The most notable new thing (to me) in this version is that now we don’t need to install a separate application server for the reporting application. CruiseControl can now embed a Jetty server so it is even easier to set it up.
Oh, the bug of detecting Subversion modification set introduced in version 2.2.1 is also fixed (mentioned in Self-Controlled CruiseControl). It was strange that I couldn’t Google any information related this bug (was it only me?). Anyway, the problem is gone in this new version.
I also complained about the inability of adding/removing projects without restarting build loop before. Guess what? It is now possible to achieve Self-Controlled CruiseControl.
Another major new feature is that we can now define Ant style properties in the configuration file. It should be a lot easier to structure the configuration file (also a lot simpler).
The new release includes many fixes and several new plugins. For example, a new RSS publisher is added (as well as RSS support in reporting pages). There is also a preliminary support for distributed building. Check out the release note for yourself and get it now!
The problem I encountered with Subversion modification set in CruiseControl is because I set the following attribute to the modificationset element: requiremodification=”yes”. I guess since version 2.2.1 they have changed it to be only allowing “true/false”. It’s weird that I didn’t even notice this. Probably there wasn’t obvious indication of that in the log.
Frustrating but anyway, I found the problem ...