anchor.diff:  = WildFly 8 CR1 is released!
   jgreene
   2013-12-21
  -:revdate: 2013-10-04 14:39:25 -0600
  +:revdate: 2013-12-21 20:57:25 -0600
   :awestruct-tags: [announcement, release]
   :awestruct-layout: blog
   :source-highlighter: coderay
   
  -I'm happy to announce the release of link:{base_url}/downloads[WildFly 8.0.0.CR1]. 
  +I'm happy to announce the release of link:{base_url}/downloads/[WildFly 8.0.0.CR1]. 
   This is the first candidate for release of WildFly 8. Provided no significant 
   issues are discovered, we will follow up with an 8.0.0.Final release soon after. 
   We are calling on all members in the community to help us evaluate WildFly 8,
  
positive.code: 
  
  High Performance Web Server (http://undertow.io/[Undertow.io])
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Undertow, the new cutting-edge web server in WildFly 8 is designed for
  maximum throughput and scalability, including environments with over a
  million connections. It supports non-blocking and blocking handlers,
  
negative.code: take advantage of the new language features.
  
  Other Notable Updates Since Beta1
  ---------------------------------
  
  * CDI integration and performance improvements
  * Batch now supports JDBC based backends
  * Generic JMS RAR for simplifying integration with third party messaging providers
  * Logging now supports custom formatters
  * sl4j forked to fix concurrency issues
  * Hibernate Search is included, although undecided if it will remain (opinions welcome!)
  
  Issue Resolution
  ----------------
  
  * 387 issues were resolved since Beta1
  
  Component Updates
  -----------------
  * PicketBox 4.0.18.Final
  * JBoss SASL 1.0.4.CR1
  * JGroups to 3.4.0.Final
  * JBoss Negotiation 2.2.6.Final
  * Remoting JMX 2.0.0.CR4
  * MSC 1.2.0.CR1
  * JBossWS 4.2.2.Final
  * Mojarra 2.2.4-jbossorg-1
  * Infinispan 6.0.1.Final
  * PicketBox 4.0.19.Final
  * JGroups to 3.4.1.Final
  * IronJacamar 1.1.2.Final
  * JBossWS 4.2.3.Final
  * Narayana 5.0.0.CR2
  * Generic JMS RA 1.0.1.Final
  * HornetQ 2.4.0.Final
  * Javamail 1.5.0
  * Hibernate 4.3.0.Final
  * Hibernate Validator 5.0.2.Final
  * Hibernate Search 4.5.0.Alpha2
  * JacORB 2.3.2-jbossorg-5
  * JBeret 1.0.0.CR1
  * Jandex 1.1.0.Final
  * JBoss Marshalling 1.4.2.Final
  * Netty 4.0.13.Final
  * Netty XNIO Transport 0.1.1.CR1
  * Undertow 1.0.0.Beta30
  * Weld 2.1.1.Final
  * XNIO 3.2.0.Beta4
  * Apache CXF 2.7.7
  * RestEASY 3.0.6.Final
  * Syslog4j 0.9.30
  