HttpClient 4.1-alpha2 release notes and web site updates

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk@942869 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

RELEASE_NOTES.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 Release 4.1 ALPHA2
 -------------------
+
+HttpClient 4.1 ALPHA2 fixes a number of non-severe bugs discovered since 
+the last release and introduces support for two frequently requested features:
+
+* a mechanism to bypass the standard certificate trust verification 
+(useful when dealing with self-signed certificates)
+
+* HTTP/1.1 response caching.
+
+Compatibility notes
+-------------------
+(1) Please note the HTTP caching module is still considered experimental and 
+its API may change significantly in the future releases.
+
+(2) This release eliminates Mime4J as a dependency for the HttpMime module. 
+HttpMime is no longer binary compatible with the previous releases. 
+Full API and binary compatibility between minor versions of HttpMime will be
+maintained as of 4.1 GA release.
+
+Changelog
+-------------------
+
 * [HTTPCLIENT-427] HTTP caching support
   Contributed by Joe Campbell, David Cleaver, David Mays, Jon Moore, Brad Spenla
 

src/site/apt/download.apt

@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@ HttpClient Downloads
   </dependency>
 -------------------------
 
-* {HttpComponents Client 4.1-alpha1 (development branch)}
+* {HttpComponents Client 4.1-alpha2 (development branch)}
 
 -------------------------
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
     <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
+    <version>4.1-alpha2</version>
     <scope>compile</scope>
   </dependency>
 -------------------------
 
-* {HttpComponents HttpMime 4.1-alpha1 (development branch)}
+* {HttpComponents HttpMime 4.1-alpha2 (development branch)}
 
 -------------------------
   <dependency>
@@ -85,3 +85,14 @@ HttpClient Downloads
     <scope>compile</scope>
   </dependency>
 -------------------------
+
+* {HttpComponents HttpClient Cache 4.1-alpha2 (development branch)}
+
+-------------------------
+  <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+    <artifactId>httpclient-cache</artifactId>
+    <version>4.1-alpha2</version>
+    <scope>compile</scope>
+  </dependency>
+-------------------------

src/site/apt/index.apt

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ HttpClient Overview
 
     * Basic, Digest authentication schemes. Please note NTLM is supported only partially.
 
+    * Experimental support for SPNEGO Kerberos authentication scheme.
+
     * Plug-in mechanism for custom authentication schemes.
 
     * Pluggable secure socket factories, making it easier to use third party solutions
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ HttpClient Overview
 
     * The ability to set connection timeouts.
 
+    * Experimental support for HTTP/1.1 response caching.
+
     * Source code is freely available under the Apache License.
 
 {Standards Compliance}