MySource Matrix Developer

MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter Issue 4
Friday 31st December 2004

covers versions 3.2.0 stable, 3.3.0 beta, 3.5.0 development

News

Next Matrix Release

Just a reminder that MySource Matrix version 3.2.1 stable will be released on Tuesday the 4th of January 2005. This will be a bug fix release for the current stable version. We will also be releasing version 3.3.1 beta on the web site for preview and evaluation only.

Towards 3.4.0 Stable

The changelog for 3.3.1 beta has been compiled and it is obvious that with the heavy development currently being performed by the development team, the beta version of MySource Matrix is not receiving a great deal of new features and is not likely to receive any for the next few months.

The slowing beta development means that we are able to set a preliminary release date of the 7th February 2005 for 3.4.0 RC1. If no major bugs are discovered in the release candidate, 3.4.0 stable will be released on the 7th March 2005.

New Features

Disabled Buttons On Commit

Added to: 3.3.0 beta

This feature was initially added to 3.5.0 development but has now been back-ported to 3.3.0 beta. More information can be found in Issue 2 of the developer newsletter.

Step 3 Allows Single Package/asset Install

Added to: 3.5.0 development

Step 3 of the install (install/step_03.php) is now able to be run for a list of specified packages and assets only. This new feature can only be performed from the command line. The command line option can be run as follows:

php step_03.php /system/root --package=packagename[-assettype,assettype]

For example, to run step 3 for the page and page_standard assets of the core, you would perform the command:

php step_03.php /system/root --package=core-page,page_standard

To run step 3 for all assets in the core and CMS packages, you would perform the command:

php step_03.php /system/root --package=core --package=cms

New Bugs Added To Bug Tracker

Notes:

Bug #408 (Popup blocking check should be done in login design) was submitted by Marcus, but was marked as not a bug. He suggested that the popup blocking check should be performed in the login design rather than (or as well as) being done in the top frame of the administration interface. This was due to IE refreshing the browser when the user selects that popups should be allowed. The google toolbar also does this. This was marked as not being a bug because this is not a problem with MySource Matrix and is rather a problem with users forgetting to enable popups. It would also be a very big job to upgrade all systems, especially those with custom login designs. All users should be informed that popup blockers should be disabled for Matrix systems.

New Feature Requests Added To Bug Tracker

Bugs Fixed In The Bug Tracker

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