[ckan-dev] CKAN 2.3 released, patch versions for 2.0.x, 2.1.x and 2.2x available

Thu Mar 12 19:16:08 UTC 2015

Hi all,
Happy to hear about CKAN 2.3 release.
Can anybody tell me when the demo.ckan.org will be replaced with 2.3? It
has 2.2.1 version. 

Regards,
Tanmay Thakur
Software Engineer
 <http://www.accela.com/>

On 3/7/15, 2:35 AM, "Alex (Maxious) Sadleir" <maxious at gmail.com> wrote:

>Protip: if you have an ancient development environment somewhere with
>git set to pull from https://github.com/okfn/ckan that now redirects
>to https://github.com/okfn/ckan-barnet not
>https://github.com/ckan/ckan so please check and manually update your
>git remotes if you cannot find the release-v2.3 branch.
>
>On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Adrià Mercader <adria.mercader at okfn.org>
>wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The CKAN team is happy to announce the release of the latest CKAN
>> version, which comes packed with new features and stability fixes.
>>
>> As usual, all new features and changes are described in the CHANGELOG
>> [1], here are some of the most exciting bits:
>>
>>  * Completely refactored resource data visualizations, allowing
>> multiple persistent views of the same data an interface to manage and
>> configure them. Check the updated documentation to know more, and the
>> "Changes and deprecations" section for migration details:
>>
>>      http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-2.3/maintaining/data-viewer.html
>>
>>  * Responsive design for the default theme, that allows nicer
>> rendering across different devices
>>  * Improved DataStore filtering and full text search capabilities
>>  * Added new extension points to modify the DataStore behaviour
>>  * Simplified two-step dataset creation process
>>  * Ability for users to regenerate their own API keys
>>  * Changes on the authentication mechanism to allow more secure
>> set-ups. See "Changes and deprecations" section for more details and
>> "Troubleshooting" for migration instructions.
>>  * Better support for custom dataset types
>>  * Updated documentation theme, now clearer and responsive
>>
>> If you are upgrading from a previous version, make sure to check the
>> "Changes and deprecations" section in the CHANGELOG, specially
>> regarding the authorization configuration and data visualizations.
>>
>> To install the new version, follow the relevant instructions from the
>> documentation depending on whether you are using a package or source
>> install:
>>
>> http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-2.3/maintaining/installing/index.html
>>
>> If you are upgrading an existing CKAN instance, follow the upgrade
>>instructions:
>>
>> http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-2.3/maintaining/upgrading/index.html
>>
>> We have also made available patch releases for the 2.0.x, 2.1.x and
>> 2.2.x versions. It is important to apply these, as they contain
>> important security and stability fixes. Patch releases are fully
>> backwards compatible and really easy to install:
>>
>> 
>>http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/upgrading/upgrade-package-to-p
>>atch-release.html
>>
>> If you have any doubts or comments feel free to contact us on the
>> mailing list or on the IRC channel.
>>
>> Lastly I'd like to say thank you very much to the more than 50
>> developers (conservative estimate!) and many, many translators that
>> have contributed to these release, even with a small patch. Also
>> special thanks to all who have helped test the release in the past
>> weeks, you guys rock!
>>
>>
>>
>> Adrià
>>
>>
>> [1] 
>>https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst#v23-2015-03-04
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