Redmine

You can see what's new in this release in the changelog.

This RC release is frozen with Rails 2.0.2 and should be very close to the 0.7 final.
Upgrading from 0.6 can be done as usual with a simple database migration. Migration from 0.6 to 0.7 RC1 then to 0.7 will be of course possible.

It can be downloaded in either .tar.gz or .zip format at Rubyforge.

A potential security flaw in LDAP authentication was discovered in Redmine 0.6.3 release.
If you run Redmine 0.6.3 release and use LDAP authentication, you're highly encouraged to migrate to this new release. No database migration is needed.

Those who get Redmine using svn can simply update to the latest revision. The fix was committed in both 0.6-stable branch and trunk.

A few other bugs were fixed in this release. See the Changelog.

Just as the title says, the boards are now hosted here at redmine.org.
You are still able to read the old posts here.

TYPO3 is a free, feature rich and widely used content management system written in PHP.

The TYPO3 team have chosen Redmine for their new Forge:

For the coordination of the TYPO3 5.0 development efforts, we used to run a Trac installation which hosted our issue tracker, code browser and a wiki. But we were really missing some important features (like being able to set up sub projects) and were looking for alternatives. Fortunately, Martin Herr came across a tool called "Redmine" which looked very promising.

So we created a new website - the TYPO3 Forge. Its purpose is to centralize TYPO3's development projects and provide a home for teams who are in need of an issue tracker, code browser and subversion. Although forge.typo3.org currently accommodates only TYPO3 5.0 and FLOW3 related projects, we structured it open enough to be ready for the TYPO3 v4 team and other projects.

Read the full announcement written by Robert Lemke.

The issue tracking system used for the development of Redmine has moved today from Rubyforge to redmine.org.

You'll need to register on this website to submit bug reports or feature requests (valid email address is required).
Rubyforge users can create a new account or get the credentials for the migrated account by contacting me: jp_lang at yahoo dot fr.

Here is the result of a quick test comparing Redmine load performance with Rails 1.2.6 and Rails 2.0.2.

This test was done on my workstation using openwebload. Redmine was running on 3 Mongrel instances with Pound as the load balancer. Fragment caching was disabled for this test.
The following shows the maximum Tps¹ the application could handle.

Of course, these numbers fully depends on your hardware configuration and data but we can clearly see the performance improvements provided by Rails 2.0.

¹ Transactions per second (computed by openwebload)

This release fixes a bug in Files section.

It can be downloaded in either .tar.gz or .zip format at Rubyforge.
The tarball is still freezed with Rails 1.2.6.

This release is mainly to fix Rails 2.0 compatibility issues.
One small functionality (the ability to search custom fields) is added and thus migration is required.

You can checkout the 0.6.2 tag or download the tarball at Rubyforge.
The tarball is freezed with Rails 1.2.6 and now includes action_web_service so you don't have to install it manually.

This release brings some new features, fixes a bunch of bugs and should be Rails 2.0 compatible.
You can have a look at the changelog.

As usual, this release can be donwloaded at Rubyforge.

This video demonstrates how to install Redmine and migrate Trac data in less than 5 minutes.
It was done on Windows with ruby 1.8.5 and rails 1.2.5 installed.

The video can be found here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3l02s_redmine-installation_tech