[Building Sakai] Sakai OAE 1.4.2 maintenance release now available
Anthony Whyte
arwhyte at umich.edu
Thu Sep 20 11:34:13 PDT 2012
Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) 1.4.2 maintenance release
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OAEREL/oae-1.4.2+release
RELEASE DATE: 20 September 2012
The Sakai Community is pleased to announce the release of the Sakai OAE version 1.4.2.
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. OAE's 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 1.4.2 is a maintenance release that focuses on addressing a number of UI issues reported by Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 8/9 users. A re-indexing issue that resulted in the premature termination of data migration operations has also been fixed as have a two permission issues associated with content collections. In all, over 50 issues have been addressed by this release.
DOWNLOADS
OAE 1.4.2 Web Start (one-click download/run for Demos)
http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.4.2/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 Stackoverflow thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11136805/java-applet-with-self-signed-certificate-on-os-x-mountain-lion
OAE 1.4.2 Binary (org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.2.jar)
http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven2/org/sakaiproject/nakamura/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app/1.4.2/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.2.jar
command line example: java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -jar org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-1.4.2.jar 1> run.log 2>&1 &
OAE 1.4.2 Source
3akai-ux front-end: https://github.com/sakaiproject/3akai-ux/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.uxloader-1.4.2
Nakamura back-end (now includes the solr bundle): https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura-1.4.2
Sparsemap Content storage system: https://github.com/sakaiproject/sparsemapcontent/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.core-1.3.7
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-1.4.2+change+log
KNOWN ISSUES
Below is a highlighted list of issues not addressed in the 1.4.2 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:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13017
UPGRADING
Upgrading to oae-1.4.2 from an earlier version (e.g., oae-1.3.0) 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-production at collab.sakaiproject.org
Developers: oae-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
Technical Reference Group: oae-trg at collab.sakaiproject.org
User Reference Group: oae-urg at 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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