Railo 3.1.2.001 PL1 RC3 Installers Now Available

For those who are not yet members of the Railo-Beta list (http://groups.google.com/group/railo-beta), know that the Patch Level 1 Release Candidate for the 3.1.2.001 Railo installer is now available for testing. Features include full IIS6 support, better IIS7 support, a new OSX beta version, FusionReactor trial install, and many other usability enhancements that should make getting up and running on Railo a snap.

The initial PL1 release was announced here:

http://groups.google.com/group/railo-beta/browse_thread/thread/d0087715afb042a0 and included the following change log:

3.1.2.001-pl1 Patch Notes:
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- [NEW] IIS6 Is now fully supported on Windows Server 2003
- [NEW] IIS7 Is now properly supported on Windows 7 machines
- [NEW] IIS7/IIS6 now set "index.cfm" as a default document option
- [NEW] Windows 64-bit is now available
- [BUGFIX] Windows 32-bit Installer will now auto-detect 64-bit machines
and will install the 64-bit connector when being installed on a 64-bit
version of Windows. This is true for both IIS6 and IIS7. This avoids the
"LoadLibraryEx" failure in IIS if a 32-bit connector has been
installed on a 64-bit version of IIS.
- [UPDATE] The Tomcat connector has been upgraded from version 1.2.28 to
1.2.30 (latest as of this release)
- [UPDATE] The Tomcat Engine has been upgraded from version 6.0.20 to
6.0.26 (latest as of this release)
- [UPDATE] Source code in the Java JDK has been removed in order to
reduce the size of the installers by approximately 20 MB. The installers
now hover around the 100MB range. More rarely-used aspects of the JDK
that ships with the installer may be removed at a later date in order to
reduce the download size even more.
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However, beta testers reported several show-stopping problems and incompatibilities with certain set-ups. Like, for example, having the IIS6 compatibility modules installed in IIS7. Those issues have been addressed now, and several additional features have been added to the PL1 release. Many of the additional features were added by Bilal Soylu. Bilal approached Railo offering to help build easy-to-use installers and we began to work together to improve the installers that I had been working on. He's proven to be an extremely valuable assett to the team and we're blessed to have his help.

With the initial PL1 problems fixed, and with some usability features added, I'm hoping the latest PL1 release will finally be ready to go.

If you'd like to help out in testing them, the beta download site is here:
http://clubwheat.viviotech.net/beta/

and the release notes for the latest RC3 release are as follows:

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- [NEW] OSX - A new OSX build is now available for BETA testing. (bilal)
- [NEW] All OS's - FusionReactor can now be installed automatically as
part of the install package (jordan)
- [NEW] All OS's - In-Use Port Detection has been added and improved in
for Tomcat and FusionReactor. (bilal,jordan)
- [NEW] All OS's - Multi-Language is now supported (bilal)
- [NEW] All OS's - A German Translation has been added (bilal)
- [NEW] All OS's - The final screen of the installer now prompts you if
you'd like to open up the Railo Administrator. (bilal)
- [NEW] Windows - The installer now tests for required IIS modules and
gives you a notice if you don't have them installed. It still allows you
to *try* to install, but if you want the connector part of the installer
to work, then you need to install the required IIS modules. (jordan)
- [NEW] Windows - 64-bit and 32-bit Windows installers have been merged
into a single installer. The Windows installer will now auto-detect the
OS bit-type that it's being installed on, and run the appropriate
methods for that bit-type. The idea was to make the install simple to
the extreme. The Linux installers will remain separate for the time
being. (bilal)
- [NEW] Windows - A Notice has been included for WinXP installs stating
that it's not officially supported. (bilal)
- [Update] Windows - The JDK has been replaced with a simple JVM for
Windows installs. The JDK was more then most folks needed, and switching
to the simple JVM allowed for a smaller installer. (bilal)
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