[Phpbb-qa] phpBB 3.0.2 Release Candidate 2 released

[Meik Sievertsen]

Hello,

In an effort to increase product stability we are happy to announce the 
availability of the second release candidate for the next minor release 
- phpBB 3.0.2.

This release fixes some bugs we had not spotted before, 
broken/incomplete manual code update instructions as well as a broken 
database update script. The manual code instructions did not list two 
code sections, resulting in an incomplete update, also having at least 
one false instruction.

Everyone able to should test this release and report overseen bugs and 
issues to the bug tracker or directly to the developers. Specific 
sections of interest are:

- Redirects after logins/logouts
- Board operations with confirm boxes (MCP for example) in general with 
the new referrer option enabled
- General POST operations with the new referrer option enabled
- Uploading images as attachments with the new mime check function enabled
- Testing the new Logout from the ACP only (should only logout of the 
ACP but not the board)
- Ban via the users profile with the ban option pre-filled within the MCP
- Topic searches by author
- Testing the new Manual Update Package
- Testing the new Manual Update Package and then doing the automatic 
update to verify correct edits

Updates to the full minor release 3.0.2 will be possible. Please note 
that language packs may not be updated yet to reflect the changes within 
this release - therefore it is recommended to test with the provided 
english language pack.

The fixes are:

- [Fix] Do not display ban message if direct call to cron. (thanks Dog 
Cow for reporting)
- [Fix] Correctly display double-colon on special conditions within 
highlighted php source (Bug #26795)
- [Fix] Increase storage capacity of titles/subjects due to 
specialchared content (Bug #25235)
- [Fix] Catch invalid username wildcard ban (we do not support these) 
(Bug #29305)
- [Fix] Fix (email)-domain checks for those having DNS prefixes set (Bug 
#29635)
- [Change] Adjust truncate_string() to be able to adjust the maximum 
storage length.


For a complete list of changes, please check the changelog provided 
within the release.

A short explanation of how to do a conversion, installation or update is 
included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it.

Security:

Security issues found should be reported to our 
[url=http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/security/]security tracker[/url] in the 
usual way.

Available packages:

If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, 
timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" 
method for updating.

With this release, there are five packages available.

Full Package: Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.

Changed Files Only: Contains only those files changed from previous 
versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for 
each previous release.

Patch Files: Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of 
phpBB3.

Automatic Update Package: Update package for the automatic updater, 
containing the changes from previous release to this release.

Code Changes Package: Update package for manual updating, containing the 
code changes from previous release to this release. The changes are 
provided as the old MOD Teamplate Format and the new MODX format.

Select whichever package is most suitable for you.

*Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before 
proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!*

Download:

Full Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2.tar.bz2

Changed Files Only Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2-files.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2-files.tar.bz2

Patch Files Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2-patch.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC2-patch.tar.bz2

Update Package (3.0.1 to 3.0.2-RC2):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.1_to_3.0.2-RC2.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.1_to_3.0.2-RC2.tar.bz2

Code Changes Package (3.0.1 to 3.0.2-RC2):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.1_to_3.0.2-RC2-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.1_to_3.0.2-RC2-codechanges.tar.bz2

Update Package (3.0.2-RC1 to 3.0.2-RC2):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC1_to_3.0.2-RC2.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC1_to_3.0.2-RC2.tar.bz2

Code Changes Package (3.0.2-RC1 to 3.0.2-RC2):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC1_to_3.0.2-RC2-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.2-RC1_to_3.0.2-RC2-codechanges.tar.bz2


*IMPORTANT*

To correctly perform an update, do not forget to re-enable the PHPBB_QA 
constant within your includes/constants.php file. Else you are not 
prompted for an update within the ACP and the automatic update will fail. :)


Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Team

-- 
Meik Sievertsen - phpBB Development Team Leader
http://www.phpbb.com/ && http://area51.phpbb.com/