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diff --git a/docs/rel_notes.txt b/docs/rel_notes.txt index 374ee0e04..705cd8f97 100644 --- a/docs/rel_notes.txt +++ b/docs/rel_notes.txt @@ -50,14 +50,17 @@ XML::Parser (any) *** Deprecated Features *** -- This is the last stable release of bugzilla which will support mysql version - 3.22. Future releases will require at least version 3.23.x. The exact minimum - version number required has not yet been decided (bug 87958) -- The use of bugzilla to maintain the shadowdb will be removed before the - next stable release. The replacement (using mysql's built in replication) is - not supported in 2.16, but we expect that very few sites use this feature. - If this would cause a problem for you, please comment in bug 124589 -- ??? Anything else? +- This is possibly the last stable release that will work with + MySQL version 3.22. Soon Bugzilla will require at least + version 3.23.x. The exact minimum version number required + has not yet been decided. + (bug 87958) +- This is possibly the last stable release to support the + shadow database. The replacement (using MySQL's built in + replication) is not present in 2.16, but we expect that + very few sites use this feature. If this would cause a + problem for you, please comment on the below bug. + (bug 124589) *** Outstanding Issues Of Note *** @@ -75,32 +78,188 @@ XML::Parser (any) program. To fix this, you can turn on the "sendmailnow" parameter on the Edit Parameters page (editparams.cgi). (bug 50159) -??? +- Users behind rotating transparent proxies or otherwise having + a dynamic IP will find they need to log in regularly. + (bug 20122) +- If you search on any CC or added comments, as well as at least + one other of CC, added comments, assignee, reporter, etc, then + the search can be very slow. This is because of limitations of + the MySQL optimiser. + (bug 96101) ************************************************************ *** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.1 OR EARLIER - 2.16 ISSUES *** ************************************************************ +*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** + +- The bug reporter could set the priority even when + 'letsubmitterchoosepriority' was off. + (bug 63018) +- It was possible for random confidential information to be + divulged, if the shadow database was in use and became + corrupted. + (bug 92263) +- Mass change would set the groupset of every bug to be the + groupset of the first bug. + (bug 107718) +- Most CGIs now run in taint mode. This helps to prevent + failure to validate errors. + (bug 108982) +- queryhelp.cgi no longer shows confidential products to + people it shouldn't. + (bug 126801) +- The bug list sort order could take arbitrary SQL. There + are no known exploits for this problem. + (bug 130821) +- It was possible for a user to bypass the IP check by + setting up a fake reverse DNS, if the Bugzilla web server + was configured to do reverse DNS lookups. Apache is not + configured as such by default. This is not a complete + exploit, as the user's login cookie would also need to + be divulged for this to be a problem. + (bug 129466) + *** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** -??? +- 2.16 introduces "templatisation", a new feature that allows + administrators to easily customise the HTML output of Bugzilla + without altering Perl code. Bugzilla uses the "Template Toolkit" + for this. ??? See the Bugzilla Guide? + + Administrators who ran the 2.15 development version and customised + templates should check the templates are still valid, as file names + and file paths have changed. + + Most output is now templatised. This process will be complete next + milestone. + (bug 86168) +- index.html is now configurable, as is now index.cgi. ??? Web server setup ??? + (bug 80183) +- Administrators can now configure maximum attachment sizes. These + should remain below the maximum size for MySQL + (bug 91664) +- Perl 5.004 is no longer supported because the Template Toolkit + requires 5.005. + (bug 97721) +- It is now strongly recommended that administrators run + "processmail rescanall" after upgrading to 2.16 or beyond. + + This will send out notification emails for changes that were + made but not emailed, due to Bugzilla bugs. All known + causes of this have been fixed (bug 104589 and 99519). + + It is also recommended that this be run nightly to avoid + lengthy delays in future if this reoccurs. + (bug 106377) *** Other changes of note *** -??? +- The query page has been redesigned for better user friendliness. + (bug 98707) +- Users can now change their email account. + (bug 23067) +- "Dependent Bug Changed" notification emails now contain the + dependent bug's summary. + (bug 28736) +- Bugs with severity "critical", "blocker", and "enhancement" are + visually differentiated on bug lists for recent browsers. + (bug 28884) +- Bugzilla now has a sidebar for the Mozilla browser. + (bug 37339) +- A link to just created attachments now appears in notification + email. + (bug 66651) +- Comments now have numbers and can be referenced with + autohyperlinkifying similar to bugs. + (bug 71840) +- The attachment system has been rewritten, supporting new + "attachment statuses" (like keywords, but for attachments), + the ability to obsolete attachments, and the ability to + edit attachment metadata. + (bugs 84338, 75176) +- syncshadowdb now supports a configurable temp file location, + and properly shuts down Bugzilla. + (bug 75840) +- Dependency tree now lets you exclude resolve bugs and bugs + below a specific depth. + (bugs 83058) +- The "strictvaluechecks" parameter has gone away. These checks + are now always done. + (bug 119715) +- The midair collision page now shows all changes since the bug + page was loaded, not just the last one. + (bug 108312) +- Added support for making dependency graphs with 'dot', which + is better at creating complex graphs than 'webdot'. + (bug 120537) *** Bug fixes of note *** +- Bugzilla scripts are now usually not terminated when the browser + window they are running in is closed. This caused hard to + reproduce bugs. + (bug 104589) +- On browsers that "reflow" the page, large component / milestone / + version fields were extremely slow to reflow when you altered + the product field. + (bug 96534) +- The selection in the component / milestone / version fields is + no longer lost when you change the selection in the product + field or use the back/forward buttons in your browser to return + to the page. + (bug 97966) +- You could not reverse dependencies in one step. + (bug 82143) +- Mass reassignment of non-open bugs will no longer reopen them. + (bug 30731) +- Attempting to bulk change no bugs will now give a user-friendly + error message. + (bug 90333) +- If you make a change to a bug where you only add yourself to CC, + email notifications are now properly sent out for MySQL 3.23. + (bug 99519) +- Bug entry now properly validates the data it has been sent. + (bug 107743) +- Midair collision checks will now properly work in all situations + where dependencies have changed. + (bug 73502) +- Some browsers were able to corrupt the params file with the wrong + end-of-line markers. + (bug 92500) +- The MySQL port defined in localconfig is now properly honoured. + (bug 98368) +- Apostrophes in component/milestone/version names no longer cause + a problem on the query page. + (bug 30689/42810) +- File attachment comments will now wrap. + (bug 52060) +- Saved queries are no longer mangled if you need to log in again, + for example if you had cookies of. + (bug 38835) - Bug counts (on reports.cgi) were very slow if you had to count a lot of bugs. (bug 63249) -- The new options to let people see a bug when their name +- 2.14 introduced options to let people see a bug when their name is on it but who aren't in the groups the bug is restricted - to only allow people to view bugs if they know the bug number. - It still will not show up in these people's buglists and - they will not receive email about changes to the bugs. + to. These only allowed the people to view the bugs directly, + and not see them on buglists and receive email about them. (bugs 95024, 97469) -??? +- A new 'cookiepath' parameter on editparams.cgi allows multiple + Bugzilla installations to exist on one host without problems. + (bug 19910) +- whineatnews.pl now respects the 'sendmailnow' parameter. + (bug 52782) +- The query page came up even when Bugzilla was shut down. + (bug 121747) +- Quicksearch gave a weird error message when Bugzilla was + shut down. + (bug 121741) +- Querying on CC took too long on big databases, it is quicker + now. + (bug 127200) + +??? 109357 ************************************************************ *** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14 OR EARLIER - 2.14.1 ISSUES *** |