Lots of goodies, but we can't upgrade until we fix the bad usage of
macros, see
fyi
-Vincent
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Nathan Bubna<nbubna(a)apache.org>
> Date: April 28, 2010 12:53:50 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Velocity Developers List<dev(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, Velocity Users
List<user(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, announce(a)apache.org
> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1 release available
>
> The Velocity developers are please to announce the availability of
> Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1.
>
> Downloads can be found here:
>
http://velocity.apache.org/download.cgi
>
> A great deal of work has been done since the 1.6 branch. Here's a taste:
>
> - Your macros can now be called with bodies when you want:
> #macro(foo)Here is $bodyContent#end
> #@foo()body content!#end
> - Quotes can be escaped in strings by doubling them:
> #set( $foo = "$person said, ""$comment"" " )
> #set( $bar = 'Joe said, ''Hi!'' ' )
> - The flawed #literal directive has been replaced with:
> #[[ This is included but not parsed, so #if and $foo need no escaping.]]#
>
> Also included are namespacing improvements, better #break and #stop,
> bracketed index syntax, and more! For full details, please see the
> change log:
>
http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/changes-report.html
>
> This should work as a drop-in replacement for Velocity 1.6.3 in the
> vast majority of cases. However, there have been a number of
> deprecations (should result in warnings in your log output) and a few
> minor behavioral changes, all of which are explained in the change
> log. :)