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2018 Release notes - Acquia Dev Desktop

Important

End of Support notice! Acquia has stopped support for Dev Desktop on June 30, 2021. Acquia recommends that you transition to Acquia Cloud IDE for a managed development environment on Cloud Platform. For more information, see Migrating from Dev Desktop to Cloud IDE.

Acquia also provides limited integration with open source alternatives to Cloud IDE for local development. For more information, see Local development solutions.

Looking for the latest and greatest new features and changes to Acquia Dev Desktop? Read on and check back regularly to see what else we’ve done.

Acquia Dev Desktop - September 21, 2018

Friday, September 21, 2018

Acquia Dev Desktop contains the following updates:

Changes

  • The following included software was updated:

    • Updated Drush to version 8.1.17

    • Updated OpenSSL to version 1.1.1

  • Acquia Dev Desktop now supports the following items:

    • PHP 7.2

    • SOCKS5 proxies

Fixed issue

  • Several installation process issues were resolved with this version release.

Acquia Dev Desktop - June 14, 2018

Thu, 14 Jun 2018

Acquia Dev Desktop contains the following updates:

Changes

  • The following included software was updated:

    • Updated Apache to version 2.4.29

    • Updated MySQL to version 5.6.37 (macOS), and 5.6.40 (Windows)

    • Updated PHP (macOS) to versions 5.5.38, 7.0.26, and 7.1.12

    • Updated PHP (Windows) to versions 5.5.38 and 7.0.25

  • Acquia Dev Desktop now enforces the use of Apache-compatible site names. Any previously created, non-compatible site names will be converted.

  • The provided versions of PHP and MySQL now use 64-bit builds, where applicable.

  • Acquia Dev Desktop can now host local applications in Acquia Cloud for users of Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 10.


The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you encounter any errors, contact Acquia Support.

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