See the CFUnited Blog for more details. Don't forget, I also have a review on CFUnited 2009 if you're trying to figure out why you should be attending CF Conferences. After a big southern wedding, I don't know what my plans are for attending conferences this year are. I know I'll be getting more involved with my local CFUG.
So, as predicted, CF9 was released at Adobe MAX. Two things I pushed/voted heavily for when I was in the beta was 64 Bit Standard and easier staging/development licensing. Both are now available in CF9. Great win for the ColdFusion community. If you happen to be at MAX, be sure to look around for Railo members. I believe Sean Corfield is lounging around the area on behalf of 4cff.org, not sure who else is around at MAX.
Last week at CFUnited, Railo 3.1.1 Final was released. This marks a major milestone for the Railo team as Railo moves from a commercial application (prior to 3.1) to an Open Source/JBoss project.
During the "Railo Open Source" presentation by Gert Franz, he outlines what's is possible with 3.1 and provides a roadmap of 3.2 and beyond which includes Hibernate integration and JBoss cache support.
If you have 3.1 beta now, you can log into your server context and upgrade to 3.1.1 by clicking on Services > Update. Point the URL to: http://preview.getrailo.org/ - click update and then, you should see the 3.1.1 patch notes. When you're ready, click on Execute Update.
Give it a few minutes as it's downloading in the background and installing. When it's done, you'll be booted from the admin and you'll have to re-login. When you do, you should see immediately that you're running Railo 3.1.1.000 final.
Recommended: If you're running a version prior to 3.1, we highly recommend re-installing to make sure everything is kosher.
Not Recommended: There is a shortcut you can take with Resin, but we don't support/recommend it. You can shutdown the Resin service, go to the {railo install dir}. Then, make a copy/backup {railo install dir}/lib and download the jar files at the bottom of the download page. Then, extract the jar files over top of the previous jars in {railo install dir}/lib. Once you're finished, start up the services and log into the admin and you should see the server now at Railo 3.1.1.000 final. Your mileage varies and remember, this is not recommended. I have done this, it worked for me. I know several others that did this as well with success. I also know of a couple of people that had issues.
Enjoy!