Release Notes for OpenCms 5.0 beta 2

11/11/2002: This version is a major step towards the final release of OpenCms 5. It adds a number of important features especially for the JSP integration and caching mechanism. The most visible change from previous versions is the new structure of the OpenCms workplace in the virtual file system (VFS), which now has a much more streamlined directory layout. A long list of minor enhancements and fixes completes this release.

OpenCms 5.0 beta 2 is Open Source software published under the LGPL license.

The OpenCms 5.0 beta 2 includes all features from the last "major" release 4.6.1, the FLEX alpha 1, the 4.7.7 version and of course the 5.0 beta 1. It's at last as stable as all of these earlier versions. I encourage everyone to try this version and provide feedback on the opencms-dev mailing list.

OpenCms 5.0 beta 2 supports Java 1.4. and 1.4.1. Because of required features related to file encoding and JDBC we recommend not using earlier releases of Java.

The almost complete list of changes and improvements in OpenCms 5.0 beta 2:

Please use our Bugzilla to report bugs in this release: http://www.opencms.org/bugzilla/

You can find the "TODO" list for the final release here: http://www.opencms.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/opencms/todo.txt?rev=1.9

The final release of 5.0 will be made available after this TODO items have been completed. We still need volunteers for some development tasks. Please have a look at the TODO list for details.

Thank you for using OpenCms and have fun with OpenCms 5.0 beta 2 :-)

]]>