openCollabNet Newsletter - Volume 19, June/July 2008

The pace has been frenetic at CollabNet, what with the Subversion project's release of Subversion 1.5, our release of supported CollabNet Subversion binaries, the announcement of Open Source CollabNet Desktops, and upcoming product releases and announcements.

Download CollabNet Subversion 1.5 binaries:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Windows

Get notified when Solaris binaries are available

Additionally, the first community download for Subversion 1.5 binaries is now available:

Subversion 1.5 for Mac OS X

Best regards,
John Mark Walker
openCollabNet Community Manager

The newsletter archive is at collab.net/community/newsletter.

Subversion 1.5 Released

Subversion 1.5 was released to much fanfare. Read the announcement at tigris.org as well as CollabNet's press release about this major step in Subversion history. CollabNet is proud to sponsor tigris.org.

New CollabNet Resource Center for Subversion 1.5

To prepare for the Subversion 1.5 release, we came up with a handy-dandy Subversion 1.5 Resource Center. The Subversion 1.5 Resource Center includes all the essentials for any serious Subversion user:

CollabNet Subversion 1.5 downloads

What's New in Subversion 1.5 webinar

CollabNet Subversion 1.5 Release Notes

CollabNet's Subversion 1.5 Quick Reference Card

Plus, you'll find lots more about Subversion support, download clients, events, webinars, and training.

Visit CollabNet's Subversion 1.5 resource center

Free Subversion 1.5 Training!

For a limited time, openCollabNet members can view our "What's New in Subversion 1.5?" Web-based training module (a $49 value) FREE. This offer available until August 1, 2008 and is only available for openCollabNet community members.

View the Subversion 1.5 training (must be an openCollabNet member)

Not yet a member? Join openCollabNet now.

CollabNet on Tour

You can catch CollabNet folks on the road all summer long. Watch our events page and each issue of our newsletter for updates.

itSMF & BCS Joint Conference - July 8-9, London - Join us at this conference focused on CMDB/CMS (Configuration Management Database / Configuration Management System) sponsored by British Computing Society and itSMF (The IT Service Management Forum). Featured CollabNet speakers are Jack Repenning and Michael Pilato. CollabNet is a platinum sponsor of the conference.

The organizers have offered our community a conference pass at the discounted rate of £50 per day (regular price is £450). To collect your discount, visit the registration page and remember to use the sponsor code "Collabnet".

OSCON - July 24, Portland, OR - John Mark Walker, openCollabNet Community Manager, will appear on a panel discussing The Evolution of Community.

CollabNet SourceForge 5.0: Feature Preview #2

The new project template feature in CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 allows users to jump-start new projects by capturing and re-using the entire structure and content of existing projects from discussion forums and project pages (which we discussed in the last feature preview) to tracker fields, shared tracker searches, and workflow definitions. Project templates make it easy to standardize tooling and lifecycle processes, helping organizations ensure a consistent experience across distributed development teams, reducing the learning curve for new members, and improving organizational flexibility.

View a screenshot!

Featured Discussion: Apache, Windows, and mod_dav_svn

The recent release of CollabNet Subversion 1.5 for Windows has brought about some changes. In addition to the new features of Subversion 1.5, building Subversion 1.5 from source on Windows now results in a DLL-based build. Read the initial post and Mark Phippard's reply on how to properly set up mod_dav_svn for Apache on Windows.

CollabNet in the News

Our press release around the release of Subversion 1.5 generated quite a bit of press. Below are just a few of publications that picked up the news:

Subversion SCM Tool Becomes More Robust with Version 1.5 - IT Jungle

CollabNet upgrades Subversion developer tool - InfoWorld

Merged Code Leaves Tracks In Subversion 1.5 - InformationWeek

Latest Blog Posts

"Inflection Points"

Rejuvenating Old Code Through Open Source

How Community Happens

CollabNet Subversion 1.5.0 binaries available

Subversion 1.5 Released

CollabNet Webcasts and Live Demos

CollabNet Live! Subversion Overview - July 8th, 9:00am PDT
Presenter: Auke Jilderda, Senior Solutions Consultant, CollabNet
Duration: 1 hour

During this live demo, attendees will learn about version control, the key features and benefits of Subversion, and new features introduced in Subversion 1.5.

Sign up for the CollabNet Live! Subversion Overview

CollabNet Live! SourceForge Enterprise - July 15, 9:00am PDT
Presenter: Nathan Hess, Senior Solution Consultant, CollabNet
Duration: 1 hour

Join this web seminar to discover how to connect heterogeneous tools and systems with an integrated toolset; how to set up a centralized repository using Subversion to manage all project-related activity and intellectual property assets; and how you can realize accelerated development and substantial cost savings.

Sign up for the CollabNet Live! SourceForge Enterprise webinar

Archived Replays

We have a wealth of archived material that you can view at your convenience:

CollabNet Live! Replays

Web seminar replays