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- This is a final release of OpenACS 4.6. This release has been subjected + This is a final release of OpenACS 4.6.3. This release has been subjected to an organized test effort, but please bear in mind that we are still in the process of developing testing tools, methodology, and scripts.
Please report bugs using our - Bug Tracker at the OpenACS website. The latest - information on installing this release under Oracle 8.1.7 - or PostgreSQL 7.2.* can be found there as well. Currently the - toolkit will not install under Oracle 9i due to Oracle having made - "delete" an illegal name for PL/SQL procedures and functions. + Bug Tracker at the OpenACS website. This version + of the OpenACS Toolkit supports PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and 7.3.2, and + Oracle 8i. It will not work with Oracle 9i (support is planned for + OpenACS 4.7.)
+ Upgrading from OpenACS 4.6.1 +
+ OpenACS 4.6.2 includes key datamodel changes to acs-kernel and other + packages. Your first step after downloading OpenACS 4.6.2 and restarting + AOLserver should be to visit the Package Manager, click on the "install + packages" link, and select the checkbox to upgrade acs-kernel. After + acs-kernel has been upgraded, return to the "install packages" page and + select the checkboxes for all other packages you have installed that + need upgrading (they are marked "upgrade" rather than "new install") and + perform the upgrade step. +
+ After packages have been upgraded, your installation should run without + problems. +
You may want to begin by reading our installation documentation for - Installing on Unix/Linux. Note that the Windows documentation is - not current for OpenACS 4.6, but an alternative is to use John + Chapter�3. Note that the Windows documentation is + not current for OpenACS 4.6.3, but an alternative is to use John Sequeira's Oasis VM project.
After installation, the full documentation set can be found by visiting - http://[your-host]/doc. Not all pieces are updated for OpenACS 4.6 at + http://[your-host]/doc. Not all pieces are updated for OpenACS 4.6.3 at this moment. -
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If you're using Oracle 8.1.6 or 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition you may want to uncomment the SQL that causes InterMedia to keep online searching online while indexing. The feature doesn't exist in Standard Edition - and OpenACS 4.6 now defaults to being loadable in SE. Just grep for + and OpenACS 4.6.3 now defaults to being loadable in SE. Just grep for 'sync' to find the code.
Also be sure to read the documentation in the Site Wide Search @@ -40,15 +53,15 @@ If you're using PostgreSQL be sure to read the documentation on installing the Open FTS driver for OpenACS. It's included in the package as a text file and is also summarized at the end of the - installation documentation in the section, Set Up OpenFTS. As with the Oracle version, there + installation documentation in the section, 4. As with the Oracle version, there are steps you must take manually in order to get this feature working. -
- - OpenMSG has organized the - OpenACS 4.6 testing process with test servers provided by - Hub.org. Visit the acceptance test server to - see the current status of various packages. This may not be a - permanent link. If it's not working, do a search of the OpenACS forums. - -
+ dotLRN 1.0 is an e-learning solution + from MIT based on OpenACS 4.6.2 + The dotLRN 1.0 + testing effort was organized by Bart + Teeuwisse and made use of the OpenACS Bug + Tracker and OpenACS test + servers hosted by Collaboraid. +