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Release Notes. Plastic 2.5 Build BL116 (July 29th 2008)

  • New: Substractive merge implemented.
  • New: Branch and changeset comments to be modified through object properties.
  • New: Localization enhancements to prepare for Dutch and German translations.
  • Performance: Solvepath calculation during update improved. Performance imporved on Linux servers on MySql and Firebird.
  • Bug: Simple query system was not able to output revisions in xml format.
  • Bug: Cancel button was not stopping the checkin process from the GUI.
  • Bug: Conflict management in mergetool: when a conflict was manually removed and added again, a line was added incorrectly to the conflict.
  • Bug: Separate workspace and repository servers: distributed transaction commit only to involve servers.
  • Wrong views were loaded on the GUI with several GUIs opened against the same workspace.
  • Bug: It was possible to open more than one view on a workspace without pressing the shift key under specific conditions.
  • Bug: Error when switching to a branch. Switching a workspace to a regular branch and not converting it into smart branch produced a null reference.
  • Bug: Wrong message when setting parent branch to an unknown branch base.
  • Bug: Checkin, checkout and add from the command line always showed a fixed message even when no action was performed.

Release Notes. Plastic 2.5. Build BL115 (July 18th 2008)

  • New: Smart Branches system: This powerful system allows users to implement any working pattern, as the new branches "remember" their starting point, whenever a user switches to a branch he does not have to set its base.
  • New: Attributes system which allows users to include additional information to any system object.
  • New: Triggers system, which allows the execution of user commands for tasks such as enforcing branch creation policies or creating formatting rules.
    • “After” and “before” event triggers automatically initiate actions when the following events occur:
  •  A workspace is created
  •  A workspace selector is set
  • Items are added
  • Check in or check out operations are done
  • An attribute is created
  • A branch is created
  • A label is created
  • A repository is created
  • A workspace is updated
  • New on Plastic SCM extensions:
  • “Task on changeset” mode supported on Plastic SCM extensions
  • Extensions enhancement working on Visual Studio, allowing the check in comments added on VS to be seen on the task associated on the task tracking tool.
  • Trac Extension: SSPI and SSL connections supported.
  • Bugzilla Extension: A Plastic SCM branch cannot be created if the Bugzilla extension is active and no task has been previously created in Bugzilla.
  • DevTrac integration improved: tasks are linked from the branch explorer, not only from the branch view.
  • New: Revert links on the 3D tree are now shown in red, different from the green merge links.
  • New: Smart branch system documentation included on the user manual.
  • New: “Differences” option on Changed Item´s View.
  • New: The GUI merge dialogue allows selecting both source and destination contributors.
  • New: Automatic “switch to branch” from the GUI, the selector only modifies the branches selected
  • New: When switching the workspace to a branch, the GUI displays a message to confirm the operation.
  • New: The items view is displayed by default
  • New: “Find” button on the differences and merge options included.
  • New: Attribute control, allowing changing its value, apply changes or deleting the attribute
  • New: Branch explorer enhancement: its buttons can be used before the whole branch explorer is loaded.
  • New: cm shelve and cm cat commands implemented
  • New: CVS importer enhancement
  • New: Installer enhancement
  • New: Eclipse integration enhancement.
  • New: Improved performance on add operation, “check in” and “check out” operations when executed in blocks.
  • Bug: Error on the permissions system when refactoring through CmConnection.
  • Bug: .dsp, .xsl .js, .ism, .vbs, .asa extensions are now identified as text and not as binary.
  • Bug: When creating a new workspace, the system remembers the last selected repository. It used to go to “default” repository.
  • Bug: If there is a connection error the GUI does indicate it.
  • Bug: Differences of a CO revision on the 3D tree are now correctly shown.
  • Bug: Server manager updated
  • Bug: Error when disconnecting a web project on Visual Studio 2005.
  • Bug: Error when applying a permit on an attribute from the GUI.
  • Bug: If there is a CO version, when retrieving the last version on a branch it does not show the CO version but the last checked in version.
  • Bug: Error when displaying “Diff with previous” from the branch content
  • Bug: Error when retrieving a renamed branch
  • Bug: The windows “remember” their position when they are closed, so they are shown in the same position when opened again
  • Bug: Error on the merge tool scroll

Release notes. Plastic SCM 2.0 Build BL102 (May 15th 2008)

  • New: Smart branch support:
  • New: Smart branches support available from the branch explorer
  • New: Smart branches can inherit from LAST on a given branch
  • New: Smart branch support from the GUI
  • New: Smart branches´parent link can be duplicated
  • New: Information added on the "BranchInfo" about whether a certain branch is smart or not
  • New: Control on the Smart Branch properties´diagram to draw the branches´ hierarchy
  • New: Option of changing an object comment when renaming it
  • Bug: Error on the user/password authentication working against the server
  • New: Query system option of finding changesets on a certain branch
  • New: A branch base can be set to a changeset on the same branch
  • Bug: Error updating the checkouts view
  • Bug: Error displaying the branch explorer
  • New: Documentation of the obliterate permission has been included on the Security Guide
  • Bug: The object database was not setting the right type for the newly created object entries
  • Bug: The checkouts view performance has been improved
  • Bug: Entries from the object table were removed unexpectedly and failed on server reboot

Release notes. Plastic SCM 2.0 Build BL097 (April 15th 2008)

  • Bug: Error when changing the language preference
  • New: "Ignore" functionality included on the add operation
  • Bug: Error on the update report
  • New: Refresh button on the Workspace Status Control
  • Bug: Merge error on moved files
  • Bug: Error on the Branch Explorer initial date
  • Bug: Error on the items view on low resolution
  • Bug: Error on MySQL when issuing a wrong query
  • Performance improvement on replication

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.11 (Jan 14th 2008)

  • Bug: Error when setting a workspace on the Eclipse plugin 
  • Bug: Error synchronizing checkouts
  • Bug: Merge error

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.9 (Nov 29th 2007)

  • Bug: Error on the ApplyLink permission
  • Bug: Error on the "diff with previous" option 
  • Bug: Error in the "Add" operation using the Visual Studio plugin

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.8 (Nov 8th 2007)

  • Bug: Error in the importers
  • New: Information about how to start and stop the server (windows/linux) has been included in the Admin Guide 

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.7 (Oct 23rd 2007)

  • Bug: Error in CVS importer
  • New: Task tracking operations can be done directly from Visual Studio integration

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.6 (Oct 3rd 2007)

  • Bug: Update error

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.5 (Sept 19th 2007)

This release includes integration with several task tracking systems, further information on each of them can be found here.

  • New: Integration with JIRA
  • New: Integration with OnTime
  • New: Integration with Trac
  • New: Integration with Mantis
  • New: Integration with Bugzilla

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.4 (Sept 9th 2007)

  • New: The option of adding comments after check in in Eclipse plug in has been included. This preference can be activated or deactivated by the user
  • New: The common ancestor algorithm has been improved, being faster on this release
  • Bug: Error in Linux when there was no client configuration file

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.3 (Sept 4th 2007)

  • New: Advanced Query System, available through the command line interface. You can find information about this new system on Plastic user guide
  • New: Support for the merge needed exception after a check in operation
  • Bug: Error updating a file which has been opened with Word
  • Bug: Error starting the server after the machine has been restarted
  • Bug: Error in the Visual SourceSafe importer when importing a file from root

Release notes. Plastic SCM 1.5 Build BL063.2 (Ago 6th 2007)

  • New: JDeveloper plugin included in the installer
  • New: Being able to select a repository for a new workspace on creation
  • Bug: Wrong icons displaying the revisions on a given branch: directories are shown with the check out decorator when they're not checked out
  • New: Show the current repository the user is working on in the GUI main form's status bar
  • Bug: Error in upgrade install: when the installer upgrades a previous installation and there is no client.conf file an error is raised
  • New: Merge from branch and label: new feature in the merge dialog. Now it is possible to merge from both a branch and a label
  • New: Change in apply marker functionality: now markers can only be applied to the root item recursively to avoid usability problems. Markers can still be applied in a per item basis from the command line
  • New: Option -selector in command mkwk: now it is possible to specify a selector when creating a workspace
  • Bug: Error moving private directories from the GUI tool. Trying to move a subdirectory into its parent directory caused problems

 

     
     
     
     


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