New Mingle Early Access Build Available

Hi All -

There’s a new EA Build available for download. You can download from the location specified in your original invite to the Early Access program.

• When using MySQL, various errors, including ‘Too Many Connections,’ occur after the server has been running for a full day.
• Property names unnecessarily require 1 character of [0-9A-Za-z]. Property names can now contain any characters from any character set.
• Linux/UNIX Install instructions not included in installer archive. There is now a README-UNIX-INSTALL file bundled in the installer archive.

If you have already installed Mingle, please follow these instructions:

• Windows
  • Verify that the Mingle data folder is in your home directory (C:\Documents and Settings\<login>\Mingle). So long as this folder is in this location, it will survive the uninstall. Which is a good thing.
  • Run the Mingle uninstaller to remove your current installation. The uninstaller will stop the service, so you need not bother with that.
  • Run the new installer. When the installer completes, it will open your browser to the Mingle login page. Existing configuration will be intact.

• OS X
  • Verify the location of the Mingle data directory. This location is visible from the Mingle launcher.
  • Drag the new copy of the Mingle application (Mingle.app) into your Applications folder (overwriting the old Mingle).
  • Run Mingle, specifying the same data directory and port as before.
  • Click ‘Open browser’ to open your browser to the login page. Existing configuration will be intact.

• Linux/UNIX
  • Ensure that your Mingle data folder (specified in mingle.properties) is not inside the mingle application folder. (The mingle application folder is named ‘mingle’ and contains the MingleServer script. The application folder is not the folder named ‘app’ inside this same folder!)
  • Rename the mingle application folder to ‘mingle_old’ (or something similar) so that you can copy mingle.properties from there in a future step.
  • Unzip/tar the newly downloaded archive
  • Copy mingle.properties from ‘mingle_old’ to the new mingle application folder
  • Start Mingle, using ’./MingleServer start’ inside the new mingle application folder
  • Open your browser to the login page. Existing configuration will be intact.
  • If you are happy with the new build, remove the ‘mingle_old’ folder