OpenACS &version; Release Notes
by Don Baccus and
Vinod Kurup
This is a beta release of OpenACS &version;. This release has been subjected
to an organized test effort, but please bear in mind that we are still
in the process of developing testing tools, methodology, and scripts.
Please report bugs using our
Software Development Manager at the OpenACS website. The latest
information on installating this alpha release under Oracle 8.1.6/7
or PostgreSQL 7.1.* can be found there as well. Currently the
toolkit will not install under Oracle 9i due to Oracle having made
"delete" an illegal name for PL/SQL procedures and functions.
You may want to begin by reading our installation documentation for or . Note that the Windows
documentation is not current for OpenACS &version;.
After installation, the full documentation set can be found by visiting
http://[your-host]/doc. Not all pieces are updated for OpenACS &version; at
this moment.
Site Wide Searching
If you're using Oracle 8.1.6 or 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition you may want
to uncomment the SQL that causes InterMedia to keep online searching
online while indexing. The feature doesn't exist in Standard Editionx
and OpenACS &version; now defaults to being loadable in SE. Just grep for
'sync' to find the code.
Also be sure to read the documentation in the Site Wide Search
package's sql/oracle directory. The APM doesn't execute the SQL for
this package, in part due to the fact that some steps need to be run
as the Oracle user 'ctxsys'.
If you're using PostgreSQL be sure to read the documentation on
installing the Open FTS driver for OpenACS. It's included in the
package as a text file and is also summarized at the end of the
installation documentation in the section, . As with the Oracle version, there
are steps you must take manually in order to get this feature
working.
Testing Notes
Here are some notes from our testing group. While not quite up to
date it should give you some ideas of where things stand.
Summarised Testing Status
Skin
Minimal
Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: Page
Test Coverage: Minimal
Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: Bboard
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Static Pages
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: Ticket Tracker
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments: Don tested personally
Package: Ticket Tracker Lite
Test Coverage: Unknown
Suggested Status:
Comments:
Package: Acs-lang
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments: Oracle only
Package: Simple-survey
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Portal
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Notes
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Bookmarks
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Clickthrough
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Acs-mail
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: Acs-messaging
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: File manager
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: File Storage
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: Site-wide-search
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: General Comments
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Acs-events
Test Coverage: None
Suggested Status:
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-datetime
Test Coverage: None
Suggested Status:
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-tcl
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-templating
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-util
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-Content-repository
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-content
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-kernel
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-subsite
Test Coverage: Reasonable
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments:
Package: Acs-bootstrap-installer
Test Coverage: Extensive
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments: Developers have used this extensively
Package: Acs-api-browser
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments: Automated Testing
Package: Acs-workflow
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Release w/caution
Comments:
Package: calendar
Test Coverage: Minimal
Suggested Status: Alpha
Comments: Don tested personally
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