This document contains the latest news and status regarding the ivata groupware project.
ivata cms (released today) builds on the core libraries of ivata groupware, so there is also a new libraries-only release today of those shared components.
Since the last release, we've added extended debug logging throughout the application, using log4j. Maven compatibility has been upgraded to version 1.1 (will no longer work with lower version numbers). Support has been added for a client session scope. There is a new user rights framework in place, which we will be implementing fully in the upcoming releases of both ivata groupware and ivata cms.
Fixed a bug in the startup script affecting Tomcat 5.0.x. You only need to upgrade if you are experiencing start-up problems on that platform.
Adds support for hMailServer v4.1.
Fixes docu and improves error handling for the
setup process on Tomcat 5.5.x. Fixes bugs in
groups and adding users to the address book.
Everyone should upgrade to this version, especially if you are using
Windows.
Minor bugfix release. Fixes the setup program for Tomcat 5.0.x. Only upgrade if you're having difficulties installing on that platform.
Release 0.11 makes ivata groupware easier to install, especially on MS Windows.
There is a new web-based setup program which appears automatically when the program is started for the first time. A Hypersonic SQL database can automatically be installed on the user's hard drive, by just clicking from this setup window, and the mail domain is read from hMailServer via COM directly.
We've added schema and data scripts for DB2, Hypersonic, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP DB, MS SQL Server and Sybase.
There are also 2 new themes, and the user can choose theme when logging into the site.
This release fixes bugs in new user handling (thanks again Ram). The Hibernate config is now directly under the webapp (rather than in a JAR file), to make it easier to customize.
Fixes:
index.jspWe welcome Brill and his energetic input to the ivata groupware dev team.
This minor update fixes some bugs in the pop-up dialog windows, and adds SQL scripts for MySQL.
Well it was a long time coming, but we finally finished the restructuring of ivata op and, to celebrate, we renamed the project ivata groupware.
With this release, we have finished the restructuring around a POJO model, using Hibernate as a persistence layer (which we started last summer). We have split the whole code base up, so more code can be re-used in later projects, and we've started applying the ivata masks framework to further simplify the code.
In this process, we have removed a number of the less mature ivata op features. We've cut down the functionality to a really stable core which we will build on over the coming weeks.
This is the first release to support Windows "out of the box", using the excellent hMailServer as the email back-end.
There's a new install program, and much of the code has been streamlined to use CSS rather than having presentation information directly in the HTML.
ivata op has been extensively reworked around a new POJO model, using Hibernate as a persistence layer. This makes it much easier to work with and deploy - you no longer need an application server and can deploy the program as a webapp in tomcat, or another JSP web server. EJB wrappers let you extend the architecture through an application server, if you want to.
What's more, by using PicoContainer, we've been able to break ivata op down into smaller units which can be re-used in external projects.
Right now, there are still has a few bugs and quirks. We have released the latest version to CVS for the final development and debugging, ready for the next release.
Team Portal restructured ready to release as open source ivata op.