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(Issues 176 - 180) May
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #177
Just a reminder that the GPL versions of MySource Matrix versions 3.18.1 and 3.16.8 were released last Monday, are now available for you to download from the MySource Matrix web site.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #176
There will be two new public releases of MySource Matrix next Monday: MySource Matrix 3.18.1 and 3.16.8. These are predominantly bug-fix releases, with a couple of new features. MySource Matrix 3.18.1 will also be first release to support PostgreSQL 8.3, and the first PHP 5 release to support Oracle installs.
(Issues 172 - 175) April
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #175
The Matrix Newsletter has been issued one day early this week in lieu of the ANZAC Day public holiday tomorrow.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #174
There is no general MySource Matrix developer news this week. However, the next newsletter will be out on Thursday rather than Friday, due to the ANZAC Day public holiday.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #173
Three new releases of MySource Matrix were released last Monday (7th April): versions 3.18.0, 3.16.7, and 3.14.11. They're available from the MySource Matrix download page at matrix.squiz.net.
(Issues 168 - 171) March
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #171
The script file update_lookups.php is now known as replace_url.php, in versions 3.18.0 and later. This is to remove confusion between it and system_update_lookups.php by giving it a name that more closely reflects its purpose - to replace instances of one URL with another, especially when moving systems from server to server.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #170
There is no general MySource Matrix developer news this week.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #169
The second release candidate of the first PHP 5-based branch of MySource Matrix, version 3.18.0 RC2, was released on Wednesday, 12th March.This RC provides about 25 bug fixes, but also provides a further 20 new features, primarily from the Feature Bazaar of last year's MySource Matrix User Conference. Compared to the 3.16.x branch, version 3.18.0 will now provide about 40 new features.There are a couple of caveats with this current release candidate:- The newly-released PostgreSQL 8.3 is not yet supported. We have not yet been able to test this version, and it appears that there are some issues relating to stricter type-checking that need to be worked through first.- Experimental support for Oracle database is provided, which did not exist in 3.18.0 RC1. However, recent bug fixes in the Oracle extension support in PHP 5 makes us believe that the likely minimum version for the RC2 to run under Oracle is PHP 5.2.6, currently itself in release candidate mode. We recommend testing with the latest RC of PHP 5.2.6, available from the PHP web site - on a non-production web server of course.The new RC2 is available for download from the MySource Matrix web site. No support is provided by Squiz for upgrades to or from candidate releases, including upgrades from 3.18.0 RC1 to RC2.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #168
Two new stable versions of MySource Matrix were released last Monday. Version 3.14.10 and 3.16.6 both fixed 11 bugs identified in the previous version of each respective branch. Version 3.16.6 also saw a number of small features added. They are both available for download from the MySource Matrix web site.
(Issues 163 - 167) February
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #167
There will be two stable releases of MySource Matrix this coming Monday, 3rd March. Versions 3.16.6 and 3.14.10 will be predominantly bug-fix releases. There will not be a further release of MySource 3.18 this week.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #163
There will be two stable releases of MySource Matrix this coming Monday, 4th February. Versions 3.16.5 and 3.14.9 will be predominantly bug-fix releases. There will not be a further release of MySource 3.18 this week.
(Issues 159 - 162) January
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #162
There is no general MySource Matrix developer news this week.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #160
There were three new MySource Matrix releases last Monday. Versions 3.16.4 and 3.14.8 were primary bug-fix releases. Version 3.18.0 RC1 was also released - the first version of MySource Matrix to run on PHP 5. The latter version is released for evaluation purposes only. No support is provided for upgrading to candidate releases. This release candidate only runs on a PostgreSQL database (Oracle support is forthcoming), and the minimum version of PHP required is 5.1.6 - this is the version supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Versions 3.18.0 RC1 and later will NOT run on PHP 4. The development branch is now known as version 3.19.0. The next stable branch, version 3.20, is due around the middle of this year.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #161
There is no general MySource Matrix developer news this week.
MySource Matrix Developer Newsletter - Issue #159
Two new stable MySource Matrix releases will be made on Monday. Versions 3.16.4 and 3.14.8 will primarily be bug-fix releases. Also, a first release candidate of MySource Matrix 3.18.0 is currently expected to be released on Monday.