Release Manual 7.6.x

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    XL Deploy 7.6.0

    XL Deploy 7.6.0 is a short-term support (STS) version that will be supported until it is superseded by the next STS or long-term support (LTS) version. STS versions do not receive specific maintenance releases. For more information, refer to Short-term support/Long-term support policy.

    XL Deploy 7.6.0 new features

    User Interface improvements

    The HTML5-based user interfaced has been enhanced with the following:

    • In the Deployment Pipeline View it is easier to promote a version of an application from one environment to the next
    • In the Deployment Workspace, you can now refresh the application and environment trees to get the latest data; you can resize all sections of the Deployment Workspace
    • Performance of the CI Explorer Tree is greatly improved making it easy to navigate through a great number of CIs

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    XL Deploy 7.6.0 release notes

    New features

    • [DEPL-12458] - Make Promotion easier in Deployment Pipeline View
    • [DEPL-12526] - Prevent Duplicate Principal being Added to a Role
    • [DEPL-12567] - Create Docker Test Images for SQL Variants
    • [DEPL-12721] - CI Explorer Tree Performance Improvement
    • [DEPL-12729] - Reduce Log-Level of Rules Engine during XLD Start Up
    • [DEPL-12753] - Align Top Navigation of XL Deploy Across Products

    Improvements

    • [DEPL-10649] - Allow user to copy data from read-only fields
    • [DEPL-11327] - Add save confirmation to Global Permissions screen
    • [DEPL-11762] - Allow columns in the Deployment Workspace to be resized
    • [DEPL-12103] - Improve error handling for incorrect username and/or password
    • [DEPL-12104] - Improve handling of stacktraces in lightweight CLI
    • [DEPL-12418] - Enable Python3 support for xld-py-cli

    Bug fixes

    • [DEPL-10812] - Database plugin does not properly quote/sanitize arguments
    • [DEPL-12608] - DB2 - passing custom statement termination character is not working
    • [DEPL-12643] - Dictionary entries are not alphabetically ordered in HTML5 UI
    • [DEPL-12684] - Principal names overlap Remove tag button(x) in the Edit Roles Modal
    • [DEPL-12710] - Placeholders are scanned with additional empty spaces in front and end of the placeholder
    • [DEPL-12726] - /server/shutdown API in XL Deploy 7.5.0 does not terminate the process
    • [DEPL-12747] - Scanning Placeholders not working for some Dar packages like before
    • [DEPL-12792] - Deploy and Control task reports shows no results but contains "total", "results per page" and pagination after some manipulation with dates.
    • [DEPL-12810] - Log progress info about migration process
    • [DEPL-9229] - Default value for akka.remote.netty.tcp.maximum-frame-size is small for some deployments
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