From 66765a2dbc9e39b5e7f1edc521a42751c1c5f4a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Mas Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 18:22:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added release notes for 4.7 --- .gitattributes | 1 + gforge/NEWS | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gforge/NEWS diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes index 47104922e3..4236c74685 100644 --- a/.gitattributes +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ * text=auto !eol /.bzrignore -text gforge/INSTALL.restricted -text +gforge/NEWS -text gforge/backend/shell/apache.sh svneol=native#unset gforge/common/docman/Parsedata.class.php -text gforge/common/docman/engine/majwords.php -text diff --git a/gforge/NEWS b/gforge/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..da746bae8c --- /dev/null +++ b/gforge/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Release notes for FusionForge 4.7 +--------------------------------- + +This is the first public release of FusionForge. FusionForge is based +on GForge, and started as an identical copy, with only a name change +to avoid confusion with the proprietary versions of GForge (known as +GForge Advanced Server or GForge AS). As such, it benefits from +mature code and known-good infrastructure, and builds on it for the +future. + +This 4.7 release is focused on bringing the recent evolutions out to +the community in an official stable release. This should provide a +solid base as a starting point for community-based development, making +it easier for enhancements to be maintained. The FusionForge name was +chosen to reflect this: this is a community effort, and we hope to +hear about your improvements. Contributing these improvements would +make their future long-term maintenance easier for everyone. + +Major changes since previous versions (of GForge) include: +- Support for PHP5. +- Support for PostgreSQL 8.x. +- Translations are now managed by gettext. +- Support for several configurations running on the same code. +- Improved security, no need for PHP register_globals. +- Available as full install CD. +- New wiki plugins (using MediaWiki or phpWiki). +- New online_help plugin. +- New phpwebcalendar plugin. +- New project hierarchy plugin. + +Things to keep in mind when installing: +- FusionForge is based on GForge, and the renaming is quite recent. + So the code still contains lots of references to GForge. This will + be fixed as time passes. +- Full text search using the primitives provided by PostgreSQL 8.3 + isn't quite complete yet. +- Not all plugins are packaged for all distributions yet. + +Things to keep in mind when upgrading: +- Since internationalisation was changed from a hand-made system to + standard gettext, locally customised translations will no longer + override standard ones. This will be addressed in a future release. + +For more up-to-date information, please visit http://fusionforge.org/ +or http://fusionforge.fusionforge.org/ -- you can even join us on IRC +from there! + + -- The FusionForge development team -- 2.30.2