Release 1.2

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Table of Contents

• 1 Release 1.2
  
  
  
  • 1.1 Highlights
  
  
  • 1.2 Changes/fixes since 1.2RC2
  
  


• 2 Release 1.2RC2
  
  
  
  • 2.1 Changes/fixes since 1.2RC1
  
  


• 3 Release 1.2RC1
  
  
  
  • 3.1 Major changes since Release 1.1.2
  
  
  • 3.2 Upgrading from V1.0 and V1.1.x
  
  
  • 3.3 Enhancements
  
  
  • 3.4 Fixes
  
  
  • 3.5 Notes
  
  
  • 3.6 Known Issues
  
  

Release 1.2

Highlights

There have been many enhancements and fixes added with the release of 1.2, providing new functionality, greater performance and stability under high loads.

Key new features include:

• JCR Level 2 support
  
• Forums and discussions
  
• Document-level security
  
• Guest access
  
• Upgrade-proof configuration
  
• Saved searches
  
• Queries in Presentation Templates
  

Changes/fixes since 1.2RC2

• Fine-tuning of caches (Repository Cache Configuration) - fixes out-of-memory issues due to large L2 caches
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Repository_Cache_Configuration

• Documentation on web-client config changes:
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Web_Client_Configuration_Guide

• Repository and Patch info section added to System Info admin screen
  
• Unused content archived with a nightly job
  
• Post-upgrade permissions issues fixed
  
• WebDAV missing content handling fixed
  
• Editing number based custom properties fixed
  
• Run Action security hole fixed
  
• UTF-8 filename upload issue fixed
  
• Unclosed IO Channels and unclosed UserTransactions found and fixed
  
• Date pickers now show 2 year values into the future by default - for 'effectivity date' searches or similar usage
  
• Deleting a user from the system now removes that user from any Groups they may be in
  
• Upgraded to MySQL JConnector JAR to 3.1.12
  
• Upgraded to Hibernate 3.1.2
  
• Offline file support fixed for CIFS
  
• Added NodeEventListener calls to BrowseBean. Code 'extensions' to the web-client such as Forums and TaskList to no longer add code directly to existing managed beans.
  
• Added new 'Collaborator' role. This role is just the combination of the 'Editor' and 'Contributor' roles
  
• Changed name of 'Guest' role to 'Consumer' - to avoid confusion with Guest user
  
• Changed name of 'Content Templates' to 'Presentation Templates'
  
• New styling for the summary info in the web-client UI
  
• CIFS fixed to work when LDAP/Kerberos authentication is enabled
  
• Fix to null-ptr issue in Manage Space Users dialogs
  
• Fix to paging issue in Manage Space Users and Rules dialogs
  
• WebServices interfaces updated to support Axis1.3, .NET, and PHP/Ruby client libraries.
  

Release 1.2RC2

Changes/fixes since 1.2RC1

• Guest User support for JBossPortal2.2 bundle.
  
• Saved Searches functionality now automatically upgraded from a pre 1.2 database (no admin steps required)
  
• Multiple category searches in a specific space issue fixed
  
• Configuration file reorganisation - to allow easier extension and simple upgrading between versions:
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Web_Client_Configuration_Guide

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Repository_Configuration

• External Access URLs now correctly redirect to login page if additional permissions are required to process a node.
  
• Creation Date and Modified Date not picking up server machines UTC offset time fixed.
  
• Improvements to web-services samples and Linux support.
  
• Repository memory leak issue fixed - would eventually cause an out-of-memory error after many thousands of requests to the server.
  
• Improved Lucene lock handling - Lucene lock exceptions no longer occur under extremely heavy server load.
  
• Import/Export process improvements and fixes.
  
• FTP server fixed.
  
• Guest User support added to CIFS server.
  
• Guest User support added to FTP server, mapped to the FTP anonymous login.
  
• Ability to have automatically generated URL files in CIFS folders that link back to the web-client view of the same folder.
  
• Saved Search and direct Lucene query support added to Templating API:
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Template_Guide

• Inherit Parent Space Permissions checkbox issue fixed on IE browser
  
• Update of all example template files - fixes and example enhancements
  
• Fix for issue where the Locale was not being set to a default for Guest user
  
• Other fixes - please see JIRA!
  

Release 1.2RC1

Major changes since Release 1.1.2

• JCR-170 Level 2 support
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Introducing_the_Alfresco_Java_Content_Repository_API

• Forums and Discussions Space
  

Forum spaces allow users to create a hierarchy of forums. This also enables items in the repository to be 'discussed'. The discussions remain attached throughout the lifecycle of the document.

• Alfresco + JBoss Portal bundle upgraded to run in JBossPortal 2.2.0.
  

Instructions are also provided here if you wish to deploy Alfresco into a vanilla install of JBossAS 4.0.3 or similar:

http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=582&start=19

• Guest User support for repository and web-client.
  

The default view without a user login is now the Guest Home Space. The Login action can be used to Login as a specific user. Alfresco content, template and external access URLs now support Guest for remote access to Guest readable repository objects without a specific user login.

NOTE: Cookie support is now required in your web browser for the 1.2 web-client.

NOTE: For RC1, Guest access and Guest access URLs are supported in servlet containers only!

• Document level security added to the web-client
  

Upgrading from V1.0 and V1.1.x

• Upgrading to version 1.2.
  

Enhancements

• Repository Patch system - automatic upgrade process of previous repository schemas to the latest schema version.
  
• Repository Configuration Extensions mechanism - to reduce pain with upgrade procedure for customized versions of Alfresco.
  

http://www.alfresco.org/mediawiki/index.php/Repository_Configuration

• Saved Searches functionality in the web-client
  

NOTE: For RC1, to activate Saved Searches functionality for a pre 1.2 database, the Admin user must grant the 'Contributor' role to the 'Everyone' Group for the 'Saved Searches' folder (found in 'Company Home/Data Dictionary') using the Manage Space Users dialog.

• Advanced Search improvements - full-text/filename field is no longer mandatory for an advanced search, so user can perform searches without including a specific text/name match, such as 'show all files in category abc', 'show all content with author of xyz', 'show all folders under my home folder created after date 1-2-05'.
  
• Simple and Advanced Search now supports basic operators - use '-' for NOT and '+' for AND terms e.g. one +two -three will find documents containing 'one' and containing 'two' but not 'three', the default is still OR if no operators specified.
  
• Import and Export process improvements - supports Permissions import and export,
  
• Signficant performance improvements to the Permissions framework - response time to generate most screens in the web-client improved by up to 70%
  
• Performance improvements to login response time when there are many 100's of users loaded into the system.
  
• Multiple category search added to Advanced Search screen
  
• Take Ownership of a Space functionality available through the web-client
  
• WebDav URLs now correctly support non-ASCII characters correctly (UTF-8 encoding)
  
• Node Browser admin tool XPath support and improvements
  
• Action web-service, Admin web-service, Access Control Web Service
  
• Client config setting to allow the Shelf component to be hidden by default
  
• System users administration page now uses a search based approach rather than showing all users by default.
  
• Additonal Open Office and Star Office document formats added for full-text indexing
  
• CIFS support for a URL link file that maps back to the web-client browse view of the same folder.
  
• CIFS server can now be disabled by removing the configuration section from file-servers.xml
  
• More action and conditions added
  
• Support for Model content type allowing dictionary models to be stored and bootstraped from within the  repository.
  
• Java web service client moved to a separate JAR with clearer samples and utility classes to help with common actions.
  

Fixes

• Memory leak issue patched (in Lucene 3rd party library) - would eventually cause an out-of-memory error after thousands of requests to the server
  
• Fix to remove the 'AccessDenied' error message seen on some installs when the user first logs into their Home Space.
  
• SQLServer2000 schema creation failure fixed
  

http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2943#2943 

• Date Picker Component now correctly displays current year and N years before it.
  
• Fix to problem trying to access the Alfresco WebDAV server using OpenOffice.
  
• Default email reply address for Alfresco notifications is now configurable
  
• Fixed a number of common CIFS problems when running under Linux (and other non-Windows platforms) where the firewall settings and/or broadcast mask default setting can cause CIFS server startup problems.
  
• Many other fixes - please see JIRA!
  

Notes

• There are changes to JavaScript and CSS files - please clear your temporary internet files browser cache!
  

Known Issues

• Override the transformer.ImageMagick bean found in <config>/alfresco/content-services-context.xml and modify the commands to suit your OS needs.
  

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