Release Notes

All platforms - CLI: Now you can specify working mode, user and password for every command

We added new global parameters to the CLI. They allow you to fine tune the credentials that will be used to run the command. Additionally, the command will be able to run without a client.conf file if you specify the working mode and credentials.

The new parameters are:

* --server=[server] - override the default server defined in client.conf

* --workingmode=[mode] - specify the working mode to use. Valid values are: nameworkingmode, adworkingmode, upworkingmode or ldapworkingmode.

* --username=[username] - specify the username to use in client connections. Required for 'upworkingmode' or 'ldapworkingmode'.

* --password=[password] - specify the password to use in client connections. Required for 'upworkingmode' or 'ldapworkingmode'.

Example execution:

cm repo list --server=guestOrganization@cloud \
  --workingmode=ldapworkingmode \
  --username=myuser@email.com \
  --password=mypassword

All platforms - Server: Security upgrade on LDAP user authentication mode.

We upgraded the LDAP authentication mode for security reasons.

After upgrading the server to this version, users running Plastic SCM client versions older than 9.0.16.4272 could show an informative window asking for an application restart of the Plastic SCM client.

After this restart, the client will automatically use the upgraded authentication mode.

Remark: The client might also prompt a credentials window to retype user's credentials.

All platforms - All clients: The clients are now more resilient over unstable networks.

We improved our method call retry mechanism. With these changes, the client can handle slow networks and connectivity loss in a more reliable way, reducing the number of times an operation gets abandoned because of issues when contacting the server.

All platforms - Web UI: Copy comment GUID

- Added a button to copy comment's GUID in clipboard

Linux: Added support to install Plastic SCM in Debian 11

Prior to this relase, installing Plastic SCM with the package manager failed due an unmet dependency to a third-party library (libicu). Now it is fixed, the dependency is met, and installing Plastic in Debian 11 is now possible.