Release Version 1.5-beta4
Release date: 25 July 2012
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Release 1.5-beta4 is also available in the [[Installation - Debian Ubuntu|Debian]] and [[Installation - RPM|RPM]] package repositories and the Subversion repository. Currently Release 1.5-beta4 is distributed from the unstable repositories.
Installation
Documentation for this beta release is not finished yet but is
largely the same as for the previous releases. Exceptions are documented
in [[Installation notes for 1-5 development code]]. Note that although
we have thoroughly tested this beta4 release it is not yet intended for
production use.
Upgrade Notes
See [[Installation notes for 1-5 development code]] for important upgrade and installation notes.
Changes since release 1.5-beta3
* Changes since 1.5-beta3
- Security: make admin check more strict (#751)
- Security: Fixed reset of session cookie when switching to HTTPS (#757)
- Security: Fixed 2 potential XSS vulnerabilities (#754)
- Security: always prevent caching of sensitive pages (#762)
- Security: add XSRF checks for POSTs and additional auth-checks for GETs (#753)
- Security: add additional recommended PHP settings (#758)
- Fixes and improvements in language selection (#662, #745)
- Updated language definitions
- Disabled HTML5 capability for Opera (#527)
- Improvements on handling and reporting of missing required SAML attributes (#628)
- Bugfixes in mail error-handling (#713)
- Improved Help text (en_AU only) (#650, #651)
- Removed HTML5URL configuration setting (merged into Help text) (#744)
- Various small bug fixes (#691, #731, #742, #794)
Changes since release 1.5-beta2
* Changes since 1.5-beta2
- HTML5 upload support for the upcoming FireFox 13.
- Improvements in the User Interface.
- Improved user feedback and error reporting
- Improved server side logging.
- Various small bug fixes and enhancements.
* Changed features:
- Option to securely wipe (shred) expired files in the daily cron job.
- Separate text definitions for 'logon' button and title of the landing page.
- The configured 'Site Name' is now used on the landing page
Changes since release 1.5-beta1
* Major changes since 1.5-beta1
- The ./config directory as distributed now only contains a sample
config-dist.php file. All other templates/sample files have been
moved to ./config-templates or their contents have been merged
into the ./language/* files.
- The supplied config-dist.php has been cleaned up and contains some
important changes. It is recommended to create a fresh config.php
from the supplied config-dist.php file and adapt that one with your
local settings.
- Two database column type changes (needs manual adjustment when
upgrading).
- Changed and consolidated language file naming scheme.
- Added Czech, Slovenian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Hungarian
language files.
- Updated Dutch and Norwegian language files.
* Major (less visible) changes since 1.5-beta1
- Further improvements in workflow, validation/error handling and
input/output pathways.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
Changes since 1.1 RELEASE
* Major changes since 1.1/1.0.1
- Replaced Flash User Interface with a HTML-only interface
- Dropped Gears dependency, upload of large (>2G) files now requires
a modern HTML5 capable browser, other browsers are limited to 2G
uploads (using a small Flash-application).
- Added automatic language selection (English, Norwegian, Dutch)
- Added Database Abstraction Layer (PDO) to facilitate the use
of MySQL and possibly other databases as backend.
* Major (visible) changes since earlier 1.5.0 development builds
- Added French and German languages (contributed by RESTENA)
- Replaced MDB2 with PDO DB Abstraction Layer
* Major (less visible) changes since earlier development builds
- Input/output pathways have been simplified
- Input/output sanitisation and validation is done
- Much code and program flow has been cleaned up and simplified
- We now use mostly prepared statements for database interaction
- All pages are now W3C compliant
Known issues
This is the 4th and last planned beta for 1.5. During this beta4 phase we'll be polishing the language definitions and documentation. No code changes are planned. See http://www.assembla.com/spaces/file_sender/tickets for a current list of issues.Support and Feedback
See [[Support and Mailinglists]] and [[Feature requests]].