I am happy to announce the release of JBossOSGi-1.0.0.Beta9.  

You can download the binary here: jboss-osgi-installer-1.0.0.Beta9.jar

The release comes with improvements in the following areas

• Uses the new JBoss Modules modularity layer, which is also the basis of AS7
• Performance increase by approximately 2000%
• Integration with upcoming JBoss Application Server 7
• Support for update bundles and refresh packages
• Improved resolver abstraction/integration
• Migration to the Arquillian test framework

For details please have a look at the latest version of our User Guide.

Here are the change log details 

Bug

• [JBOSGI-331] -         Activator cannot change bundle start level
• [JBOSGI-339] -         Fragment failures in functional runtime tests
• [JBOSGI-346] -         Attached fragment hides private package in host
• [JBOSGI-354] -         Initial Bundle Start Level initialization is done in the wrong place.
• [JBOSGI-356] -         JBoss OSGi has implicit imports
• [JBOSGI-367] -         JTA BundleActivator cannot find DocumentBuilderFactory
• [JBOSGI-373] -         Cannot load service through java.util.ServiceLoader
• [JBOSGI-383] -         Cannot refresh uninstalled bundle through FrameworkMBean
• [JBOSGI-387] -         Potential problem with refreshing uninstalled bundles via JMX

Feature Request

• [JBOSGI-209] -         Implement resolver preferences
• [JBOSGI-376] -         Initial OSGi / Modules dependency implementation
• [JBOSGI-380] -         Initial Arquillian test integration
• [JBOSGI-386] -         Invoking Refresh Packages on the framework from Web Console causes issues

Task

• [JBOSGI-258] -         [TCK] Start Level
• [JBOSGI-336] -         Implement PackageAdmin.refreshPackages(Bundle[])
• [JBOSGI-343] -         Comprehensive PackageAdmin test coverage
• [JBOSGI-359] -         Comprehensive Bundle API test coverage
• [JBOSGI-360] -         Integrate jbosgi-container into jbosgi umbrella
• [JBOSGI-361] -         TCK setup for MSC Core Framework
• [JBOSGI-362] -         Integrate the MSC Framework with the Installer
• [JBOSGI-363] -         Update resolver to Apache Felix-3.0.x
• [JBOSGI-369] -         Add support for fragments to Package Admin
• [JBOSGI-374] -         Release 1.0.0.Beta9
• [JBOSGI-375] -         Restore fragment, native code, service hook support
• [JBOSGI-378] -         OSGi Performance Analysis
• [JBOSGI-379] -         Implement Bundle.update()
• [JBOSGI-388] -         Migrate all remaining Husky tests to Arquillian

Sub-task

• [JBOSGI-241] -         [TCK] Framework classpath
• [JBOSGI-244] -         [TCK] Framework filter
• [JBOSGI-247] -         [TCK] Framework service hooks
• [JBOSGI-248] -         [TCK] Framework lifecycle
• [JBOSGI-251] -         [TCK] Framework services
• [JBOSGI-252] -         [TCK] Framework bundle listener

Enjoy