On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Anil Gangolli <[email protected]> wrote: > -1 Found some fundamental issues which will necessitate another build.
Thanks Anil. That's definitely a stopper if I've ever seen one! I have seen that database upgrade issue before and have a fix for it. I'll be able to put together a new build in the next day or two. Anybody else have feedback? - Dave > Did some basic tests with RC1 > - All packages downloaded and sigs verified ok. > > - Installed 4.0.1 RC1 from scratch with installation.type=auto. Went > through the initial installation of a user, blog, front page. This worked > fine. > > - Stopper. The fix for https://issues.apache.org/roller/browse/ROL-1766 > (i.e. https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=668737) wasn't > integrated to 4.0 branch. I guess I was expecting you to integrate that > over before building. Sorry for the miscommunication. I have now integrated > it to the roller_4.0 branch as > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=729448&view=rev > > - Additional issue. Tried the webapp pointed to an unmodified working > Roller 4.0 database. Visiting the site, I get IllegalStateException > complaining the weblogger isn't bootstapped. I noticed that the > database.version value in the roller_properties table in the 4.0.1 db > created from scratch is 401. Modified the database.versionvalue in my 4.0 > database to 401 and restarted. This worked. We either need to include > upgrade instructions that mention this or we need to change the expected db > version to 400. Ideally you we should be able to drop the new webapp in > without touching the db; the required mod is probably minor enough to be > tolerable, but if it is easy to this (I don't know), let's fix in the next > RC. > > If you want, you can wait for more comments from others before rolling a > second RC. > > --a. > > > > Dave wrote: >> >> It's been about a year now since the 4.0 release and we've fixed a >> fair number of minor bugs in the Roller 4.0 branch, including a >> security vulnerability. The full list of fixes made is here >> http://tinyurl.com/4cjfb2. >> >> I'd like to propose that we make a release from the 4.0 branch and I >> have prepared a Release Candidate build here: >> >> http://people.apache.org/~snoopdave/apache-roller-4.0.1 >> >> The build was made from the current 4.0 branch and compiled with Java >> 1.5.0_16. >> >> If you want to help out, please download the build install it and let >> us know if it looks good. >> >> Vote +1 for release or vote -1 and provide a list of specific reasons >> why the RC should not be released as 4.0.1. If we get any -1 votes, >> we'll figure out how to address them, create RC2 and call for another >> vote... and so on until we have a 4.0.1 release (or I give up in >> frustration ;-) >> >> - Dave >> > >
