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

[Ari N. <ari...@gm...>]

Congrats and thanks for your hard work, to everyone involved!

Best,

/Ari

On 2023-01-15 16:00, Adam Retter 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.
>