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+---
+layout: post
+title: "GitLab X.X released with MAIN_CE_FEATURE and MAIN_EE_FEATURE"
+date: 2015-04-22
+comments: true
+categories:
+author: ADD_YOUR_FULL_NAME
+author_twitter: TWITTER_USERNAME_WITHOUT_@
+image_header: /images/stock/IMAGE
+---
+
+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***!
+
+<!--more-->
+
+### ***MAIN_CE_FEATURE***
+
+***DESCRIPTION***
+
+[![screenshot](/images/X_X/feature.png)](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
+
+
+### ***NEW_CE_FEATURE***
+
+***DESCRIPTION***
+
+[![screenshot](/images/X_X/feature.png)](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
+
+
+### NEW_CE_FEATURE
+
+***DESCRIPTION***
+
+[![screenshot](/images/X_X/feature.png)](/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***
+
+[![screenshot](/images/X_X/feature.png)](/images/X_X/feature.png) ***X_X is the version of GitLab being released***
+
+### ***EE_FEATURE*** (EE only feature)
+
+***DESCRIPTION***
+
+[![screenshot](/images/X_X/feature.png)](/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 ****
+
+- - -
+
+## 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.
+
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