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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt index 779ad4236..2df4d2637 100644 --- a/CHANGES.txt +++ b/CHANGES.txt @@ -1,47 +1,122 @@ Version 1.8.0 (Jackie) -(??? from http://code.elgg.org/branches/1.8/) +(September 5th, 2011 from git://github.com/Elgg/Elgg.git) + + Notes: + Elgg 1.8 contains the most changes in Elgg since the transition from Elgg + 0.9 to Elgg 1.0. The core team tried to make the transition as smooth as + possible, but in the interest of following standards and simplifying the + development process for core and third party developers, we have made + changes that will require updating plugins. We believe these changes + will help Elgg development be easier for everyone. + + It is unreasonable and unhelpful to list the full details of all changes in + this file. Instead, we will list the high level, overarching changes to + systems. If you are interested in the specifics, Elgg 1.8's source code is + highly documented and serves as a good guide and the git commit log can + provide excruciating details of what has changed between 1.7 and 1.8. + + Please post your feedback, questions, and comments to the community site + at http://community.elgg.org. As always, thank you for using Elgg! + + --The Elgg Core Development Team + + A tip about updating plugins: + It's not difficult to update 1.7 plugins for 1.8. There is a detailed + document outlining this process on the wiki: + http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Updating_plugins_for_Elgg_1.8 + + The basic process is: + 1. Clean up the plugin to make sure it conforms to coding standards, + official structure, and best practices. + 2. Update any uses of deprecated functions. Functions deprecated in 1.7 will + produce visible notices in 1.8! + 3. Use the new manifest format. + 4. Use the new menu functions. + 5. Use the new JS features. + 6. Update the views to use core CSS helper functions and classes instead of + writing your own. + + The documentation directory and the wiki has more information. User-visible changes: * New default theme. - * Separated admin interface. + * New installation. + * Separate and updated admin interface. + * Updated plugin themes. Generic API changes: - * Added elgg_instanceof(). - * Added remove_subtype() and update_subtype(). - * Added elgg_format_url(). - * ElggDiskFilestore supports non-user owners. - - Deprecated APIs: - * ElggAccess::get_ignore_access() by ElggAccess::getIgnoreAccess(). - * ElggAccess::set_ignore_access() by ElggAccess::setIgnoreAccess(). - * ElggCache::set_variable() by ElggCache::setVariable(). - * ElggCache::get_variable() by ElggCache::getVariable(). - * ElggDiskFilestore::make_directory_root() by ElggDiskFilestore::makeDirectoryRoot(). - * ElggDiskFilestore::make_file_matrix() and ElggDiskFilestore::user_file_matrix() by - ElggDiskFilestore::makeFileMatrix(). - * ElggDiskFilestore::mb_string_split() removed. - * ElggEntity::initialise_attriutes() by ElggEntity::initializeAttributes(). Same for - all sub classes of ElggEntity. - * ElggFileCache::create_file() by ::createFile(). - * ElggFileCache::sanitise_filename() by ::sanitizeFilename(). - * ElggMemcache::make_memcache_key() by ::_makeMemcacheKey(). - * ElggGroup::initialise_attributes() by ::initializeAttributes(). - * ElggPlugin::initialise_attributes() by ::initializeAttributes(). - * XMLRPCCall::parse() by XMLRPCCALL::_parse(). - * __get_annotations_calculate_x() by get_annotations_calculate_x(). - * __get_entities_from_annotations_calculate_x() by get_entities_from_annotations_calculate_x(). - * __php_api_error_handler() by _php_api_error_handler(). - * __php_api_exception_handler() by _php_api_exception_handler(). - * __elgg_php_error_handler() by _elgg_php_error_handler(). - * __elgg_php_exception_handler() by _elgg_php_exception_handler(). - * __process_element() by _process_element(). - * All __elgg_session_*() by _elgg_session_*(). - - UI/UX API changes: - * Added elgg_push_breadcrumb(), elgg_pop_breadcrumb(), and elgg_get_breadcrumbs(). - * Added navigation/breadcrumbs. - * Added sticky form support with elgg_make_sticky_form(), - elgg_clear_sticky_form(), elgg_is_sticky_form(), and elgg_get_sticky_value(). + * Improved the markup and CSS. + * Restructured and simplified the views layouts. + * Added a new menu system. + * Added new CSS and JS file registration functions. + * Added a JS engine. + * Added a breadcrumb system. + * Added a sticky forms system. + + New plugins: + * Dashboard - The activity stream is now the default index page. A 1.7-style + dashboard is provided through the dashboard plugin. + * Developers Plugins - Developer tools. + * Likes - Allows users to "like" other users' content. + * oAuth API - A generic, reusable oAuth library. + * Tag Cloud - A widget-based tag cloud generator. + * Twitter API - A generic Twitter library that allows signin with Twitter + and pushing content to tweets. Replaces twitter_service. + + Deprecated plugins: + * captcha - Captchas have long since stopped being useful as a deterrent + against spam. + * crontrigger - Real cron should be used. + * default_widgets - This functionality is now part of core. + * friends - This functionality is now part of core. + * riverdashboard - Displaying the river (activity stream) is default in + core. The original dashboard can be restored by the new Dashboard plugin. + * twitter_service - Replaced by Twitter API. + + Elgg 1.8.0.1 was released immediately after 1.8.0 to correct a problem in + installation. + + +Previous and Merged Changes: + +Version 1.7.11 +(August 15, 2011 from http://github.com/Elgg/elgg) + + Security Enhancements: + * Fixed possible XSS vector in the embed plugin. Thanks to Aung Khant from YEHG for the report. + * Fixed possible SQL exposure exploit in the search plugin. Thanks again to Aung Khant. + * Fixed possible SQL injection vector in the search plugin. Thanks to Lostmon Lords for the report. + + Bugfixes: + * Filtering by content works in the dashboard again. + * Dragging widgets works in IE9. + + API Changes: + * Deleting a container will delete all contained objects regardless of access_id. + * setLocation() and setLatLong() no longer double escapes strings. + * Calling elgg_list_entities() with count set no longer breaks the display. + + +Version 1.7.10 +(June 14, 2011 from http://code.elgg.org/branches/1.7) + + Security Enhancements: + * Changes to prevent numerous reflected cross site scripting vectors. Thanks to Aung Khant for + the reports! + + Enhancements: + * Banned users are more apparent in user lists and profiles. + + Bugfixes: + * TinyMCE: Using Elgg's default font to prevent small font sizes. + * Files: Optimizations to allow uploading and downloading larger files. + * Fixed bugs preventing users from adding and removing friends in Friends Collections. + * $CONFIG->lastcache is correctly set for pages that regenerate the cache. + + API Changes: + * Added unit tests for access collections. + * Added can_edit_access_collection(). + * Access collection functions no longer check permissions. Do this in actions instead. Version 1.7.9 @@ -264,13 +339,13 @@ Version 1.7.1 * Tag search works in groups and members. * Tag clouds correctly link to tag search. * RSS views added to search. - * Wrapper function for get_entities() correctly rewrites container_guid to + * Wrapper function for get_entities() correctly rewrites container_guid to owner_guid. * output/url correctly appends http:// again. * full_url() urlencode()'s ' and " to avoid a security problem in IE. - + API changes: - * Moved admin flag to users_entity table and added ElggUser->isAdmin(), + * Moved admin flag to users_entity table and added ElggUser->isAdmin(), ->makeAdmin(), and ->removeAdmin() to replace the metadata. * Plugin hook for reported content includes the report object. * UTF8 upgrade checks server defaults before running to avoid @@ -339,4 +414,4 @@ Version 1.7.0 * New plugin hook rest:init so plugins can configure authentication modules * Moved auth.gettoken to POST for increased security * Fixed REST POST bug #1114 - * Fixed #881, #1214, #1215, #1216, #1217, #1218, #1219, #1220, #1298, #1364 + * Fixed #881, #1214, #1215, #1216, #1217, #1218, #1219, #1220, #1298, #1364 |