# Renkulab 0.6.1 released

**URL:** <https://renku.discourse.group/t/renkulab-0-6-1-released/82>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [3 April 2020 09:26 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/renkulab-0-6-1-released/82 "2020-04-03T09:26:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [3 April 2020 09:26 UTC](https://renku.discourse.group/t/renkulab-0-6-1-released/82/1 "2020-04-03T09:26:58Z")

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This is a minor release that includes some small features and nice improvements mostly around datasets manipulation.

## New features

⭐ Datasets can be imported from data repositories through the UI  
⭐ Datasets allow uploading file hierarchies in zip format  
⭐ CLI: Datasets metadata is editable. Please see the [Dataset documentation](https://renku-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/commands.html#module-renku.cli.dataset) for details.  
⭐ CLI: enable importing renku datasets  
⭐ CLI: Enable working with data external to the repository [#974](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-python/pull/974)

## Notable improvements

🚄 A file upload can be cancelled when creating a dataset  
🚄 Environments tab displays information about the resources requested  
🚄 Environments tab provides an easy access to the branch/commit file listing  
🚄 Improvements to the handling of markdown content  
🚄 CLI: starting this version a new migration mechanism is in place, renku commands will insist on migrating metadata if its outdated.

### Miscellaneous

- Various improvements on markdown display for collaboration
- Make help channels more visible
- CLI: wildcard support when adding data from git
- Docker images and project templates use Renku [0.10.2](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-python/releases)
- A new minimal Renku project template is available on project creation! Use this template if you’re using a language other than R or python, or if you’re renku-izing an existing python project.
- Newer renkulab docker images also provide interactive environments with a nicer shell (powerline).

### Individual components

For changes to individual components, check:

- renku ui [0.9.1](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/releases/tag/0.9.1) and [0.9.0]([https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/releases/tag/0.9.0](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/releases/tag/0.9.0)
- renku-python [0.10.2](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-notebooks/releases/tag/0.10.2)
- renku-notebooks [0.7.1](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-notebooks/releases/tag/0.7.1)
- renku-graph [0.55.4 to 0.49.0](https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-graph)

## Bug fixes

- Datasets now show file listing with folder hierarchy
- Search uses clearer labelling
- Various fixes to dataset command line bugs
- Lineage: allow blanks in commit author
- Lineage: fixes for the endpoint reporting events processing status (the UI progress bar)
- Lineage: multiple fixes in the triples generation process

## Upgrading from 0.6.1

- No new values required in the values file
- The version in the welcome page can be updated at `ui.welcomePage.text`