Overview

uPortal 2.5 is seriously old. Consider adopting or migrating to a modern uPortal version instead.

uPortal 2.5 provided robust JSR-168 support, JDK 1.5 support, DLM as a layout manager option, and a move to standard APIs for XML and concurrency management.

Seriously old

uPortal 2.5 is seriously old. Consider adopting or upgrading to a modern uPortal version instead.

Requirements

Ant 1.6.2 or better to run the build.xml
JDK 1.4 with the JAXP endorsed extensions or JDK 1.5

Release Notes

2.5-export.1 - Detailed Release notes

Provides the uPortal 2.5 code base configured for exporting data into a format that can be imported by uPortal 3. This release cannot be used to run a uPortal instance.

2.5.3 - Detailed Release notes

Fixes in 2.5.3

DLM threadsafety fix.

Enhancements in 2.5.3

Refer to detailed release notes.

2.5.2 - Detailed Release notes

Fixes in 2.5.2

Refer to detailed release notes.

Enhancements in 2.5.2

Channel instantiation and portlet rendering performance enhancements.

2.5.1 - Detailed Release notes

Fixes in 2.5.1

Blocked CWebProxy security exploit

Enhancements in 2.5.1

Dynamic channel titles
Spring configuration of StatsRecorder

2.5.0 - Detailed Release notes

Enhancements in 2.5.0 not present in any 2.4.x release

New layout manager option: SunGard/SCT's Distributed Layout Management, previously only available in the commercial product SCT Luminis. Now opensourced and ready to be used in your uPortal deployment!
Full JSR-168 compliance support
Internally pooled database connections inside RDBMServices
Exception hierarchy leveraging JDK 1.4 chaining Throwables
Support for JDK 1.5 and 1.4.x
XML API standardization
Move away from custom uPortal threading code to standard Concurrent package

Miscellaneous Notes

The release engineer's answers to some questions about uPortal 2.5.0.