[ckan-dev] 2.3 release: testers needed / last call for translations

[Adrià Mercader]

Hi again,

I realized now that I should have give more guidance on what big changes
are included in this release, most notably the way data previews work.
Apologies for any confusion caused.

The whole way data previews and visualizations for dataset resources has
changed on 2.3, so if you are testing this area in particular I recommend
you check the documentation, which gives you an overview of how it works,
how to add new types and define the default ones, migration, etc:

http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/data-viewer.html

For other changes there is information in the CHANGELOG, which is still not
complete:

https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst#v23


Thanks,

Adrià




On 17 February 2015 at 16:11, Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After a great deal of work and some delays the next 2.3 release is getting
> closer. Our current plan is to do a final freeze and pull the latest
> translations next Wednesday 25th February, and if all the final testing,
> packaging etc goes according to plan, do the actual release a week later,
> on Wednesday 4th March.
>
> There are a couple of ways in which you can help:
>
> ## Translations
>
> There are still many languages with strings pending translation (big props
> to our Swedish and Taiwanese friends who were the first to complete them!).
> You can help translating a few strings on Transifex or reviewing existing
> ones. It is really easy to register and to edit the translations:
>
> https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/ckan/
>
> We will pull the translations from Transifex next Wednesday, after that
> new translations will have to wait until the next patch release.
>
>
> ## Testing
>
> Spending a few minutes testing the next release can really make a
> difference. There is only so much we can test in the limited time and
> resources that we have, so the more people that has a play and tests things
> in different environments and configurations, the more bugs and issues we
> can find.
>
> You can test the 2.3 branch by:
>
> * Installing this Release Candidate package using the "Install from
> package" instructions [1]
>
>     http://s138.okserver.org/build/python-ckan_2.3-1_amd64.deb
>
>    (There are also packages available for testing for the patch releases
> for previous versions)
>
> * On a source install, using the "release-v2.3" branch [2]
>
> * Play around on http://beta.ckan.org, which is updated automatically
> every night with the latest code.
>
>
>
> In any case, if you find some bug or issue please create an issue on the
> main CKAN repo:
>
> https://github.com/ckan/ckan/issues
>
> Let me know if you have any comment or question.
>
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
>
> Adrià
>
>
>
>
> [1]
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/installing/install-from-package.html
> [2]
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/upgrading/upgrade-source.html
>
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