Changes of note since RC1
* Portlet 2.0 CacheControl support for render requests
* Local user account password reset tool
* Attribute swapper integrated into account management UI
* CDATA support in entity files
* JAXB based import/export framework
o Not all entities are converted yet but Cernunnous scripts are
being replaced as portal DAOs are updated to JPA2
o crn-* ant tasks have been replaced with data-* ant tasks
* Better controls presented to user when a portlet fails
* File-Per-Environment approach for per-environment build time filtering
* JSON based rendering pipeline fork for uMobile integration
* Portlet Event based search portlet, any portlet in the portal can
now provide search results
* Action, Event, Render, and Resource timeout options for portlets.
Major 4.0 features
* "Gallery" portal customization interface that combines portlet
subscription, subscribed tabs, skin selection and tab layout into an
easy to use interface.
* Inline tab name editing
* Drag & Drop reordering of tabs
* Updated Administration Tools (Groups, Permissions & User Management)
* Consistent URLs which move much of the navigational state of the
portal to the URL data
* i18n improvements
o Centralized messages into a single file
o Autotranslation of new messages to help bootstrap human translation
* Grouper support shipping with the built in Groups & Permissions services
* Pulled/Subscribable DLM fragments, allowing users to subscribe to a
pre-built tab of portlets
* Updated skin
* JSR-286 Support
o Setting response headers when handling a resource request is not
working
o Public render parameters are not working
* New rendering pipeline with intelligent cache key generation
* Upgraded to Spring 3.0
* Standardization of REST like service APIs for dyanmic UI
* All dynamic UI code is written as Fluid Components for standardization
*Downloads* are available from:
http://downloads.jasig.org/uportal/uPortal-4.0.0-RC2/
*Release notes* are available at:
https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPC/4.0.0-RC2
-Eric Dalquist
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