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22 December 2004 - Apache Pluto 1.0.1-rc2 Released

The Apache Pluto Community is proud to announce the release of Apache Pluto 1.0.1-rc-2: the second binary release of the reference implementation of the Java Portlet Specification.

Community feedback will decide if a further release candidate is required before a final release.

The Java Portlet Specification defines a Portlet API very similar to the Servlet API. The API provides a means for aggregating disperate content sources. The specification addresses security and personalization considerations and defines a standard with which these sources, or portlets can be deployed.

Apache Pluto is an embedable portlet container which will typically be bundled within a fully functional Portal. The Pluto community has developed a simple portal driver implementation which allows for the testing and development of portlets with the container. The Pluto testsuite is an implementation agnostic portlet application which tests several basic operations of the container in which it is deployed.

The distribution is organized into four releases:

1. A binary distribution bundled with Tomcat. This distribution is the easiest to install.


2. A source distribution.


3. A binary distribution containing the container library.


4. A binary tools distribution with the portal driver and testsuite.

Downloads:

http://portals.apache.org/pluto/mirrors.cgi

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-- The Apache Pluto Community