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version 3 final release

xploit

does anyone know when will version 3 (community) final be released?
how lond does it usually stay in beta?

regards

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hvyas

I don't think Alfresco release final community versions any more. Previous version was 2.9B and this one is 3.0B .

xploit

is there a way that i can update to the new version while keeping my data and configuration intact ?

loftux

Yes, just follow this procedure
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/General_Upgrade_Process

Peter Löfgren

alexander

As the Alfresco Labs 3 branch matures, we'll likely see fewer builds simply because it will grow increasingly more stable much the same way that subsequent releases of Alfresco Enteprise 3.

Luis

Is it still not clear if Alfresco is planning to perform any regression testing on labs releases or properly engage with community that they are done.

Both Labs 3 releases up till now are full of new exciting features but have fundamental things broken, such as FTP.

Thanks
Alexander

alexander

Luis

Thanks for reply. It gives good hope. I was feeling that community is unhappy with Alfresco withdrawing stable releases from anyone except Enterprise - "bad karma" for open source project.

Actually I tried out of the box release for windows with fresh install - what most people do.

I did not want to discuss particular problem with one feature, this was just an example. I am probably unlucky that bump into this problems as soon as install community / Labs release - but no luck since 2.1 - one or another makes it unusable even in a non-critical "friendly" project.

Regarding FTP - it runs, but if I attempt to copy in any directory structure it fails. Tried few clients.

Thanks
Alexander

fretief

Hi,

I have traditionally used Ms sharepoint services and MOSS. One of the most usable features of the MS product is the list feature and the ability to create custom lists with custom fields and even to do calculations in a list field. Looking at Alfresco share, this is one of the biggest reasons why I will not migrate to Alfresco share as it seems that similar functionality does not exist.

Can you share with us the plans and future features for Alfresco Share - e.g. will it become a real alternative to sharepoint?

Thanks

callermd

The 2.9 branch was a throwaway of sorts and wasn't stabilized enough to justify a final release so it should be ignored.

What we'll be doing going forward is to initially release new Alfresco Labs builds on a more frequent basis. These incremental builds will incorporate stability fixes and new features so each new release can be considered to be more "stable" than the prior release. The letters will be used instead of numbers to indicate these successively improved releases.

Please note that the "Alfresco Labs 3b" label doesn't mean "Alfresco Labs 3 beta" rather, it means "Alfresco Labs version 3 release b".

There will be no direct 1-to-1 mapping between a "lettered" Alfresco Labs release and a "numbered" Alfresco Enterprise release, but they will coincide every so often which will give you an idea of which Labs release is roughly equivalent to a specific Alfresco Enterprise release.

As the Alfresco Labs 3 branch matures, we'll likely see fewer builds simply because it will grow increasingly more stable much the same way that subsequent releases of Alfresco Enteprise 3.X.

The way it's looking right now, one can expect a timeline like this:

Alfresco Labs 3a (July 2008)
Alfresco Labs 3b (September 2008)
Alfresco Labs 3c (October 2008) —-> Alfresco Enterprise 3.0
Alfresco Labs 3d (TBD)
.
.
.
Alfresco Labs 3x (TBD) —-> Alfresco Enterprise 3.1
(and so on)

This is a little different from the way we used to do it, in a good way… Before we would release a Community release, followed a few weeks later by an Enterprise release, we would then push out mostly Enterprise releases with occasional Community releases.

For example:
Alfresco 2.0 Community –>Alfresco 2.0 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.0.1 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.0.2 Enterprise
Alfresco 2.1 Community –> Alfresco 2.1 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.1.1 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.1.2 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.1.3 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.2 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.1.4 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.1.5 Enterprise
No Community Release –> Alfresco 2.2.1 Enterprise

What I hope this illustrates is that Alfresco Labs will enjoy more frequent updates than was previously available.

I hope this makes sense and alleviates any confusion.

Regards,

So given that Alfresco Enterprise 3.0 was released when can we expect to see Alfresco 3c?

Thanks,

Martin

callermd

Hi,

Thanks for the link. I am totally insane or are the timestamps for files in that directory from Oct 15th?

Thanks,

Martin

meme

Hi Luis,

3c will be out sometime shortly though I don't have the specific details just yet. In the meantime get a nightly build of 3c from: http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/nightly/dist/
As you can see, the 3c label has been applied, so the wait shouldn't be long.

I've had a look for the nightly build but due to some troubles installing wars on a jboss I got back to the full-installer. (Ok it wasn't having the fun
working on issues, more or less I hadn't the time to do it

) but on the location everything is great but there isn't a full-installer for linux.

I've seen something that looks like but isn't: AlfrescoDeployLabs-3c-Linux-x86-Install
In 3b it was a full installer but this one is much to small….

Do you think it's possible to provide a full-install in the nightly build? It makes it easier to play with a new version.

yours

marc

mikeh

Do you think it's possible to provide a full-install in the nightly build? It makes it easier to play with a new version.

The only extras in the full installer are the JDK and OpenOffice, which you'd be better off downloading once yourself, rather than keep having to download them in our installer.

Mike

meme

Do you think it's possible to provide a full-install in the nightly build? It makes it easier to play with a new version.
The only extras in the full installer are the JDK and OpenOffice, which you'd be better off downloading once yourself, rather than keep having to download them in our installer.

Strange thing. I thought that I had downloaded the full installer (3b) (because every link points to it) but that wouldn't explain why there wasn't a jdk and oo included.

Marc

callermd

So is the Oct 15th timestamp just wrong or has the nightly build not been updated?

What are the criteria for the 3c release? Is there a QA test suite that it has to build? A list of bugs that are marked as closed. I'm just looking for something we can track/measure to get a sense of when it may be released.

Thanks,

Martin

fselendic

Full installers are great for testing because they JustWork. I really like your full installers, just a few clicks and everything is set up and running. And, yes, they include OO and JDK

maureen

Any update on the status of 3C? Or when the latest nightly build (which appears to be from Oct 15th) will be updated?

the_curator

Any updates on this? I need to migrate to V3 ASAP. Thanks all!

benswitzer

Finally some action again on the public SVN. Michael just checked in Alfresco Studio. I haven't figured out how to access it yet through my browser now that I've built the project, have to dig into the code I guess. Seems things are firming up there. Nice to have nightly builds again though.

fselendic

OK, what is Surf Studio? Is that former Alfresco Web Studio, which is former Alfresco Dynamic Website? Or something completely new?

callermd

Are the current bug fixes made to the enterprise 3.0 branch going to be merged into HEAD prior to 3c?

M

mikeh

Are the current bug fixes made to the enterprise 3.0 branch going to be merged into HEAD prior to 3c?

I believe that's the plan, yes.

Mike

callermd

Mike,

Thank you. That is good news for the community as we have been waiting for a stable build since 2.1 .

Can I suggest that you re-enable nightly builds ASAP? Otherwise bugs that are in 3c have no chance of being caught by community users prior to the actual 3c release? We don't want a repeat of the 3b broken CIFS+NTLM release for example.

Martin

callermd

Another question,

What is the current thinking on lucene upgrade to 2.3? Lucene re-index performance is a big deal for larger repositories.

M

warren_mcdonald

They were from 15th Oct and had been there until a few days ago. Now they are gone.

Does this mean we will see a 3D release soon.

I have suggested elsewhere (a bit cheekily) that perhaps the "nightly" be replaced with "intermediate". Nightly is a bit of a misnomer.

mikeh

See my reply to your other post.

Mike

callermd

woohoo!

Nightly build is back!

Mike,

Is there a possibility that we can see the continuous integration test results for the nightly build? That would give us some confidence in the quality of the builds going forward. Ideally if you could open up the test suite SVN it would also let community members be able to contribute tests back.

Cheers,

M

mikeh

The nightly builds only get uploaded if the build succeeds, including *all* unit tests - it's one of the reasons it hadn't been updated in a while. Despite what you might read on these forums, we don't release any code that hasn't passed all tests.

There's nothing stopping you running (and writing) the tests yourself - they're all in there. Take a look at the test targets in the build scripts.

Mike

mrogers

I just thought I'd post this link for the wiki for instructions on how community members can contribute new unit tests before someone asks.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Source_Code

fselendic

Hi Luis…

Can you tell us which level of patches went into 3C? For example, are bugs fixed in Enterprise 2.2 SP2 in 3C?

callermd

Luis,

Thank you for the update. Unfortunately I don't have very positive feedback.

Something is very broken in the test coverage or in the prioritization of fixes in Alfresco labs. Labs 3c STILL has not fixed what should be by any stretch of the imagination a BLOCKER bug - CIFS passthrough authentication does not work at all. See the thread on sts passthru for details and my previous post of Nov 13th on this topic. Moreover an external community user has a webpage with the exact patch to fix this is from the Labs 3b code. Did it make it in to the 3c? No. So we now have to watch TWO months or more for a working CIFS release. Extremely unimpressive.

M

callermd

Here is the thread - http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=13858&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=sts

https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ETHREEOH-531
Also duplicate - ALFCOM-2165

callermd

Good to know. I will check.

My overriding point remains is that 3 series labs is totally broken for any company larger than a couple employees using Alfresco as a CIFS file store. Given that 99% of companies will want Active Directory/Samba integration it seems like there is a big hole in the QA process. And given the 3D time frame it appears that will remain broken for a month or two hence.

Thanks,

Martin