[Vtigercrm-developers] Can we release 4.2.4 already?

[Allan Bush]

Thanks guys,

I've tagged and exported 4.2.4 (without changes) and it's ready to go.
 I also created some release notes, attached to this email if anyone
has any input on them.

I sent this information along with the packaged release to richie but
as he seems to be unresponsive on this release I'm not counting on him
to get it out in a timely manner.  I'd like to put the release on the
trac system, if the admin is alright with that please email me
directly and I'll get you the files, if not I'll just attach it to the
vtiger message board.

On a side note the trac ticket system should be modified to remove
4.2.4 as a milestone and add it as a version (and probably remove the
4.2.4rc's well we're at it), if that can be done without messing up
the existing tickets.

Allan

On 5/30/06, Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Brian Devendorf wrote:
> > I would prefer 4.2.4 gets released, as 4.2.3 has so many known bugs.
> > I think it would focus the bug reporting for vtiger 4 on the bugs
> > that still exist in the product.
>
> Sure, its always good to have extra point releases to eliminate patch
> trading. vtigercrm-4.2.5 will likely follow soon after.
>
> Based on past tags, our procedure was to put the branch in the exact form
> used for release, then copy to a tag using the command:
>
>  # svn cp (url)/vtigercrm/branches/4.2.4 (url)/vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4 -m 'Tag 4.2.4 for release'
>
> Ideally (and we may not be there yet), a release fileset is a
> vtigercrm-4.2.4.tar.gz and vtigercrm-4.2.4.zip made from:
>
>  # svn export (url)vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4
>
> With no post processing. I guess for .exe installers (if used), that's an
> exeption to the rule.
>
> Unless there are any changes to forward port to branches/4.2, we finally
> svn rm the branches/4.2.4.
>
> Thanks for doing the release, Allan.
>
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After much delay vtigercrm 4.2.4 has been released.

This is the first community driven release, so a big thanks goes out to all the people involved in making this happen.

This is mostly a bug fix release, but it does mark the first release using the new SVN/Trac system which helps us harness the power of the community contributions and track issues and their fixes so everyone can help out.  The trac system can be seen here: http://vtiger.fosslabs.com

A list of fixed bugs can be seen using the trac ticket system here:
http://vtiger.fosslabs.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/query?status=closed&milestone=4.2.4&order=priority

A full changelog can be seen trough the trac svn log here:
http://vtiger.fosslabs.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/log/vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4?action=stop_on_copy&rev=6885&stop_rev=&mode=follow_copy&verbose=on

vtigercrm 4.2.4 can be downloaded here:
<download links>

For a new installation simply extract the files into a directory accessible through your apache setup then point your web browser to that directory on your website and follow the installation instructions.  Software you'll require is apache (1.3.x or 2.x) with php (4.3+, no 5.x support yet) and mysql (4.x).

You can post any issues or suggestions at http://vtiger.fosslabs.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/newticket 


UPGRADING

If you are upgrading from a previous version of vtigercrm first backup all data then follow the instructions for the appropriate version below:

4.2.3:
	- No database changes are need if you are using a seccessfull installation.
		- If tables were only partially created for you using an earlier version please wipe your database and try with 4.2.4, your problems should be solved.
	- To save your current configuration copy the config.php file from your old installation to config.inc.php in the new installation.  You'll also have to edit the config file as follows:
		- change the following variable names in config.php

		from:
			$dbconfig['db_host_name'] =
			$dbconfig['db_user_name'] =

		to:
			$dbconfig['db_hostname'] =
			$dbconfig['db_username'] =

	- If your 4.2.3 installation has previously been upgraded from an earlier release there is one database modification missed in pervious upgrades you will want to make manually:
		alter table wordtemplates drop primary key;
		alter table wordtemplates change filename filename varchar(100) not null;
		alter table wordtemplates add column templateid integer(19) primary key;


4.2.2 (aka 4.2 patch2):
	- Apply the 4.2.3 patch as per: http://forums.vtiger.com/viewtopic.php?t=4166
	- Then follow the instructions for a 4.2.3 upgrade.


4.2.1 or 4.2:
	- Apply the 4.2.2 patch as per: http://forums.vtiger.com/viewtopic.php?t=2903
	- Then follow the instructions for a 4.2.2 upgrade.