Seafile pro edition v12.0 is ready for testing!

Seafile pro edition v12.0 is ready for testing, with both x64 and arm64 versions.

The changelog:

  • A redesigned Web UI
  • SeaDoc is now stable, providing online notes and documents feature
  • A new wiki module
  • A new trash mechanism, that deleted files will be recorded in database for fast listing
  • The password strength level is now calculated by algorithm. The old USER_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH, USER_PASSWORD_STRENGTH_LEVEL is removed. Only USER_STRONG_PASSWORD_REQUIRED is still used.
  • ADDITIONAL_APP_BOTTOM_LINKS is removed. Because there is no buttom bar in the navigation side bar now.
  • SERVICE_URL and FILE_SERVER_ROOT are removed. SERVICE_URL will be calculated from SEAFILE_SERVER_PROTOCOL and SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME in .env file.
  • ccnet.conf is removed. Some of its configuration items are moved from .env file, others are read from items in seafile.conf with same name.
  • For security reason, WebDAV no longer support login with LDAP account, the user with LDAP account must generate a WebDAV token at the profile page
  • [File tags] The current file tags feature is deprecated. We will re-implement a new one in version 13.0 with a new general metadata management module.
  • For ElasticSearch based search, full text search of doc/xls/ppt file types are no longer supported. This enable us to remove Java dependency in Seafile side.

Note, seasearch support is not ready yet. We are still working on it.

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For ElasticSearch based search, full text search of doc/xls/ppt file types are no longer supported. This enable us to remove Java dependency in Seafile side.
Do you plan on supporting again full text search of these file types at some point in the future, using another component (or writing something yourself)?

We don’t have a plan to support the old doc/ppt format. Because they are binary format and hard to handle by modern software stack. For example, there are no python libraries to handle the old doc/ppt format.