r4622 - trunk

[daigle at ecoinformatics.org]

Author: daigle
Date: 2008-11-24 11:58:55 -0800 (Mon, 24 Nov 2008)
New Revision: 4622

Modified:
   trunk/README
Log:
Added 1.9.0 release notes

Modified: trunk/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/README	2008-11-24 19:57:40 UTC (rev 4621)
+++ trunk/README	2008-11-24 19:58:55 UTC (rev 4622)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Metacat: XML Metadata and Data Management System
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-Version: 1.8.1 Release
+Version: 1.9.0 Release
 
 Send feedback and bugs to: metacat-dev at ecoinformatics.org
                            http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org
@@ -52,6 +52,67 @@
 ------------
 See the file "docs/user/metacatinstall.html" for detailed instructions.
 
+Release Notes for 1.9.0:
+------------------------
+This release focuses on simplifying the Metacat installation process by 
+creating a binary (war) installation.  The need to build the application
+on the server has been removed (although the option is still available).
+In order to facilitate this method of installation, a few major modifications
+were made to the code:
+
+  -- Ant token replacement was removed for all non-build variables in the 
+     application (most of this was already done in 1.8.1).
+
+  -- The Metacat properties confguration was moved into the application
+     itself.
+
+  -- Database schema version detection and install/upgrade utilities were 
+     added to the application.
+
+Also, this release includes several enhancements:
+  -- it supports the new EML 2.1.0 version.  
+
+  -- Documents are now stored on the local filesystem as well as in the 
+     database in order to preserve document integrity.
+     
+  -- Metacat verifies new schemas when they are added.
+
+  -- Additional access is propegated with documents during replication.
+
+High priority bugs were addressed in this release as well.
+
+The enhancements/bugs addressed are:
+
+* escaped "less than" in inlinedata causes invalid eml output (Bug 2564)
+* need to set filename for download files (Bug 2566)
+* add ability for search engines to index metacat documents (Bug 2826)
+* EML citation section should include both organizationNames and individualNames (Bug 3059)
+* refactor skins to get organization list from metacat getOrganizations() function (Bug 3114)
+* Update dataknp.sanparks.org packageId attributes to match Metacat Ids (Bug 3258)
+* New documents explicitly set as public access don't show up correctly (Bug 3262)
+* Modify confguration utility in metacat (Bug 3371)
+* Integrate perl token replacement changes (Bug 3372)
+* Create skin specific configuration utility (Bug 3373)
+* Add authentication for configuration utility (Bug 3374)
+* Create a sorted properties utility (Bug 3375)
+* Add DB upgrade/install functionality to java code (Bug 3376)
+* Create ANT install target for developers (Bug 3377)
+* Create LSID server installation (Bug 3380)
+* Create unit test code for 1.9 additions (Bug 3381)
+* create simple turnkey installer for metacat Phase I (Bug 3461)
+* Maps do not display in Firefox version 3 (Bug 3462)
+* Replicate access rules in replication (Bug 3464)
+* Metacat casesensitive="true" option in pathquery expressions is broken (Bug 3472)
+* Add full schema checking when metacat register new schema (Bug 3474)
+* Incorporate EML 2.1.0 access changes in metacat (Bug 3495)
+* getprincipals action returns invalid XML document (Bug 3527)
+* Update knbweb to serve new metacat install (Bug 3545)
+* Replication should write to disk (Bug 3554)
+* Update acknowlegements in metacat readme (Bug 3588)
+* Validate the ldap administrator field. (Bug 3616)
+* Allow for different authentication services in metacat configuration (Bug 3680)
+* Tag utilities module and have metacat check out that tag (Bug 3685)
+
 Release Notes for 1.8.1:
 ------------------------
 This release focuses on bug fixes. In this release, the problem that Metacat 1.8.0 and previous