2.0 Beta 2 Now Available

Published
2008-02-20 11:57
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The team has been working hard to fix issues and bugs reported by the community - and a second beta release of CiviCRM 2.0 is now available for download on SourceForge. We strongly encourage folks to download and test the beta. If you have an existing CiviCRM install - please upgrade a test copy of your site. Your efforts are critical to help ensure a smooth transition and a quality final release. We especially need folks with existing Joomla installs to (re)test the upgrade process as we've fixed a number of issues there. If you've already installed the initial 2.0 beta distribution - and have reported issues - please take the time to install beta 2 and verify that your issues have been resolved. There were no database changes from beta 1 to beta 2 - so you can simply over-write the beta 1 codebase. I've included a listing of the 30 issues which were resolved between beta 1 and beta 2 below. You can see the current list of remaining open issues here.  

New 2.0 Installations

If you are installing CiviCRM 2.0 Beta from scratch, use the installation instructions linked below:  

Upgrading from 1.9 to 2.0

If you are upgrading an existing 1.9 site (working with a copy of the site, of course), we have provided a browser-based database upgrade script. Instructions for upgrading are here: If you are working with a database that was initially created prior to 1.9 - be sure to follow the steps to Ensure Schema Integrity that are included in these instructions. If you've already installed the first 2.0 beta - there are no database changes from beta 1 to beta 2 - so you can simply over-write the beta 1 codebase.  

Reporting Issues and Bugs

We look forward to getting your feedback on the release in the coming days. If you have questions installing, upgrading and / or using 2.0 feature - or you're seeing a problem and you're not sure if it's a bug - please post your issue to the 2.0 release testing section of the community forums. Include as many specifics as possible about the issue or question. Bugs should be reported via our issue tracking system. Please select 2.0 in the ‘Affects Version’ dropdown. You will need to register as a user – this ensures that we can follow-up with you on your bug reports if necessary. Please ensure that the bug you’ve found is not reported already by checking the open issues listing.  

Resolved Issues - Beta 2

http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2498 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2597 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2640 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2641 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2642 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2643 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2645 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2646 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2647 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2648 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2649 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2650 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2652 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2653 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2655 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2663 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2665 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2666 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2671 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2672 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2674 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2677 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2679 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2682 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2683 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2684 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2687 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2689 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2690 http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2693