Release date: Dec 14th 2011
We recommend all users of 1.6.x upgrade to this version. The 1.6.4 database is compatible with v1.6.0/1.6.1/1.6.2/1.6.3, so rolling back your installation in the case of errors is trivial.
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OpenMRS 1.6.4 represents build OpenMRS 1.6.4.24457
Core Modules
This release includes version 0.5 of the [Logic module] as a [core module]. You may upgrade this module, but you may not remove it or downgrade it below that level.
Bundled Modules
These modules are [bundled] with the 1.6.3 openmrs.war. They will be started automatically and can be removed if they are not wanted.
- Data Entry Statistics 1.3.1
- [Form Entry] 4.5.4
- HTML Form Entry 1.7.3
- [Reporting Compatibility] 1.5.4.1
- [Serialization.Xstream] 0.2.5 (this is needed for 'implementation id' to work properly)
What's Changed Since The 1.6.3 Release?
<ul>
<li>Add Mapping button does not work with Safari or Chrome - TRUNK-639 - slorenz</li>
<li>Fixing uuid breakage when converting from a concept to a concept numeric datatype - SYNC-67 - bwolfe</li>
<li>Manage Observations privilege is missing from OpenMRS 1.6 Core Privileges - TRUNK-2132 - dkayiwa</li>
<li>Fix JSP rendering on tomcat 7.0.16+ - TRUNK-2637 - sunbiz</li>
<li>Fixed leaky logging in ServiceContext - TRUNK-2673 - jkeiper</li>
<li>Fix purgeConcept and deleteConceptWord methods in HibernateConceptDao - TRUNK-2584 - tmdugan, grwarren</li>
<li>fix for failing unit test introduced by patch for TRUNK-2640 - mogoodrich</li>
<li>Problem with Audit handling in 1.6.x - TRUNK-2640 - mogoodrich</li>
<li>Arden package changes - tmdugan</li>
<li>Arden parser using LogicService to evaluate rules instead of LogicContext - TRUNK-2587 - sjmckee</li>
<li>Contribution to messages_fr.properties for reporting - TRUNK-2514 - peichenauer</li>
<li>Module css styles in separate files don't load in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) - TRUNK-2537 - raff</li>
<li>NPE in Drug equals - TRUNK-2519 - raff</li>
<li>Incorrect max length of text field when creating/editing a Concept Source - TRUNK-2518 - djazayeri</li>
<li>AdministrationService.saveGlobalProperties is dangerous, and should be changed - TRUNK-2433 - raff</li>
<li>Follow up to use dateFormatTag and back porting the switch to 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x on the concept stats page - TRUNK-2389 - wyclif</li>
<li>Concept Stats Broken for both numeric and coded values - TRUNK-2389 - wyclif</li>
<li>ValidateUtil does not validate Concept - TRUNK-2432 - raff</li>
<li>ConcurrentModificationException in ConceptNameSaveHandler - TRUNK-2428 - raff</li>
<li>PatientSearch objects with filterClass belonging to a module aren't always properly decoded - TRUNK-2435 - djazayeri</li>
</ul>
Also see all tickets closed against 1.6.4: https://tickets.openmrs.org/browse/TRUNK/fixforversion/13512
For changes since [1.5.x], see the 1.6.0, [1.6.1], [1.6.2], [1.6.3] release notes.