[WG: Sakai QA] Sakai 2.9.0 Release Candidate

[Neal Caidin]

I am happy to announce the first release candidate for the 2.9 release, 2.9.0-rc01 . The typical schedule, from the first release candidate to final release, is usually 2 or 3 more iterations of testing and bug fixing. Rutgers has been running with a 2.9.0 based on the Beta 02 version under load for several weeks, with success. A stretch goal for a 2.9.0 GA (general availability) is mid-October, a feasible date is late October/early November, and it is highly likely we will have a release before Thanksgiving. New bugs found and community participation in fixing bugs and testing fixes are the biggest factors for the release schedule. 
The Sakai 2.9.0-rc01 release is up at: http://qa29.sakaiqa.org. Other 2.9.0-rc01 servers should be available soon. Please check https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/QA+Servers+-+Sakai+2.9 for updates. 
A Test Fest is tentatively planned for next Wednesday, October 3 from 9 am EDT (1 pm GMT). 

Artifacts for other qa servers are here:
http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.9.0-rc01/artifacts/
You can also build from source as usual from this tag:
https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sakai/tags/sakai-2.9.0-rc01/
This release includes about 74 fixes that were merged from trunk as
verified.
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK/fixforversion/12988

All indies were also released as rc01.  The list above does not include those fixes.

We originally targeted to release 2.9.0-rc01 with no blockers, but a blocker came up during the 2.9.0-rc01 build, which will be addressed with the next release candidate. Default permissions are missing when you first add the Lessons tool to a site - https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/LSNBLDR-114 .
The next release is Sakai CLE 2.9.0-rc02, targeted for October 10. 

Regards,

Neal Caidin

Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
Skype: nealkdin
AIM: ncaidin at aol.com




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