0.5.0 2018-03-07

See the release blog post.

Note

Users of pretalx.com are already on the latest version of pretalx and have access to all of the listed new features and bugfixes. Administrators of self-hosted pretalx instances can find upgrade instructions here.

  • [Feature] pretalx now features a Plugin API, allowing to install custom plugins. Plugins can add their own exporters, and hook into plugin hooks. You can enable or disable plugins per event. You can find the plugin developer documentation here.

  • [Feature] Organisers can now decide if reviewers should have to submit a score or a text with their review. (#340)

  • [Feature] Organisers can provide room-based information for speakers, and send it automatically in the emails about talk scheduling. (#93)

  • [Feature] The list of submissions is now better searchable. (#318)

  • [Feature] Speakers can now upload an image that will show up next to their talk information. (#294)

  • [Feature] Reviewers can now also answer custom questions during their review, with all capabilities that speaker questions have.

  • [Feature] There are now optional review deadlines, preventing users from adding, modifying or removing reviews after a certain date. (#352)

  • [Feature] Individual directories for logs, media, and static files can now take their values from environment variables.

  • [Feature] Organisers can now show information snippets to submitters, or speakers. (#348)

  • [Feature] Allow to filter question statistics by speaker status.

  • [Fixed bug] In the dashboard, reviewers would see an incorrect link to add new reviewers. (#344)

  • [Fixed bug] The “save” button was missing on the mail settings page. (#341)

  • [Fixed bug] Users could not see (instead not change) their submissions after CfP end, until they were either rejected or accepted. (#333)

  • [Fixed bug] In the <title> tag, the event showed up twice, once properly and once in a technical representation.

  • [Fixed bug] Documentation fix: The environment variable for database passwords is PRETALX_DB_PASS, not PRETALX_DB_PASSWORD.

  • [Fixed bug] Unconfirmed talks showed up as empty boxes in the schedule editor.

  • [Fixed bug] Upgrading the privileges of an existing user did not result in an email, since it required no new account.

  • [Fixed bug] The Docker setup was non-functional. The documentation includes a notice of limited support. (#300)

  • [Fixed bug] The organiser view now always uses the event timezone.