Dear IPT users,
A new version of the IPT has been released, version 2.4.2.
This version fixes a bug introduced by the security update released last
Thursday, where some resources in the IPT would fail to load after the
upgrade.
The new version is available for download at
https://repository.gbif.org/content/groups/gbif/org/gbif/ipt/2.4.2/ipt-2.4.…
. New CentOS packages and Docker containers have also been generated,
please see https://github.com/gbif/ipt#latest-release-242 .
Please read the release notes, particularly if you are not upgrading
from version 2.4.0 or 2.4.1:
https://github.com/gbif/ipt/wiki/IPTReleaseNotes233.wiki
No data was lost with the bug in version 2.4.1, but when upgrading it's
a good idea to check your backup procedures are running correctly. Very
occasionally, users have accidentally deleted data, or disks in servers
have failed. The IPT data directory should be backed up regularly to a
different place, as well as any custom configuration (e.g. Apache
configuration, or custom styling applied to the IPT).
Sincerely,
Matthew Blissett
GBIF Secretariat
Dear IPT users,
A new version of the IPT has been released, version 2.4.1.
This version includes security updates from Apache Struts and other code
libraries the IPT uses. For this reason, all users should upgrade.
The new version is available for download at
https://repository.gbif.org/content/groups/gbif/org/gbif/ipt/2.4.1/ipt-2.4.…
. New CentOS packages and Docker containers have also been generated,
please see https://github.com/gbif/ipt#latest-release-241 .
Please read the release notes, particularly if you are not upgrading
from the previous release, 2.4.0:
https://github.com/gbif/ipt/wiki/IPTReleaseNotes233.wiki
Later this year we will make another release of the IPT with bugfixes
and other improvements, based on the issues logged in GitHub or via this
mailing list.
Sincerely,
Matthew Blissett
GBIF Secretariat
Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that we will run a free "virtual workshop" on the IPT at the TDWG 2020 conference.
The workshop [1] will be held over two 90 minutes sessions starting at 14:30UTC on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September [2] and is being run jointly with the BioCASe community.
This is open to anyone who registers for the conference [3].
This workshop aims to capture ideas and requirements to help guide the future direction of the IPT.
We are aware of requests for usability improvements and the limitation of the "star schema" imposed by the Darwin Core Archive format and expect these to be topics in the workshop.
As we plan for the workshop:
- are there major topics that you would like to see discussed? (standards, APIs, functionalities, integrations with open repositories etc)
- have you strong ideas of changes you would like to see in the IPT (or not see) that you would like to present during the workshop?
We welcome feedback before 8th September to help us plan for a fruitful discussion. Please send to trobertson(a)gbif.org<mailto:trobertson@gbif.org>
Many thanks,
Tim, Jörg
[1] https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions/#ws01:%20capturing%2…
[2] https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions-schedule/
[3] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdwg-2020-working-sessions-2125-september-tick…
