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LORIS Release v18.0.0 (Release Candidate 1)

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@driusan driusan released this 07 Sep 13:39
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LORIS v18.0 is the next major release of LORIS. It adds the ability for users and examiners to be affiliated with multiple sites, as well as adding 433 other bug fixes and minor changes.

New Features

  • [Core] Users and Examiners may be affiliated with more than one site.
  • [Imaging Browser] A new Config module setting called "tblScanTypes" defines which modalities should have quality control performed. In the Imaging Browser, the "T1 Done" and "T2 Done" columns are now customizable to any set of modalities using this Config setting, and the "New Data" column shows only new scans from these designated modalities.
  • [LorisForm] Readonly elements and Radio button support added in PHP-coded instrument forms

Updates and Improvements

  • [Media] File names that are uploaded must now be unique.
  • [BrainBrowser] The version of BrainBrowser included in LORIS is upgraded, which should fix issues loading scans from certain scanners but be otherwise unnoticeable.
  • [Login] Captchas are improved by changing them to use the google reCAPTCHA service rather than a custom implementation

Notes for Existing Projects

  • [API] The v0.0.1 is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. v0.0.1 is a proper subset of v0.0.2, so upgrading should be transparent and only require changing "1" to "2" in any calls to the API.
  • [Security] The old (unused) Password_MD5 column is removed. LORIS has used PHP's more secure password API for a number of releases, but the column remained so that existing users could still login (and the password hash would be upgraded upon login). The insecure hashes are now completely removed. As a result, passwords can no longer be reset via the MySQL commandline -- instead, run the new tools/resetpassword.php script, or have the user click the "Forgot your password" link.
  • [Radiological Review] The Final Radiological Review module was removed, as it was only used by a single LORIS project and not sufficiently generic to be used by others. If you were using it and need access to it, please contact the loris-dev mailing list for help on how to install it into your project/ directory.
  • [Config] In the config.xml file, the <database> subtag of CouchDB was renamed to <dbName> to avoid conflicts with the MySQL database config setting. If you have CouchDB setup in your config.xml, you'll need to rename this tag.

Upgrade Process

Unfortunately, due to changes in constraints in the database schema upgrading this version of LORIS is a multistep process. After updating the code, you must:

  1. Source the SQL file SQL/Release_patches/17.0_To_18.0_upgrade_A.sql
  2. Run the script php tools/DB_date_zeros_removal.php to remove invalid dates in MySQL.
  3. Run the script php tools/populate_examiners_psc_rel.php to populate the new multisite examiners table with existing examiners.
  4. Source the SQL file SQL/Archive/18.0/2016-06-01-update_zero_fields_statements.sql to add constraints on the tables modified by the script in step 2.
  5. Source the rest of the schema changes in the file SQL/Release_patches/17.0_To_18.0_upgrade_B.sql
  6. Review the file SQL/Archive/18.0/clean-up/Clean_up_patch.sql which removes and cleans up various columns after backing up any data in those tables.

Known Issues / Beta Features

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