We are happy to announce that RT 3.8.7 is now available. You can
download it from:

http://download.bestpractical.com/pub/rt/release/rt-3.8.7.tar.gz
http://download.bestpractical.com/pub/rt/release/rt-3.8.7.tar.gz.sig

SHA1 sums

9de5860c5c58d40c5f6914cdde807ecc66a68f20  rt-3.8.7.tar.gz
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This is primarily a bugfix release of RT.
Some important fixes are listed here:

• Stop old DateTime or DateTime::Locales from exploding in Preferences
• Move all JS for hierarchical CFs onto derivative field; remove DerivativeCFs method
  Fix bug on Oracle when selecting against a CLOB
• Call the method on the object, not the username string (Reported by Philip Shore)
  Fix error when using WebExternalAuth and setting user info
• When using WebExternalAuth don't issue a new session cookie on each request
  Fix lost attachments when using WebExternalAuth. WebExternalAuthContinuous can be set back to 1
• Mention missing index that was only added to upgrade scripts
• fixes for PlainTextMono config option introduced in 3.8.6
• fixes for updating charts and dashboards
• delete links from Bulk Update

A more complete commit list is available below

-kevin

BUGFIXES AND CLEANUPS

• We want to capture the results
  When Bulk Updating, indicate that a comment or correspondence has been recorded
• adjust test level so failures reported in the right place
• clean cought emails on END
• move standalone related code into start_standalone_server
• Fix URL used for CF of type autocomplete.
• Remove dated comment
• * show_customize -> ShowCustomize
• detect browser lang in LocalizedDateTime in Date.pm too
• in error message we were using static value, when it's dynamic
• refactor StripContent: make it return empty string as long as the content does not have any real data, i.e. \S but without
  and  
• remove needless lines
• url path fix in /Admin/Elements/ToolTabs
• update Query str in Tabs in Chart.html
• do not show the old saved search in /Search/Build.html if one loaded a saved search in /Search/Chart.html
• use $ARGS{Query} instead of $Query because we may change $ARGS{Query} later in /Search/Chart.html
• my %o = keys %$changes; is indeed wrong
• refactor a little
• make sure $PrimaryGroupBy is not undef in /Search/Elements/Chart
• more saved chart search tests
• only when SaveSearchLoad, we can update Query,ChartType,PrimaryGroupBy,etc.
• we should save all the info when SavedSearchSave, not just Query
• test PrimaryGroupBy and ChartStyle too in saved_search_chart.t
• clean a bit: file input's value attr is useless
• show Update botton when a dashboard contains deleted searches
• tiny typo fix
• DisplayName is translated string
• better way to compare pane in @panes and @deleted in /Dashboards/Queries.html
• use get_ok() so we do not need to test the status stuff for new added tests
• erase the leading space in FormatType
• tweak BulkLinks a bit
• remove misleading comment
• remove "use bytes;" in CreateTickets
• Perltidy
• Only set time values on clone if they are non-zero
• check $container to see if $ARGS{'SavedSearchLoad'} can be loaded
• we can't use @actions to store query's parse results: we should use another variable to do this
• Feed ticket information to MakeClicky when we're clicky-fying attachments
  • Thanks to Salih Goenuellue at SWITCH
• Pluck Ticket and Transaction out of %args sooner
• Use spaces for indentation not tabs
• More cleanup
• Clean up some double-negative logic
• Tidy
• Fix warning message
• sort of typo, ContentType was passed twice
• Fix Postgres ACL script to work with usernames that need quoting
  (inspired by patch to RTFM)
• Skip the richtext editor for android and iphone devices
• we shouldn't escape selected="selected"
• We should be using the same index on 4.0 and 4.1+
  Originally added in 5c5dec3
• Fix URL thanks to Jason A. Smith [rt3.fsck.com #14000]
• there is no div around rtname anymore
• Code indent
• Remove a double negative to clarify logic slightly
• Don't include these files in tarballs
  (cherry picked from commit 6dfb39e)
• add monospace font to .plain-text-white-space: .mono is merged to it
• use err_headers_out instead of headers_out
• RT was accidentally injecting too many newlines when rendering plaintext messages without

  .

• Stop people with old DateTime or DateTime::Locales from exploding in Preferences
• Move all JS for hierarchical CFs onto derivative field; remove DerivativeCFs method
• Call the method on the object, not the username string (Reported by Philip Shore)
• When using WebExternalAuth don't issue a new session cookie on each request
• Mention missing index that was only added to upgrade scripts

DOCUMENTATION

• Fixes rt3.fsck.com#13490 - confusing instructions for the mysql 4.1->5 upgrade commands

  Also fixes Debian Bug #550278
  Thanks to Marcus Better.

• comment one confusing code

• Slightly more clear --all explanation for rt-email-dashboards

• Fix perldoc for Queue object

  • remove =testing that make perldoc stop just after it
  • add description like other RT objects

• Fix shredder documentation typo

• Documentation tweaks for new OutgoingMailFrom config

• Add doc about @Plugins configuration variable.

• We only have this index in the schema and upgrade scripts for mysql and oracle
  (cherry picked from commit 4f0d3e6)

FEATURES

• Add a MassageDashboards callback for the dashboard homepage

• Callback for massaging the dashboard tabs on the homepage and dashboards

• refactor validation of transactions CFs on ticket update

• Add a systemwide plugin directory at the request of the Debian RT maintainers

• Fold hardcoded SelfService search format into a config option

• make people can update saved chart search easily

• we should try to decode uploaded template for offline

• append plugin lib path to @inc if local lib path is not in @inc: see also ticket #13944

• implement "Current Links" section in bulk update

• If there is no ticket for outgoing mail, check a new configuration option for the From address

• Document the Default key

• Add CustomFieldValuesAsString method

  If you are using a multiple value custom field, FirstCustomFieldValue
  doesn't help because you actually want all the values. This is a simple
  wrapper function to save you writing the map.

• Add ability to skip QuickCreate ticket creation in the Initial callback
  (consistent with Ticket/Create.html and SelfService/Create.html)

• allow to change page title via callback on Create

• another place where title is used on Create

• pass QueueObj into callback, we already loaded object

• add simple search on Admin/Queues page

• a callback in Elements/Logout

• $SendTo argument in SimpleSearch widget

TESTS

• tiny url fix: we do not need 2 leading /
• Avoid redefine warnings
• Ignore t/tmp/
• Begin a new test file for testing dashboard permissions
• Refactor run_mailgate into run_and_capture
• add t/web/offline_messages_utf8.t
• minor changes in t/
• refactor tests: new tmp dir, Cfg->Set updates file and more
  • new central tmp dir under t/tmp
  • tmp dir is not deleted on failures
  • centrall %tmp hash in RT::Test to hold names
    of files
  • set_config_wrapper that wraps RT->Config->Set calls and
    append changes into the test config file, so we can
    catch them in UI by restarting server
• added t/web/ticket_update_without_content.t
• add t/web/saved_search_chart.t
• add t/web/command_line_with_unknown_field
• add t/web/offline_utf8.t
• add t/web/dashboard_with_deleted_saved_search.t
• added t/web/search_bulk_update_links.t
• add t/web/saved_search_permissions.t
• Split on the same string we actually join on
• refactor catching mails in tests

TRANSLATION

• fixed a typo in fr.po. thanks, JeanBenoit++
• [fsck.com #14092] Fixes a typo in the Norwegian Bokmal translation
• Danish translation fix from jonasbn. [fsck.com #14132]
• missing localization