Site Search
Content Tools
Main Content
Developer Newsletters (Issues 82 - 85) July
(Issues 82 - 85) July
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #85
That's right! I'm back for one week only while Luke takes a well earned break. I'm going to take this opportunity to give everyone an update of MySource 4.0 development progress, which is where I'm spending most of my time.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #84
In newsletter #82 there was a change to the data directory structure in the development (3.11.0) version to ensure that more than 32,000 of a specific asset type could be created on Ext2/Ext3 file systems. A reminder that since this changes the paths of any live and publicly readable assets (ie. those that have a __data URL on the front-end), any designs referencing those types of assets MUST be reparsed or the asset will not display. If you are having problems with images not displaying in a design on 3.11.0, try re-parsing the design first before reporting a bug. Also, in the previous newsletter, there were instructions on how to fix a system that had gained file versioning entries with double slashes. This fix is now integrated into the data directory upgrade script via a command-line option (this example should be run from your MySource Matrix system root): $ php scripts/upgrade_data_dirs.php -s . --fix-lookups --show-details As with the previous upgrade, if you are not having file versioning problems then it is not necessary to run this script.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #83
Last week's newsletter referred to a new session file garbage collection script that has been added to all currently maintained versions of MySource Matrix (3.8.x, 3.10.x and development branches). The original version was a PHP script (scripts/session_file_garbage_collection.php), however this has been replaced with a shell script (scripts/session_cleanup.sh), which should should be more portable across *nix systems. Those systems already using the original PHP script should update their crontab (or other scheduler) to use the new shell script.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #82
The new 3.10.x stable branch of MySource Matrix was kicked off with the release of version 3.10.0 RC1 last Monday. This first release candidate contains almost 90 new features and improvements over the 3.8.x branch.This release candidate is available for evaluation purposes, and current users of the 3.8.x branch are recommended not to upgrade to this version. If no significant issues are found with the release candidate, the stable version of MySource Matrix 3.10.0 will be released on Monday 7th August.