The GeoServer team is pleased to announce GeoServer 2.9-RC1. Downloads are available (zip, war, dmg and exe) along with docs and extensions.
This release is made by Torben Barsballe (Boundless) in conjunction with GeoWebCache 1.9-RC1 and GeoTools 15-RC1.
This is a release candidate for final testing before we release 2.9.0.
Highlights:
- This release requires Java 8 and is compatible with Oracle JDK and OpenJDK
- GeoServer now requires Servlet 3 (so Tomcat 7 or newer if you are doing a WAR install)
- Update to Spring 4 and JAI-EXT to 1.0.9
About GeoServer 2.9
Articles, docs, blog posts and presentations:
- Internals upgrade to spring-4 for Java 8 compatibility
- GeoServer code sprint success and wicket migration code sprint
- GeoServer Plugin for QGIS
- REST configuration Resources (docs)
For more information, see the GeoServer blog post on this release.