CKAN v1.5 Release Notes

Release Date: 2011-11-07 // over 12 years ago
  • 🔒 Deprecated due to security issue #1585

    Major:

    • New visual theme (#1108)
      • Package & Resource edit overhaul (#1294/#1348/#1351/#1368/#1296)
      • JS and CSS reorganization (#1282, #1349, #1380)
    • Apache Solr used for search in core instead of Postgres (#1275, #1361, #1365)
    • Authorization system now embedded in the logic layer (#1253)
    • Captcha added for user registration (#1307, #1431)
    • UI language translations refreshed (#1292, #1350, #1418)
    • Action API improved with docs now (#1315, #1302, #1371)

    Minor:

    • Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) support (#1271)
    • Strings to translate into other languages tidied up (#1249)
    • Resource format autocomplete (#816)
    • Database disconnection gives better error message (#1290)
    • Log-in cookie is preserved between sessions (#78)
    • Extensions can access formalchemy forms (#1301)
    • 'Dataset' is the new name for 'Package' (#1293)
    • Resource standard fields added: type, format, size (#1324)
    • Listing users speeded up (#1268)
    • Basic data preview functionality moved to core from QA extension (#1357)
    • Admin Extension merged into core CKAN (#1264)
    • URLs in the Notes field are automatically linked (#1320)
    • Disallow OpenID for account creation (but can be linked to accounts) (#1386)
    • Tag name now validated for max length (#1418)

    🐛 Bug fixes:

    • Purging of revisions didn't work (since 1.4.3) (#1258)
    • Search indexing wasn't working for SOLR (since 1.4.3) (#1256)
    • Configuration errors were being ignored (since always) (#1172)
    • Flash messages were temporarily held-back when using proxy cache (since 1.3.2) (#1321)
    • On login, user told 'welcome back' even if he's just registered (#1194)
    • Various minor exceptions cropped up (mostly since 1.4.3) (#1334, #1346)
    • Extra field couldn't be set to original value when key deleted (#1356)
    • JSONP callback parameter didn't work for the Action API (since 1.4.3) (#1437)
    • The same tag could be added to a package multiple times (#1331)