[phpList-developers] phpList 3.4.2 Release Candidate ready for testing

[Suela P. <su...@ph...>]

      New Release Candidate for phpList 3.4.2

A Release Candidate for the upcoming phpList 3.4.2 is available for
testing.
This release includes several usability & functional enhancements, plus
a fix on the Automatic Updater to support PHP 5.3 and 5.4.


      Download:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/phplist-development/3.4.2-RC2/



      *Changes to look for in this release:*

Full list of changes here
<https://mantis.phplist.org/roadmap_page.php?version_id=161>.

If you have experienced issues with previous installations please
install this update and see if those issues are resolved.
Download the Release Candidate here
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/phplist-development/3.4.2-RC2/>
if you are running a version older than 3.3.7-RC1.


      Changes to look for:

  * Added support for [CONTACTURL] placeholder, allowing customization
    of vCard link anchor text
  * Added |http| to URLs included in vCards for wider support and compliance
  * Added validation of email addresses during import of subscribers
    from .txt files
  * Check “omit invalid” option by default on ‘Import subscribers from
    CSV file’ page, to avoid importing invalid emails
  * Add fallback during Automatic Updater checks (dashboard
    notification) to remove dependency on cURL
  * Added support for inline viewing of PDF attachments allowing access
    to PDF campaign attachments in your browser when receiving plaintext
    messages and/or use the NewsletterArchive add-on – thanks to Lior
    <https://discuss.phplist.org/u/lwc/summary>, see the pull request
    <https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/pull/521>
  * List all errors when they exist on subscribe pages, particularly
    when using the Captcha plugin enabled – thanks to @merovatis
    <https://discuss.phplist.org/u/merovatis>user on the forum, who
    raised the problem and Duncan
    <https://discuss.phplist.org/u/duncanc/summary> for quickly
    providing the fix, see the pull request
    <https://github.com/phpList/phplist3/pull/527>


      Guidelines


        Upgrading

Upgrade from releases older that phpList 3.3.7-RC1 following the usual
upgrade process <https://www.phplist.org/manual/ch031_upgrading.xhtml>
Use the Automatic Updater if you are running phpList 3.3.7 or latter.

Use your phpList as normal, and report any new problems you find.


        Activating the REST API

If you haven’t checked the REST API yet, you can see the dedicated
chapter in the manual to help you get started with it: API and
Integrations
<https://www.phplist.org/manual/ch049_api-and-integrations.xhtml>


      Reporting issues

This RC is available for testing until the final release expected on May
11th. If a new RC will be necessary based on the feedback shared, an
announcement will be posted in advance.

Report any issues you find with phpList3 to the phpList Bugtracker
<https://mantis.phplist.org/>, selecting “3.4.2-RC2” as the Product Version.
Use the usual bug fixing process
<https://www.phplist.org/development/#fix> if you know how to fix it.

Report any issues you find with phpList 4 core
<https://github.com/phpList/core> or REST API
<https://github.com/phpList/rest-api> to the corresponding repo on GitHub.
Please read the contribution guide
<https://github.com/phpList/core/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md> on
how to contribute and how to run the unit tests and style checks locally.

Happy testing!