[WG: Sakai QA] Sakai CLE 2.9.0 is released for GA (general availability)

[Neal Caidin]

Hi All,

I am pleased to announce, on behalf of the community, the release of Sakai
CLE 2.9.0 (thanks to many of you directly).

I've posted the general announcement of the release of Sakai CLE 2.9.0 to
the announcements, production, and pedagogy lists. This is a repeat of that
announcement plus a few more technical details for our qa and development
communities.

For 2.9.0 download links please see -
http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.9.0/

For source code -
https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sakai/tags/sakai-2.9.0/

Please keep checking the release notes -
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+release+notes.
The Sys Admin guide has not yet been updated. Over the next several
weeks
we plan to update this guide and add information on performance tuning
through caching and database settings, and how to host uploaded content
material on a separate domain, a new configuration option. We also
anticipate more load testing over the next month which may lead to
additional performance tuning suggestions.

As you probably already know, we have also started planning the 2.9.1
release, targeted for December, and the 2.9.2 release targeted for Spring
2013.

General Release Announcement
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The Sakai CLE 2.9.0 builds on previous releases by refining and stabilizing
the 2.x feature set. It offers dozens of new features and improvements to
key areas like accessibility, internationalization, performance, and
security.

Sakai CLE 2.9.0 sports a new updated interface with a beautiful new skin
and improved efficiency for users, for example by reducing the number of
mouse clicks on common operations in the portal. The Lessons tool, formerly
known as Lesson Builder, is now a core Sakai tool. Many new features have
been added and detailed release notes are posted at
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+release+notes

Thanks to all in the worldwide community for your contribution to the
development, testing, and documenting of the release.


Best Regards,
Neal

-- 
Neal Caidin
Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
skype: nealkdin
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