[GeoNetwork-devel] Release Candidate 2 v2.8.0 now available for testing


!!Note that THIS IS AN UNSTABLE VERSION for testing and that it should not be used in an operational environment!!


Dear all,You can now download and test the first release candidate (v2.8.0RC2) of GeoNetwork opensource version 2.8.0 from SourceForge.net:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/geonetwork/files/GeoNetwork_unstable_development_versions/v2.8.0RC2/

We did not generate a dedicated Windows installer, but this multiplatform installer should also work on Windows systems.

You can find a list of new functionality in v2.8.0 at http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/wiki/proposals#a2.8.0release as well as in the documentation included in the installer.

A list of fixes and changes in 2.8.0 RC2 can be found at the bottom of this email.

If you have any fixed or improvements you want to contribute back, the best is to use git to get a local copy of the source code, apply the fix and put out a Pull request so your improvements can be integrated quickly. Otherwise you can also create new Tickets in the http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork issue tracker.

Looking forward to your testing, feedback and contributions. The release of GeoNetwork opensource v2.8.0 stable release is planned in about two weeks.

Thanks to all developers and contributors!
Happy testing,
Jeroen
Chair of the PSC of GeoNetwork opensource

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=== GeoNetwork 2.8.0RC2: List of changes

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— Bug fixes

  • #850 Errors in upgrade sql script in trunk
  • #988 Don’t create GAST link if user did not install it
  • #1048 Widgets UI: Map missing choose style option for a WMS
  • #1049 Widgets UI: Map missing print panel
  • #1075 New UI - Quick search links in Administration panel doesn’t work with tabbed search UI
  • #1078 New UI - tabsearch interface doesn’t get default language
  • #1081 Disclaimer form fails to appear when downloading local file as public user
  • #1083 Upgrading from 2.6.4 to 2.8 fails with Oracle
  • #1084, #1087 Catalan translations updates. Thanks Monstse Marco for updates
  • #1085 Exception when retrieving keyword in raw format
  • #1094 Fix langdetect jar version in pom files
  • #1095 Exception occurs when upperCorner/lowerCorner tags are empty in a geographic thesaurus
  • #1105 CSW Spatial Query: postgis query too large
  • #1106 GeoNetwork servlet hangs due to using up database connections
  • #1114 Thesaurus Manager - Delete thesaurus doesn’t remove the related record from datatabase
  • Avoid localization when handling gmx:MimeFileType
  • Widgets UI: Added missing languages to the list of locales
  • Widgets UI: Fix for IE7
  • Widgets UI: Transforming to UTF-8 the spanish translations
  • Widgets UI: Add MarLIN app (based on tabsearch)
  • Widgets UI: Changed jetty configuration so it can accept requests long enough to open the administration page and avoid http 413 error
  • Fix various bugs in Widgets UI tabsearch including:
  • No search options in search form - causes problems when displaying search re
  • Shouldn’t use GeoNetwork SearchFormPanel as it adds unwanted extra buttons
  • Local should be GeoNetwork.Util.defaultLocale
  • Add uuid argument to kvpSearch to speed up retrieval of metadata when viewin
  • Remove console.log calls as these cause errors in IE7 and 8
  • Fix JSLint warning

— Changes

  • #525 Polish translation. Thanks Piotr Pachół and Bogusław Kaczałek
  • #1045 Turkish translation
  • #1069 Spanish translations for iso19139. Thanks to Richard Camejo for providing them.
  • Add metadata siblings proposal port to 2.8.x for ANZMEST/MarLIN usage
  • Change maven build so that web classes are contained in a jar instead
  • Make csw stateless and resilient in the face of many simultaneous requests
  • Restrict download summary form to protocols that are understood by GeoNetwork
  • Set gmx:FileName resources to use uuid rather than id
  • Use uuid param instead of id param in download links and sample data

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