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Dear All,

The ]project-open[ team is proud to announce the availability of ]project-open[ V3.2. A VMware image will be available on May 2nd. RPM installers for OpenSuSE, Fedora and CentOS will follow this week. A Win32 installer will be available until end of May, so we urge Windows users to consider the VMware installer meanwhile.

V3.2 includes a vast number of extensions and improvements compared with V3.1., most importantly an integration with the GanttProject open-source Gantt editor (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ganttproject/). This integration allows project managers to define and modify ]po[ projects using a graphical editor and to perform basic resource planning. ... read more

Dear All,

We've just released a VMware image with V3.2.Beta5 with a few fixes for issues from V3.2.Beta4. The rest ist the same, so I just copy the annoucement of V3.2.Beta4 below. RPM installer will be available tomorrow afternoon CET.

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The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the availability of ]project-open[. V3.2.Beta4 is the first release candidate for V3.2 and includes a vast amount of extensions and improvements. ... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the availability of ]project-open[. V3.2.Beta4 is the first release candidate for V3.2 and includes a vast amount of extensions and improvements.

The V3.2.Beta4 release is based on a VMware virtual machine with SuSE 9.3 Linux. RPM installers for OpenSuSE, Fedora and CentOS will follow this week. A Win32 installer will come out in Q3 2007, so we urge Windows users to consider the VMware installer meanwhile.... read more

Hi,

We (the "]project-open[ core team" in Barcelona) are looking for several TCL software developers and experienced ]po[ consultants around the world to help us deal with projects of various sizes.

Please let us know if you feel that you fit one (or both) of the profiles below.

TCL Developer: You receive a (more or less) complete specifications for new functionality or for the modification of an existing module. You plan and develop the solution and help the customer to install it in his system. You can count on some help from us in your first projects.... read more

Overview:

The ]project-open[ team has identified a vulnerability in ]project-open[ that allows attackers to shortcut the login process with information gained from other ]po[ instances.

Vulnerability Details:

The vulnerability consists of a weak configuration in the "preconfigured" demo system of the V3.1.2 installer. Your system is not affected if you have installed your server "from scratch".... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team has just released the first Beta1 "sneak preview" version of V3.2. You can find the pcdev32.v32.beta1.tar.bz in the "Support Files" section.

The file contains a zip of our /web/pcdev32/ development server plus a README. The README tells you how to continue. People familiar with ]po[ will know how to proceed. Please wait for a proper release if you are not. Please use a staging or development server for testing and DON'T install in a production server.... read more

Hi,

Recently there were reports at the AOLServer mailing list (http://www.aolserver.com/) about incidents with AOLServer 3.3.1. This version is the base of most ]project-open[ installations, so this is a serious incident and we recommend you to upgrade your installation.

Windows installations are not affected.

The error seems to occur due to a kind of "Year 2000" issue with the 32 bit Unix date format. As a result AOLServer will try to allocate a large quantity of virtual memory, which will fail and lead to a failure and then to a restart of AOLServer.... read more

Hi,

We have finally agreed with stakeholders and customers on a schedule for V3.2 of ]project-open[.

Please see our Roadmap (http://www.project-open.org/roadmap.html) for details.

New features include:

- An improved GUI
- Integration with GanttProject
- Resource Assignments and Resource Planning
- Integration of "Petri-Net Workflow"
- Expenses and Travel Costs
- An Integration API (XML-RPC and ODBC)... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the availability of ]project-open[ V3.1.2 as a "Virtual Machine" for VMWare Server E.X.P.

The VM includes a production configuration of both ]project-consulting[ and ]project-translation[. "Production configuration" means that we have configured everything necessary to run your company with the system including daily backups, database maintenance, virtual server setup etc. This configuration is very similar to the configuration used by our main customers and allows your company to "go live" with ]project-open[ in hours rather then days.... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the availability of ]project-open[ V3.1.2 (Windows and Linux). V3.1.2 is a minor enhancement and bugfix release. The changes have been made during several customer rollouts, greatly increasing overall robustness and usabilty. We definitely recommend you to upgrade to V3.1.2.

For questions and suggestions please contact our support team at: mailto:support@project-open.com ... read more

Hi,

Our main server crashed a few days ago (http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=533352). Most of the server got recovered quickly, but we had some issues with the CVS service that provides the ASUS funcationality. Since yesterday night everything is working again. Special thanks to Andrew Nimmo!

For those who want to update: Maybe wait until the end of this week and we'll release V3.1.2 with a few bugfixes for Windows and some nice enhacements.... read more

Hi,

Yesterday one of our main servers crashed. We've managed to get the demo server running etc., but the CVS server (ASUS, ...) is still offline. We hope to fix the situation within the next days.

Bests,
Frank

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the release V3.1.1.1 of its ]project-open[ Linxu Installer. V3.1.1.1 is a major bugfix and enhancement release compared with V3.0.0. The Linux installer makes it easy now to take advantage of these enhancements. A Windows installer is already available.

For questions and suggestions please contact our support team at: mailto:support@project-open.com ... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the release V3.1.0.1 of its ]project-open[ Windows Installer. V3.1.0.1 is a major bugfix and enhancement release compared with V3.0.0. The Windows installer makes it easy now to take advantage of these enhancements. A Linux Installer will follow soon.

For questions and suggestions please contact our support team at: mailto:support@project-open.com ... read more

Dear All,

The ]project-open[ development team is proud to announce the release V3.1.0.0 of its ]project-consulting[ and ]project-translation[ products. V3.1 is a major bugfix and enhancement release. It includes some 40 enhancements and bug fixes as detailed in: http://www.project-open.org/download/win/v3.1.0.0.html

V3.1.0.0 (beta) is currently available via CVS only. We will publish installers for Windows and Linux as soon as this version reaches production status.... read more

Hi,

The ]project-open[ team proudly announces the release of version V3.0.0.7 of its product suite.

Apart from being a minor bug fix release, V3.0.0.7 now includes a functionality to delete all user data from the system. This functionality is useful for companies who want to convert a demo system into a production system.

The ]project-open[ installer includes the "Tigerpond" sample company, configured for the business sectors consulting, translation, advertizing agencies and engineering. SME's can now rollout ]project-open[ in their organization in a matter of hours instead of days using one of these sample configurations as a base.... read more

This "Free Online Conference & Training Howto" is a writeup of the experiences that we (]project-open[) have made while trying to provide our users with online training for our system. I hope this might be useful to other open-source projects:
http://www.project-open.org/doc/online-conference-training-howto.html

About ]project-open[:

]project-open[ (http://www.project-open.com/) is a project management and PSA (Professional Services Automatization) system for companies in the consulting, engineering, advertising and translation industries. It covers the entire project life cycle from sales (CRM-light), staffing, execution (timesheet, controlling, incidents, discussions, and file storage) to invoicing and payment. The P/O architecture is designed for mission-critical applications with a rock-solid infrastructure and a sophisticated role-based permission system. ... read more

Overview:

The ]project-open[ team has identified and fixed a vulnerability in ]project-open[ that allows freelancers under certain conditions to modify their financial documents (invoices and purchase orders).

Systems Affected:

- Only those installations that collaborate with freelancers over the Internet.
- All ]project-open[ versions since V3.0.beta1.

Impact:

The bug allows freelancers to alter the amount of their invoices and purchase orders.... read more

Hi,

The new version of the ]project-open[ Windows installer now includes several "preconfigured" installation options for the ]project-consulting[, ]project-lifecylcle[ and ]project-agency[ products. These options allow you to setup a production system for your company much faster then before. Please check the "PO-Quick-Production-Setup-Guide" for details.

Here is the detailed list of changes compared with the last version:
- Added "preconfigured" installation options mentioned above
- Improved uninstall. However, you still need the ProjectOpen-3.0.x.Wininstaller.Cleanup.exe to completely remove a ]po[ installation from a Windows system.
- Included a new set of users manuals
- Changed all logos to the new ]po[ CI/CD... read more

Hi,

V3.0.0.4 fixes an important "bug" in the "Automatic Update Service" (AUS) on Windows platforms. The bug could lead to permission problems after a software update.

About ]project-open[:

]project-open[ (http://www.project-open.com/) is a project management and PSA (Professional Services Automatization) system for companies in the consulting, engineering, advertising and localization industries. It covers the entire project life cycle from sales (CRM-light), staffing, execution (timesheet, controlling, incidents, discussions, and file storage) to invoicing and payment. The P/O architecture is designed for mission-critical applications with a rock-solid infrastructure and a sophisticated role-based permission system.

Hi,

V3.0.0.3 is a bugfix release that fixes a password update issue, a filestorage issue under Windows and about 10 minor bugs. V3.0.0.3 is currently available as an update via CVS (it is not (yet) available as a separate installer; please use the existing installers).

About ]project-open[:

]project-open[ (http://www.project-open.com/) is a project management and PSA (Professional Services Automatization) system for companies in the consulting, engineering, advertising and localization industries. It covers the entire project life cycle from sales (CRM-light), staffing, execution (timesheet, controlling, incidents, discussions, and file storage) to invoicing and payment. The P/O architecture is designed for mission-critical applications with a rock-solid infrastructure and a sophisticated role-based permission system.

Hi,

we have had several issues in the past with files from our Windows installer that didn't go away after uninstalling ]project-open[.

These issues are due to somewhat obscure permission problems in Windows 2000, XP and 2003. Basicly, the "Administrator" is not allowed to delete files created by "System". The Administrator needs to explicitely claim the ownership of these files, before he can delete them.... read more

Hi,

we have changed the URL of our "Error Reporting Server". This server is responsible to receive bug reports when you press the "Report this Error" button.

Old (invalid) URL:: http://www.projop.com/
New (valid) URL: http://projop.dnsalias.com/

In order to use the new server please modify the "ErrorReportURL" parameter in the "Admin" / "Parameters" screen of ]project-open[.... read more

Hi,

LinuxMagazin is featuring ]project-open[ it its recent comparison of project management tools (in German):
http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2005/07/projektplanung/projektplanung.html

I particularly like the sentence: "There is extensive functionaltiy for cost and resource management, providing all options that a project manager might want." ("Die Punkte Kosten- und Ressourcenmanagement sind sehr gut ausgebaut und bieten alle Funktionen, die sich ein Projektleiter wnscht.")... read more

Project/Open V3.0.0.2.0 (available only via CVS and the "Automatic Update Service" for existing P/O installations) contains some minor enhancements and fixes several bugs:

- Invoices can now contain items with negative amounts such as discounts.
- The profit & loss analysis of multi-currency projects now includes summaries for each currency
- The CSV-import for companies and contacts now supports exports from MS-Excel... read more