File Release Notes and Changelog
Notes:
TWiki 4.2.3 is a security patch release which only contains bug fixes.
More than 150 bugs have been fixed since the release of
4.2.0 in all areas of TWiki.
It is highly recommended to upgrade TWiki 4.2.0, 4.2.1 and 4.2.2
to 4.2.3. Users will find the 4.2.3 much more stable in
daily use.
This release enhance the security of the configure script in the event that an installer has forgotten to secure access to it (against the advice given in the documentation)
For details see
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x03 and
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04x02/TWikiReleaseNotes04x03
Changes:
See http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04x02/TWikiHistory
for details.
Highlights of 4.2.3 release
- Fix security issue related to configure script
Highlights of 4.2.2 release:
- Registration with verification fails in 4.2.1
- REVINFO with web specified in topic param renders as
though topic does not exist.
- TWiki::Compatibility has undefined variable error
Highlights of 4.2.1 release:
- Much more stable Wysiwyg editor
- Better support for non-English characters
- Better handling of bullet points
- Pickaxe feature which enables quick swap between Wysiwyg
and raw edit is more stable
- Attachment of files within Wysiwyg editor working better
- Linking feature fixed
- More stable EditTablePlugin
- Better support for UTF8 though UTF8 is still regarded as
experimental and features such as wiki words do not work
with non-english characters. UTF8 will be a good choice
for languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean
- Better support for non English charsets
- Easier configuration of language settings in configure
- Renaming of webs much improved
- Compatibility with perl 5.10
- Fixes related to mandatory fields in forms
- Universal edit button with Firefox extension
- Access controls using login ID instead of wikiname which
was broken in 4.2.0 works again
- Search features have had a few bugs fixed
- Several bugs related to attaching files have been fixed
- Some cross site scripting possibilities have been eliminated
- Plugins that uses beforeAttachmentSaveHandler now works
stable (e.g. BlackListPlugin)
- The feature of having RCS files (the ,v file) in a
separate directory never worked. Feature has now been
removed as it really does not give any advantages.
- User mapping feature improved to ensure 1:1 mapping
between canonical user ID and login ID which is important
for security
