JXTA Shell  Release Notes (5/15/01)

I.    Release Notes
II.   Distribution Contents
III. How to Install
IV. Platform Configuration
V. How to Build Source


Release Notes

The following new Platform release provides bug fixes and key improvements in the following areas:


Impact to current users: HIGH

This release is NOT COMPATIBLE with the 4/25 release due to a bug found in the handling of new XML tags in the discovery protocol. JXTA users WILL have to download the new version, otherwise they may not be able to connect to rendezvous.


Impact to developers: LOW

NO changes to the public core APIs

Just have to download the new platform jars

You can find the latest code in the current branch of the CVS Platform tree.


Impact to rendezvous sites: HIGH

Need to update their rendezvous peers to run the new releas

Troubleshooting

1. You cannot  run two instances of the platform on the same peer.
Need to change the TCP/IP transport port binding to enable two instances of the platform running on the same node.

2. Cannot find peers via the 'peers' command
No peers are running on your subnet. . You don't have a reachable rendezvous (check the rendezvous peers  configured  for your platform in the jxtaConfig. You need to have a reachable one. Try to ping the IP address to see if you can reach then or access the HTTP server. Add
a reachable rendezvous endpoint. If you are behind a firewall or NAT you need to configure
the HTTP transport.

3. I have changed a property in jxtaConfig but I do not see the change.
Need to remove PlatformPeerGroup and PlatformConfig

4. Configure HTTP but want to modify some configuration run peerconfig and restart JXTA.

5. Platform fails to boot
Remove all config files jxtaConfig, PlatformPeerGroup PlatformConfig and the cm directory