There's been some confusion (and not enough communication from us) about platform support for Clearspace 2.5, so I wanted to post details about how it all works. In order to focus QA efforts we're phasing in support for additional application servers and databases throughout the 2.5.x release cycle. The most critical thing to know is that you shouldn't attempt to upgrade to 2.5.x until your environment is supported. Or even better, consider migrating to our recommended platform configuration (see below).
The table below represents our current roadmap for platform support (the release column indicates where a particular platform is first supported). As with any roadmap, it's subject to changes based on shifting demands or unexpected issues:
| Release | Application Servers | Databases | OS | Java Release |
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| 2.5.0 | Tomcat 6 | MySQL, Postgres | Linux | Sun JDK 1.6 |
| 2.5.1 (Sept 8) | Oracle 10 & 11 | |||
| 2.5.2 (Sept 29) | JBoss 4, WebSphere 6.1 | IBM JDK 1.6 | ||
| 2.5.3 (Oct 20) | Weblogic 9.2 | MS SQL Server 2005 | ||
| 2.5.4 (Nov 17) | IBM DB2 | Windows Server 2003 | IBM JDK 1.5 | |
| 2.5.5 (Dec 15) | Solaris 10 | Sun JDK 1.5 |
The breakdown of recommended and supported platforms for the 2.5.x release cycle:
| OS | JDK | Appserver | Database | |
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| Recommended | Linux (2.6 Kernel) | Sun Java 6 (Latest JDK 1.6) | Apache Tomcat 6.0.10 (or later in 6.0.x series) | Postgres 8.x |
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Finally, some information about language support roadmap in the 2.5.x series:
| Release | Languages |
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| 2.5.1 (Sept 8) | English, Spanish |
| 2.5.2 (Sept 29) | French, Simplified Chinese, German |
| 2.5.3 (Oct 20) | Italian, Japanese |