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15 October 2004 - Apache Forrest 0.6 Released

Apache Forrest is pleased to release the new version: apache-forrest-0.6
http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi

Apache Forrest is an XML standards-oriented documentation framework based upon Apache Cocoon, providing XSLT stylesheets and schemas, images and other resources. Forrest uses these to render the source content into a website via command-line, robot, or dynamic application.
http://forrest.apache.org/

New features in this version include:

• Uses all resources in-place. No more copying to a separate build space and so no need to back-copy your changes.
• This provides workflow and productivity improvements.
• Project sitemaps get first chance processing, then pass-through to core sitemaps. This simplifies management of project sitemaps.
• Project sitemaps provide easy access to the power of Apache Cocoon.
• New skins use CSS rather than tables. Old skins are deprecated.
• Skins are configurable, e.g. with colours and optional features.
• DTD improvements, especially addition of ubiquitous class attribute.
• Forrestbot, robotic build and deploy, has been entirely re-written.

Full list of changes: http://forrest.apache.org/changes.html

Upgrade guide: http://forrest.apache.org/docs/upgrading_06.html

Thanks for your interest, from the Apache Forrest community.