Java News from Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The first public release candidate of Subversion 1.4.0 has been posted. Subversion is an open source version control system designed to replace CVS. New features in 1.4 include

• Path-based authorization for svnserve
• Improved logging and repository listing in mod_dav_svn
• Improved python and ruby bindings
• New commandline switches

Websina has released BugZero 4.3.7, a $1299 payware (+$300 for maintenance) Web-based bug tracking system that supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, and metric reports. Bug Zero is written in Java and can run on top of various backend databases including MySQL. 4.3.7 plugs a security hole and adds a Chinese localization.