SuiteCRM 7.12.14, 7.14.2 & 8.4.2 Released!

Our latest maintenance release; 7.12.14, 7.14.2 and 8.4.2, is now available to download :tada:

As this release contains a number of security and bug fixes, we would encourage you all to upgrade as soon as you can.

A massive THANK YOU to our community, which has contributed to 28 pull requests being merged into this release, including those that were merged on the back of Hacktoberfest 2023 :clap:

To find out more about the latest release, please check out the following SuiteCRM release notes:

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v8.4.2 is another step forward in crushing bugs. Lots of people would like to help create more PRs to help advance development. But most of us donโ€™t have time to setup a dedicated test server, install a code editor, install a web server like Apache, install a database and install the correct PHP version and SuiteCRMโ€™s developer tools including debugging software. It is not a trivial task to assist creating PRs and therefore the bulk of users cannot participate in helping. But, the maintainers now have a way to enlist a larger army of users to help with bugs and fixes and improvements. These are people like me who know where the bugs exist but donโ€™t have time or expertise to set up a server to help submit PRs.

Use Codespace on github. It is there now but unused. Codespace includes a web-based code editor (VS Code) and a virtual machine to test the latest SuiteCRM code. It uses a pre-configured Codespace allowing users to modify and debug a vanilla SuiteCRM installation which is automatically installed. Only a browser is needed to help create more PRs.

This is how Codespace could be used:

  • User creates a GitHub Codespace with an automatically created fresh installation of latest SuiteCRM
  • User tests a code change in SuiteCRM to deal with a bug or feature request
  • XDebug automatically debugs the new code in real time.
  • User submits a PR once the code is tested and working. Github saves the environment which means you donโ€™t have to restart if you take a break.

If the SuiteCRM maintainers setup a preconfigured Codespace on github then I believe many more people will jump in and help as requested. Also, preconfigured Codespaces could be created for V8.x and V7.x current releases.

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