0.9 feature freeze
The 0.9-stable branch was added in r3244.
A release candidate will be made available in a few days but you can start testing it by checking it out at:
http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/0.9-stableIt runs with Rails 2.3.5 so make sure you have the proper gems installed.
gem install rails -v=2.3.5Here is a quick summary of the major improvements that 0.9 brings:
Unlimited project nesting
In previous Redmine versions, project hierarchy was restricted to only 2 levels (root projects and one children level).
You can now create parent/child projects without any limitation.
Internally, the project hierarchy now relies on nested sets to avoid performance drop on deep project trees.
Versions inheritance
Projects can now share their versions with other projects in different ways.
Each version of a project can be shared with:
- subprojects
- projects in the project hierarchy: ancestors + descendants
- projects in the project tree: root project + all its descendants
- all projects
User groups
You can define user groups and add groups to projects with their own permissions.
User permissions
Users can now have multiple roles on a project.
This makes it easier to combine different sets of permissions.
Project creation by non-admin users
Non-admin users can now be allowed to create projects or subprojects.Two permissions are available:
- create project: this can be given to registered users so that they can create root projects
- create subprojects: this can be given to project members (eg. project managers) so that they can add subprojects to their projects
Project copy
Administrators are now able to copy an entire project with its data (members, issues, versions...).
Issue list improvement
- Dynamic columns selection
- Sort on multiple columns, including custom fields
- Issue grouping
- Ability to adjust custom query filters without editing the query
Comments
Wohooo ... nice work folks!!!
lovely!
Seems to me that Redmine 0.9.0 is a great release... Congrats to Jean-Philippe and Eric for their great work!
Many thanks... ;)
Yay to 0.9, we've been running on trunk for a few months now and the new features are a big improvement.
I would like to nominate #3782 for inclusion in 0.9.
I understand the idea of a feature freeze, but this is a fix for a very boring (if not very disruptive) bug: downloading a PDF file results in file name whatever.pdf.html.
It's bad enough that the file doesn't open directly instead of just downloading, but having to rename it is a silly waste of time.
Project nesting is great feature! Many thanks!
Version sharing is a killer-feature. Thank you very much everyone!
I've been running Redmine 0.8.3 for a while and I would love to upgrade to the 0.9 branch when it releases. However, I have never found any instructions on how to upgrade. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
To Paul Swagerty
You can see http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineUpgrade
And I have successed updated by following that guide.
Frank,
Thank you. I managed to get my installation upgraded.
Paul
Great work. Seems to me that Redmine 0.9 is will be a great release! Congrats to the developers for their great work! Thanks.
Good work!, thanks for this big effort (0.9).
Hope when I return to work (11th) the final version is released, so I could upgrade it.
Thank you everyone that contributes!
Best new features for my use cases are user groups combined with nested subprojects, and the revamped email integration (rdm-mailhandler.rb and related updates ..)
Almost all changes are expected for us. Multi subprojects, user groups, user permissions, etc.
Thanks a lot for this work.
I've doubt, how can I receive notifications about releases?
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