[ckan-discuss] CKAN 2.0 beta has been released...!

Thu Feb 28 15:08:05 GMT 2013

Hi everyone,

We're happy to announce we have now released a beta version of CKAN 2.0.
Full details here:
http://ckan.org/2013/02/27/ckan-2-0-beta-has-arrived/and demo/test
site here:
http://beta.ckan.org/ to see it live.

This is still not a final polished version, but our first stable release of
2.0. From now on we will only be merging in bug fixes and non-breaking
tweaks in the run up to the full 2.0 release.

See the blog post for more details, but instructions on upgrading or
installing can be found below.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Irina

Installing or upgrading

This first beta release is aimed mainly at developers, and is only
available via source install. You can refer to the “Install from
Source”<http://docs.ckan.org/en/master/install-from-source.html>
instructions
or the “Upgrading a source
install”<http://docs.ckan.org/en/master/install-from-source.html#upgrading-a-source-install>
sections
on the documentation depending on your needs.

In either case, make sure to point the repository to the 2.0 release branch
(release-v2.0):

   - For first time source installs, in section 2b use:

pip install -e 'git+https://github.com/okfn/ckan.git@release-v2.0#egg=ckan'

   - For source install upgrades, in section 2 use:

git checkout release-v2.0

Note that this is a major version change and there are significant
backwards incompatible changes, so if you are upgrading an existing
instance make sure to backup your database before trying to upgrade it.

Our supported extensions are currently being upgraded, and the degree of
support for CKAN 2.0b varies depending on the extension. If you are using
custom extensions on your instance, it is likely that you will need some
work to upgrade them to 2.0. We are working on new documentation explaining
how to upgrade from 1.X to 2.0, but in meantime to test this beta release
we recommend disabling all extensions and enabling them one by one to see
which ones will require updating. In case of doubt, feel free to send an
email to the mailing list <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ckan-dev> or
ask on the IRC channel.

As with all beta releases, you are bound to find bugs or things that need
improvement. We are still working on the proper stable release, and
collecting all pending issues on this milestone on GitHub Issues:

https://github.com/okfn/ckan/issues?milestone=1&state=open

We would love to hear any feedback and bug reports, feel free to send them
to the mailing list or add an issue to GitHub.
- See more at:
http://ckan.org/2013/02/27/ckan-2-0-beta-has-arrived/#sthash.k43AmiL0.dpuf

-- 

Irina Bolychevsky
CKAN Product Owner

The Open Knowledge Foundation (http://www.okfn.org)
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