Message-ID: <1817045091.3122.1485852077659.JavaMail.confluence@ip-10-127-227-164> Subject: Exported From Confluence MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_Part_3121_1773040705.1485852077659" ------=_Part_3121_1773040705.1485852077659 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file:///C:/exported.html 5.3-RC1 Release Notes

5.3-RC1 Release Notes

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Meet eZ Publish = Platform 5.3

 

 

 

eZ Publish= Platform 5.3 is a LTS (Long term supported) release (see http://support.ez.no/Public/Service-Life for supported period), it mostly offers a continuous improvement of the "Platform stack" = (previously referred to as "New Stack", "Symfony stack" or "6.x stack= ") introduced with eZ Publish Platform 5 in terms of features, usabi= lity and performance.
The main topic of 5.3 has been to improv= e a lot in terms of integration with Symfony environment, building websites= on the "eZ Platform" stack and continuously removing legacy depen= dencies. From 5.3, while it is still possible to use the legacy stack and t= emplating system, we think using the new platform and the Symfony framework= is the main way to go. This new platform will also be the foundation= for the future eZ Platform as introduced recently (previously referred as = "6.x") where it will operate standalone, without dependencies on the legacy= stack. 

It ser= ves the needs for both a future proofed = websites on top of the upcoming "eZ Platform" stack, and as a stable foundation for upgrade needs f= or existing legacy (4.x) sites with support for the next 3+2 years.<= /span>

It will also be easily upgradabl= e to 5.4 which will have same legacy kernel+extensions as 5.3, is supported= for the length of the 5.3 support period and provide additional features i= n the "eZ Platform" stack for those in need for near eZ Platfo= rm 1.0 functionality, but on 5.x with it's legacy (4.x) compatibility at the same time.

Quick links

5.3 Features

5.3 introduces several new features which makes it easier to use, faster= to develop on and also continues to improve performance.

Doctrine D= BAL / DoctrineBundle use

eZ Publish 5.3 now uses Doctrine DBAL instead of Zeta Components Databas= e, this allows users to reuse database connection and settings with other p= ure Symfony2 bundles which uses Doctrine ORM (default choice in Symfony2 do= cumentation and code generators).

User authentication using Symfony security component

New login / logout functionality that uses Symfony's authenticatio= n system, this enables any kind of login handler or SSO handler made for Sy= mfony to also work with eZ Publish 5., including handlers for LDAP.<= /p>

Legacy SSO support

Allows use of existing legacy SSO handlers with the new user login syste= m in 5.3 which is powered by Symfony.

Content Preview using "eZ Platform" stack

With 5.3 your content previewing needs, also from the current lega= cy based admin interface will run on the new "eZ Platform" stack, a= voiding that you need to also create all templates in legacy to be able to = preview correctly.

Twig & Tpl Template de= bug in Symfony Web debug Toolbar

Developer feature known from leg= acy which allows you to see which templates are used on a page, how many ti= mes and how much time they spend being executed.

Language Switcher

The language switcher is built on the Symfony stack and is improved for = a simpler usage.

Location Search API

Tree based "fetches" are now allowed b= e performed with the new Location Search API, allowing generat= ion of tree structures much more easily by returning the location instead o= f content, as done by existing Content Search API, and by applying any loca= tion filters on the specific location instead of any of the l= ocations of a Content object.

REST API v2 improve= ments

HTTP Cache aware, CORS support and support for OPTIONS method.

Search API support for MapLocation Criterion and SortClause

Search API is now able to search for content with geolocation making it = possible to do geolocation range searches and sorting by distance from a po= int; on Demo site this is shown using a restaurants-close-to-you page.

Legacy extensio= ns in bundles

With this new feature mixing legacy and "eZ Platform" needs has become a= whole lot easier. Easily said it allows you to place legacy extensions wit= hin a Bundle structure and eZ Publish 5.3+ will make sure it is injected in= to legacy kernel.

Example use case: CommentsBundle with a light admin tab in legacy allowi= ng you to moderate comments.

Legacy Website Toolb= ar

Not to be mixed with the Web Debug Toolbar provided by Symfony and exten= ded by eZ Publish, this feature is about allowing "ezwt" (Website Toolbar) = extension to also work in DemoBundle to provide the front-end editing funct= ionality that you know from 4.x.

eZFind Solr 4.x supp= ort

Solr 4.7.0 support in ezfind allows for use of new functionality provide= d by Solr 4.x such as Solr Cloud allowing Solr to be scaled out over severa= l servers, it also provides improved performance for indexing and new optio= ns like soft commit to control this.

Demo Site: Places

Taking advantage of the MapLocation feature a new feature is exposed in = the demo showing how to implement listing and map views of content using th= e maplocation field.

Other Improvements 

5.3 Contributors

For 5.3 we want to reach out a special thank you to those that have cont= ributed to this release, especially the brave few who have helped out on th= e "eZ Platform stack":

In addition ezpublish-legacy is still receiving a lot of pull requests, = the also brave contributions to this part of the release can be found here.

5.3 Full Changelog

For the full 5.3 changelog please refer to the 5.3 Changelog dedicated page.

5.3 Known issues

The complete list of know issues is available in the 5.3 Known issues page.

 

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