Opencast 16: Release Notes

Opencast 16.5

This is a maintenance release of Opencast 16. It fixes several minor bugs.

Opencast 16.4

This release fixes a critical bug which may cause ingests to fail. Please skip the 16.3 release and update to 16.4 directly.

Opencast 16.3

This is again a bugfix release of Opencast 16. For example the broken docker compose command is fixed. A new version of Opencast's admin interface is included as well. [#6100]

Opencast 16.2

This is a biugfix release of Opencast 16. Among several other problems, this fixes an important bug causing problems for non admin users when (re)publishing events. We recommend updating to this as soon as possible.

Additionally, this includes a new version of Opencast's admin interface, which in turn fixes a number of bugs including one which could cause data corruption.

Opencast 16.1

This is an important bugfix release fixing a problem preventing the presentation node from properly starting up and therefor breaking cluster installations. Additional, it fixes a problem with Tobira harvesting new events. Don't try to use 16.0 use this release!

It also comes with a lot more bug fixes. Especially the new admin interface got a lot of work.

Opencast 16.0

Features, Improvements and Behavior changes

For more details, please take a look at the full changelog.

Update

If you want to update Opencast from a previous version, please carefully read through the upgrade guide. For this upgrade, you should be particular aware of the following facts:

Release Schedule

Date Phase
May 06, 2024 Release Branch Cut
June 12, 2024 Release of Opencast 16.0

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