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 5.3.16 is available now.
Spring Framework 5.3.16 includes 33 fixes and improvements.
Stay tuned for follow-up Spring Boot releases next week.
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I’m happy to announce that Spring Initializr 0.12.0 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.
This release includes 10 fixes, improvements and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
For full upgrade instructions and new and noteworthy features please see the release notes.
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On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.5.9 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.
This release includes 32 bug fixes, documentation 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 6.0.0-M2 and 5.3.15 are available now.
Spring Framework 5.3.15 includes 17 fixes and improvements as a recommended upgrade for all Spring production scenarios. Spring Framework 6.0.0-M2 includes 6 additional fixes and improvements specific to the 6.0 branch.
Stay tuned for the announcement of Spring Boot 3.0.0-M1 next week!
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Native 0.11.1 has been released and is now available from https://repo.spring.io/release.
This release includes 13 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
Update Jan 5: 2022: The Spring Framework version in this release includes fixes for CVE-2021-22060 whose official publication was deferred until today since many people take time off at the end of the year.
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.5.8 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.
This release includes 46 bug fixes, documentation 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…
Update Jan 5, 2022: The releases include fixes for CVE-2021-22060 whose official publication was deferred until today since many people take time off at the end of the year.
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.3.14 and 5.2.19 are available now.
Spring Framework 5.3.14 includes 36 fixes and improvements. Spring Framework 5.2.19 includes 11 selected fixes and improvements.
Stay tuned for the announcement of Spring Framework 6.0.0-M1 later today!
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 2.4.13 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.
This release includes 26 bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency upgrades. Thanks to all those who have contributed with issue reports and pull requests.
2.4.x has now reached the end of its OSS support period and regular releases will no longer be made. If you are still on this version, please consider upgrading at your earliest convenience. If you cannot upgrade at this time, commercial support is available…
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.3.13 is available now.
Spring Framework 5.3.13 includes 16 fixes and improvements.
Stay tuned for follow-up Spring Boot releases next week.
Update (2021-10-26): This release contains a fix for a security issue. Please, read the related announcement.
On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Framework 5.3.12 is available now.
Spring Framework 5.3.12 is a follow-up of the recent 5.3.11 release fixing 2 regressions in time for the Spring Boot releases.
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