[ckan-discuss] CKAN 1.2 release

Thu Nov 25 16:22:47 GMT 2010

We've just released CKAN 1.2, which covers the past couple of months
work on the core system. (There has also been plenty of work going on
in external modules and extensions, such SOLR search.) Here's the
excerpt from the changelog:

http://ckan.org/milestone/ckan%20v1.2

Highlights of changes:
  * Package edit form: attach package to groups (#652) & revealable help
  * Form API - Package/Harvester Create/New (#545)
  * Authorization extended: user groups (#647) and creation of packages (#648)
  * Plug-in interface classes (#741)
  * WordPress twentyten compatible theming (#797)
  * Caching support (ETag) (#693)
  * Harvesting GEMINI2 metadata records from OGC CSW servers (#566)

Minor:
  * New API key header (#466)
  * Group metadata now revisioned (#231)

David