ownCloud Server 10.9.0 RC1

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ownCloud Server 10.9.0 RC1 has been released

Please help testing and report issues in the core repository for platform issues or any of the app repositories if the bug is in an app. If this version works for you, you can post a comment too

Download

https://download.owncloud.org/community/testing/owncloud-complete-20211209.tar.bz2

Or try : docker pull owncloud/server:10.9.0-rc1

Highlights

• User interface improvements
• Stability improvements
• Performance improvements (mostly with upcoming clients)

Known issues

• The included documentation still is the 10.8.0 user manual. The 10.9 documentation branch is work in progress.
• The user_ldap app is still version 0.15.4 – an upgrade to 0.16.0 is work in progress.
• The new feature mentioning the recent authors in the version overview might not yet work consistently.

Other Notable Changes

• The handling for inaccessible federated shares has been improved to better avoid removing temporarily unavailable shares. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/38474

• Group admins can now add users who are in at least one of their administered groups to their other groups via the HTTP Provisioning API (previously this was only possible via the web-based user management). https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39013

• Issues with updating apps via the Market app under certain circumstances have been resolved. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39108

• The logo on the login screen will be displayed correctly again, independent of its size. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39129

• Image orientation information from EXIF data will now be processed correctly so that images will be displayed with the correct orientation, e.g., in the Media Viewer. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39140

• The occ user:report command has been fixed so that only real user folders will be counted (instead of counting system folders like, e.g., avatars). Additionally, folders outside of the data directory will also be taken into account (e.g., symlinks). https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39223
  https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39254

• The “Home” icon in the breadcrumb of the Files app has been replaced with the icon and text of the respective view (e.g., All Files, Deleted Files) so that its functionality is more clear to the user. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39367

• The occ user:list command now supports the option show-all-attributes to provide a user list including all available information at once. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39366

• Thumbnails for WEBP files can now be generated. https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/39358

• The quality of preview images (e.g., in the Media Viewer) can now be configured https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/config/config.sample.php#L996[in config.php]. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39349

• Starting and trailing spaces in file names will now be trimmed when uploading, creating and renaming files in order to maintain cross-platform compatibility (e.g., Windows does not support such file names). https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39310

• Empty folders can now be uploaded via the web interface. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39285

• The file list has received improvements for mobile devices. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39233 https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/39221

• The Shared by link view has been improved for mobile devices. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39232

• The Deleted files view has been improved for mobile devices. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39236

• The file creation menu ("+" menu) now provides buttons to confirm and cancel file creation. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39056

• The group listing of the user management in the web interface has been improved in regards of usability. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39262

• It is now possible to disable the upload time estimation in the web interface using occ config:app:set files hide_upload_estimation --value="yes". https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39228

• When ‘upgrade.disable-web’ is set to true in config.php, the web updater section in admin settings will now be completely hidden. https://github.com/owncloud/core/compare/issues/39183

• Deleting a tag now requires confirmation to prevent mistakes. https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/39157

• The occ transfer:ownership command now has a new option --destination-use-user-folder to transfer entire user accounts. See the https://doc.owncloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration/server/occ_command.html#the-filestransfer-ownership-command for more information. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39118

• The performance of address book search queries has been improved. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39017

• File actions in the web interface will now only be triggered when clicking on the file name. A bug has been fixed that caused clicking on the file row to have the same behavior. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39361

• The setting allow_user_to_change_mail_address has been introduced and decoupled from the setting allow_user_to_change_display_name.

• The expiration date in the Shared by link view will now be correctly displayed. https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/39238

Thanks to the community for your support & happy testing!