Those of you who keep an eye on developments in the mainstream of IT will be aware that a major upheaval has been occurring over the last 5 or so years, in which JavaScript has exploded in popularity and importance. Largely as a result of its server-side incarnation - Node.js - it has broken free of just being the scripting language that you use in web browser, to becoming the world's most popular language and enterprise technology of choice
This announcement is to inform clients about changes in our 2016.2 and 2016.3 field test programs.
The 2016.2 field test has been extended in order to address important syntax changes related to JSON. Simply stated, the JSON syntax introduced in 2016.1 had several inconsistencies that we did not want to perpetuate. This is now addressed and the updated 2016.2 field test will be published today. Concurrently, the syntax changes and guidance for developers will be posted on the Developer Community shortly. JSON is critically important to our Caché roadmap.
Doc DB has been removed from the field test due to the syntax changes. We have significant refactoring to do in our Document Data modeling code and we did not want to further delay the release of 2016.2 to accommodate that development. This feature will return at a later date
Hi!
We updated the DC a bit.
Member's answers
With this release, you can see the answers on the member's page too.
E.g. see the answers by Timothy Leavitt.
Post updates don't move the post to top
So we can fix the tags, spelling and make other updates to the post and it would not be moved to top anymore.
Now only new answers and comments move the post to the top of the feed.
RSS and other bug fixes
Now bugs for RSS feeds are fixed.
Also, Votes renamed to Rating and has the color indication now. Green means good!
Stay tuned for the next DC improvements!
I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Atelier 1.0
This is the debut release of our new Eclipse based plugin for developing code on Cache and Ensemble.
Highlights include
Atelier will be released independently of various server releases. The first versions of Cache and Ensemble that fully support Atelier are 2016.2 and higher. Facilities within Atelier itself will manage updating as we make newer versions available. You can download the Atelier client for the OS of your choice here:
https://download.intersystems.com/download/atelier.csp
The release notes for the 1.0 release can be found here
It feels like a couple of months since the last update (1.0.255) to the Field Test version.
November 22, 2016 – Alert: Database Integrity on UNIX® and Linux Platforms
InterSystems has corrected a defect that may, in rare circumstances, result in database degradation on UNIX and Linux platforms.
This defect affects Caché, Ensemble, and HealthShare distributions beginning with Caché version 2012.1. It is only a possible risk on UNIX and Linux platforms that are using asynchronous I/O for database writes. The following table specifies if asynchronous I/O is always on or optional for the affected platforms and releases:
Platform | Versions 2012.1 to 2015.1 | Version 2015.2 and later |
I am pleased to announce the field test of Caché and Ensemble 2017.1, including many new improvements.
The product team at InterSystems looks forward to your participation in the field test and feedback over the coming months.
Some of the more significant changes in 2017.1 are the new RESTful APIs for iKnow, FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography for Caché database encryption, and improved DocBook search. As always there are a host of scalability and performance improvements to the core database and SQL. And hundreds of smaller improvements and corrections. Summary of the Caché changes can be found HERE and the Ensemble changes HERE
Caché process failures on RHEL V7.2
InterSystems WRC has investigated several issues of process failure that can be attributed to a recent change in Red Hat Linux.
A new feature implemented in RHEL V7.2 (systemd-219-19.el7.x86_64) can cause O.S. IPC (Inter-process communication) semaphores to be deallocated when a non-system RHEL user logs out (system users, i.e. with a UID number < 1000, are excluded)
Internally, Caché makes use of IPC semaphores to control the operation of Caché processes (for example when trying to wake-up a Caché process). It does this by using the “semop” system service and if the operating system unexpectedly removes semaphores that Caché relies upon for IPC, then processes can fail. If this occurs the following evidence will be found in the cconsole.log:
“System error while trying to wake-up a process, code = 22
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.2.1 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.2.1, please review the release notes.
We at George James Software recently released a new version of Deltanji, the native source code management tool for Caché, Ensemble and HealthShare.
Version 6.1 includes several enhancements, including easy creation of labels. Bulk transfer of large codesets is also now available from the browser UI.
A perpetually free "install and go" Solo Edition of Deltanji is available. Licenses can be purchased for other editions that provide more advanced code management and deployment features.
Deltanji is compatible with Atelier. It can also manage external files.
Please visit http://georgejames.com/deltanji for more information and to download your free Solo Edition.
John Murray
Senior Product Engineer
George James Software
I am happy to share the news that Zen Mojo 1.1.2 has been released. This release includes a critical fix for Firefox that we had to get out as fast as possible. No other changes are included to allow easy upgrades. We recommend upgrading to this release if you are running on Zen Mojo 1.1.1.
All upcoming Caché and Ensemble releases will ship with Zen Mojo 1.1.2.
You can download Zen Mojo kits from the WRC distribution page: https://wrc.intersystems.com/wrc/Distribution.csp
Any fix or enhancement that was previously planned for Zen Mojo 1.1.2 will be included in the next upcoming release 1.1.3.
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.5 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2015.2.5, please review the release notes .
InterSystems has corrected a defect that may result in missing updates when utilizing Caché online backup.
This defect is present in all Caché and Ensemble versions 2015.1.x, 2015.2.x and 2016.1.x, and all HealthShare distributions based on those versions. It affects all platforms and operating systems except backups of OpenVMS cluster databases.
The risk does not exist for Mirror Catchup applied to mirrored databases restored from Caché online backup.
The risk only exists when restoring from Caché online backup and applying journal files. You are at risk of having missing updates if the following are all true
Question:
What version of Caché supports TLS v1.2?
Answer:
Caché 2015.2 announced support for TLS v1.1 and v1.2. In this version, the SSL/TLS configuration page provides checkboxes for TLS v1.1 and v1.2, which allows the versions to be configured individually. This allows sites to, for example, require TLS v1.2 only.
Additionally, some earlier versions of Caché provide undocumented support for TLS v1.1 and v1.2, specifically Caché 2014.1.3 and above and 2015.1, on Windows, Linux and Unix
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.2 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.2, please review the release notes.
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.4 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2015.2.4, please review the release notes.
Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.4 are available for the same platforms as 2015.2.3, with this exception:
The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.
The build corresponding to this release is 2015.2.4.903.0
Hi, Community!
I'm pleased to announce the new Developer Community release today. Meet the changes!
New voting system
Now you can vote for the post or comment with like or dislike buttons to change the post/comment rating.
Previous ratings converted to the new rating with the following rule:
4,5 stars = +1
1,2,3 stars=0.
Improved email notifications
You should receive HTML notifications now on new posts and comments on DC.
Please share your feedback with the recent release.
And vote up this post ;)
Steve Glassman is on vacation today so in his place I wanted to announce the availability of a new kit for the 2016.2 Field Test. The kit details are: 2016.2.0.665.0
There is a wide range of changes to the 2016.2 Field Test, 145 of them in total. You can find a complete listing here:
https://wrc.intersystems.com/wrc/WRC.StreamServer.cls?FILE=/wrc/FieldTes...
Bill McCormick
Director of Product Management
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are now available on all supported platforms.
This followup announcement adds all the OpenVMS versions that were excluded in the announcement last week.
InterSystems is pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2016.1.1, please review the release notes.
Caché and Ensemble 2016.1.1 are available now for the same platforms as 2016.1.0, with the following exceptions:
On June 7th we'll be releasing two new views of content that will allow you to rapidly see what's new on the site as well as identify content that has gone unanswered. The next step for this (after this release) will be to add in personalization so that you can filter content based on your tag and member "following" preferences.
I am pleased to announce the field test of Caché and Ensemble 2016.3 - with many new improvements.
The product team at InterSystems looks forward to your participation in the field test and feedback over the coming months.
Some of the more signification changes in 2016.3 are new RESTful APIs for iKnow and broader APIs for programmatic control of multiple servers (enterprise manager). As always, there are a host of scalability and performance improvements, including improvements to the core database and SQL. And hundreds of smaller improvements and corrections.
Developer Community was refreshed on May 30th with the following new features and fixes:
1. Formatting of postings in My Collaborations and My Content has been improved
2. Browse by Tag now has filtering options for New, Highest Rated and Unanswered posts
3. Full paging is back on the home page
4. Browse by Tag now includes child tags. Example - posts tagged only with "MDX", which is a child tag of "DeepSee", will appear when using Browse by Tag and viewing DeepSee content
5. Browse by Member is now available. Content by member can be viewed from the list of members under "Browse by Member" on the home page or from the Connect | Members page by selecting "View Content"
6. Notification email template is now rendering in HTML
7. Bug: Paging on the "View by Group" page is broken
8. Bug: Сomments to Answers do not increase comments counte
Now that 2016.1 has been released I would like to draw everyone's attention to the Ensemble release notes that describes the new features.
I am happy to share the news that Zen Mojo 1.1.1 has been released. This release includes many improvements and bugfixes, the most important are:
All upcoming Caché and Ensemble releases will ship with Zen Mojo 1.1.1.
You can download Zen Mojo kits from the WRC distribution page: https://wrc.intersystems.com/wrc/Distribution.csp
Release Notes - 4/8/2016
Release Notes - Developer Community (External) - Version DCWeb-040816-Release
** Task
* [DCE-113] - Remove Content Type "Code Package"
* [DCE-115] - Add DC members mentioning functionality
* [DCE-116] - Fix layout on Global Summit landing page
* [DCE-118] - Tag appropriate content as "New"
* [DCE-123] - Change "Newest" filter rules
** Bug
* [DCE-114] - Adding comment to Answer should mark parent posting as updated
* [DCE-117] - Home page duplicates postings when more than one group selected
* [DCE-119] - Search results showing raw answer name
* [DCE-120] - Selecting a tag on Firefox (Mac) crashes FireFox
* [DCE-121] - Member profile pictures fail on IE 11
In this release we added new functionality that marks postings with either a "new" icon or an "unread" icon depending on when you came to the site last and the age of the postings.
Here are the rules as currently implemented:
- If a user hasn't viewed content which was posted less than 2 weeks ago, then the label "new" is displayed.
- If the user hasn't viewed content which was posted more than 2 weeks ago then the label "unread" is display.
I am pleased to announce that Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.3 are now available as maintenance releases.
For a complete list of the corrections in 2015.2.3, please review the release notes.
Caché and Ensemble 2015.2.3 are available now for the same platforms as 2015.2.2
The complete set of supported platforms, including specific point releases and/or patches, is detailed in the Supported Platforms document.
The build corresponding to this release is 2015.2.3.855.0
Task
[DCE-96] - Show views counter for the post
[DCE-97] - Clean up My Collaborations and My Content
[DCE-108] - Remove Find Menu
[DCE-109] - Search page - fix Categories dropdown, remove internal naming
[DCE-110] - Add warning to comments, answers and posts when page is dirty and you move off-page
[DCE-111] - Developer Synchronization: Copy global-summit-2016 view
Bug
[DCE-93] - Post author and date messaging is wrong on Post Detail Page
[DCE-112] - Improve Tag Selection - Handle Special Characters
At the end of this year support for OpenSSL 1.0.1 will end. InterSystems has started the process to move to OpenSSL 1.0.2 and use the 1/28/2016 release (1.0.2f) for verification and product inclusion. I will update this post once InterSystems decided which versions will receive support for OpenSSL 1.0.2.
