A POS module was added allow you to choose which warehouse to use. The "Department/State" field is supported on company setup, contact, bank account, and members card. A refused or canceled supplier order can be reopened. A Gantt diagram feature was added to the project module. A new mode for automatic stock increasew as added: it can be increased on dispatching of products from a supplier order receipt. A past delay can now be set to limit calendar export. Files can be attached on emailing campaigns. Statistics were added to the trips and expenses module.
This version is a maintenance release that fixes some bugs found the 2.8.0 release. The application now works on databases with "_" characters in their name. A broken feature in the trips and expense module was fixed. The "$" character can be used in database and login/pass values. No error on upgrade if there are orphelins tasks was fixed. Failure to login when the user agent string was longer than 128 characters was fixed.
The big focus of this version is production and exploitation. The most important changes are the addition of a point of sale module and a help center, enhancements to many admin tools, and enhanced installers to autodetect version and suggest the upgrade process automatically.