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[TWiki-Dev] Announcement: TWiki 4.3.1 Production Release
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From: Peter T. <pet...@tw...> - 2009-04-30 05:47:46
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Dear TWiki administrator: TWiki-4.3.1 Production Release aka Georgetown Release is now available for download from the TWiki.org website. This is a patch release that fixes the Security Alert CVE-2009-1339 - CSRF Vulnerability with Image Tag, that was publicly announced today. A few bugs have been fixed as well. It is recommended to upgrade older TWiki releases to this TWiki-4.3.1 release. We expect this release to be a very stable. Download the new release from: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWiki Note: An upgrade package will be made available in the next few days. ______________________________________________________________ ---++ CHANGES AND UPGRADE TWiki 4.3 (code named Georgetown) introduces security enhancements, usability enhancements, feature enhancements, and adds extensions to strengthen TWiki as an enterprise collaboration platform. TWiki is now localized to Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Highlights of TWiki-4.3.1: * Security Enhancements * Reduced risk of CSRF (cross-site request forgery) - TWiki:Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2009-1339 * Usability Enhancements * Use ISO date format by default Highlights of TWiki-4.3.0: * Security Enhancements * Reduced risk of XSS (cross-site scripting) * S/MIME support to sign administrative e-mails * Usability Enhancements * Replace question mark links with red-links to point to non-existing topics * Enterprise Collaboration Enhancements * Pre-installed HeadlinesPlugin to show headline newsfeeds in TWiki topics * Pre-installed TWikiNetSkin, TWikiNetSkinPlugin for corporate look and feel * Search Enhancements * Add footer parameter to Formatted Search * Add number of topics to Formatted Search * Miscellaneous Feature Enhancements * Control over variable expansion at topic creation time * 17 new TWikiDocGraphics images * Include URL supports list of domains to exclude from proxy * Adding Korean language * Plugin Enhancements * SpreadSheetPlugin: 5 new functions Details are listed in the release notes at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiReleaseNotes04x03 To upgrade from releases prior to TWiki-4.2.0 follow the instructions at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04x03/TWikiUpgradeGuide To upgrade from TWiki-4.2.x and 4.3.0 we recommend to watch the download page at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWiki -- an upgrade package will be made available in the next few days. Many people worked on the 4.3 release. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody involved in making this happen! The change history with contributors is listed at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiHistory#GeorgetownRelease ______________________________________________________________ ---++ WHAT IS TWIKI TWiki is an open source enterprise Enterprise Wiki and Web 2.0 Application Platform. It is a Structured Wiki, typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the internet. Web content can be created collaboratively by using just a browser. Users without programming skills can create web applications. Developers can extend the functionality of TWiki with plugins. TWiki gets downloaded over 8,000 times a month. TWiki.org's mission is to provide a leading enterprise wiki and application platform. Founded in 1998 by Peter Thoeny and managed by a team of open-source software engineers around the world, the TWiki platform is installed and used by thousands of companies including Google, Motorola, Nokia, SAP and Yahoo! to increase the productivity of their teams. TWiki is released as Free Software under the GNU/GPL (General Public License). TWiki is a registered trademark of Peter Thoeny, TWIKI.NET. ______________________________________________________________ ---++ TWIKI COMMUNITY - GET INVOLVED! Are you a developer, tech writer or marketeer with interest in open source? Have you ever participated in an open source community? It's lots of fun to collaborate on a common goal. The twiki.org community is looking for new contributors. As a contributor you can actively make a difference and help shape the product. To get started: * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/ReadmeFirst - for core code * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/ReadmeFirst - for plugins * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiMarketing - for marketing * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/WebPageAudienceSiteStructure - for website redesign We established a code of conduct and a governance model that is heavily based on the successful Ubuntu model. More at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiCodeOfConduct and http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiGovernance. We have an expanded TWiki Project Charter with many exciting projects, see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiCharter and http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRoadMap We'd love to get you involved! A good way to get involved is to participate in release meetings, The next one is at #twiki_release on Mon, 2009-05-04 17:00 GMT, http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/HelsinkiReleaseMeeting2009x05x04 The development of TWiki extensions gained momentum over the last 12 month, there are now more than 400 Add-ons, Plugins, Contribs and Skins available. Check them out; to name a few, ActionTrackerPlugin, BlackListPlugin, BlogPlugin, CalendarPlugin, ChartPlugin, DBIQueryPlugin, FormQueryPlugin, HeadlinesPlugin, HistoryPlugin, MailInContrib, ProjectPlannerPlugin, TWikiAjaxContrib, TWikiDrawPlugin, SlideShowPlugin, SpreadSheetPlugin, TagMePlugin, WorkflowPlugin, WysiwygPlugin, XpTrackerPlugin and more can be downloaded from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/WebHome ______________________________________________________________ ---++ TWIKI USER COMMUNITY Wouldn't it be great to meet fellow TWiki champions in your neighborhood to exchange ideas and best practices? We started to organize TWiki user meetups in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Silicon Valley and Zurich. Please organize one in your town too! Helpful people on twiki.org will assist you. More on that at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiMeetUps ______________________________________________________________ ---++ TWIKI SUPPORT, SERVICES AND HOSTING The Support web at TWiki.org is available for people who have a technical questions or questions about TWiki deployment. This support forum is for TWiki users by TWiki users. The TWiki community keeps an eye on postings, but doesn't necessarily answer questions. In practice, contributors and users are actively discussing and helping out! Get TWiki community support at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/WebHome If you prefer IRC you can use the #twiki channel on chat.freenode.net to get in touch with the TWiki community. A number of consultants provide consulting services to help you deploy and customize TWiki, see http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiConsultants. TWIKI.NET at http://www.twiki.net provides support subscriptions, hosting solutions and training. TWiki user and champion training help you use the TWiki platform effectively. ______________________________________________________________ ---++ TWIKI DEPLOYMENT AND ADVOCACY TWiki is steadily growing in popularity. It is mainly used behind corporate firewalls and has grown into a mission critical system at many major corporations such as Google, Motorola, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo! In case you installed TWiki on your server you could list it at http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiInstallation Word of mouth is a good way of spreading TWiki - your help is greatly appreciated! More exposure means more contributions, and a better system! To promote TWiki in magazines and web sites use the material in http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiAdvocacy04x03 ______________________________________________________________ ---++ REQUEST FOR PAPER! If you have a successful deployment of TWiki, we would really appreciate if you could support the TWiki project by writing a TWiki success story. This helps in promoting the platform, leading to more contributions, and a continuously improving product! Read more on this at: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiSuccessStories Last but not least, thanks for contributing many ideas, code, docs, quality and more! Best regards and happy TWiki'ing, Peter, on behalf of the TWiki community -- * Peter Thoeny, CTO - peter.thoeny.public[at]twiki.net * http://twiki.net - TWIKI.NET - Enterprise Collaboration * http://twiki.org - is your team already TWiki enabled? * Knowledge cannot be managed, it can be discovered and shared * This e-mail is: (_) private (x) ask first (_) public |