Spring Batch 2.2.5 Release Notes

* Improvement

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-1980}[BATCH-1980]}} - Transaction timeout results in step execution status UNKNOWN

* Bug

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-2153}[BATCH-2153]}} - StepSynchronizationManager uses static HashMap - NullPointerException with multiple Threads

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-2169}[BATCH-2169]}} - @BeforeStep doesn't work when using @StepScope

* Task

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-2173}[BATCH-2173]}} - Update POM files to reference new repository URLs

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-2180}[BATCH-2180]}} - Clarify: CompositeItemWriter and the need to register streams

  * {{{http://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-2181}[BATCH-2181]}} - Backport BATCH-2175 to the 2.2.x branch
