Re: [Exist-open] [ANN] eXist-db 4.11.1, 5.5.1, and 6.1.0 released

[Joe W. <jo...@gm...>]

Hi all,

A huge thanks to all of the developers who contributed to these releases!

Congratulations for helping make eXist 6.1.0 the first release of eXist
that supports all XQuery 3.1 functions—among other great improvements and
important fixes.

Joe


On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 10:27 AM Adam Retter <ad...@ex...> wrote:

> Dear eXist-db users,
>
> After almost a year since our last releases, I am delighted to
> announce the release of eXist-db versions 6.1.0, 5.5.1, and 4.11.1.
>
> eXist-db 6.x.x is our main active line of development, and we have
> recommended this version series for all users for some time now.
> eXist-db 6.1.0 includes numerous improvements, optimisations, and bug
> fixes. In particular it adds a number of additional functions from
> XQuery 3.1 that were previously missing, including: fn:transform,
> fn:default-language, fn:format-integer, fn:round, fn:path,
> fn:collation-key, fn:n:element-with-id, fn:nilled, fn:uri-collection,
> and map:find. With these additions, eXist-db 6.1.0 now supports all
> XQuery 3.1 functions.
>
> For those users already on the 6.x.x series, eXist-db 6.1.0 is
> backwards binary compatible with previous 6.x.x versions, which should
> make upgrading simple with no changes required to XQuery or XSLT
> application code. For those users migrating from 4.x.x or 5.x.x
> versions to 6.x.x a full backup and restore of the database will be
> required and possibly some small changes to XQuery and XSLT
> application code.
>
> The 4.x.x and 5.x.x series of eXist-db should be considered
> deprecated, our new releases of 4.x.x and 5.x.x include a number of
> crucial bug fixes for those users who cannot yet upgrade to 6.x.x. The
> 5.x.x series also includes a small handful of selected features and
> improvements that have been backported from the 6.x.x series.
>
> Finally, for those users considering a major upgrade from 4.x.x or
> 5.x.x to 6.x.x, you may wish to wait for the upcoming release of
> eXist-db 7.0.0. This release will update eXist-db from Java 8 to Java
> 17, and greatly improve its XQuery compliance with the W3C
> specifications. The improvements in compliance mean that some small
> changes to your XQuery application code may be required, but we
> believe that this is most worthwhile. We expect to release eXist-db
> 7.0.0 with Q1 of 2023.
>
> The full release notes and downloads can be found here:
>
> 1. eXist-db 6.1.0 -
> https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases/tag/eXist-6.1.0
>
> 2. eXist-db 5.5.1 -
> https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases/tag/eXist-5.5.1
>
> 3. eXist-db 4.11.1 -
> https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/releases/tag/eXist-4.11.1
>
> As well as thanking all contributors, I would also like to especially
> thank the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State,
> https://history.state.gov, which commissioned several of the
> improvements in eXist 6.1.0 through Evolved Binary
> https://www.evolvedbinary.com and eXist Solutions
> https://www.existsolutions.com, and worked with Evolved Binary to make
> this release a reality.
>
> Best wishes. Adam.
>
> --
> Adam Retter
>
> eXist Core Developer
> { United Kingdom }
> ad...@ex...
>
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