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Release of Foswiki version 1.0.5, 25 Apr 2009

On behalf of the entire Foswiki community I can proudly announce the release of the Foswiki patch release 1.0.5

Foswiki 1.0.5 is available for download at the following locations

* Foswiki web site: http://foswiki.org/Download

Since the January release of 1.0.0 more than 120 additional bugs have been fixed.

This release includes further security improvements, and it is highly recommended to upgrade your Foswiki to 1.0.5.  The regular releases of our stable release line send a clear message to all companies interested in a stable enterprise wiki that the community behind Foswiki has a strong commitment to quality, stability, and security.

Since we forked, Foswiki contributors have fixed around 330 bugs, and contributed hundreds more fixes and improvement to non-core extensions.

Since 1.0.4 even more plugins and other extensions have been made available in native Foswiki versions that have been refreshed and tested and often enhanced. Still more are added every day. The number of subversion code checkins has passed 3700 now.

Foswiki is a growing community, with more than 30 professional developers contributing regularly to the project, and many more contributors helping with testing, document writing, and customer support.

The regular version (Foswiki-1.0.5…) is the full revision with all files. The upgrade version (Foswiki-upgrade-1.0.5…) contains all files except the files that you will typically have tailored in your installation and do not want overwritten when you upgrade. The upgrade package will upgrade 1.0.0 or 1.0.4 to 1.0.5 simply by copying all the files in the upgrade package on top of the existing 1.0.0/1.0.4. The exact steps are described on the download page.
If you are at 1.0.0 there is no need to upgrade to 1.0.4 first.

As release manager on the project I would like to express sincere thanks to all that have worked hard on this release.

If you maintain active installations of Foswiki, you should regularly visit http://foswiki.org/Support/KnownIssuesOfFoswiki01×00 where you will find descriptions of significant bugs and workarounds that can be used until the next release.

There are many developers that are ready to help you with the installation of (or upgrade to) Foswiki on the IRC channel #foswiki on the freenode.org network.

The specialized packages for automatic installation on various operating systems and the pre-packaged virtual machine instances will be updated to version 1.0.5 within the next few days.  Keep an eye on the download page if you use one of these versions.

On behalf of the Foswiki community
Enjoy Foswiki 1.0.5

Kenneth Lavrsen
Release manager

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I moved an active but aging 2004 TWiki “Cairo” installation to Foswiki today, as part of a hardware upgrade. It was a lovely experience. Foswiki installed quickly and easily. I did not even need any extra plugins because all of the plugins used on the old server come standard with Foswiki (along with several others, like the WYSIWYG editor, heh heh).

Foswiki supports TWiki data files, including old “Cairo” files, so I copied the content from the old server into Foswiki. … And then I held my breath and pointed my browser at the new Foswiki.

It Just Worked.

It was also straightforward to transfer the user authentication information across to Foswiki; I simply appended the original server’s .hpasswd file to the Foswiki’s .htpasswd file – once again, It Just Worked.

It is supposed to work. This is supposed to be straightforward. And it actually is.

Hooray for Foswiki’s compatibility!

MichaelTempest support

The Foswiki community and another wiki project are joining forces to release a new collaboration tool, FunWiki. “There has been a disturbing lack of fun with wiki tools,” said By-my Prahduhct, senior VP of VayPoorWare Marketing, the developer of [Ed.: you have no developers!] lead contributor to[Ed.: what contributions?] visionary behind [Ed.: in your dreams!] chief marketeer [Ed.: ha ha, like anyone believes your word] product manager [Ed.: OK, that sounds right] of FunWiki. “It’s time to make wikis fun again!”

FunWiki fulfills a long-standing gap in collaboration software: automated directed humour injection technology. Each wiki page can have a “Fun” quotient assigned: as the level is increased, a greater amount of directed humour is automatically inserted into the page text. “Our patent-pending algorithms parse the text and determine appropriate humourous content to be inserted,” said Prahduhct. “Different plugins allow the content to be rendered as full anecdotes, short jokes, parenthetical asides, funny sketches, and smileys. We are currently developing an extension to render the injected humour as links to appropriately themed YouTube videos.”

When asked about difficulties in reaching a détente with the other wiki project, Prahduhct responded, “It’s a natural direction for us to take: we have experienced developers, and they have the letters ‘T’ and ‘M’ that we need to spell ‘humour injection technology’. It’s a win-win!”

FunWiki’s future plans include automated emotional context derivation injection, which will break the three-character emoticon barrier and allow more complex emotions requiring four or more characters to be inserted, and topical calendar-sensitive image injection, which will automatically add images appropriate for the subject matter and season, such as a March hare, or an April fish.

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