From 52de3da48698e1e902002bf5780fb6a5f08b9be3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: martinlanghoff Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 04:35:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Release notes for 1.4.4 --- lang/en/docs/release.html | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+) diff --git a/lang/en/docs/release.html b/lang/en/docs/release.html index 72ef527ae0b..c4a7c812d22 100644 --- a/lang/en/docs/release.html +++ b/lang/en/docs/release.html @@ -22,6 +22,106 @@

Latest Release notes

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Moodle 1.4.4 (7th March, 2005)

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(Because this release contains important security fixes, we highly advise that sites using any + previous version of Moodle upgrade to this version as soon as possible.)

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Some important security fixes
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  • Added strong URL validation functions.
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  • Preventative measures against tampering of config settings.
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  • Tighter input validation in Quiz, HTML editor and course edit.
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  • More control over user's language settings.
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  • Safer cleaning of HTML-formatted input.
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A few new things
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  • New MP3 content filter with Flash-based mp3 player.
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  • Better display of options in the Choice module.
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  • UI enhancements in HTML Editor's table editor.
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  • $CFG settings in config.php now override database settings.
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  • Enabled garbage collection for Debian systems, with the option to disable it. Fixes stale session problems.
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Performance improvements
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  • Serious performance optimizations in forums code.
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  • Various optimizations by removing unnecessary database retrievals and sorting.
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  • Major improvements in handling session locking. Downloading large files or monitoring the live logs will no longer slow down navigation in other windows.
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Other bug fixes
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  • Installer: Many fixes and updates from HEAD (including #2625) .
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  • Installer: We now check for allow_url_fopen() before trying to validate our own URL.
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  • Fixed some forum search problems.
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  • Fixed sorting bug on forums (#2613).
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  • Fixed problems in user searches with trailing spaces.
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  • Fixed some instances of hardcoded /admin path.
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  • Fixed some groups-related bugs (#2133, #2550, #2363)
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  • Don't send HTML digests to people who want plain text email.
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  • SCORM module — fixed navbar error.
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  • Chat: Increased maximum socket read size to prevent empty pages and repeated messages
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  • Files: added a "Parent Folder" icon, (#2491).
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  • Postgres support: consistency fix in mdl_log table.
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  • Auth plugins: Better cleanup and truncation of data.
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  • Auth plugins: Fixed external authentication problem — if logged in as guest, logging in as external auth user fails if it is the first login ever for the account.
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  • Auth LDAP: Fixed a regression from 1.4.2 where a trailing semicolon in some config fields would break authentication.
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  • Auth DB: Database Authentication not fetching user data fields correctly (#2319).
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  • Paypal Enrolment plugin: Now text sent to PayPal can + be 'sanitised' to avoid some diacritics (Spanish for now) which break the + enrol process. Only German and French diacritics are supported for + now by PayPal. This functionality can be easily expanded to other + characters.
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  • Backup/restore: If the user isn't admin and the restored course hasn't teachers, add teacher (#2381)
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  • Backup/restore: Fixed errors with courses with apostrophes in the fullname.
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  • Backup/restore: Now group members are + only included (backup and restore) if we have selected to have + users (#2486).
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  • Backup/Restore: General tidyup.
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  • Glossary: Now 0 rates are supported in glossary (#2582) and better PHP5 support (#2581).
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  • Glossary & Blackboard: import fixes (#2310).
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  • Calendar: more robust handling of bad data.
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  • Calendar: HTML fixes in calendar (#2350).
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  • Course sortorder was broken in 1.4.3 and would sometimes prevent course creation — all the known problems with sortorder are now fixed. Includes some related fixes in get_categories() calls that would sometimes show up in "My Courses" listings.
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  • Wiki: Several fixes.
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  • Loglive now has an appropriate page footer.
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  • Plus general cleanup and tidyups of the code.
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Moodle 1.4.3 (21st December, 2004)

(Because this release contains important security fixes, we highly advise that sites using any