Kiwi TCMS 4.1.0

We're happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 4.1.0! This is a bug-fix and enhancement update centered around providing more flexibility for administrators to configure the user approval process. Refer to the documentation for more information about signals handling in Kiwi TCMS.

Changes since Kiwi TCMS 4.0.0

Enhancements and bug fixes

• Add tests for tcms.core.ajax.tag (Anton Sankov)
• Remove unused code from tcms.core.ajax.tag (Anton Sankov)
• Refactor tcms.core.ajax.tag to work with only one object. Fixes Issue #135 (Anton Sankov)
• Add test for tcms_api.TestRun. Closes Issue #194
• Send the user_registered signal when new users are registered
• Add signal handler to notify admins on new users. Fixes Issue #205
• Add is_superuser column to User admin. Fixes Issue #206
• Properly pass variables to blocktrans tag. Fixes Issue #225
• Minor documentation updates

Refactoring

• Remove double thread when sending email on post_save signal
• Remove unused EmailBackend authentication backend
• Remove unused tcms.core.models.signals module
• Consolidate all signals and handlers in tcms.signals
• Make use of django_messages during account registration

Settings

• Remove LISTENING_MODEL_SIGNAL (internal setting)
• New setting AUTO_APPROVE_NEW_USERS. Fixes Issue #203

Models and database migrations

• Remove unused fields from Product model: disallow_new, max_vote_super_bug, vote_super_user, field votes_to_confirm, default_milestone, milestone_url
• Remove unused Milestone model

IMPORTANT: this release introduces new database migrations!

Translations

There are new translatable strings introduced with this release, including translations of a few email templates! At this moment translating Kiwi TCMS in languages other than English is purely a community effort. If you'd like to help consult our translations contribution page.

How to upgrade

If you are using Kiwi TCMS as a Docker container then

cd Kiwi/
docker-compose down
docker pull pub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/kiwi
docker-compose up -d
docker exec -it kiwi_web /Kiwi/manage.py migrate

Happy testing!