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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Thank you for downloading the twelfth packaged release of iTop.
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-This version is a major release, with a new datamodel, editable dashboards, new way to edit object lists.
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+This version is a major release, with a new datamodel, editable dashboards and user customizable lists.
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A wiki is available: https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/itop/index.php?title=ITop_Documentation
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-Additional documentation can be downloaded from there:
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+Additional documentation can be downloaded from the link above:
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- User guide
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- Administrator guide
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- Customization guide
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- Implementation guide
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-Wiki articles complete the documentation for advanced/specific concerns.
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iTop is released under the AGPL (v3) license. (Check license.txt in this directory).
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@@ -31,30 +30,32 @@ The source code of iTop can be found on SourceForge: http://itop.sourceforge.net
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1.1 What's new?
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-This version has a new datamodel -though you can keep the existing one (see the upgrade section hereafter):
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-- Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage needs have been taken into account
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-- You can choose between an ITIL compliant model, or a simpler one
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+This version comes with an enhanced data model (but you can keep the existing one,
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+see the upgrade section hereafter).
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+- Virtualization, Data Centers, and Storage are now optional modules of the CMDB
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+- You can choose between fully ITIL-compliant tickets or a simpler model for
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+ managing user requests, incidents and changes
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End users can customize the GUI:
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- Dashboards become editable
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-- List of objects are configurable (list of columns and sort order)
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+- List of objects are configurable per user (list of columns and sort order)
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- Some application settings can be overriden: language, favorite organizations, ...
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-1.2 Should I upgrade to 2.0.0?
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- ---------------------------
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-First note that upgrading an installation of iTop 1.x will preserve your data model and data.
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+1.2 Should I upgrade to 2.0.0 beta?
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+ -------------------------------
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+Despite all the care taken to prepare this release, it is still considered as "beta" quality
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+and therefore is NOT recommended for a production use. However, feel free to use it and experiment.
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+Note that upgrading an installation of iTop 1.x will preserve your original data model and data.
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Would you like to benefit from the new modelization of the data, then you have to install 2.0
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-from scratch and migrate your data between the two applications.
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+from scratch and migrate your data between the two applications by exporting and importing them back.
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-This version does fix a significant number of issues.
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+This version does fix a significant number of issues (sse the list below).
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It also comes with significant improvements in the end-user experience:
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- editable dashboards
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- customize lists
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- user preferences
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-Therefore, the upgrade is recommended.
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1.3 Special Thanks To:
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Bruno Bonfils for his guidance about LDAP and authentication.
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@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ The complete list of active tickets can be reviewed at http://sourceforge.net/ap
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#565 Fixed security issues (XSS)
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-Other bugs not listed in Trac:
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+Other bug fixes not listed in Trac:
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Do not perform time consuming computations for building the menus if there are too many objects in a list (limit is configurable).
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Portal fixes (relative URLs and parameter validation)...
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Restore the previous URLMaker in case the sending of a notification is not the last action of a page... (e.g. if the page displays the details of an object after sending the notifications...)
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@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ The hierarchical key in Organizations is not always named 'parent_id'
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Suhosin can interfere with iTop. More information can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/itop/index.php?title=ITop_and_Suhosin
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Internet Explorer 6 is not supported (neither IE7 nor IE8 in compatibility mode)
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-Tested with IE8 and IE9, Firefox 3.6 up to Firefox 8 and Chrome. Be aware that there are certain limitations when using IE8 in "security mode" (when running IE on a Windows 2008 Server for example)
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+Tested with IE8 and IE9, Firefox 3.6 up to Firefox 16 and Chrome. Be aware that there are certain limitations when using IE8 in "security mode" (when running IE on a Windows 2008 Server for example)
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3.3. Known issues (https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/itop/report/3)
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