I’m very excited about our 5.2 release! We’ve completed the move to PostgreSQL on the back end, fully internationalized our products, and added a slew of new features, like per-element security so that you can lock down certain files or directories to specific groups or users.

In addition to moving to PostgreSQL, we’ve taken advantage of its capabilities to increase performance in a few key areas such as update, especially when using cross-links, populate, and more. And as a first step towards fully embracing 64bit servers, we now support 64bit CPUs on Linux servers. You can look forward to additional performance boosts as we exploit the capabilities of PostgreSQL in the future.

Haven’t upgraded in a while? Check out what else is new! To get a full flavor of all of the new functionality we’ve added recently, check out recent webinar which highlights what’s new.

If you haven’t tried our plug-ins in a while, we’ve put out new releases of our Eclipse and Visual Studio plug-ins for all versions of AccuRev. Eclipse and Visual Studio plug-ins will work with older releases, so no need to wait for 5.2 to start benefiting from the new features in the plug-ins.

We’ve fully integrated the Web UI into the plug-ins so you can now use all of the following functionality: version browser, annotate, stream browser, and all of AccuWork. Also, in 5.2 you can now access the Web UI with a single click from most screens. For instance, if you want to send somebody a URL of a file or diff, you can just click the “copy to clipboard” button in the toolbar and then compose an e-mail to somebody and paste in the URL. When they click the URL, they will go right to that file or diff. And the Web UI now allows you to print any table that it supports.

While we are in the process of making the new functionality in the Web UI available in all of our UIs, this is a great first step to quickly link to the new functionality.

A Few More Details on What’s Available Via the Web UI
If you haven’t used the Web UI or are using an older version, you may not have heard that there is an entirely new version browser in the Web UI and for AccuWork users- AccuWork on the Web has been completely revamped. For instance, it is easy to search by keyword and you can do drag and drop query editing.

5.3 and Beyond… Here We Come!
The database and internationalization are two very important infrastructure changes which will accelerate both our engineering velocity as well as our market penetration. With our upcoming 5.3 release we will be re-introducing our quarterly pace of releases as we had with our 4.8 and 4.9 releases. With the switch to PostgreSQL and an internationalized code base complete, you will see the release of new functionality faster than ever before. In preparation for 5.3 and beyond, we’ve just launched a new product survey as one of the many ways we collect product priorities. Make sure to look for it and fill it out. It is one of the best ways to have a significant impact on our product roadmap. If you haven’t gotten an e-mail yet, you may not be in our survey database. Just ask your AccuRev administrator for a link.