Project Roller

Roller 2.1-incubating is now available on Roller's Java.Net download space. For more information about the release see What's New in Roller 2.1 on the Roller wiki. This is a new release, but the Roller 2.1 codebase has been in use for weeks at a number of production sites, including http://blogs.sun.com and this site.

We no longer use the wiki for the user and installation guides. Instead, we're using OpenOffice format and generating HTML and PDF versions of these two documents. Here are links to the latest docs for Roller 2.1.

• Roller 2.1 Installation Guide (HTML)
• Roller 2.1 Installation Guide (PDF)

• Roller 2.1 User Guide (HTML)
• Roller 2.1 User Guide (PDF)

The Roller 2.1 Upgrade Guide is still on the wiki.

As usual, if you run into installation or upgrade problems, please seek assistance on the Roller mailing lists. Please report bugs and enhancement requests to Roller's JIRA-based issue tracker.

And work is well underway for Roller 2.2. What's New in Roller 2.2 describes what's coming in the next release.

NOTE: Roller is in the Apache Incubator, but this release is not an official release of or endorsed by the Apache Software Foundation. Also, Roller itself is licensed under the Apache license v2.0, but some components included in Roller have more restrictive licenses.

Roller 2.0.1 is a patched version of Roller 2.0 that fixes some problems that PostgreSQL database users were experiencing. If you are upgrading a PostgreSQL based Roller 1.X system to Roller 2.0, then this is the build for you. Otherwise, you can ignore Roller 2.0.1.

Get it in our Java.Net project's Roller 2.0.1 download folder

UPDATE: A small problem was found in the database upgrade scripts and the Roller 2.0.1 download has been refreshed with a fix for the problem.

Welcome to Matt Schmidt, who just joined the Roller project as a committer. From the Roller development mailing-list:

Dave Johnson: Matt was one of the earliest users and supporters of Roller. He's the director of technology at the Javalobby and along with Rick Ross he helped grow the Roller community by offering free Roller-based blogs at JRoller.com. Matt, Rick and I spent many hours on instant messenger, on the phone and at Javalobby headquarters (here in Cary, NC) debugging Roller's early performance problems. Since then, he's played an active role in the Roller dev list and I've continued to work with him on Roller issues via instant messenger.

Matt is part of the Roller developer and user community, does good work and I'd like to encourage his further contributions and involvement by nominating him for committer status on Roller and giving him his first +1

Roller 2.0 is now available on Roller's Java.Net download space. Roller 2.0 is a major release that includes:

• Full support for group blogging. Users can have multiple blogs and can invite other users to join group blogs with three permission levels and simple workflow.
• Web user interface redesign. The entire UI has been reworked to support group blogging, simplify and enhance the user experience.
• Additional database support. Database creation scripts added for Apache Derby, IBM DB2 and Oracle (in addition to existing MySQL, PostgreSQL and HSQL-DB support).
• Superusers. Global administrators can now admin and edit any blog in the system.
• And lots more!. The release also includes numerous bug fixes and small improvements, see CHANGES.txt for the full list of changes.

This is a new release, but the Roller 2.0 codebase has been in use for weeks at a number of production sites, including http://blogs.sun.com and this site. Here are links to the updated documentation:

• User Guide
• Macro Reference
• Installation Guide
• Upgrade Guide - how to upgrade Roller 1.x to Roller 2.0
• Configuration Guide
• Javadocs

As usual, if you run into installation or upgrade problems, please seek assistance on the Roller mailing lists. Please report bugs and enhancement requests to Roller's JIRA-based issue tracker.

NOTE: Roller is in the Apache Incubator, but this release is not an official release of or endorsed by the Apache Software Foundation. Also, Roller itself is licensed under the Apache license v2.0, but some components included in Roller have more restrictive licenses.

Roller 1.3, a minor bug-fix release, is now available at Roller's Java.Net download space. Bug fixes are listed in the CHANGES.txt file. The RollerDocumentation_1.x lists the documenation associated with the release.

The Roller team voted to ship Roller 1.3 and is now preparing to make it's very first officially un-official release from the Apache Incubator. Henri set up a Roller status page for us on the Incubator website and today we're branching, tagging, creating release files and discussing where to maket he release.

Warm welcome to Elias Torres, Roller's newest committer. From Dave's blog:

Welcome to Elias, who brings the Roller committer count up to 
seven (in chronological order: Dave, Matt, Lance, Anil, Henri, 
Allen, and now Elias). Elias runs one of the biggest Roller 
installs in the world at IBM and he's got lots of cool feature 
ideas and practical suggestions for improving Roller.

Roller 1.2 has been released and is available for download. The release features , bug fixes, and some minor improvements. You can find the files in Roller's Java.Net download space or via the links below:

• roller-1.2.tar.gz: Roller 1.2 web application
• roller-src-1.2.tar.gz: Roller 1.1 source code
• roller-tools-1.2.tar.gz: Roller 1.2 dependencies (jars needed to build Roller source)
• roller-demo-1.2.tar.gz: Roller 1.2 standalone demo (w/Tomcat, HSQLDB and JSPWiki)

Once you've downloaded Roller refer to the docs to install and use Roller:

• Roller Installation Guide
• Roller User Guide
• Roller 1.2 Change List

Run into problems during installation? Subscribe to the Roller user mailing-list.