[ANNOUNCE] JMeter 2.3.4 r785646

The Apache JMeter team announces the release of Apache JMeter 2.3.4 r785646.

This is a bug-fix release to correct some problems that were
discovered with 2.3.3, in particular:
- JMeter does not start up if there is no messages.properties file for
the default Locale.
- JDBC Sampler should not close Prepared or Callable statements as
these are cached
- HTTPSampler2 response timeout not honored
- Fix problems with remote clients

== All users - especially those running 2.3.3 - are recommended to upgrade. ==

Apache JMeter is a Java application designed to test server applications.
It can be used to:
* generate test loads
* test functional behaviour
* measure performance.
It includes support for protocols such as HTTP(S), JDBC, JMS, FTP, and others.
It can also be extended with user-written code.

See http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

This version of JMeter requires Java 1.4 or later.
This next release of JMeter will require at least Java 1.5.

The release can be downloaded from:

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cg i

When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file.

Only the binary archive is needed to run JMeter - there is no need to
download the source archive.

However there are some optional libraries which are not included.
See the "Getting Started" page for details:
http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/get-started.html

The list of changes since version 2.3.3 can be found at:

http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/changes.html

All users are recommended to upgrade to this release, especially those
running 2.3.3.

Enjoy!
The JMeter team