Dear Users,
We at team Origo are quite excited about the latest release - this weekend we have released a new Origo version, 2010.5! Together with the previous, intermediate milestone 2010.4, Origo provides new features, two of which I want to present here.
A Brand new Design
The Origo Team has found a new member in Eva, who not only brings new ideas to Origo, but a fresh, non-programmer mind and a very keen eye for design :) She has spend some quality time resolving design sins that we have committed in the past, and has revamped the basic layout, colors and look of the site. The result is the new theme named "Oxymoron". The changes you see are only part of the redesign: we plan to work some more on the different elements, and we will also reorganize the menu.
The most important changes in the theme are:
New Header
This is perhaps the most prominent change: we've change the header of the page containing the menu and navigation links. The top links are enlarged and put in nice big buttons at the top of the page.
New Menu
The menu that was previously on the left side is now integrated into the header directly under the top links. Note that although the location changed, the menu points themselves are the same.
Git Support
It has always been one of Origo's principal design goals to be as flexible as possible. It is why we chose a plug-in system for the web front-end, and a message based node system for the back-end. In this release, we've added Git as a second flavor of source code management system, a fast version control system where each clone is a full-fledged repository, which allows for distributed workflows for both individuals and teams.
Origo's Git support integrates into the existing architecture, i.e. pushes to your Origo's Git repository are tracked by the work item system and will show up on the dashboard and result in email notifications. Each project can hold multiple repositories, all of them protected by the usual access rights.
Together with private projects - a project type that allows client users that can access content and issues that are otherwise hidden from the public - we've decided to release Git exclusively on oriact.com, our Origo Team Workspace for users with professional needs.
Other Changes
Besides these two bigger features there is a number of smaller changes and other improvements in this release:
- Annotated tag- and visibility changes in email notifications
- API changes - please consult the changelog for details
- A semantic change in the return value of
issue.retrieve - Some project related calls have a new parameter denoting a project's revision control system (SVN or Git)
- A semantic change in the return value of
- Simple matrix on project request & manage page explaining access rights
- Update to newer Drupal Core & 3rd party modules (Diff, jQuery-UI, Pathauto, Token)
As always, the more technical details of this update and its list of bug-fixes can be viewed in Origo's 2010.5.
