[opencms-dev] OpenCms version 6.2.2 has been released

[Alexander Kandzior]

Dear OpenCms users,

version 6.2.2 (stable) of OpenCms is now available for download from the
OpenCms website http://www.opencms.org. OpenCms 6.2.2 is a maintenance
release which fixes several issues reported in OpenCms 6.2.1. No important
new features have been added since the 6.2.1 version. 

The following issues have been fixed in 6.2.2 compared to the 6.2.1 release:

* Fixed issue #1078: Custom implementations of CmsWidgetDialog are now able
to 
                     provide a custom Title
* Fixed issue #1131: Problems with CmsFileUtile#readFully() (thanks to the 
                     contribution of Jason Trump)
* Fixed issue #1148: image.size property is now updated when using replace()

                     operation
* Fixed issue #1151: Exception when accessing file properties if TemplateOne

                     module not installed
* Fixed issue #1155: Oracle DB contraints are not longer violated during
OpenCms 
                     setup
* Fixed issue #1156: The Setup is trying to drop DB when it doesn't exist
* Fixed issue #1157: JavaScript for displaying explorer view is crashed when

                     resource title ends with "/" ,"\" chars
* Fixed issue #1163: NULL_PROPERTY now uses equals() to check for identity,
also 
                     has a name set to avoid NPE
* Fixed issue #1167: build-single.xml ClassNotFoundException (thanks to the 
                     contribution of Harald Brabenetz)
* Fixed issue #1168: JavaScript error when closing database import/export
report
* Fixed issue #1173: CmsSynchronize called CmsRequestContext#saveSiteRoot() 
                     multiple times
* Fixed issue #1174: Cache key in Flex request "params" without parameter
* Fixed issue #1178: Updated PDFBox.jar to 0.7.2 version to avoid issues
with 
                     certain PDFs during search indexing
* Fixed issue #1183: CmsJspActionElement.getContent(String) generates NPE
for 
                     XML Content
* Fixed issue #1186: Help bubble popup: Wrong display position using nested
XML 
                     content
* Fixed issue #1187: '&' Character in project name gives "String index out
of 
                     range: -1"
* Fixed issue #1188: Wrong resource link in contenttools module
* Fixed issue #1190: Multiple access control and input validation 
                     vulnerabilities
* Fixed issue #1195: default locale while creating a XmlPage is missing
* Fixed issue #1196: Wrong cast in CmsNewsletter has been removed
* Fixed issue #1197: Static export on demand does not scrub parameter based 
                     image versions
* Fixed issue with workplace localization that required all explorer related
key 
  to be in a single package
* Fixed issue with static export not deleting parameter versions of exported

  files
* Fixed some localization issues in the XML content widget implementations
* Fixed issue with synchonization during static export blocking the "clear 
  cache" event
- Added configurable validation handler for user and group name
- Improved caching of XML Content definitions by adding a cache to the
"unmarshal" 
  factory methods

For complete details about the new features and fixed issues in 6.2.2,
please check the release notes. 

To upgrade an existing OpenCms 6 installation to the new 6.2.2 release, an
easy to use upgrade wizard is provided. This wizard will upgrade version
6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0 and 6.2 beta to 6.2.2 almost
automatically.

Alkacon Software GmbH is the company responsible for the main development of
OpenCms. Today OpenCms is a leading open source CMS solution in widespread
use all over the world. Many businesses and organizations use OpenCms as a
cost effective, professional alternative to expensive license products. 

Alkacon Software GmbH offers its customers training, support and add-on
products for OpenCms. This gives our customers a layer of security and
convenience often required for mission critical OpenCms installations.

The team at Alkacon Software wants to thank everyone who has contributed bug
reports and feedback for this release of OpenCms.

Kind Regards,
Alex.

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Alexander Kandzior                                                        

Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts

http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org