Thanks to everyone for all the hard work!
Best regards
Neill.
"Markus Krötzsch" <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>we are happy to announce the release of the new Semantic MediaWiki
>version SMW 1.8 [1]. A record number of people have contributed to this
>
>release, and a large number of changes have been made, both visible and
>
>internal. Major new features of SMW 1.8 include:
>
>* New data storage: more efficient, less database activity
>* Interface improvements in Special:Ask
>* New atom and RSS printer
>* SMW now provides information about #ask queries used on the wiki [2]
>* Support for #subobjects without a name
>* Ask API now stable, with added continuation support
>
>Moreover, a large number of bugs have been fixed, compatibility to all
>recent MW versions has been ensured, a lot of internal improvements
>have
>been made, and translations have been added. Many internal changes
>prepare further improvements in upcoming versions. The great new
>Semantic Result Formats 1.8 also is based on SMW 1.8 -- it will be
>released shortly.
>
>
>== Extensions for SMW 1.8 ==
>
>Latest versions of major SMW extensions are compatible with the new
>release. In particular this involves Semantic Forms, Semantic Maps 2.0,
>
>Semantic Drilldown 1.2.4, Semantic Internal Objects 0.7, and the
>amazing
>new Semantic Result Formats 1.8. There are known issues with "distance
>queries" in S Maps and with "remote autocompletion" in S Forms.
>
>
>== Installation and Upgrade ==
>
>To get the new version, you can download the file package [3] (includes
>
>the required version 0.5.1 of the Validator extension) or pull directly
>
>from git using the tag "1.8" [4]. Installation instructions are at [5].
>
>Users who upgrade existing installations will need to refresh their
>data
>(you can continue using the old data until this is done). It is not
>difficult, but please do read the upgrade instructions [5].
>
>Users who are now running the git master branch should be aware that
>this branch will soon become the place of SMW 1.9 development, and may
>thus be less stable than in recent weeks. You can switch to the release
>
>tag "1.8" for stability [4].
>
>
>== The most important bit ==
>
>SMW 1.8 was a team effort that had an amazing amount of support from
>too
>many people to list here. We would not have this release without the
>significant contributions from James "Hong Kong" and Nischay Nahata.
>Karsten Hoffmeyer once more did a great job in getting the
>documentation
>ready for the release. Further thanks are due to the Wikimedia
>Foundation, Wikimedia Germany e.V., Google Inc., and to the University
>of Oxford who each supported some of us in doing this work.
>
>
>We hope you enjoy the new release.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Markus & Jeroen
>
>
>[1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki_1.8.0
>[2] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_property_Has_query
>[3]
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/files/semediawiki/Semantic%20MediaWiki%201.8/
>[4] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Download#Git
>[5] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation
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