Project News
Xuse version 01.00.00-RC2 now released
20th May 2010
Second candidate release for Xuse version 1.0.
This release includes:
- Updated documentation showing how to create and use the trace-report feature.
- Added new schema that describes the format of an external artefact trace report.
- Updated DTD for stock content that is included via XInclude.
- Defect #3001693: Added warning if the Graphviz version is not supported. Older versions of Graphviz may not produce the correct rendering for SVG images - currently need Graphviz version 2.22+
- Defect #3001697: Fixed PDF image rendering issue under Linux. Changed SVG incorporatio to be a instream object to solve path resolution issues.
- Incorporated remaining Slovak phrases. Translations courtesy of Tomas Klacko.
- Defect #3001577: Fixed minor annoyance regarding the validation report.
- Incorporated remaining German traslation. Courtesy of Florian Haag.
NB: This is a development release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using it.
Xuse version 01.00.00-RC1 now released
12th May 2010
The Xuse team are delighted to announce the first candidate release for Xuse version 1.0.
This release includes:
- Updated generic upgrade framework, and XSLTs for simple upgrade from version 0.3 to 1.0.
- Defect #2964294: Fixed activity diagram scaling issue in PDF version of use-cases.
- Defect #2880468: Fixed the issue where an orphaned actor was being displayed on use-case package diagram. Also slightly modified the layout routine.
- Defect #2947382: Fixed issue where the use-case navigation was not being correctly created in some circumstances.
- Defect #2959762: Fixed the schema validation routine to include all documents rather than just the vision document.
- Defect #2969279: Fix to prevent an existing project being overwritten by the "new-project" command.
- Defect #2969278: Fixed stack trace if Xuse is used in an incorrect location.
- Defect #2974518: Fixed it so that PDF links are created first time the "xuse" command is used.
- Defect #2992096: Fixed issue with broken links for deeply nested document sections.
- Imported German translation and fixed some issues with the internationalisation framework - many thanks to Florian Haag for the German translation.
- Added theme creation and installation goals for ease of theme creation and installation.
- Finished fairly major overhaul of the xuse themes and improved ease of theme creation.
- Defect #2986549: Fixed maven defect (#2986549) raised by jesusoviedo.
- Defect #2984386: Fixed defect (#2984386) raised by jesusoviedo.
- Updated the trace report import routine such that it is now working.
- Added Slovak translation to Xuse. Many thanks to Tomas Klacko for contributing the translation.
NB: This is a development release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using it.
Xuse version 01.00.00-SNAPSHOT-2010-03-05 now released
05th March 2010
Release to improve the quality of the Snapshot releases series working towards a candidate relase. See the latest snapshot release.
Improvements include:
- Defect #2961182: Fixed XInclude issue on java 1.5.
- Defect #2961180: Fixed some of the stringent constraints in PDF generation.
- Defect #2960564: Created work around for URIResolver issue that occurred when using gij JVM.
- Defect #2959765: Added more defensive coding if the parser does not support XInclude. Additionally altered build script such that Xerces parser is shipped with Xuse to minimise parser incompatibility errors.
- Defect #2959762: Altered DTD removal routine to cope with variations that occur on different platforms.
NB: This is a development snapshot release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using it.
Xuse version 01.00.00-SNAPSHOT-2010-02-26 now released
26th February 2010
Release to improve the quality of the Snapshot releases series working towards a candidate relase. See the latest snapshot release.
Improvements include:
- Performance improvements for HTML generation to cope with large projects (20,000+ requirements)
- Complete SRS template
- XInclude support
- CSV Glossary import
- Defect #2889916: Fixed line break issues for SVG titles.
- Defect #2878895: Fixed some of the stringent constraints in PDF generation.
- Defect #2871054: Fixed navigation text wrapping.
- Defect #2871051: Resolved SVG scaling in Chrome.
- Defect #2871051: Fixed logo loading.
NB: This is a development snapshot release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using it.
Xuse version 00.03.00-SNAPSHOT-2009-10-01 now released
1st October 2009
Progress is still being made towards the upcoming 00.03.00 release. In the meantime you can experiment with what the team have been up to using the latest snapshot release.
A major highlight of this release is the automatic generation of use-case package and activity diagrams. This requires Graphviz to be installed on your system.
This includes:
- Improved HTML view (100%)
- New themes (100%)
- PDF for use-cases (80%)
- CSV import (100%)
- CSV export (100%)
- Use-case package diagrams (90%)
- Use-case activity diagrams (90%)
- Requirement system traceability diagrams (0%)
- Enhanced template project (70%)
- Support for vision documents (70%)
- Support for SRS documents (70%)
- Improved validation and validation report (100%)
- Trace report import (95%)
- Upgrade tool (0%)
- Updated maven tooling (0%)
% indicates level of completness.
NB: This is a development snapshot release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using.
Xuse version 00.03.00-SNAPSHOT-2009-05-04 now released
4th May 2009
Progress is being made towards the upcoming 00.03.00 release. In the meantime you can experiment with what the team have been up to using the latest snapshot release.
This includes:
- Improved HTML view (100%)
- New themes (100%)
- PDF for use-cases (80%)
- CSV import (90%)
- Support for vision documents (70%)
- Support for SRS documents (70%)
- Improved validation and validation report (95%)
- Trace report import (95%)
- Upgrade tool (0%)
- Updated maven tooling (0%)
% indicates level of completness.
NB: This is a development snapshot release - please make sure you have backed up your work before using.
Xuse version 00.02.RC3 now released
23rd February 2007
After a bit of a Christmas break a new release candidate is available with maven 2 support.
Xuse version 00.02.RC2 now released
14th November 2006
The second release candidate for the second milestone release of Xuse is now available for download: incorporates some bug fixes, html themes and xuse.properties for control over directory paths and filenames.
Xuse version 00.02.RC1 - out now
11th October 2006
The first release candidate for the second milestone release of Xuse is now available for download: this release adds support for actors, stakeholders, project glossary and provides an integrated HTML model for ease of navigation.
Xuse version 00.01.00 release available
3rd February 2006
The first baselined version of Xuse is available for download on SourceForge. This version represents the first (minor) milestone in the development of Xuse.
The release adds support for running Xuse directly from the command line (for people who don't use Maven) as well as fixes for a few minor annoyances that were present in version 00.01.RC1.
Xuse version 00.01.RC1 release candidate available
21st January 2006
The first published version of Xuse is available for download on SourceForge. This version is a release candidate for the first milestone the Xuse roadmap, namely the 00.01.00 release.
This release will allow users to explore the initial functionality and data structures of Xuse. The release comes with an example project template to get you up and running quickly.
