Confluence 3.5 : Confluence 3.5-beta2 ("Beta 2") Release Notes
This page last changed on Mar 03, 2011 by richatkins.
Confluence versions marked "Milestone", "Beta" or "Release Candidate" (RC) are development releases, which are preliminary releases leading up to the official release of a major Confluence version. They are a snapshot of our work in progress and provide an advance preview of new features to our customers and the general public. Confluence plugin developers can also use development releases to test and fix their plugins in advance of an official release. The main distinction between a beta and a milestone release is that milestone releases typically acquire new features with each subsequent milestone version, whereas beta releases are predominantly feature-complete. Beta releases still undergo bug fixing and occasionally, existing features may be enhanced or added in subsequent beta versions. Release candidates are close to being ready for final release, but may still undergo changes before the final release.
For all production use and testing of Confluence, please use the latest official release. Who should try this out?With development releases, the Confluence development team aims to provide plugin developers with an opportunity to see the latest changes in the code. Furthermore, if you are a Confluence customer who is eager to see the new features and provide us with feedback on our upcoming major release, we encourage you to try out our development releases.
Each development release has passed all our automated tests, has undergone some performance testing and has been used for one week on our official internal Confluence server. Furthermore, most of the solved issues have been reviewed. Be aware that our development releases are still undergoing final performance and compatibility testing for databases and application servers. Hence, we recommend that you use development releases on installations with small (as opposed to full production-level) user bases. Upgrade ProcedureIf you wish to upgrade your existing Confluence installation with this version, ensure you have created a separate copy of your current Confluence production installation first and using that copy, follow the normal upgrade instructions to upgrade it to this development release. If you have also implemented customised site- or space-specific layouts, you will need to re-implement them after the upgrade. Otherwise, some of the new features in Confluence (or possibly existing features) may not function correctly. DownloadsAll development releases are available from Development Releases on the Atlassian website. Previous Betas and Milestones
New Features and ImprovementsHighlights of this release: Support Tools PluginSupport's Support Tools Plugin is now bundled into Confluence. It provides a log analyser to help sysadmins identify known issues with their instance, and a new improved support request feature. Improved Share ButtonWe've improved the new "Share" button introduced in Confluence 3.5. Notable changes:
We hope to follow this format for all the other email notifications in the near future. Additionally, to make sure your link doesn't break we now email users the "short link" for a Confluence page instead of the full page URL. Improved Delegated LDAP User Directory ConfigurationWe have added an option to copy users automatically from the LDAP server to Confluence when they authenticate for the first time. Copied users can also be assigned automatically to default groups.
Bugs fixedSpace Directory bug fixes
Other bug fixes
Improvements for developers
<listener name"Something Happened Listener" key="SomethingHappenedListener" class="com.example.SomethingHappenedListener"> <description>Listener for something happened events</description> </listener> Known issuesLocal users cannot log in when using Crowd or Delegated LDAPWhatever directories appear after a Crowd or Delegated LDAP directory in the User Directories admin UI will not be consulted, as these two directories currently throw an authentication-failed error, rather than a user-not-found error for users they do not contain. This is being fixed in Crowd now, and will be included in the next build. Migration error when importing from backup (CONFDEV-3172)The performance fix for caching crowd Application objects introduced this issue. It's fixed in Crowd now, and will be included in the next build. What's New showing for beta softwareThe What's New dialog should not be enabled on a beta install of Confluence, but it is. We're investigating why, and will have a fix before we build another beta/milestone. Local groups are not imported when doing in place upgrades or restoring from backupUsers currently have to be manually reassociated with their old groups. We're working on fixing it! Note about CONFDEV issuesThe Confluence team is using an internal JIRA project for tracking development with GreenHopper. The CONFDEV issues refer to our internal tracking numbers for user stories or bugs discovered and fixed within the scope of a release. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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