diff --git a/bin/addons/__init__.py b/bin/addons/__init__.py
index 41624b56091..72fe0c68af1 100644
--- a/bin/addons/__init__.py
+++ b/bin/addons/__init__.py
@@ -272,6 +272,17 @@ def get_modules():
 
     return list(set(listdir(ad) + listdir(_ad)))
 
+def get_modules_with_version():
+    modules = get_modules()
+    res = {}
+    for module in modules:
+        terp = get_module_resource(module, '__terp__.py')
+        try:
+            info = eval(tools.file_open(terp).read())
+            res[module] = "%s.%s" % (release.major_version, info['version'])
+        except Exception, e:
+            continue
+    return res
 
 def create_graph(cr, module_list, force=None):
     graph = Graph()
@@ -337,11 +348,11 @@ def init_module_objects(cr, module_name, obj_list):
     logger.notifyChannel('init', netsvc.LOG_INFO, 'module %s: creating or updating database tables' % module_name)
     todo = []
     for obj in obj_list:
-        if hasattr(obj, 'init'):
-            obj.init(cr)
         result = obj._auto_init(cr, {'module': module_name})
         if result:
             todo += result
+        if hasattr(obj, 'init'):
+            obj.init(cr)
         cr.commit()
     todo.sort()
     for t in todo:
diff --git a/bin/osv/fields.py b/bin/osv/fields.py
index 99b39ed9c65..b44579957c4 100644
--- a/bin/osv/fields.py
+++ b/bin/osv/fields.py
@@ -155,12 +155,8 @@ class char(_column):
 
         # we need to convert the string to a unicode object to be able
         # to evaluate its length (and possibly truncate it) reliably
-        if isinstance(symb, str):
-            u_symb = unicode(symb, 'utf8')
-        elif isinstance(symb, unicode):
-            u_symb = symb
-        else:
-            u_symb = unicode(symb)
+        u_symb = tools.ustr(symb)
+
         return u_symb[:self.size].encode('utf8')
 
 
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index 6ecb829a852..4431937b924 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
                         return "COALESCE(write_date, create_date, now())::timestamp AS %s" % (f,)
                     return "now()::timestamp AS %s" % (f,)
                 if isinstance(self._columns[f], fields.binary) and context.get('bin_size', False):
-                    return "length(%s) as %s" % (f,f)
+                    return 'length("%s") as "%s"' % (f, f)
                 return '"%s"' % (f,)
             fields_pre2 = map(convert_field, fields_pre)
             for i in range(0, len(ids), cr.IN_MAX):
diff --git a/bin/release.py b/bin/release.py
index de5518975d5..5d0e607a544 100644
--- a/bin/release.py
+++ b/bin/release.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 name = 'openerp-server'
 version = '5.0.0'
-release = '2'
+release = '3'
 major_version = '5.0'
 description = 'OpenERP Server'
 long_desc = '''\
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ customizable reports, and XML-RPC interfaces.
 '''
 classifiers = """\
 Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
-License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPL-3)
+License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
 Programming Language :: Python
 """
 url = 'http://www.openerp.com'
diff --git a/bin/service/web_services.py b/bin/service/web_services.py
index 10a11a4819f..fff7491653c 100644
--- a/bin/service/web_services.py
+++ b/bin/service/web_services.py
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ class common(netsvc.Service):
         self.exportMethod(self.login)
         self.exportMethod(self.logout)
         self.exportMethod(self.timezone_get)
+        self.exportMethod(self.get_available_updates)
         self.exportMethod(self.get_migration_scripts)
 
     def ir_set(self, db, uid, password, keys, args, name, value, replace=True, isobject=False):
@@ -385,12 +386,26 @@ GNU Public Licence.
     def timezone_get(self, db, login, password):
         return time.tzname[0]
 
+    
+    def get_available_updates(self, password, contract_id, contract_password):
+        security.check_super(password)
+        import tools.maintenance as tm
+        try:
+            rc = tm.remote_contract(contract_id, contract_password)
+            if not rc.id:
+                raise tm.RemoteContractException('This contract does not exist or is not active') 
+            
+            return rc.get_available_updates(rc.id, addons.get_modules_with_version())
+
+        except tm.RemoteContractException, e:
+            self.abortResponse(1, 'Migration Error', 'warning', str(e))
+        
 
     def get_migration_scripts(self, password, contract_id, contract_password):
         security.check_super(password)
         l = netsvc.Logger()
+        import tools.maintenance as tm
         try: 
-            import tools.maintenance as tm
             rc = tm.remote_contract(contract_id, contract_password)
             if not rc.id:
                 raise tm.RemoteContractException('This contract does not exist or is not active') 
@@ -399,7 +414,7 @@ GNU Public Licence.
 
             l.notifyChannel('migration', netsvc.LOG_INFO, 'starting migration with contract %s' % (rc.name,))
 
-            zips = rc.retrieve_updates(rc.id)
+            zips = rc.retrieve_updates(rc.id, addons.get_modules_with_version())
             
             from shutil import rmtree, copytree, copy
 
diff --git a/bin/tools/misc.py b/bin/tools/misc.py
index e5fe498c84b..8863a8cc2e5 100644
--- a/bin/tools/misc.py
+++ b/bin/tools/misc.py
@@ -677,11 +677,19 @@ def ustr(value):
     if not isinstance(value, str):
         value = str(value)
 
-    try:
+    try: # first try utf-8
         return unicode(value, 'utf-8')
     except:
-        from locale import getlocale
-        return unicode(value, getlocale()[1])
+        pass
+
+    try: # then extened iso-8858
+        return unicode(value, 'iso-8859-15')
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    # else use default system locale
+    from locale import getlocale
+    return unicode(value, getlocale()[1])
 
 def exception_to_unicode(e):
     if hasattr(e, 'message'):
diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 97c54313436..52036b37ee6 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class GettextAlias(object):
         frame = inspect.stack()[1][0]
         cr = frame.f_locals.get('cr')
 	try:
-        	lang = frame.f_locals.get('context', {}).get('lang', False)
+        	lang = (frame.f_locals.get('context') or {}).get('lang', False)
 		if not (lang and cr):
 			return source
 	except:
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def trans_load_data(db_name, fileobj, fileformat, lang, strict=False, lang_name=
             fail = True
             for ln in get_locales(lang):
                 try:
-                    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ln)
+                    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, str(ln))
                     fail = False
                     break
                 except locale.Error:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d3420c25ffb..d8e3b9cd962 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ formats=rpm
 
 [bdist_rpm]
 # release must exactly match 'release' as set in bin/release.py
-release=2
+release=3
 
 requires=python >= 2.4
 #build-requires=python-devel >= 2.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 38f8f9b2ffc..0d5c71dceb8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ setup(name             = name,
                           'openerp-server.tools',
                           'openerp-server.report',
                           'openerp-server.report.printscreen',
-			  'openerp-server.report.pyPdf',
+                          'openerp-server.report.pyPdf',
                           'openerp-server.report.render',
                           'openerp-server.report.render.rml2pdf',
                           'openerp-server.report.render.rml2html',