Version 3.0.0.6 Release Notes
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Overall Status
Your V3.0.0.6 installer installs the current "stable version"
of ]project-open[
V3.0. Please consult the "PO-Configuration-Guide" for
the configuration of a production server with security configuration,
backup, etc.
Supported Platforms
| Supported:
- Windows 2000 (professional & server)
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003 Server
- Novell/SuSE Linux 9.1
- Novell/SuSE Linux 9.2
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Does not run on:
- Windows ME,
- Windows 98
- Debian "Woody" stable
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Probably runs on:
- Linux 2.6.x in general
- Sun Solaris
- Apple OS X 10.x
- FreeBSD
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]project-open[
does not work on the non supported platforms because of an issues
with the PostgreSQL database.
Installation Instructions
- Please connect to the Internet or to a local network:
You will need to be connected to the Internet or to a local network
during the installation process.
Windows disables its network services completely if there is no
network connection.
- Please disable the local firewall of your computer:
Please disable the firewall of your computer (of your antivirus
software or Windows XP SP2 Firewall etc.) while installing ]po[.
We are going to install two components (AOLServer and PostgreSQL
database) that need to communicate with each other on port 5432
of your computer.
- Please uninstall "CygWin":
CygWin is a Unix environment
for Windows from RedHat.
The installer comes with its own version of CygWin which conflicts
with an existing installation.
- Please uninstall or disable "PostgreSQL":
The installer comes with its own version of PostgreSQL which may
conflict with an existing installation.
- Please uninstall CVSNT:
CVSNT is a CVS client for
Windows and comes as part of the free WinCVS
program.
- Please use the default values provided by the installer:
Please use the default values provided by the installer unless
you know what you are doing.
- Please only install on C:\:
This is a temporary restriction of the Windows Installer that
will fall in one of the later versions.
- HD Space needed
Depending on what your install options are you would need at
least 700 MB available disc space on C:\
For more details please see the full installation
instructions.
Known Issues
There aren't any major issues issues with your current version.
Here are some of the remaining issues:
- Issues with the full text search engine (TSearch2):
The installation of the "intranet-search-pg" module
leads to difficulties with backup and restore of the PostgreSQL
database, so that the module has been taken out of the production
release. Please see the PO-Operations&Maintenance manual for
details.
- Please see our "Bug
Tracker" at Sourceforge.net
for news and updates.
Help is Available
If you should encounter any difficulties please post
a message with information where you got stuck. Also, you can
post a message if everything went smooth... Please include a detailed
description with your operating system version, the ]project-open[
version and any other details that you can get hold of.
Also, there is a "Diagnosing
Errors" page available that covers frequent cases.
Where to go From Here
- Please drop us
your Email. We'd inform you about major updates usually every
4-6 months.
- Please post
a message in the ]project-open[discussion
forum, telling us about your successful instalation and why you
want to use ]project-open[.
This is very important feedback for us. You can post anonymously
if you want.
- Subscribe
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mailing list.
- See the ]project-open[Documentation
- See http://www.project-open.com/
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us.