Stéphane is an experienced software engineer and open source contributor with a strong focus on Java enterprise development, software architecture, and technical leadership. Over the years, he has contributed to and led a wide range of initiatives, including the development of critical infrastructure in logistics and geospatial systems, as well as the design of enterprise frameworks widely adopted across the industry.
Stéphane is a core contributor to the Spring Framework and Spring Boot open source projects, and previously led Spring Initializr and start.spring.io, supporting developers worldwide in getting started with Spring. As a former member of the Apache Maven PMC, he has been actively involved in open source software governance and evolution for two decades.
As a member of the Spring team, Stéphane has had the privilege of working on various aspects of Spring Boot and Spring Framework, with a focus on understanding its inner workings and collaborating with the fantastic community of contributors.
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On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.2.1 and 5.1.11 are available now.
The first maintenance release of the 5.2 line includes over 35 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.1.11 includes 7 selected fixes and improvements.
As usual, we'll follow up shortly with corresponding Spring Boot releases (2.2.1 and 2.1.10).
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I’m happy to announce that Spring Initializr 0.8.0 has been released and is now available from repo.spring.io. For the first time, the release is also available from Maven Central!
This release includes 90 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
Spring Initializr 0.8 brings a complete rewrite of the project generation API with dedicated abstractions for common assets of JVM-based projects:
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.9 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.
This release includes 40 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter.
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On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.1.10 is available now.
Spring Framework 5.1.10 includes 35 fixes and selected improvements.
Next week is going to be quite busy release-wise with Spring Framework 5.2 GA followed by a number of spring projects going GA as well. We'll also have the first release candidate of Spring Boot 2.2, stay tuned!
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.8 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.
This release includes 77 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter.
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On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that the second release candidate of Spring Framework 5.2 has been released and is available from our milestone repository.
Spring Framework 5.2.0.RC2 includes 63 fixes and improvements and is our last stop before GA proper scheduled 3 weeks from now.
Next up is Spring Boot 2.2.0.M6, stay tuned!
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.7 has been released and is is now available from repo.spring.io and Maven Central.
This release includes 97 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
If you're interested in helping out, check out the "ideal for contribution" tag in the issue repository. If you have general questions, please ask on stackoverflow.com using the spring-boot tag or chat with the community on Gitter.
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On behalf of the team and everyone that contributed, I am pleased to announce that the fifth milestone of Spring Boot 2.2 has been released and is available from our milestone repository. This release closes over 250 issues and pull requests. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
For a complete list of changes and upgrade instructions, please see the Spring Boot 2.2 Release Notes on the wiki and the updated reference documentation.
If you want to get started with 2.2 and try out the new features, you can bootstrap a new project on https://start.spring.io…
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that a feature-complete Spring Framework 5.2 release candidate is available from our milestone repository now! Find a comprehensive list of new features and refinements on our wiki: from major core container optimizations to reactive transactions and RSocket support.
We are working towards 5.2 RC2 with fine-tuning and performance improvements in August, preparing for 5.2’s general availability in mid September. We'll also release Spring Boot 2.2 M5 later this week at which point you'll be able to consume Spring…
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.1.9, 5.0.15, and 4.3.25 are available now.
Spring Framework 5.1.9 includes 38 fixes and improvements and is a recommended upgrade for all 5.x users. Spring Framework 5.0.15 includes 16 selected fixes while Spring Framework 4.3.25 includes 10 selected fixes.
Next up is Spring Framework 5.2 RC1 coming up early next week followed by the usual Spring Boot releases, stay tuned!
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