Wacs-PHP 1.0.1 is NOW OUT! Supports the new PHP8 syntax
The partner release of Wacs-PHP 1.0.1 is now out. With Fedora 35 having
moved to PHP version 8 with it's major syntax changes, this release has
quite a lot of internal changes to make it work. The API interface is
largely unchanged however. You do as before need the Perl version of
Wacs for collection management; Wacs-PHP is for the website side only.
Beaky, July 25th, 2022
SURPRISE! Wacs 1.0.1 is NOW OUT! wacs-php 1.0.1 will follow shortly
Two years on from the major 1.0.0 release, we bring you Wacs 1.0.1.
This release mostly tidies up and fixes bugs but it does include a much
improved and configurable thumbnailing system for videos, lots of fixes
and improvements for PostgreSQL (which is now our default internal testing
DB) and to the collection administration tools. Also updated for Fedora
35 and Ubuntu 20.04 (focal). Wacs-PHP release 1.0.1 will follow soon as
will our build for Ubuntu on the Raspberry Pi.
Beaky, July 15th, 2022
Changes to database support in Wacs 1.0.1, Raspberry Pi Support
In WACS 1.0.1 we're having a tidy up of support for old versions of the
databases and we're separating out MySQL and MariaDB as they have begun
to diverge from each other. The minimum supported versions will now be
MySQL 8.0, MariaDB 10.2, Oracle 11g and PostgreSQL 12. Sorry if this
causes anyone pain -- we're not actively using new features so the older
versions should work "for a while" but our testing is all done with what
the main distros we support ship with and they've moved up to these
releases. We are also looking to support the Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu
21.04 Hirsute Hippo with the WACS 1.0.1 release. Paired with a suitable
large capacity MicroSD card or an external USB hard disc this will make
the perfect Porn Appliance!
Beaky, July 14th, 2021
New features coming in Wacs 1.0.1: configurable media settings, full
asset handling
Development work continues apace on the next release of WACS. We are
really working on smoothing the media management workflow with configurable
thumbnailing preferences, automatic collection of official icons and set
descriptions. We're also adding more icons and tags to the standard set.
Check out the Subversion versions for early access to these new features.
Beaky, June 6th, 2021