Release Notes

Since FirstSpirit 2023.6, it is possible to create the configuration of the logging framework using the XML syntax of Log4j2. At the same time, the old configuration in the style of Log4j1 is still supported.

With FirstSpirit 2024.6, this support will be discontinued.

Crownpeak recommends migrating to the new syntax early. Further details can be found in the release notes of FirstSpirit 2023.6.

Please also pay attention to Logging Best Practices in FirstSpirit.

The Jakarta EE Migrator for web applications introduced with FirstSpirit 2023.9 is planned to be removed with version 2024.9.

As preparation, web app components that have not been manually migrated yet are now being noted in the fs-server.log.

Example:

WARN 07.02.2024 10:50:34.465 
   (de.espirit.firstspirit.server.module.WebServerManagerImpl):
    Web-app component '[...] WebApp' packaged in module '[...]'
    does not define an XML schema version of 5.0 or later.
    This causes the web-app 'global_test' to be migrated by FirstSpirit automatically.
    The migration will not be availabe in FirstSpirit 2024.9 or later,
    so please contact the developers of this component about an updated version.

More information and updates can be found in the Crownpeak Community.
Contact Customer Support Team if you have questions or feedback regarding the migration.

The command line tool FSDevTools simplifies export and import operations between a FirstSpirit project and the file system via predefined commands. With the current FSDevTools release 4.7.1, the execution of Beanshell scripts is supported.

The fs-cli has now been expanded with the following commands:

script parse: compiles the script with the specified ScriptEngine (default: beanshell)

script parse [--scriptEngine|-se <NAME>] 
              --scriptFile|-sf <NAME> 
             [-- optional string parameterlist in form key=value]

script run: compiles the script with the specified ScriptEngine (default: beanshell) and executes it

script run [--scriptEngine|-se <NAME>] 
            --scriptFile|-sf <NAME> 
           [-- optional string parameterlist in form key=value]

The documentation of the individual commands and their parameters can be found as usual in HTML format in the release under docs/index.html or can be called up via the command line (fs-cli help script).

FirstSpirit 2024.3 supports the following module versions for FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools.

The FirstSpirit desktop apps (FirstSpirit SiteArchitect and ServerManager) are started and updated (rolled out) via the FirstSpirit Launcher.

The “FirstSpirit Launcher JRE” module enables customers and partners to easily switch between different Java versions for the operation of Java-based applications. The desired Java version can be selected server-wide for Microsoft Windows and macOS separately.

The included Java versions have been updated with the current release.

• 17.0.9+9 --> 17.0.10+7 (Default - the version delivered with the FirstSpirit Launcher)
• 21+35 --> 21.0.2+13

As of the current release, the following internally used software has been updated:

• Spring Boot
  Update from version 3.1.2 to version 3.2.2
• Google Guava
  Update from version 31.1 to version 33.0.0
• TinyMCE
  Update from version 6.7.0 to version 6.8.2
• Google Web Toolkit (“GWT”)
  Update from version 2.10.0 to version 2.11.0
• Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor)
  Via the module fs-fop.fsm (for the output of FirstSpirit content in PDF format).
  Updated from version 2.8 to version 2.9.
• Log4j
  Updated from version 2.19.0 to version 2.22.1