Confluence Docs 3.3 : Release Notes 1.3-DR4
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Confluence 1.3-DR4 is the fourth development release in the cycle leading up to Confluence 1.3. We're on the home stretch! The final, stable 1.3 isn't far away. Confluence 1.3-DR4 includes a raft of improvements to mail archiving, a redesigned setup wizard, significant improvements to the way we back up and restore your system configuration, and a truck-load of bug fixes. Who should upgrade?Development releases are snapshots of the ongoing Confluence development process. We make them available for customers who are willing to risk an unpolished release in order to have early access to new features. If you want to be running the most stable and most reliable version of Confluence, you should stick with the official, numbered releases. Upgrade ProcedureUpgrading Confluence should be pretty easy. If you are upgrading from Confluence 1.2 or higher, you can find instructions here. We strongly recommend that you backup your confluence.home directory and database before upgrading! If you are upgrading from Confluence 1.1.2 or earlier, be sure to read the upgrade instructions in the Confluence 1.2 release notes. Note: You will need to rebuild the search index after you upgrade for certain features (including mail threading) to work properly. New Features in Confluence 1.3-DR4Setup Improvements Confluence's setup wizard was badly in need of an overhaul, so that's exactly what we've done. Among the improvements, we have:
Hopefully this will make it a lot easier to get Confluence up and running, or show off Confluence to your friends and family. Mail Archive Improvements We've been working hard to build on the basic mail-archiving features included in 1.3-DR3. Included in the new version are:
We still have a few things to do (date based views, a calendar), but the mail archive is now very useable. Especially when you take into account... Mail Threading Of course, it's important for your mail archive to be able to represent conversation threads. How you present threads, though, is just as important. Here's how most mail-based web archives present your thread at the bottom of each message: Not very helpful, is it. Here's how that same bottom-of-the-message view looks in Confluence: At a glance, you can see exactly where the message sits in a conversation. Backup Improvements Confluence 1.3-DR4 contains two significant improvements to backing up and restoring the system.
Library Upgrades We have continued the process of upgrading to the most recent stable versions of those libraries Confluence is built on, which should result in improved stability and performance. Bugs fixed for 1.3-DR4We've also fixed a lot of bugs, as we ramp up for the stable 1.3 release. Take a look in JIRA for the full list. |
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