EspoCRM 6.0.0-beta1 released

[yuri]

We know better when to switch to the next major version. And it's already DONE. No point to discuss it here.

[murugappan]

Should not compare V1.0 and 6.0. That would be like comparing a tree top house to a luxury villa. They may be a lot of code rewrites but I meant business features.

[dimyy]

Updating the minor version means that the whole custom code works and the update is relatively safe.
In many installations, a lot of custom code (modules) has been developed and changing the major version just speaks about the requirement of refactoring this code.

Custom code is real business value not technical value

[yuri]

It's OK to have a major release when almost whole core was rewritten.

> Could not see any architectural changes as these was already done in release 5.8

I don't know what changes in 5.8 you mean. v6.0 has more architectural changes than any release had before since v1.0. It's the biggest release in the history of EspoCRM.

[murugappan]

Great to have a new major release. I was so excited about it but not so after reading the release documentation. The real business value from this release are only these:

1. Emails: Ability to insert record field values when compose
2. Import: Ability to run import with parameters of a previously run import
3. Import: Ability to resume failed import from the last processed row
4. Emails: Hiding modal after Send button is clicked
5. Import: Ability to run from CLI

Otherwise, it is mostly code based features which a business user may never see. In my opinion, this may be just a technical release instead of a feature release. Could not see any architectural changes as these was already done in release 5.8. As such, this could simply be 5.10.0.

The foregoing are just my assumptions. Please accept my apologies if my assumptions are wrong.

[Kyle]

Thanks Yurikuzn you are correct. Composer was missing.

[shalmaxb]

Thanks, I guessed that too

[emillod]

Unfortunatell i think that about external extension you'll need to contact with Eblasoft

[yuri]

Fix added: https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1795

[shalmaxb]

Hello,
installed the upgrade from 5.9.4, my issues so far:

1. Extension Layout Pro 2.9.0 from Eblasoft does not work anymore, is shown as not installed and not possible to install: ERROR: Rebuild is failed. Fix all errors before upgrade.
2. Administrator Clear Cache not possible ERROR 500
3. Administrator Rebuild not possible ERROR 500

[yuri]

Fixes since beta1:

https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1794

https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1793

[yuri]

Upgrade package from 5.9.4 to 6.0.0-beta1: https://www.espocrm.com/downloads/up....0.0-beta1.zip

Install with the command:

php command.php upgrade -y --file="path_to_dir_where_package_is_located/EspoCRM-upgrade-5.9.4-to-6.0.0-beta1.zip"

[yuri]

Could you that you don't have composer install.

[yuri]

I will upload the upgrade package tomorrow.

[Kyle]

A provided patch would be handy but I would also like to know how to do this for myself. I am actually running 5.9.1 and I am sure others are on a range of other versions to avoid having to upgrade each point release it would be good to be able to build our own patches.