title: "GitLab X.X released with MAIN_CE_FEATURE and MAIN_EE_FEATURE"
date: 2015-04-22
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GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code.
Today we announce the release of a new version of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE), with new features, usability and performance improvements, and bug fixes.
The biggest new features in Community Edition are ***MAIN_CE_FEATURES***.
In addition to the updates from Community Edition, GitLab Enterprise Edition has gained ***MAIN_EE_FEATURES***.
This month's Most Valuable Person ([MVP](https://about.gitlab.com/mvp/)) is ***MVP_USER*** ***CONTRIBUTION_OF_MVP_USER***.
Thanks ***MVP_USER_FIRST_NAME***!
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### ***MAIN_CE_FEATURE***
***DESCRIPTION***
[](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
### ***NEW_CE_FEATURE***
***DESCRIPTION***
[](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
### NEW_CE_FEATURE
***DESCRIPTION***
[](/images/X_X/feature.png) **+X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
### NEW_SPONSORED_FEATURE
Thanks to sponsoring by ***COMPANY_NAME*** it is now possible to ***DESCRIPTION_OF_THE_FEATURE*** [LINK TO CHAGELOG](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/X-X-stable/CHANGELOG#L18).
### ***MAIN_EE_FEATURE*** (EE only feature)
***DESCRIPTION***
[](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
### ***EE_FEATURE*** (EE only feature)
***DESCRIPTION***
[](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
### Other changes
This release has more improvements, including security fixes, please check out [the Changelog](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/CHANGELOG) to see the all named changes.
### Upgrade barometer
*** DESCRIBE HOW INVOLVED THE MIGRATIONS ARE. CAN USERS EXPECT MUCH DOWNTIME? ***
*** CHECK IF THERE ARE ANY MIGRATIONS THAT REMOVE OR CHANGE COLUMNS. ***
*** IF THERE ARE ONLY ADDITIONS OR NO MIGRATIONS CONFIRM THAT DEPLOY CAN BE WITHOUT DOWNTIME ****
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## Installation
If you are setting up a new GitLab installation please see the [installing GitLab page](https://www.gitlab.com/installation/).
## Updating
Upgrade instructions for omnibus-gitlab packages can be found in [the omnibus-gitlab repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/update.md).
If you installed GitLab from source and you have version 6.4.2 or higher you can use the [upgrade script](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/upgrader.md).
You have to update GitLab Shell to ***X.X.X*** manually, see [point 3 of the upgrade guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/X.x-to-x.x.md#3-update-gitlab-shell-and-its-config).
If you still want to do it manually - see the [Update Guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/X.x-to-X.x.md).
## Enterprise Edition
The mentioned EE only features and things like LDAP group support can be found in GitLab Enterprise Edition.
For a complete overview please have a look at the [feature list of GitLab EE](http://www.gitlab.com/gitlab-ee/).
Access to GitLab Enterprise Edition is included with a [subscription](http://www.gitlab.com/pricing/).
No time to upgrade GitLab yourself?
A subscription also entitles to our upgrade and installation services.
