diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 7dd3eaed7..3c7ecba09 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,42 +1,135 @@ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -CDSware v0.3.1 (DEVELOPMENT) is released -March 12, 2004 +CDSware v0.3.2 (DEVELOPMENT) is released +May 12, 2004 http://cdsware.cern.ch/news/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -CDSware v0.3.1 (DEVELOPMENT) was released on March 12th, 2004. +CDSware v0.3.2 (DEVELOPMENT) was released on May 12th, 2004. What's new: - * security fix preventing exposure of local configuration variables - by malicious URL crafting (WebSearch, WebSubmit, WebAlert, - WebBasket, WebSession, BibHarvest, MiscUtil) - * initial release of the ranking engine (BibRank) - * new guide on HOWTO Run Your CDSware Installation (WebHelp) - * fixed submit configurations with respect to fulltext links and - metadata tags (WebSubmit, MiscUtil) - * Your Account personal corner now shows the list and the status - of submissions and approvals (WebSession) - * uniform help and version number option for CLI executables - (WebSearch, BibSched, BibIndex, BibRank, BibHarvest, BibConvert, - WebAccess, BibFormat, WebSession, WebAlert) - * uniform technique for on-the-fly formatting of search results via - `hb_' and `hd_' output format parameters (WebSearch) - * check for presence of pcntl and mysql PHP libraries (BibUpload) +----------- + + *) admin area improved: all the modules have now Admin Guides; some + guides were updated, some are still to be updated (WebHelp, + BibConvert, BibFormat, BibIndex, BibSched, WebAlert, WebSession, + WebSubmit, BibEdit, BibHarvest, BibRank, BibUpload, WebAccess, + WebBasket, WebSearch, WebStyle) + + *) initial release of the WebSearch Admin interface (WebSearch) + + *) initial release of the BibRank Admin interface (BibRank) + + *) search cache expiry after insertion of new records (WebSearch) + + *) search engine now does on-the-fly formatting via BibFormat CLI + call to handle restricted site situations (WebSearch) + + *) webcoll default verbosity decreased for efficiency (WebSearch) + + *) added BibConvert configuration example for converting XML Dublin + Core to XML MARC (BibConvert) + + *) BibConvert knowledge base mode extended by various case-sensitive + matching possibilities (BibConvert) + + *) fixed various problems with fulltext file names and the submission + from MS Windows platform (WebSubmit) + + *) fixed problem with bibupload append mode not updating XML MARC + properly (BibUpload) + + *) fixed small problems with the submission interface such as + multiple fields selection (WebSubmit) + + *) session revoking and session expiry strengthened (WebSession) + + *) page design and style sheet updated to better fit large variety of + browsers (WebStyle) + + *) added output format argument for basket display (WebBasket) + + *) new Swedish translation and updated German, Russian, and Spanish + translations; thanks to Urban, Guido, Lyuba, and Magaly + + *) faster creation of I18N static HTML and PHP files during make Download: - +--------- + + + + Notes: - This DEVELOPMENT release contains an important security fix. All - CDSware DEVELOPMENT users (v0.1.x and v0.3.x) are asked to upgrade - to v0.3.1 as soon as possible. Users of v0.0.9 are not affected. +------ + + *) This DEVELOPMENT release is recommended to all users of prior + v0.1.x and v0.3.x versions. Users of the STABLE v0.0.9 release + are invited to test it and let us know their comments. + + *) This release contains some minor SQL table updates. If you are + upgrading from v0.3.0 or v0.3.1, then after you build CDSware: + + $ ./configure --prefix=[...] + $ vi config/config.wml + $ make + + you have to run: + + $ make update-v0.3.1-tables + + and then continue as usual: + + $ make install + $ sudo apachectl restart + + *) This release contains important fix for BibUpload append mode. + Note that BibUpload append mode is normally not used by WebSubmit + or any other tools, so most probably you do not have to pay + attention to this problem. You might be affected only if you have + expressly used BibUpload append mode (``bibupload -a'') in the + command line. If this is indeed the case, then you have to + recreate XML MARC and other formats of your metadata. The steps + to take to recreate formats for your records (say 123) would go + like this: + + $ echo "TRUNCATE TABLE bibfmt;" | ./modules/miscutil/bin/dbexec + $ wget -O z.xml 'http://your.site/search.py?id=1&idb=123&of=xm&rg=500' + $ bibupload -r z.xml + $ bibreformat -oHB,HD,HP,HC + $ bibsched + + Please contact our mailing list if you want to know more. + + *) This release contains an initial version of the WebSearch Admin + Interface. It is fully functional but has not been fully tested + under CERN production conditions yet. + + *) As of this release, all CDSware releases will be cryptographically + signed. See the INSTALL file for more details. Known problems: - Ranking engine is fully functional from the admin-level point of - view, but the end-user ranking functionality still has to be - plugged into the search interface. Several important admin-level - functionalities of v0.0.9 are still missing in the v0.3.x tree. +--------------- + + *) Ranking engine is fully functional from the admin-level point of + view, but the end-user ranking functionality still has to be + plugged into the search interface. + + *) The admin-level functionality for several modules is not fully + developed yet. + + *) Fulltext file storage management is not yet linked with the + metadata management. What's next: - Fixing known problems described above. Developing BibIndex for - better phrase indexing and browsing. +------------ + + *) Fixing the problems mentioned above. + + *) Introducing ranking methods and international collection names + into the search engine. + + *) Developing BibIndex for better phrase indexing and browsing. + + *) Developing clearer relations and dependencies between metadata + records and fulltext files.