable effects, for example always using UTC instead of the time-zone
 
 - Better error message for malformed tzdb files [#319]
 
 - Better error message for interval constructor [#321]
 
 
-Changes in 2.8.2
-================
-- DateTimeZone data updated to version 2015f
+Compatibility with 2.8
+----------------------
+Build system - Yes
 
+Binary compatible - Yes
 
-Changes in 2.8.1
-================
-See http://www.joda.org/joda-time/upgradeto281.html
+Source compatible - Yes
 
+Serialization compatible - Yes
 
-Changes in 2.8.0
-================
+Data compatible - Yes
+ - DateTimeZone data updated to version 2015g
+
+Semantic compatible - Yes
+
+
+Bug fixes since 2.8
+-------------------
+- Fixed to handle JDK 8u60 [#288, #291]
+  Without this fix, formatting a time-zone will print "+00:00" instead of "GMT" for the GMT time-zone
+
+- Fix parsing of basic form ISO style where year has unnecessary plus sign [#86]
+  For example, +20151030 will now be correctly parsed as year 2015.
+
+- Fix overflow bug in intervals [#315]
 
-See http://www.joda.org/joda-time/upgradeto280.html
 
 
 Scala
@@ -75,7 +80,5 @@ Feedback
 Feedback is best received using GitHub issues and Pull Requests.
 https://github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time/
 
-Feedback is also welcomed via the joda-interest mailing list.
-
 The Joda team
 http://www.joda.org/joda-time/

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Joda-Time</name>
-  <version>2.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9</version>
   <description>Date and time library to replace JDK date handling</description>
   <url>http://www.joda.org/joda-time/</url>
 

src/conf/MANIFEST.MF

@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ Package: org.joda.time
 Extension-Name: joda-time
 Specification-Title: Joda-Time
 Specification-Vendor: Joda.org
-Specification-Version: 2.8
+Specification-Version: 2.9
 Implementation-Vendor: Joda.org
 Implementation-Title: org.joda.time
-Implementation-Version: 2.8.2
+Implementation-Version: 2.9
 Implementation-Vendor-Id: org.joda
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Vendor: Joda.org
 Bundle-Name: Joda-Time
 Bundle-SymbolicName: joda-time
-Bundle-Version: 2.8.2
-Export-Package: org.joda.time;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.base;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.chrono;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.convert;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.field;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.format;version=2.8.2,
- org.joda.time.tz;version=2.8.2
+Bundle-Version: 2.9
+Export-Package: org.joda.time;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.base;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.chrono;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.convert;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.field;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.format;version=2.9,
+ org.joda.time.tz;version=2.9
 Bundle-License: Apache 2.0
 Bundle-DocURL: http://www.joda.org/joda-time/

src/site/markdown/index.md

@@ -125,21 +125,21 @@ Joda-Time is licenced under the business friendly <a href="license.html">Apache
 
 ## <i></i> Releases
 
-[Release 2.8.2](download.html) is the current latest release.
+[Release 2.9](download.html) is the current latest release.
 This release is considered stable and worthy of the 2.x tag.
-See the [upgrade notes](upgradeto282.html) for full details.
+See the [upgrade notes](upgradeto290.html) for full details.
 
 Joda-Time requires Java SE 5 or later and has [no dependencies](dependencies.html).
 There is a *compile-time* dependency on [Joda-Convert](http://www.joda.org/joda-convert/),
 but this is not required at runtime thanks to the magic of annotations.
 
-Available in [Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Cjoda-time%7Cjoda-time%7C2.8.2%7Cjar).
+Available in [Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Cjoda-time%7Cjoda-time%7C2.9%7Cjar).
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
   <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2</version>
+  <version>2.9</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

src/site/xdoc/installation.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <document>
  <properties>
   <title>Java date and time API - Download and Installation</title>
-  <author>Al Major</author>
  </properties>
 
 <body>
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ of the source code suitable for linking to the jar file in IDEs such as Eclipse.
 <p>
 The release notes for upgraders can be found here:
 <ul>
+<li><a href="upgradeto290.html">Version 2.9</a> - upgrade from Version 2.8</li>
 <li><a href="upgradeto282.html">Version 2.8.2</a> - upgrade from Version 2.8.1</li>
 <li><a href="upgradeto281.html">Version 2.8.1</a> - upgrade from Version 2.8</li>
 <li><a href="upgradeto280.html">Version 2.8</a> - upgrade from Version 2.7</li>

src/site/xdoc/upgradeto290.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<document>
+ <properties>
+  <title>Java date and time API - Upgrade from 2.8 to 2.9</title>
+  <author>Stephen Colebourne</author>
+ </properties>
+
+<body>
+
+<section name="Upgrade">
+<p>
+These are the release notes and advice for upgrading Joda-Time from version 2.8 to version 2.9.
+<source>
+Joda-Time version 2.9
+---------------------
+
+Joda-Time is a date and time handling library that seeks to replace the JDK
+Date and Calendar classes. For Java SE 8 and later, please use java.time instead.
+
+This release contains enhancements, bug fixes and a time zone update.
+The release runs on JDK 5 or later.
+
+Joda-Time is licensed under the business-friendly Apache License Version 2.
+This is the same license as all of Apache, plus other open source projects such as Spring.
+
+**  Please also check out our related projects   **
+** http://www.joda.org/joda-time/related.html **
+
+
+Enhancements since 2.8
+----------------------
+- Faster parsing of time-zone identifiers [#282]
+
+- Added Interval.parseWithOffset(String) [#299, #296]
+  Provides a way to parse the fixed offset in an interval string
+
+- Add DateTimeFormatter methods for StringBuilder [#298]
+
+- Add Russian period translations [#320]
+
+- Add Italian period translations [#312]
+
+- Add Czech period translations [#313]
+
+- Clarify that PeriodFormatterBuilder is in an invalid state once built [#309]
+
+- Allow DateTime and Interval to refer to values at Long.MIN_VALUE and Long.MAX_VALUE [#297, #190]
+  A DateTime may be created with any millisecond value, however at the very edges there may be
+  some undesirable effects, for example always using UTC instead of the time-zone
+
+- Better error message for malformed tzdb files [#319]
+
+- Better error message for interval constructor [#321]
+
+
+Compatibility with 2.8
+----------------------
+Build system - Yes
+
+Binary compatible - Yes
+
+Source compatible - Yes
+
+Serialization compatible - Yes
+
+Data compatible - Yes
+ - DateTimeZone data updated to version 2015g
+
+Semantic compatible - Yes
+
+
+Bug fixes since 2.8
+-------------------
+- Fixed to handle JDK 8u60 [#288, #291]
+  Without this fix, formatting a time-zone will print "+00:00" instead of "GMT" for the GMT time-zone
+
+- Fix parsing of basic form ISO style where year has unnecessary plus sign [#86]
+  For example, +20151030 will now be correctly parsed as year 2015.
+
+- Fix overflow bug in intervals [#315]
+
+
+
+Scala
+-----
+Joda-Time uses annotations from Joda-Convert.
+In the Java programming language, this dependency is optional, however in Scala it is not.
+Scala users must manually add the Joda-Convert v1.2 dependency.
+</source>
+</p>
+</section>
+
+</body>
+</document>