Open edX’s Cypress release has been unexpectedly delayed because of a security vulnerability and problems with the update script, according to David Baumbold, the edX engineer in charge of the launch. “We don’t want to release Cypress in a state where some people would be unable to update their software,” he explained.
So far there is no release date, although the expectation is that it will happen soon, within days, considering that Cypress Release Candidate 3 is being run with positive feedback from the community. In this regard, Mr. Baumbold advised: “when the final Cypress release does come out, upgrading from RC3 to the final version should be pretty easy.”
The Cypress version will contain at least 21 new features:
- Badges
- Cohorts
- Course Certificates
- Course Search
- Creative Commons
- Custom Courses
- Grade Report Enhancements
- Feedback and Hints in Common Problems
- HTML Spell Check in Studio
- Learner Profiles
- LTI Provider
- New Studio Templates
- Original Open Response Assessment Problems Deprecated
- Poll and Survey Tools
- Problem Appearance Changes
- Problem Grade Report
- Randomized Content Blocks
- Report of Not-Yet Enrolled Students
- Third Party Authentication
- Uploading ORA2 Files to Alternative Storage Systems
- YouTube API 3.0 API Key
The whole documentation, for now as a draft, has been posted at this URL:
http://draft-cypress-release-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cypress.html
On the other hand, a couple of patches have been released for the Birch version.
