Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/release-notes.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/release-notes.html,v diff -u -r1.55.2.12 -r1.55.2.13 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/release-notes.html 19 Nov 2016 09:21:54 -0000 1.55.2.12 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/release-notes.html 6 Jan 2017 09:18:42 -0000 1.55.2.13 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -OpenACS Release Notes

OpenACS Release Notes

Release 5.9.0

  • +OpenACS Release Notes

    OpenACS Release Notes

    Release 5.9.0

    • The release of OpenACS 5.9.0 contains the 78 packages of the oacs-5-9 branch. These packages include the OpenACS core packages, the major application packages (e.g. most the ones used on OpenACS.org), and @@ -263,21 +263,21 @@ more than 18.000 modifications (781 commits) contributed by 7 committers.

    Release 5.7.0

    • - Made changes that extend acs-kernel's create_type and create_attribute procs, - so they're optionally able to create sql tables and columns. Optional metadata + Made changes that extend acs-kernel's create_type and create_attribute procs, + so they're optionally able to create sql tables and columns. Optional metadata params allow for the automatic generation of foreign key references, check exprs, etc.

    Release 5.6.0

    • Added new package dependency type, "embeds". This is a variant of the "extends" package dependency type added in OpenACS 5.5.0. It allows one to write embeddable packages, with scripts made visible in client packages - using URLs which include the embedded package's package key. An example + using URLs which include the embedded package's package key. An example embeddable package might be a rewritten "attachments" package. The current implementation requires a global instance be mounted, and client packages generate urls to that global instance. Among other things, this leads to the user navigating to the top-level subsite, losing any subsite theming that might be associated with a community. Using "embeds", a rewritten - package would run in the client package's context, maintaining theming and + package would run in the client package's context, maintaining theming and automatically associating attachments with the client package.

      Added global package parameters - parameters can now have scope "local" or "global", @@ -335,12 +335,12 @@ site-wide one if not. This will cause message keys (entered as <span>#</span>....# strings) to be replaced with the language text for the chosen locale.

    Release 5.4.2

    • This is a minor bugfix release. -

      Site node caching was removed as doesn't work correctly

      Critical issues with search on oracle were fixed

      More html strict work etc

    Release 5.4.1

    • This is a minor bugfix release. +

      Site node caching was removed as doesn't work correctly

      Critical issues with search on oracle were fixed

      More html strict work etc

    Release 5.4.1

    • This is a minor bugfix release.

    Release 5.4.0

    • New Templating API added to add scripts, css, etc to the HTML HEAD and BODY sections of the generated HTML document. Please see /packages/acs-templating/tcl/head-procs.tcl or visit the template::head procs in the API browser for details. -

      Templates have been modified to comply with HTML strict

      The Search package's results page has been improved

      TinyMCE WYSIWYG support has been added, RTE and HTMLArea support dropped

      acs-mail-lite's send has been cleaned up to properly encode content, to handle +

      Templates have been modified to comply with HTML strict

      The Search package's results page has been improved

      TinyMCE WYSIWYG support has been added, RTE and HTMLArea support dropped

      acs-mail-lite's send has been cleaned up to properly encode content, to handle file attachments, etc. "complex-send" will disappear from acs-core in a future release.

    The ChangeLogs include an annotated list of changes (???) since the last release and in the entire 5.9 release sequence ???.

    Release 5.3.1

    • Bug fixes.

      New TIPs implemented.

      All Core Automated Tests for Postgres pass.

      New Site and Blank master templates and CSS compatible with the .LRN Zen @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ You may want to begin by reading our installation documentation for the section called “a Unix-like system”. Note that the Windows documentation is not current for OpenACS 5.9.0, but an alternative is to use John - Sequeira's Oasis VM + Sequeira's Oasis VM project.

      After installation, the full documentation set can be found by visiting @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ authentication, password management, account creation, and account import mechanisms. This includes improvements to the basic cookie handling, so logins can be expired without the - user's identity being completely lost. You can set login to expire after a certain period + user's identity being completely lost. You can set login to expire after a certain period (e.g. 8 hours, then password must be refreshed), or you can have all issues login cookies expired at once, e.g. if you have left a permanent login cookie on a public machine somewhere.

    • @@ -406,12 +406,12 @@ administration, your workspace, and login/logout, and is rendered using CSS. - And there's a new community template + And there's a new community template (/packages/acs-subsite/www/group-master), which provides useful navigation to the applications and administrative UI in a subsite. - In addition, there's new, simpler UI for managing members of a + In addition, there's new, simpler UI for managing members of a subsite, instantiating and mounting applications, setting permissions, parameters, etc. @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ The list builder has been added for easily generating templated tables and lists, with features such as filtering, sorting, - actions on multiple rows with checkboxes, etc. Most of all, it's + actions on multiple rows with checkboxes, etc. Most of all, it's fast to use, and results in consistently-looking, consistently-behaving, templated tables.

    • @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@

    • Oracle 9i support.

    • - Who's online feature. + Who's online feature.

    • Spell checking.

    @@ -458,4 +458,4 @@

  • Serving backup files and files from the CVS directories is turned off by default via the acs-kernel parameter ExcludedFiles in section request-processor (The variable provides a string match glob list of files and is defaulted to "*/CVS/* *~") -

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Release 4.6.3

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Release 4.6.2

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Release 4.6

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Release 4.5

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Release 4.6.3

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Release 4.6.2

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Release 4.6

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Release 4.5

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