[Phpbb-qa] phpBB 3.0.6 Release Candidate 3 released

Meik Sievertsen sievertsen at phpbb.com
Tue Oct 13 14:18:12 BST 2009 

Hello,

In an effort to increase product stability we are happy to announce the 
availability of the third release candidate for the next release - phpBB 
3.0.6.

This third release candidate contains mostly regression fixes. Everyone 
able to should test this release and report critical bugs (those, 
stopping the operation of the forum) and issues to the bug tracker or 
directly to the developers.

We recommend international support sites to update their sites to RC3 
too. We are able to provide direct support to them within our 
international support sites forums.

*Changes since RC2*

We changed the following things since RC2:

- We reverted revision r10079 which enabled notifications and bookmarks 
being automatically copied over to splits of topics. We want to discuss 
this behaviour further, because currently there is no way to influence 
this setting for users and admins alike. Because this is a new feature 
in 3.0.6 we decided to not release it at this moment.
- We fixed the ReCaptcha plugin to support RTL
- Fixed the Q&A Captcha to not print out notices if the admin chose to 
remove all questions
- Fixed the ACP update page to print a failure message if phpbb.com is 
not reachable for the version check
- Fixed regression from r9678 (add_log() statements for removing 
posts/topics)
- updated acp forums copy style to look like the rest of the ACP
- Disabled copy forum permissions screen in forums creation/update 
workflow (we will revisit this one later)
- Fixed the "switch permissions" link
- Fixed ACP issues with long content by reverting revisions r10176 and r9647
- Changed language/en/email/pm_report_deleted.txt to change the 
reference to "post" to "private message"
- Changed notification about possibility to post private messages in 
UCP; this involves style changes. Style authors please look at the RC2 
to RC3 code changes package if you already updated your styles to RC2.
- Updated the Custom Profile Fields option "view on viewtopic" based on 
previous settings in database updater
- Fixed wrong bbcode uid assigned if error triggered in quote/forward PM
- Fixed default group assignment if removing from default group and user 
was in newly registered group
- correctly execute database update step for RC releases where admins 
forgot to enable the PHPBB_QA constant. We now detect if the version the 
admin wants to update to is greater than the current version even if 
phpbb.com says the current version is lower than the update version.

*Note to people using 3.0.4 files in 3.0.5 installations*

We know that some replaced their includes/functions_messenger.php file 
from their phpBB 3.0.5 installation with the version from phpBB 3.0.4 
due to the following bug:
Ticket: http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/46725
Ticket Description: Ticket #46725 - functions_messenger [...] causing 
emailing issues

If you update to RC3 please *re-upload the 3.0.5 functions_messenger.php 
file* and any other file you replaced with previous versions. If you do 
not use phpBB 3.0.5 files all modifications will be identified as 
non-phpBB modifications and merged during the automatic update. This 
will result in wrong updates where to-be-updated parts for phpBB 3.0.6 
will not be included and you will not benefit from the bug fixes - or 
even notice grave errors.

*Language Packs and Styles*

The changes are provided with the code changes package. There was one 
language change and some style changes between RC2 and RC3. Style 
authors should download the code changes package and adjust their styles 
accordingly. Please post within our Styles forums if you have questions 
or encounter problems.


The language and styles changes from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6 RC3:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.tar.bz2

The language and styles changes from 3.0.6 RC2 to 3.0.6 RC3:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.tar.bz2

*New features, changes, bug fixes*

For a list of changes, please see our changelog located at:
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3

*Available packages:*

With this release, there are five packages available.

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

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

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.

Code Changes Package:
Package contains changes to the following sections: Language changes, 
prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes.

Select whichever package is most suitable for you. As a tiny guide we 
recommend the following methods based on the requirements:

- For a new installation you should use the Full Package
- For updates of boards without modifications you can basically use the 
Automatic Update Package (guided udpate) or the Changed Files Only 
package (manual update).
- For updates of boards with modifications you should use the Automatic 
Update Package. If you are confident with patch files and patching you 
can use the Patch Files Package.
- Style Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to 
update their styles or language packs directly.
- International Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction 
with the Code Changes to better support users having problems with 
conflicts or specific code sections.
- If you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files 
Package to update all of your client installations.

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-3.0.6-RC3.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC3.tar.bz2

Automatic Update Package (3.0.5 to 3.0.6-RC3):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3.tar.bz2

Automatic Update Package (3.0.6-RC1 to 3.0.6-RC3):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1_to_3.0.6-RC3.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1_to_3.0.6-RC3.tar.bz2

Automatic Update Package (3.0.6-RC2 to 3.0.6-RC3):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3.tar.bz2

Changed Files Only Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC3-files.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC3-files.tar.bz2

Patch Files Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC3-patch.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC3-patch.tar.bz2

Code Changes Package (3.0.5 to 3.0.6-RC3):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.tar.bz2

Code Changes Package (3.0.6-RC2 to 3.0.6-RC3):
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3-codechanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC2_to_3.0.6-RC3-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.


Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Team

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