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MEC 7.6.2.1

A fix pack IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Method Composer 7.6.2.1 includes the following updates:
Software component upgrades
  • Updated underlying technologies such as Lucene to v3.5, Dojo to v1.17.2, and Bootstrap to v5.1.3 to address functional gaps and potential security vulnerabilities.
  • Removed Applet search capability as browsers no longer support it.
  • Support for Windows 11 as a rich client.
  • Support for RHEL 8.6. Previous RHEL versions are no longer supported.
Expanded web-based process authoring to include advanced user cases
Until now, the web authoring client provided basic authoring features such as creating roles, work products, and tasks. Advanced process authoring still required users to continue that uses the rich client. Features that are released in MEC 7.6.2.1 bring key advanced functions of the rich client to the web-based authoring client:
  • Create configurations to define the scope of plug-ins included in the process library.
  • Define Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to create table of contents, views, and navigation menus in published process.
  • Create custom categories to defin thee navigation menus in the published process.
  • Create a new method type or modify an existing type.
  • Extend elements in a hierarchy to reuse structures from other modules.
  • New JRS reports helping process authors to assess coverage and identify gaps for improving consistency and completeness of process.
  • Use the command line as an alternative mechanism to publish process that is authored that uses the reqif from the web client.
Enhanced elements of published process website
  • Insert own favicon for MEC-generated process website.
  • Generate backlinks from Deliverable Parts to Deliverables.
  • View list of work products organized under additional headers to better indicate nature of relationship to task such as Mandatory input to, Mandatory input to (indirect), Optional input to, Optional input to (indirect), Output From (indirect).

MEC 7.6.2.2

The fix pack IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Method Composer 7.6.2.2 is a full installed release compatible with:

  1. IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 and 7.1.
  2. IBM Installation Manager - 1.9.2.8.
  3. IBM Common Licensing Server - 9.0 and 9.0.0.1

It includes the following updates:

Software component upgrades
  • Eclipse - 4.23
  • IBM Java™ SDK/JRE -11.0.20.1
Removal of Java applet search

The Applet search capability is removed from this fix pack because browsers no longer support the technology. As a workaround, you can select the MEC simple skin for publishing on a static website and use the Java web start-based search.

Removal of PHP Search

PHP search is removed in MEC7.6.2.2 because a replacement package for the underlying Zend Search component is unavailable. As a workaround, you can publish the configuration on the server as a Java EE web application that includes a Java EE-based search that can be deployed on a web or application server.

Deprecations
The following MEC integrations are deprecated:
  • IBM Rational ClearCase libraries.
  • IBM Rational CVS libraries.
  • Integration with IBM Rational Synergy.

When a feature is deprecated, IBM continues to support the feature, but no longer plans to enhance it and might remove the capability in a subsequent release of the product.