Source: GeoTools Project
Story Link: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/2005/06/20/Geotools+2.1.RC1+released

The GeoTools team has announced a release candidate for their 2.1 development branch. They write in, "This release, and with the switch to the 2.0 version of GeoAPI completed, only fixes to bugs lie between here and the final 2.1 release. If you are developing aginst the 2.0 branch then now is a good time to start thinking about switching to 2.1 as all new (and thus experimental features) are being done on the 2.2 branch with only bug fixes and optimizations scheduled for the 2.1 branch."