+Now the descriptions in alphabetical order:
+
+
+avalon-framework-4.0
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 4.0
+url : http://avalon.apache.org/framework
+description: The Avalon Framework consists of
+ interfaces that define relationships
+ between commonly used application
+ components, best-of-practice pattern
+ enforcements, and several lightweight
+ convenience implementations of the
+ generic components.
+todo : update to 4.1.4
+
+
+
+batik
+------------------------------------------------
+version : ??
+url : http://xml.apache.org/batik/
+description: batik is for images in the Scalable Vector
+ Graphics (SVG)
+todo : check if necessary / update to version 1.1.1
+ MIR compiles without it. Is it (still)
+ necessary?
+
+
+commons-codec
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.1
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
+description: Needed for base64
+
+commons-collections
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 2.1
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
+description: needed for parsing the configuration
+ properties file and provides more useful collections
+ like a LRUCache
+
+
+commons-net
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.0
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
+description: needed for the mail feature
+
+
+cos
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 05Nov2002
+url : http://www.servlets.com/cos/index.html
+description: servlet utilities by oreilly
+todo : replace due to the license
+
+
+fop
+------------------------------------------------
+version : ??
+url : http://xml.apache.org/fop/
+description:
+todo : The latest stable version is FOP-0.20.4
+ check if necessary
+
+
+freemarker.jar / freemarker-utility.jar
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.6.2 (probably)
+url : http://fm-classic.sourceforge.net
+description: template engine
+todo : update to version 1.7.5
+ template changes involved on update
+
+
+gnu-regexp
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.1.4
+url : http://www.cacas.org/java/gnu/regexp/
+description: GNU regular expression library
+todo : check if to be replaced with jakarta
+ commons regexp
+
+
+jimi
+------------------------------------------------
+version : ??
+url : http://java.sun.com/products/jimi/
+description: Jimi is a class library for managing
+ images
+todo : check for update / check if necessary
+
+
+log4j
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.2.8
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/
+description: Jakarta Log4J standard library for
+ the logging layer of MIR.
+
+
+logkit
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.0
+url : http://apache.serveftp.org/apache-site/dist/avalon/logkit/latest/
+description: LogKit is an easy to use logging
+ toolkit.
+depends on : avalon
+todo : update to version 1.2
+
+
+lucene
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 1.2
+url : http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/
+description: Jakarta Lucene is a high-performance,
+ full-featured text search engine written
+ entirely in Java.
+
+
+multex
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 3
+url : http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~knabe/java/multex
+description: nested exceptions
+todo : rename to multex-3.jar
+
+
+poolman
+------------------------------------------------
+version : ??
+url : https://sourceforge.net/projects/poolman
+url : http://www.codestudio.com/
+description: PoolMan is no longer available or supported
+ Connection and object pooling mechanisms:
+ they can now be found in application servers [...]
+ Tomcat and the Jakarta Project, and other
+ J2EE products and servers.
+todo : find replacement
+
+
+postgresql
+------------------------------------------------
+version : 7.2 (jdbc2-version)
+url : http://jdbc.postgresql.org
+description: JDBC driver for postgresql database
+
+
+strutsmesg
+------------------------------------------------
+version : ??
+url :
+description: Extracted from struts 1.0
+todo : update