Release Schedule

The Gentics Content.Node Release Schedule lists all expected release dates. The release process is described here

The Gentics CMS UI will supersede the existing administration interface by December 2018.

Support for the existing UI will end on 31.12.2019. By this date, the existing UI will be deprecated.

1 Release Plan 2019

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 5.34.0

1.1 FR1 2019 (March)

  • New user interface for managing user, groups & permissions
  • Advanced Search will be revised and extended
  • The Custom Tools API allowing to build highly integrated extensions to the UI will be released

2 Release Plan 2018

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 Günter 5.30.0 02.03.2018 March 2019 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Voyager 5.31.0 24.05.2018 May 2019 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 5.32.0 Q3
Feature Release 4 5.33.0 Q4

2.1 FR1 Günter

  • Image manipulation: Focal Point
  • Embedding external Tools in CMS UI
  • Clustering
  • Authentication with Keycloak

2.2 FR2 Voyager

  • Extensions to publishing mechanism in to Gentics Mesh

2.3 FR3 (Fall)

  • The new image manipulation will be redesigned and technically updated to better integrate into the user interface.
  • Recent Items Feature for standard search.
  • Gentics Mesh ContentRepository will be extended to support tagged branches for implementation updates without downtime.
  • Extended logging and API for the File Upload Manipulator.
  • The item list now provides an alternative view on images. The user is now able to toggle between the existing masonry view and a standard item list view with thumbnails.

2.4 FR4 (December)

  • The new Tageditor will replace the old Tagfill-dialog as well as the object properties dialog. Custom Form Tags in the future can be built on the basis of a well-defined API.
  • The user interface for managing properties and object properties is being revised.

3 Release Plan 2017

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION FEATURE COMPLETE STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 Alexander 5.27.0 08.03.2017 12.04.2017 April 2018 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Klaus 5.28.0 05.07.2017 26.07.2017 July 2018 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 Clemens 5.29.0 29.11.2017 20.12.2017 December 2018 Release Notes

3.1 FR1 Alexander

  • Devtools

3.2 FR2 Klaus

  • Nice URLs

3.3 FR3 Clemens

  • Fulltext search (Elasticsearch)
  • Spellcheck Plugin
  • Monitoring extension
  • PHP 7 Support
  • OpenJDK Support
  • MariaDB JDBC Connector
  • SSO with Keycloak
  • REST API enhancements

4 Release Plan 2016

Starting with 2016, there will be some changes in the release schedule:

  1. The schedule will contain the date for only one feature release in advance
  2. Every feature release will be supported at least for one year
  3. At least the last three feature releases will be supported
RELEASE CODENAME VERSION FEATURE COMPLETE STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 Grizzly 5.23.0 09.03.2016 30.03.2016 March 2017 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Georg 5.24.0 15.06.2016 06.07.2016 July 2017 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 Laurin 5.25.0 05.09.2016 30.09.2016 October 2017 Release Notes
Feature Release 4 Haymo 5.26.0 16.11.2016 06.12.2016 December 2017 Release Notes

4.1 FR1 Grizzly

  • Start Activiti processes on CMS events
  • REST API enhancements
  • New Part Type “Node”
  • New Velocity directive #gtx_channel

4.2 FR2 Georg

  • Start Activiti processes with the scheduler
  • Attribute specific dirting
  • Wastebin view sortable
  • REST API enhancements

4.3 FR3 Laurin

  • New Gentics CMS UI
  • REST API enhancements
  • Overviews with sticky channel
  • Cross Channel Links

4.4 FR4 Haymo

  • File upload can overwrite existing files
  • REST API enhancements

5 Release Plan 2015

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION FEATURE COMPLETE STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 Leonardo 5.20.0 04.05.2015 01.06.2015 06.2016 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Michelangelo 5.21.0 17.08.2015 07.09.2015 09.2016 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 Raphael 5.22.0 19.10.2015 09.11.2015 11.2016 Release Notes

5.1 FR1 Leonardo

  • Java 8 Update – It is mandatory to use Java 8 when using Gentics Content.Node 5.20.x and newer.
  • Enhanced error handling for import
  • UI enhancements
  • Performance enhancements
  • REST API enhancements
  • New Velocity directive #gtx_gis

5.2 FR2 Michelangelo

  • Support for custom Java installation
  • REST API enhancements
  • Setting for default inheritance

5.3 FR3 Raphael

  • Activiti
  • REST API enhancements
  • Node specific publish settings
  • UI enhancements

6 Release Plan 2014

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION FEATURE COMPLETE STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 David 5.16.0 24.02.2014 17.03.2014 23.03.2015 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Ash 5.17.0 19.05.2014 17.06.2014 08.06.2015 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 Bishop 5.18.0 18.08.2014 08.09.2014 07.09.2015 Release Notes
Feature Release 4 Call 5.19.0 17.11.2014 11.12.2014 03.2016 Release Notes

6.1 FR1 David

6.1.1 Apache Webserver / PHP (optional change)

Support for distribution Apache webserver and PHP will be added to Gentics Content.Node.

With this support you may no longer use the included package Apache webserver and package PHP binaries. The system Apache webserver and system PHP installation can be used instead.

A configuration guide will be provided which includes all the details for the needed configuration changes. The guide will be applicable for the latest distributions of SLES, RHEL and Debian.

The local package apache (/Node/apache*) and PHP installation will not be removed automatically. This is an optional change and can be omitted for the Feature Release 1 and 2.

6.1.2 MySQL 5.0 / 5.1 support

Gentics Content.Node David FR1 will no longer support MySQL 5.0 / 5.1.

6.1.3 Portal.Node 2 removal

The long deprecated Portal.Node 2 feature will be removed.

6.2 FR2 Ash

6.2.1 Internet Explorer 7 support

Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 will be dropped with this feature release.

6.3 FR3 Bishop

6.3.1 Apache / PHP (mandatory change)

Gentics Content.Node FR3 will no longer support the package Apache Webserver / PHP that is located within /Node/apache. Please take a look at our migration guide for more information.

6.3.2 Apache Tomcat 7 Update

Gentics Content.Node 5.18.0 will be updated to use Apache Tomcat 7.

6.3.3 Image Manipulation

The duplicate function for the image manipulation 2 will be updated. With this release it will be possible to create copies of resized images without the need to first duplicate them.

6.3.4 IPv6 support

IPv6 will be supported.

6.3.5 Repository Browser

The UI of the repository browser will be improved.

6.4 FR4 Call

6.4.1 Disinheriting Objects in Channels

Removing inherited objects (pages, images, files and folders) from channels will be possible using this feature.

6.4.2 Exclude from multichanneling

With this feature it will be possible to exclude objects from multichanneling inheritance.

6.4.3 SVG Support

Handling of SVG images is now supported. Those files will no longer be detected as files.

7 Releases Plan 2013

RELEASE CODENAME VERSION FEATURE COMPLETE STABLE END OF LIFE LINKS
Feature Release 1 Batu 5.12.0 11.02.2013 28.02.2013 30.08.2013 Release Notes
Feature Release 2 Jakarta 5.13.0 13.05.2013 31.05.2013 29.11.2013 Release Notes
Feature Release 3 Tangerang 5.14.0 12.08.2013 30.08.2013 08.09.2014 Release Notes
Feature Release 4 Tegal 5.15.0 11.11.2013 29.11.2013 09.12.2014 Release Notes