eZ Publish 4.3.0beta2 released

We are happy to announce the availability of eZ Publish 4.3.0 beta2. It provides several fixes and updates to the extensions provided.

Notable changes and improvements since 4.3.0 beta1

Kernel

• Mail transport classes can now be placed inside extensions
• eZ JSCore - file names were cut
• Added date picker for ezdate and ezdatetime datatypes in admin2

eZ Find

• Configurable context aware handling of attributes with respect to search, facets, filtering and sort
• Multi-lingual imporovements: option to have each language being served from its own index with language specific spellchecks, synonyms, stemming, ...
• Improved highlighting, now also configurable in ezfind.ini
• Possibility to specify commit delays without using cron (useful for installations with lots of updates and UGC)
• Improvements of the elevate administration panel

For detailed changes see the changelogs below (kernel only for now).

Notes on backwards compatibility

For more in-depth information on these changes have a look at the dedicated document for this: backwards compatibility information

Changelogs

Full changelog is available via the link: changelog 4.3.0beta1 to 4.3.0beta2

Upgrading

We don't recommend upgrading any production site to eZ Publish 4.3.0beta2 yet. However if you want to give it a try in a testing environment, you need to replace the distribution files and run the two database upgrade scripts in noted below:

update/database/mysql|postgresql/4.3/unstable/dbupdate-4.2.0-to-4.3.0alpha1.sql

update/database/mysql|postgresql/4.3/unstable/dbupdate-4.3.0alpha1-to-4.3.0beta1.sql

update/database/mysql|postgresql/4.3/unstable/dbupdate-4.3.0beta1-to-4.3.0beta2.sql

In addition make sure to consult the documentation for any extension for specific instructions.

Downloads

You can download the release of eZ Publish and extensions at this URL: download eZ Publish and extensions

Also check out the official press release.

Reference: eZ Publish 4.3.0alpha1 released and eZ Publish 4.3.0 beta1 released