5.2 Milestone Overview

[JamesDrummond]

Release notes located at https://blog.codenvy.com/release-notes-codenvy-5-2-f8bf8b193977#.p7t2hfmva

Milestone Overview

• Docker Compose Support in Chefiles: Multi-machine workspaces automatically generated from your repo.
• Multi-Che Support: Easily run multiple Che instances on the same host.
• File-Context Git Actions: File context menu for common git actions.
• PHP Composer: Support for the popular PHP scaffolding utility.
• Updated PHP Tutorial: Try all the new PHP intellisense and debugging.
• Memory & Disk Checks on Startup: Resource checks when starting Che.
• Networking Checks on Startup: Checks browser to workspace and server to workspace connectivity to avoid common network issues.
• Improved CLI Output: More detail has been added to the info command plus you can generate a diagnostic snapshot for problems.
• CPU Limiting for Docker Builds: Docker builds can be CPU intensive so they now carry CPU limits to prevent starving other workspaces.
• Restart a Failed Workspace: You can now easily restart workspaces that didn’t start correctly the first time.
• Python Intellisense: Syntax highlighting and hover-over help docs.

Schedule

This release will be an Eclipse-signed and marketed release.

For more information about our development process please see our development process page.

Schedule Detail

Code complete milestone

• Milestone issues complete
• Smoke tests started

Release candidate created milestone

• Release candidate created
• Test cycles started
• Docs complete

GitHub release complete (QA verified) milestone

• Release completed and QA verified
• Release notes updated
• Final release information updated on GitHub
• Docs reviewed and live

Target Milestone Issues

5.2.1 (2017-02-03)

Full Changelog

Pull requests merged:

• Fixes workspace with project creation bug on user dashboard, ram indicator, stacks and samples relations. 4004

5.2.0 (2017-02-01)

Full Changelog

Pull requests merged:

• cli/ docker helper function : does not return false when container is not found 3992
• [cli] Fix restart command options on stop action 3986
• • Fix custom tag name, defined in dashboard components, for select stack widget. 3985
• Remove default--pretty option in docker che-ip unit tests 3983
• Add graceful stop (disable with --force) in CLI 3968
• Machine API has been deprecated in this release. 3966
• Native scripts like cli.sh, che.sh, etc have been removed 3960
• Rewrite che-ip utility and add unit tests for all known use cases (OS/Docker install). 3952
• Adds pretty formatting in bats cli tests image and add bats-assert helper functions 3951
• Introducing properties for OpenShift liveness probe initial delay / timeout 3950
• Adding stub implementation of Container API for OpenShiftConnector. Minor Refactoring. 3945
• Add CHE_CONTAINER= option to set explicit container name with CLI 3940
• Fixed agents installation behind the proxy 3927
• Che logs should go in /logs folder. server log was not present. 3926
• Package assembly-ide-war as classes artifact 3924
• Fixed regression of stack import and stack authoring in the Select Stack widget. 3922
• Input-boxes with 'required' attribute are marked with asterisk. 3919
• Add system service that allows to prepare system to shutdown 3917
• Do not write default values into the initial Chefile file when using chedir 3916
• Remove unused dependecies 3912
• Rework Project Service links injector 3911
• Add support of docker compose file in Chefile 3908
• Remove native launch of cli 3904
• --unison-verbose flag for sync command 3900
• Moved CLI functional tests from base directory to cli directory 3899
• Fix bug with infinite expectation during project import in case with running workspace. 3898
• Remove not needed classes. Web.xml cleanup 3897
• Don't sort node interceptors at initialization state 3895
• Adds CPU limits to Docker build process executions so they don't starve an entire node. 3893
• Fixed links pointing to stack documentation 3881
• Handle dockerfile content in Chefile as raw string 3875
• Change default workspace idle timeout to 4 hours 3874
• Added basic CLI 'start' functional tests 3870
• Change AGENT_EXTERNAL_PORT to real ephemeral port 3867
• Improve output of info command 3862
• Workaround illegal response from docker 3854
• Remove inmemory DAO implementations 3852
• Fix bug which prevents to show workspace-details page. 3850
• Add missing scope for servlet-api dependency 3841
• Update PR template with new PR policy items 3839
• Decouple different agents on different maven modules 3830
• Npm is now installing dependencies 3829
• Simplify Dashboard build by relying on NPM run-script 3828
• Switch to CLI to launch CHE inside chedir instead of the Che launcher 3826
• Fix pressing Enter key on a node inside FindUsage widget 3821
• Update style for popups. 3818
• Rework EnvironmentContext#getSubject method to not return null subject 3813
• Fix docker machines addresses setting 3812
• Improve find and navigate to file capabilities in IDE 3806
• Fixes display URL error when not initialized 3800
• Add OpenShiftConnector to support io.fabric8 API for container management. 3798
• Change data type of project attribute values from VARCHAR(255) to TEXT 3789
• Remove Eclipse Che Launcher: it has been supersede by new Docker CLI 3787
• Holds node interceptors in set instead of list to avoid duplicating 3786
• Remove native launch scripts of Eclipse Che (replaced now by Docker CLI) 3780
• Rename exec-agent directory to exec 3775
• Add filters for force or disable caching on the given resources paths. 3771
• Removes redundant in-memory JSON trees for faster DTO parsing performance. [3103] (Dto streaming #3103)
• Add commands to workspace when importing project samples 2976