Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) 1.4.1 maintenance release RELEASE DATE: 5 September 2012
The Sakai Community is pleased to announce the release of the Sakai OAE version 1.4.1. Sakai OAE is an open-source platform that promotes collaboration and sharing between users and interoperability between systems. It embraces a new vision for academic collaboration informed by the needs of learners, teachers and researchers. OAE provides academic networking capabilities that encourage people to connect and participate actively in communities that span beyond the traditional boundaries of classroom and institution. Powerful content authoring capabilities permit mash-ups and remixable experiences of ideas, connectivity, dialog and media. Enhanced search capabilities aid discovery of people and content. A widget-based architecture simplifies both development and integration with external systems. WHAT'S NEW The Sakai OAE 1.4.1 is a maintenance release that focuses on ensuring that the OAE UI code is compliant with the UI dev code guidelines (http://oae-widgets.sakaiproject.org/sdk/codestyleguide). It is targeted at making a migration from 1.4.0 to a later version more straightforward in case your institution has many local modifications. Other than fixing all of the code styling issues, the Sakai OAE 1.4.1 also contains: A number of unit tests that check for style guide compliance Tools for Aptana and Textmade that can automatically format the code (CSS and Javascript) We also fixed a number of bugs: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13491 Note: OAE 1.4.1 may be deployed in production although a follow on maintenance release, OAE 1.4.2 is expected to be released in mid-September. Deployers can upgrade from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 directly, as an incremental upgrade to 1.4.1 is not required. DOWNLOADS OAE 1.4.1 Web Start (one-click download/run for Demos) http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.4.1/webstart/sakaioae.jnlp If you previously sampled our web start be sure to check your /home directory and remove the /sling folder and, if desired, the /store folder if you previously added content and want to start fresh. Users of Apple OSX Mountain Lion have reported start up issues when using the webstart. For a workaround review the following Stackoverflow thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11136805/java-applet-with-self-signed-certificate-on-os-x-mountain-lion OAE 1.4.1 Binary (org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.1.jar) http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/nakamura/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app/1.4.1/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.1.jar command line example: java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -jar org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.1.jar 1> run.log 2>&1 & OAE 1.4.1 Source 3akai-ux front-end: https://github.com/sakaiproject/3akai-ux/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.uxloader-1.4.1 Nakamura back-end (now includes the solr bundle): https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura-1.4.1 Sparsemap Content storage system: https://github.com/sakaiproject/sparsemapcontent/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.core-1.3.6 Sakai CLE 2.8 Hybrid Integration Module Tag: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/hybrid/tags/hybrid-1.1.5 Tomcat zip overlay: http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/hybrid/hybrid-assembly/1.1.5/ Sakai CLE "OAE" skins 2.8.x: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/reference/branches/sakai-2.8.x/library/src/webapp/skin/oae/ 2.9.x: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/reference/branches/sakai-2.9.x/library/src/webapp/skin/oae/ CHANGE LOG https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OAEREL/oae-1.4.1+change+log KNOWN ISSUES Below is a highlighted list of issues not addressed in the 1.4.1 release. Tickets listed below with a status of "resolved" or "closed" are targeted for the next release. https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-6031 - Collections that you do not own but you have added to your Library are not included in My Library count https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-6014 - Collection Viewer counts are not accurate when dragging in content and refreshing https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-5412 - Content Authoring has numerous accessibility issues for user of screen reading software and keyboard only users https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-5061 - Group library permissions set to members cannot edit still allows member to upload content https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIIIDESIGN-251 - Deleting a course does not delete the Course website that was created as part of it https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-4493 - Collection added to a group appears in My Library and can't be removed https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAKIII-4266 - After creator removes content from their library, it remains in the system with no ability to remove it https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KERN-3025 - Uploading more than 500 files at a time fails to set members https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KERN-2773 - Content count can be temporarily incorrect when adding or deleting multiple pieces of content at once See our issue tracking system for a complete list of OAE known issues. UPGRADING Upgrading to oae-1.4.1 from an earlier version (e.g., oae-1.1.0) involves a number of steps that MUST be followed in order to avoid dropping your existing data. https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/dqmCB INSTALL GUIDES OAE Demo Web Start Guide https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/oxNJB OAE Configuration and Deployment Guide https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/n4_CB OAE and Java 1.7 https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/blob/master/README-java-1.7 OAE/CLE Hybrid Deployment Guide https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/pIaCB Deploying OAE: University of Cambridge deployment notes https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/University+of+Cambridge+OAE+Deployment DEVELOPER DOCUMENTATION OAE Widget SDK and Library http://oae-widgets.sakaiproject.org/ OAE Nakamura https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/HoDzAQ MAIL LISTS Subscribe at http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo Deployers: oae-product...@collab.sakaiproject.org Developers: oae-dev@collab.sakaiproject.org Technical Reference Group: oae-...@collab.sakaiproject.org User Reference Group: oae-...@collab.sakaiproject.org IRC Sakai OAE developers can be found on IRC: server: irc.freenode.net room: #sakai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We'd like to thank the following organizations for provided funding and staff in support of this release. Cambridge University Charles Sturt University Georgia Tech New York University rSmart UC Berkeley The Sakai Foundation LICENSE Sakai OAE is released under the Apache license, version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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