Indico 0.98-rc1 released

We are very happy to announce the release of our first release candidate for 0.98-rc1. This is the version that is already in use at CERN and that we now consider to be ready for use in other environments.

http://indico-software.org/wiki/Releases/Indico0.98-rc1

(git tag v0.98-rc1)

Please note that the Python package has changed name from cds-indico to indico:

​http://pypi.python.org/pypi/indico/

(Don't forget to delete any existing cds-indico package before installing)

The easiest method to install Indico is still easy_install (pip not yet supported).

Here are some of the new features:

• WSGI Support - mod_python _no longer supported_;
• New search engine "push" synchronization tools - LiveSync? (replaces OAI-PMH gateway);
• New scheduling daemon - replaces taskDaemon;
• New HTTP export API - replaces export.py;
• Paper reviewing;
• Contribution Import interface (for Invenio);
• Social Share button - share Indico events in social networks;
• Multi-file upload;
• Integration with XMPP/Jabber chat servers;
• Integration with Google Maps (Room Booking);
• Experimental LDAP authentication support (thanks to Martin Kuba);
• Babel-based i18n;
• Performance optimizations:
  • Abstracts - acceptance (50x faster), listing (10% faster) and PDF creation;
  • Room booking - calendar (3x) and booking a room (10x);
  • Registrant listing (4x);
  • Contribution listing (2x);
  • Event (5x) and Calendar (4x) overview;
  • Category browsing (2x);
  • Reduction of number of database writes;
  • Memcache support;
• Unit/functional tests;

Please note that if you are currently using the OAI interface to export events to a search engine, your current setup may need changes.

As you can see at:

http://indico-software.org/milestone/v0.98

Some tickets remain open. A small number of them will be integrated into the final 0.98 version, but the most significant ones will be shipped with 0.98.1. This will include:

• Timetable Drag&Drop interface;
• jQueryUI-based interface dialogs (as well as some widgets);
• Replacing all old user search dialogs with pop-ups;
• Further performance improvements:
  • Loading past events (loading in chunks);
  • "Bookings in my rooms" - improvements;
  • Caching "Book of Abstracts" and Room Booking Calendar;

Event though this is still the RC1 version (not final), we encourage everyone to give it a try and let us know about possible bugs and migration problems. We want to release a final version as soon as possible and your collaboration is essential for that.

Thanks in advance for your collaboration and a special acknowledgment to all the developers who have worked to make this release possible.