ownCloud 8 Released
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ownCloud 8 is out. Main focus is usability improvements.
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This is great, ownCloud works fairly well but there are some features here and there that I wish worked better. I will update mine today and see how it goes. Hopefully no major upgrade issues.
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I'll have to backup my server and install this tonight or tomorrow.
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Just did the update on my test system running OpenSUSE, Update went smooth as ever with ownCloud. However now I am not able to access the admin section. Will have to look into it.
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Turns out you need to disable all 3rd party apps prior to installing the update. I failed to do that (and since it was a test environment didn't do a backup). So just a warning for anyone looking to do this in the near future.
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Good to know! Although we don't use any third party add ons.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Good to know! Although we don't use any third party add ons.
If you use Calendars and/or Contacts they are considered third-party. Calendar was the one I still had enabled.
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If like me you forget to disable some third party apps it is fairly simple to do it via the command line.
If you run the occ file in the owncloud directory as your webserver user you can do a ton of things.
The syntax is as follows:sudo -u [webserver user] ./occ #this will give you a list of commands sudo -u [webserver user] ./occ app:list #this will give you a list of apps installed on your server sudo -u [webserver user] ./occ app:disable [app name] #this will disable the specific app sudo -u [webserver user] ./occ app:enable [app name] #this will enable the specific app -
Oh, that's quite easy, thanks.
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@scottalanmiller Also, reading the notes on this. The Calendar and Contacts are now considered third party in order to break them away from the main update cycle of the application. So while you may not use them now, they were default installed before it seems.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller Also, reading the notes on this. The Calendar and Contacts are now considered third party in order to break them away from the main update cycle of the application. So while you may not use them now, they were default installed before it seems.
That's a very confusing process!
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's a very confusing process!
Well going forward it will not be simpler with them separate, IMO.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's a very confusing process!
Well going forward it will not be simpler with them separate, IMO.
I agree, the idea is good, just having a product installed one way turn into "third party" products after the install is done is confusing.
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I think the ownCloud project is moving toward being a platform rather then just a private-cloud dropbox replacement. They are working on documenting and creating a better API to build apps with. So as it grows this modular design may be the best way to go about it. Especially if it means a more lean base.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I agree, the idea is good, just having a product installed one way turn into "third party" products after the install is done is confusing.
To clarify, the Calendar and Contacts are not third party, just handled the same as third party apps by the code now. So they now have their own update cycle available separate from the core app.
