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(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.