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CDS Invenio v0.99.1 is released
July 10, 2008
http://cdsware.cern.ch/invenio/news.html
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CDS Invenio v0.99.1 was released on July 10, 2008.
What's new:
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*) search engine syntax now supports parentheses (WebSearch)
*) search engine syntax now supports SPIRES query language
(WebSearch)
*) strict respect for per-collection sort options on the search
results pages (WebSearch)
*) improved parsing of search query with respect to non-existing
field terms (WebSearch)
*) fixed "any collection" switch on the search results page
(WebSearch)
*) added possibility for progressive display of detailed record page
tabs (WebSearch)
*) added support for multi-page RSS output (WebSearch)
*) new search engine summarizer module with the cite summary output
format (WebSearch, BibRank)
*) "cited by" links are now generated only when needed (WebSearch)
*) new experimental comprehensive author page (WebSearch)
*) stemming for many indexes is now enabled by default (BibIndex)
*) new intelligent journal index (BibIndex)
*) new logging of missing citations (BibRank)
*) citation indexer and searcher improvements and caching (BibRank)
*) new low-level task submission facility (BibSched)
*) new options in bibsched task monitor: view task options, log and
error files; prune task to a history table; extended status
reporting; failed tasks now need acknowledgement in order to
restart the queue (BibSched)
*) safer handling of task sleeping and waking up (BibSched)
*) new experimental support for task priorities and concurrent task
execution (BibSched)
*) improved user-configured browser language matching (MiscUtil)
*) new default behaviour not differentiating between guest users;
this removes a need to keep sessions/uids for guests and robots
(WebSession)
*) optimized sessions and collecting external user information (WebSession)
*) improved logging conflicts for external vs internal users
(WebAccess)
*) improved Single Sign-On session preservation (WebAccess)
*) new 'become user' debugging facility for admins (WebAccess)
*) new bibdocfile CLI tool to manipulate full-text files archive
(WebSubmit)
*) optimized redirection of old URLs (WebSubmit)
*) new icon creation tool in the submission input chain (WebSubmit)
*) improved full-text file migration tool (WebSubmit)
*) improved stamping of full-text files (WebSubmit)
*) new approval-related end-submission functions (WebSubmit)
*) comments and descriptions of full-text files are now kept also in
bibdoc tables, not only in MARC; they are synchronized during
bibupload (WebSubmit, BibUpload)
*) fixed navigation in public baskets (WebBasket)
*) added detailed record page link to basket records (WebBasket)
*) new removal of HTML markup in alert notification emails (WebAlert)
*) improved OAI harvester logging and handling (BibHarvest)
*) improved error checking (BibConvert)
*) improvements to the record editing tool: subfield order change,
repetitive subfields; improved record locking features;
configurable per-collection curators (BibEdit)
*) fully refactored WebJournal module (WebJournal)
*) new RefWorks output format, thanks to Theodoros Theodoropoulos
(BibFormat)
*) fixed keyword detection tool's output; deactivated taxonomy
compilation (BibClassify)
*) new /stats URL for administrators (WebStat)
*) better filtering of unused translations (WebStyle)
*) updated French, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish translations;
updated Japanese translation (thanks to Makiko Matsumoto and Takao
Ishigaki); updated Greek translation (thanks to Theodoros
Theodoropoulos); new Hungarian translation (thanks to Eva Papp)
*) ... plus many other minor bug fixes and improvements
Download:
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<http://cdsware.cern.ch/download/cds-invenio-0.99.1.tar.gz>
<http://cdsware.cern.ch/download/cds-invenio-0.99.1.tar.gz.md5>
<http://cdsware.cern.ch/download/cds-invenio-0.99.1.tar.gz.sig>
Installation notes:
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Please follow the INSTALL file bundled in the distribution tarball.
Upgrade notes:
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If you are upgrading from CDS Invenio v0.99.0, then:
- please stop your bibsched queue and your Apache server
- clean your session and user tables of guests:
$ echo "TRUNCATE session" | /opt/cds-invenio/bin/dbexec
$ echo "DELETE FROM user WHERE email=''" | \
/opt/cds-invenio/bin/dbexec
- install the update:
$ cd cds-invenio-0.99.1
$ cp -a /opt/cds-invenio/etc /opt/cds-invenio/etc.OLD
$ sh /opt/cds-invenio/etc/build/config.nice
$ make install
$ /opt/cds-invenio/bin/inveniocfg --update-all
$ make update-v0.99.0-tables
$ make check-custom-templates
$ diff -r /opt/cds-invenio/etc /opt/cds-invenio/etc.OLD
- study the differences in the 'etc' folder and copy or merge your
past customizations (namely, files like HB.bfo)
- restart your Apache server and your bibsched queue
- you are done
If you are upgrading from previous CDS Invenio releases (e.g. from
v0.92.1), then please see a dedicated Invenio Upgrade wiki page at
<https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CDS/InvenioUpgrade>.
Further notes and issues:
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*) Some modules of this release (e.g. mail submission system) are
still experimental and not yet activated. You may have a peek at
what is planned, but please do not rely on them.
*) The admin-level functionality of several modules is not fully
developed or documented yet.
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