Midgard 8.09.0RC3 "Ragnaroek" released

User: piotras
Date: 12/30/2008 9:15 am
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The 8.09.3 release focuses on API and architecture cleanups in order to ease transition from Midgard 1.x series API to Midgard 2.x APIs.

When out, the final 8.09.3 release will be recommended for all users of Midgard.

Changes from 8.09.3RC2:

  • Fixed database tables' layout for initial setups
  • Replication is faster objects which hold guid references
  • Minor bugfixes

Main changes from 8.09.2:

  • MidCOM DBA has been rewritten to follow decorator pattern instead of inheritance (#456 and #599)
  • There is a new online help and documentation viewer
  • Safari user experience has been greatly improved (#583, #585)
  • Basic authentication on Midgard level has been fixed (#485)
  • MidCOM cron is now automatically set up for new virtual hosts (#378)
  • All legacy metadata fields have been removed in favor of midgard_metadata object (#387, #464, #476 and #477)
  • Replication has been changed to work using the new API and decorators (#627, #607, #534, #501, 513, #564
  • File attachments now have MultiLang emulation (#420)
  • In-page Ajax editing can now be disabled and enabled globally (#526)
  • Midgard's tree management has been improved in many ways (#447, #482, #483, #600, #602, #625)
  • HTTP errors can be mapped to notifications or special logging (#305)
  • The Midgard PHP extension is now approximately 50% faster


In total 145 tickets have been closed for this release. See the Midgard issue tracker for a full list:
http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=closed&milestone=8.09.3+Ragnaroek

Planned for next maintenance release:

  • More performance tuning
  • Unit tests for midgard-php and MidCOM DBA layers
  • New Midgard visual guidelines deployed more widely
  • Filesync git integration for collaborative site development
  • MidCOM packages distributed by a Midgard-powered PEAR channel


See the full list in:
http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&status=closed&milestone=8.09.4+Ragnaroek&order=priority

Source downloads

http://www.midgard-project.org/download/

Binary packages

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/midgardproject:/ragnaroek/

Getting started

http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/

Issue tracker

http://trac.midgard-project.org/roadmap

More information

Piotr Pokora, Midgard release manager
piotrek.pokora(at)gmail.com

Henri Bergius, Midgard bug master
henri.bergius(at)iki.fi

The Midgard Project
http://www.midgard-project.org/

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