Bamboo 4.2 : Bamboo 2.0 Beta 9 Release Notes

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3 April 2008
Atlassian is proud to announce the release of Bamboo 2.0 Beta 9.This point release includes more than 10 minor fixes and improvements. Bamboo 2.0 Beta 9 can be downloaded here.

Before upgrading, please read the Bamboo 2.0 Beta 9 Upgrade Guide. If you are upgrading from a version of Bamboo prior to the Bamboo 2.0 Beta, please read all of the Bamboo 2.0 Beta Release Notes and Bamboo 2.0 Beta Upgrade Guides before upgrading.

Edit and Rename Capabilities

You can now edit capabilities in Bamboo, as listed below:

  • If you are editing a Builder capability, you can modify the 'Path' of the builder.
  • If you are editing a JDK capability, you can modify the 'Java Home' of the JDK.
  • If you are editing a Custom capability, you can modify the 'Value' of the capability.
  • If you are editing a Perforce capability, you can modify the 'Perforce Executable' path.

You can also rename a capability. This is reflected in any plans that the capability is specified as a requirement for.

(info) Read more about configuring capabilities.

View Agents and Plans related to a Capability

A 'View Capability' screen is now available in Bamboo 2.0. This screen lists the agents that have/inherit a particular capability, as well as which plans have the capability specified as a requirement.

(info) Read more about viewing capabilities.

Known Issues

The following issues are applicable at the time of the Bamboo 2.0 Beta 9 release. Please refer to each of the previous beta release notes to review the complete list of issues and fixes for each beta release.

  • Hibernate Errors in logs - this is a known issue, caused due to our pre-hibernate upgrade tasks to prepare Bamboo database for Oracle and MS SQL Server compatibility - For further details, see this Knowledge base article.

Updates and issues fixed

Please help us with the final 2.0 release by reporting any bugs and issues you find, in the Bamboo project at jira.atlassian.com.

JIRA Issues (15 issues)
Type Key Summary Assignee Reporter Priority Status Resolution Created Updated Due
Improvement BAM-2428 Allow configuration of SVNKit to spool / not spool Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Apr 01, 2008 May 05, 2008
Bug BAM-2407 Remote Agent running on Sun JDK 1.6 exits after build is queued for it Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Rex Tener Blocker Resolved Fixed Mar 27, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Improvement BAM-2405 Add extension builder interfaces Edwin Wong [Atlassian] Edwin Wong [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Mar 26, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-2401 Remote agent restart can leave builds in a building state while the agent reports it is idle Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Edwin Wong [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Mar 25, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Task BAM-2389 Add more sample plugins to Bamboo Development Kit Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Mar 19, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-2381 Failing since build for a test reports the wrong result Brydie McCoy [Atlassian] Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Mar 17, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-2360 Manual Build No Longer Shows Changes Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Sam Berlin Major Resolved Fixed Mar 11, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-2359 Plan Not Building Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Sam Berlin Major Resolved Fixed Mar 11, 2008 May 26, 2008
Bug BAM-2315 LDAP user cache is not refreshed when principals are added to AD/LDAP Brydie McCoy [Atlassian] Ajay Sridhar [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Feb 28, 2008 Sep 01, 2009
New Feature BAM-2267 Editing capbillities and requirements Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Feb 19, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-2241 Build Conifuration page for script builder, doesn't show the values in the Arguements field in the UI. Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Ajay Sridhar [Atlassian] Minor Resolved Fixed Feb 13, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
New Feature BAM-2140 A capbility screen that allows bulk editing of capabilities and requirements Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Mark Chaimungkalanont [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Jan 22, 2008 Feb 12, 2010
Bug BAM-2122 Some exceptions during a build don't cause build to abort Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Adrian Hempel [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Jan 22, 2008 Apr 01, 2008
Task BAM-1862 Move the XFire dependency for Crowd from 1.2.1 to 1.2.6 Brydie McCoy [Atlassian] Justin Koke [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Oct 24, 2007 Apr 01, 2008
Bug BAM-1813 The project level RSS feeds are ordered wrong. Brydie McCoy [Atlassian] Ajay Sridhar [Atlassian] Major Resolved Fixed Oct 11, 2007 Apr 01, 2008