[opencms-dev] OpenCms 7 RC 1 available

Sat May 5 23:00:58 CEST 2007

Hello Alexander,

Thank you for the good work.

I found there is a bug in OpenCms 7.0 Beta, that is, once you are in Account
Management, you cannot go up to Administration View. Besides, the titile
shows wrongly as "Organizational Unit: The root organizational unit".

I want to see if the bug has been fixed in 7.0 RC1, but I failed to compile
this new release. I got 35 errors all concering the workflow stuff. The file
/opencms/src/org/opencms/file/CmsProject.java does not contain the method
isWorkflowProject() anymore, but this file
/opencms/src/org/opencms/workflow/generic/CmsDefaultWorkflowManager.java
still uses it. I tried to replace the problem files with the corresponding
ones from 7.0 Beta. As the error number became small and big when compiling
after each replacement, finally I had to replace the OpeCmsCore.java file.
Then I had to stop there, because otherwise it will be a version 7.0 Beta
instead of 7.0 RC1:)

Best

- RuiXian

On 5/3/07, Alexander Kandzior <a.kandzior at alkacon.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> development of OpenCms has reached another milestone as the first release
> candidate (RC) of OpenCms 7 is now available.
>
> OpenCms 7 RC 1 is available since yesterday evening from CVS, and we will
> make it available as a download from opencms.org until then end of the
> week.
> The CVS tag is "build_7rc_1".
>
> I invite everyone to download, install and try out OpenCms 7 RC 1.
>
> We are most interested in feedback regarding backwards compatibility to
> OpenCms 6.2, since we want to improve the 7 API to be as compatible as
> possible. In the development process of OpenCms 7, several API methods
> where
> refactored - please let me know what methods from version 6.2 we should
> put
> back in the API, these will then be marked as deprecated.
>
> Features of the OpenCms 7 RC 1 release:
>
> * The internal link management has been greatly improved.
> * If files (or folders) are moved / renamed, all links to these files are
> now
>   kept intact.
> * Deleting a resource that is linked by other resources does now display a
>   warning / confirmation dialog.
> * The new "Content Relationship Engine" (CRE) allows defining
>   arbitrary relations between OpenCms resources.
> * Native support for WebDAV access to the OpenCms VFS has been added.
> * Publishing of resources is now done using a queue, so a user can
>   continue to work after publishing has started.
> * The concept of "Organization Units" (OUs) has been added to the
>   internal user management.
> * System permissions are now based on a comlete new set of "Roles".
> * It is now possible to delegate management of users / groups in OUs
>   to Sub-Administrators.
> * A "switch user" (su) function for Administrators in the OpenCms
>   Workplace is now available.
> * Many usability improvements for the OpenCms Workplace have been
>   made, especially concerning the handling of other users locks.
> * Many dialogs in the OpenCms Workplace are more responsive because of
>   the use of Ajax technologies.
> * The context menus in the Workplace are now cascading and can be
>   configured individually based on the users permissions.
> * A new "Undelete" function is available on the context menu
>   to restore deleted resources, including complete deleted subtrees.
> * The full text search has been greatly improved so that individual
>   resource properties or fields from XML content can be searched
>   directly.
> * A "time warp" feature in the Workplace now allows users to view
>   resources with date expired / date released settings.
> * Auto correction for structured XML contents now allows changes to
>   the XML schema of existing resources.
> * A configurable search tool is now available for content managers in
>   the Workplace.
> * A permalink handler for resources is available for external
>   references in case a resource is moved or renamed.
> * Link management support has been added in editors for standard HTML
>   tags 'area', 'object' & 'embed'.
> * The core database structure has been optimized.
> * JSP 2.0 and Servlet 2.4 are now used by default.
>
> Please note that this feature list of OpenCms 7 is subject to change until
> we reach the "Release Candidate 2" stage (please see below). Keep in mind
> that most development on OpenCms 7 is sponsored by customers. That means
> some features may be dropped and other features may be added until the
> feature freeze.
>
> OpenCms 7 release plan:
>
> The second and final public release will be OpenCms 7 RC 2, available
> June 6, 2007. This version will contain bug fixes and the final and stable
> core API for version 7. It will also contain the first version of an
> update
> wizard for version 7. The goal is to be able to update all released stable
> OpenCms 6.0 and 6.2 versions to OpenCms 7 using this update wizard. This
> release will also mark the beginning of the "feature freeze" period, which
> means no new features will be added to the core after the OpenCms 7 RC 2
> release.
>
> OpenCms 7.0 final will be released July 4, 2007. Compared to the RC 2
> version, we expect no changes except fixes for bugs or other issues that
> have been found in the RC 2 release. This version will also contain the
> final and tested version of the update wizard.
>
> Please note that this feature list and release plan for OpenCms 7 comes
> without any warranty and it is subject to change without notice. Updates
> will be published on the OpenCms website and the opencms-dev mailing list.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex.
>
> -------------------
> Alexander Kandzior
>
> Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts
>
> http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org
>
>
>
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