+1, thank you Dave. I am sure the new web interface will be loved by our users. :)
Thank you for writing the proposed release announcement. I have made a few changes: -- Made the slight changes in some statements. -- Added one-liner detail about the Roller project and project website link. -- Fixed some typos. -- Also to access this link https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/ROL/versions/12344884 user should be logged in to Jira, can we instead use this link https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310906&version=12344884 (other projects also follow the similar link). -- Added the Roller download page link (We should update this website page i.e. adding Roller 6 download link, prior to sending announcing mail). Please have a look and feel free to only keep the suggestions you found acceptable. Thanks again for your kind efforts. ================= The Apache Roller community is pleased to announce the release for Apache Roller 6.0.0. Apache Roller is a Java-based, full-featured, multi-user and group-blog server suitable for blog sites large and small. "Apache Roller 6.0.0" is the latest and greatest release of Roller; for more details of the changes introduced with this new version please refer to https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310906&version=12344884 Apache Roller is available on the download page: https://roller.apache.org/downloads/downloads.html In summary, Roller 6 is a new version of Roller with these features: * Web interface has been rewritten to use Twitter bootstrap via the Struts 2 Bootstrap tags. * Most dependencies have been upgraded to the latest version. * Compiled with Java 11 and requires Java 11. * The installation guide has been converted from OpenOffice to AsciiDocs. It should be relatively easy to upgrade from Roller 5.2.4 to Roller 6 because there are no changes to the database schema (that means you can easily roll back if you find problems). The user interface is different and we hope you'll find it better, easier to use, more intuitive and with a more modern feel. Thanks to the many contributors to Roller for this new release. We hope you'll enjoy and find it useful. For more information on Apache Roller, visit the project website: https://roller.apache.org/ ======================== Best regards, Swapnil M Mane, www.apache.org On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 5:19 AM Dave <snoopd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please vote to release RC2 as Apache Roller 6.0.0. Release candidate files > are here: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/roller/roller-6.0/v6.0.0/ > > Please vote +1 to release or -1 with reason(s) not to release. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > PS. This is the proposed release announcement: > > The Apache Roller project is pleased to announce the release of Roller > 6.0.0. > > You can find a list of the issues resolved in Roller 6 here: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/ROL/versions/12344884 > > In summary, Roller 6 is a new version of Roller with these features: > * Web interface has been rewritten to use Twitter bootstrap via the Struts > 2 Bootstrap tags. > * Most dependencies have been upgraded to latest version. > * Compiled with Java 11 and requires Java 11. > * The installation giude has been converted from OpenOffice to AsciiDocs. > > It should be relatively easy to ugrade from Roller 5.2.4 to Roller 6 > because there are no changes to the database schema (that means you can > easily roll back if you find problems). The user interface is different and > we hope you'll find it better, easier to use, more intuitive and with a > more modern feel. > > Thanks to the many contributors to Roller for this new release. We hope > you'll enjoy and find it useful.
