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phpBB 3.0.6 Release Candidate 1 released

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:52:47 +0000

phpBB 3.0.6 Release Candidate 1 released

by Acyd Burn » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:48 pm

Please read: This release candidate is only meant for people who want to participate in the QA process – if you are interested, please subscribe to the QA Mailing List to be notified about additional release candidates.

Hello,

In an effort to increase product stability we are happy to announce the availability of the first release candidate for the next release – phpBB 3.0.6.

This release contains a lot more features, bug fixes and changes than previous releases, therefore we expect a longer RC phase and maybe one or two additional RC’s this time. Everyone able to should test this release and report critical bugs (those, stopping the operation of the forum) and issues to the bug tracker or directly to the developers.

We recommend international support sites to update their sites to RC1 too. We are able to provide direct support to them within our international support sites forums.

Note to people using 3.0.4 files in 3.0.5 installations

We know that some replaced their includes/functions_messenger.php file from their phpBB 3.0.5 installation with the version from phpBB 3.0.4 due to the following bug:
Ticket #46725 – functions_messenger [...] causing emailing issues

If you update to RC1 please *re-upload the 3.0.5 functions_messenger.php file* and any other file you replaced with previous versions. If you do not use phpBB 3.0.5 files all modifications will be identified as non-phpBB modifications and merged during the automatic update. This will result in wrong updates where to-be-updated parts for phpBB 3.0.6 will not be included and you will not benefit from the bug fixes – or even notice grave errors.

Tagging/Reviewing fixes

Every member is now able to verify bug fixes and mark them as fixed within the trackers. To mark a bugfix as verified go to the bug and click on “I have verified the fix of this ticket” in the “Options” section on the right. Of course prior to clicking you should have properly checked whether the bug was really fixed. Of course you should comment on the respective bug if you find problems so the fix can be corrected.

To make it easier for you to find fixed bugs that need testing we created a bug overview page. It lists unfixed critical bugs at the top. Then a list of critical bugs that have been fixed – these should be thorougly checked to confirm that the problem has really been solved. And then all other bugs that have been fixed since the last release are listed. You should focus on the least tested bugs when selecting one to test.

Language Packs and Styles

We already gave out instructions to language pack authors to let them update their language packs in a timely manner. The changes are provided with the code changes package (see downloads section below). Style authors should also download the code changes package and adjust their styles accordingly. Please post within our Styles forums if you have questions or encounter problems.

The package is downloadable from:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … hanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … es.tar.bz2

New features, changes, bug fixes

The following is a list of major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:

Backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
- Classic and GD CAPTCHA
- reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
- Q&A CAPTCHA
- 3D Wave (by Robert “Xore” Hetzler)

Introduced new ACM plugins:
- null (to disable caching completely)
- memcache (http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache)
- APC (http://pecl.php.net/package/APC)
- XCache (http://xcache.lighttpd.net/)
- eAccelerator (http://eaccelerator.net/)

ATOM Feeds
bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
Send statistical information (anonymously) about PHP and phpBB configuration to help improve phpBB.

The following is a list of minor feature additions to phpBB 3.0.6:

Add language selection on the registration terms page
New groups option to excempt group leaders from group permissions
New “Newly Registered Users” group for assigning permissions to newly registered users. They will be removed from this group once they reach a defineable amount of posts.
Ability to define if the “Newly Registered Users” group will be assigned as the default group to newly registered users.
Add new option to disable avatars board-wide
Enhance obtain_users_online_string to be able to return user-lists for other session-items
Add unapproved topic icon for moderators on forum list
Ability to define minimum number of characters for posts/pms
Store signature configuration options in database
Detect when a post has been altered by someone else while editing.
Add unread posts quick search option
Add option to disable avatar uploads from remote locations.
Ability to delete warnings and keep warnings permanently
Ability to empty a user’s outbox from the user ACP quick tools.
Ability to search ACP / MCP logs
Parse email text files with the template engine.
Use email-style quoting when bbcodes are disabled.
Added new functionality to inactive users module:
- Ability to set users per page.
- Ability to sort by posts/number of reminders/last reminded date.
- Show number of posts and ability to search posts.
- Show number of reminders sent to user.
- Show date of last reminder sent to user.
Display version check on ACP main page.
Ability to control the display of custom profile fields on viewtopic
Fallback options for missing language files.
Separate PM Reply and PM Reply to all in prosilver.
Place debug notices during captcha rendering in the error log – useful for debugging output already started errors.
Ability to define constant PHPBB_USE_BOARD_URL_PATH to use board url for images/avatars/ranks/imageset…
Added function to generate Email hash.
Style authors are now able to define the default submit button used for form submission on ENTER keypress on forms using more than one. Prosilver uses this for the posting page(s) and registration screen.
Ability to specify amount of time user is able to delete his last post in topic.

The following is a list of smaller changes implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:

submit_post() now accepts force_approved_state key passed to $data to indicate new posts being approved (true) or unapproved (false).
Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.
Add index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries.
Template engine now permits to a limited extent variable includes.
Quote BBCode no longer requires the f_reply permission.
Banning/unbanning users now generates an entry in their user notes
Smilies no longer require the f_bbcode permission.
Ability to define column split in FAQ/BBCode help
Changed behaviour of group_create() function to support specifying additional group columns
Hide avatar when avatar-type is not allowed
INCLUDEPHP not depending on phpbb_root_path
Ability to fetch moderators with get_moderators() even if load_moderators setting is off.
“Post details” links with image in MCP.
PM history now only shows PMs of users you currently reply to.
Show quote button for own PMs in PM history.
Fetch requested cookie variables directly from cookie super global.
Add confirmation for deactivating styles
Add confirmation for deactivating language packs
Add confirm-box when deleting permissions
Add pagination for icons and smilies in the ACP and smilies in the smiley popup
Cache get_username_string() function calls on viewtopic.
Cache version check.
When creating a new forum without copying permissions, ask again.
Parse multiline url title for [url] BBCode tag.
Introduce new parameter to page_header() for forum specific who is online listings.
Lifted minimum requirement for Firebird DBMS from 2.0+ to 2.1+.
Unapproved topics can no longer be replied to
Require user to be registered and logged in to search for unread posts if topic read tracking is disabled for guests
Allow three-digit hex notation in Color BBcode.
Simplified login_box() and redirection after login. S_LOGIN_ACTION can now be used on every page.
Do not take edit post time into account for determining permission to delete last post in topic.
Resize oversized Topic icons
Banned IPs are now sorted
phpBB updater now skips sole whitespace changes. This reduces the chance of conflicts tremendously.

The following is a list of bugfixes since phpBB 3.0.5:

Allow whitespaces in avatar gallery names.
Sorting by author or subject on viewtopic now preserves the order.
Correctly determine writable status of files on Windows operating system.
Show report button in prosilver for guests who are allowed to report posts.
Correctly show private message history
Various XHTML mistakes in prosilver, subsilver2 and the ACP.
Fix some ACP style issues
Move post bump information markup to the template.
Show error in the ACP when template folder is not readable.
Adjust viewonline filename regular expression to be less strict.
Correctly apply the can change vote permission again. Regression introduced in r9470.
Also remove data from friend/foe table when deleting user.
Correctly hide skiplink in prosilver right-to-left mode.
Fix dynamic config update routine error if firebird is used
Allow friends/foes to be added and removed at the same time.
Only change topic/post icon if icons are enabled and user is allowed to.
Fix saving custom profile fields in ACP if Oracle is used.
Make view_log() more resilient to corrupt serialized data.
Show error if hostname lookup doesn’t return a valid IP address when banning.
Fix incorrect layout when loading private message draft.
Show proper error message when trying to add bots to friends/foes list.
Fix Oracle database backup
Update attachments table when deleting user and retaining his posts.
Correctly detect files in subfolders when viewing cached template files.
Display user’s Jabber address in popup when Jabber functionality is disabled
Correctly exclude forums from active topics list.
Do not display birthdays of banned users
Fix function to recalculate Nested Sets
Display but also highlight already used rank images when creating new ranks.
Correctly orientate quoted text image on RTL languages
Do not display “View user notes” and “Warn user” links in user profile if corresponding MCP modules are disabled.
Show proper error message when trying to create a private messages folder with an empty name.
No longer state that it is possible to manage group leaders from the UCP.
Do not throw an error when PDO is a shared module and not loaded preventing SQLite from being loaded.
Fix censoring of unicode words.
Display coloured usernames in ACP groups management screens
Correctly describe founder permissions on trace-information
Correct the width value for poll_center.gif omitted in imageset.cfg for subsilver2.
Correctly load complex language variable using acp_language
Fix reapply_sid() to correctly strip session id in certain circumstances
Correctly state why one language pack is marked with an asterisk in the ACP.
Correctly check if install directory is still present.
Correct banned user behaviour when “force password change” is enabled
Correctly display ACP logs options, without permission to clear logs.
Display topic icons in MCP forum view again (only prosilver).
Properly display post status messages in topic when post is reported and unapproved
Do not remove recipients when loading private message draft.
Add author name to moderator log when deleting post/topic.
Fix broken “Report details” link in the MCP.
Resolve accesskey conflicts in prosilver.
Check if template file is empty before trying to read from it.
Correct descriptions of the permissions to use BBCode, smilies, images and flash to be more relevant.
Fix style issues in print mode.
Fix minor issue with L_QUOTE language string missing in several PM composing modes.
Also fetch posts of guests and deleted or deactivated users when searching for author names.
Show end of ban in MCP and ACP when user is banned by duration.
Correctly count posts awaiting approval in the MCP.
Display user’s posts count in private message when it is equal to 0 (prosilver).
Only allow users to disable word censor if globally allowed.
Fix database updater and db tools to support multiple column changes/additions/removals with SQLite
Correctly detect GZIP status in debug mode.
Posting smilies in view more smilies now work again in IE
Properly convert and show filesize information.
Add ability to prune users who never logged in.
Show smilies and images in topic print view.
Force full date in private message print view.
Fix “Always show a scrollbar for short pages” for IE8 and Firefox 3.5
Do not allow setting group as default group for pending users.
Fail gracefully if store folder is not writable during update.
Hide profile-icon from viewtopic-page if user has no permissions (subsilver2 only)
Correct escaping/unescaping in the LDAP authentication plugin.
Add hard limit for smilies.
Remove redundant SQL query from ucp.php.
Reorder frame order of animated subsilver2 topic icons to be useful when animation is disabled.
Ensure user errors are displayed regardless of PHP settings.
Permit null values for non-required integer custom profile fields and ensure zero complies with the range limits.
Allow changing forum from select box under certain circumstances.
Display required fields notice on registration above the custom profile fields.
Copy poll options properly when copying topic.
Fix error with disapproval of topics having several queued posts only.
Preserve newlines in template files (one newline had been always dropped after a template variable due to PHP’s handling of closing tags)
Be less strict with FTP daemons when getting directory filelists.
Fix set_custom_template for database-stored styles
Banning an already banned user states to be successful, but has no effect
Do not add style-parameter to URL again, after admin re-authentification
Do not cut post-message in between HTML-Entities on search.php
Correctly set attachment flag for topics, posts and pms after deleting attachments
Display “Locked” button instead of “Reply” one for locked forum in viewtopic (prosilver).
Correctly propagate umlauts over search result pages
Preserve post options when refusing to save the post as a draft.
Do not send private message back to sender if sender is in the same group the private message was sent to.
Correctly add user to a group making it a default one.
Add log entry when copying forum permissions.
Min/max characters per posts no longer affects poll options
Correctly log action when users request to join a group
Do not try to create thumbnails for images we cannot open properly.
Apply locale-independent basename() to attachment filenames. New function added: utf8_basename().
Adjust build_url() to not prepend $phpbb_root_path if path returned from redirect() is an URL. This fixes redirect issues with some installations and bridges.
Do not mark global announcements as read if all topics in a forum become read
Fix general error while registration, through undefined variable $config in validate_referer
Correctly extract column default value when exporting PostgreSQL tables.
Allow updater to work correctly with PHP filename extensions other than “.php”.
Update search index if only post subject changed.
Fix who is online displaying incorrect data.
Fixed incorrect “topic does not exist” when unapproved posts were visited without global moderator permissions.
Prevent style switcher from blocking the tab key.
Correctly redirect on MCP main page after posts approval/disapproval from it.
Do not display topic approval status image for shadow topic if a user is not a moderator in the forum the topic has been moved to.
Fix email problems on servers with PHP installations not accepting RFC-compliant subject string passed to the mail()-function.
Correctly orientate Control-Panel-Navigation background-image on RTL languages.
Sort private messages by message time and not message id.
Make sure only logs for existing users are displayed and user-specific logs removed on user deletion.
Only show “Add friend” and “Add foe” links if the specific module is enabled.
Correctly display list items in forum description in prosilver and administration.
Fix handling of bookmarks and subscriptions on “split topics”, “merge topics” and “merge posts”.
Only embed cron.php if there is no cron lock present to reduce overhead.
Add header gradient back into subsilver2 but keep site logo easily replaceable with smaller and bigger ones.
Send activation email when activating user from user settings.
Do not show resend activation email link when using admin activation.
Do not display links to user/post search if search is disabled.
Fix icon alignment for forums with large descriptions in subsilver2.
Correctly display underlined links placed in last line in viewtopic.

(For the complete list, including ticket numbers and full credits for patches have a look at the comprehensive changelog file within the docs folder)

Available packages:

With this release, there are five packages available.

Full Package:
Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.

Automatic Update Package:
Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.

Changed Files Only:
Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.

Patch Files:
Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.

Code Changes Package:
Package contains changes to the following sections: Language changes, prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes.

Select whichever package is most suitable for you. As a tiny guide we recommend the following methods based on the requirements:

For a new installation you should use the Full Package
For updates of boards without modifications you can basically use the Automatic Update Package (guided update) or the Changed Files Only package (manual update).
For updates of boards with modifications you should use the Automatic Update Package. If you are confident with patch files and patching you can use the Patch Files Package.
Style Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to update their styles or language packs directly.
International Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction with the Code Changes to better support users having problems with conflicts or specific code sections.
If you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files Package to update all of your client installations.

Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!

Download:

Full Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.tar.bz2

Automatic Update Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … .6-RC1.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … C1.tar.bz2

Changed Files Only Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-files.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … es.tar.bz2

Patch Files Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-patch.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … ch.tar.bz2

Code Changes Package:
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … hanges.zip
http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 … es.tar.bz2

IMPORTANT

To correctly perform an update, do not forget to re-enable the PHPBB_QA constant within your includes/constants.php file. Else you are not prompted for an update within the ACP and the automatic update will eventually fail.

Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Team

MyBB 1.4.9 Released – Security Update

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:08:36 +0000

MyBB 1.4.9 is a security update to the MyBB 1.4 series. It fixes 1 high risk security vulnerability and two low risk issues. We recommend everybody upgrades to this release immediately or patch their boards with the manual patching instructions below.

These vulnerabilities affects MyBB 1.4.8. MyBB 1.2 is also affected.

Thank you to endeavormac, frostschutz, and TheLinx for alerting us of these issues.

MyBB 1.4.8 to MyBB 1.4.9 Patch

This patch is only for users running MyBB 1.4.8. If you are running an older version of MyBB then please download MyBB 1.4.9 from the MyBB site and update to it.

Please download the attached ZIP archive and replace the files in your forum directory with those from the ZIP archive.

changed_files_1409.zip

If you wish to manually patch your board please download “mybb_1408_patches.txt” and follow the instructions in that file.

mybb_1408_patches.txt

Please Note: You do not have to run the upgrade script for this release.

Reporting MyBB security vulnerabilities

If you think you’ve found a vulnerability in MyBB, we advise you not to publicly post it on these forums or publicly release information about it elsewhere until we’ve had time to prepare and release a patch.

As always, you can send through security related messages on the MyBB website from the Contact Us page.

MyBB 1.2.14 Patch

Please follow step #1 in the mybb_1408_patches.txt file as listed above.

Please note all users of the 1.2.x series are urged to upgrade to the latest release of MyBB. (1.4.9) MyBB 1.2 is no longer being supported, though security updates for the MyBB 1.2 series will last through December 2009.

Firefox v.3.5, released June 30th, 2009

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:07 +0000

Check out what’s new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the latest version of Firefox. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, either using this feedback form or by filing a bug in Bugzilla.

What’s New in Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use. Some of the notable features are:

Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!)
Support for the HTML5 and elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio. (Try it here!)
Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing. (Try it here!)
Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage,

Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.

Fake Microsoft Security Alert Email – KB910721

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:48:34 +0000

Just thought I’d warn everyone

Yesterday afternoon our spam traps caught a piece of malware disguised as a false security alert from Microsoft:

Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721)

Brief Description
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express. This update is critical and provides you with the latest version of the Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express and offers the highest levels of stability and security.

Instructions

* Install Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721). To do this, follow these steps:
1. Run attached file officexp-KB910721-FullFile-ENU.exe
2. Restart Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express

Quick Details

* File Name: officexp-KB910721-FullFile-ENU.exe
* Version: 1.4
* Date Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:03:27 +0300
* Language: English
* File Size: 81 KB

System Requirements

* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows Vista

* This update applies to the following product: Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express

It does look plausible, the spelling and grammar are surprisingly correct,*for malware authors, but, as ever, one should always be cautious concerning e-mail attachments. Even those that purport to come from Microsoft and especially those that contain executables.

Sophos suggests that you go to the official Microsoft website to obtain your fixes since anyone who*succumbed to this scam, far from enjoying*”the highest levels of stability and security“, will now be running*a nasty little*Trojan. *

Sophos detects this threat*as Troj/Spy-CU.

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by JulieYeates
Filed under: Exploits, Malware, Spam
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Related posts
Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin
Microsoft September 2008 Security Bulletin
Microsoft outlook re-configuration redux
April 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins
November Microsoft Security Bulletin

Source: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/post/4889

software updates 6-16-2009

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:54:04 +0000

06/16
ImageMagick • 6.5.3-8

No release notes or change logs that I am able to find on the site.

06/16
iptables • 1.4.4

The Netfilter Core Team has released iptables-1.4.4.

06/16
samba • 3.3.5

This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series

The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be downloaded now. A patch against Samba 3.3.4 is also available. See the release notes for more info.

06/16
wireshark • 1.2.0

For a complete list of changes, please refer to the 1.2.0 release notes.

06/15
phpMyAdmin • 3.2.0

phpMyAdmin 3.2.0 is released

06/15
ati-driver • 9.6

No release notes or change logs that I am able to find on the site.

06/15
squid • 3.0.STABLE16

No release notes or change logs that I can find on the site.

06/15
sqlite • 3.6.15

Version 3.6.15 of SQLite is recommended for all new development. Upgrading from version 3.6.12, 3.6.13, and 3.6.14.2 is optional. Upgrading from versions 3.6.11 and earlier or version 3.6.14 and 3.6.14.1 is recommended.

06/13
glade • 3.6.5

No release notes or change logs that I can find on the site.

06/12
bind • 9.6.1

No release notes or change logs that I can find on the site.

06/11
webmin • 1.480

Webmin version 1.480 and Usermin 1.410 released

This major update includes improvements to the search function, several contributed translations, SMART support for FreeBSD and OSX, DHCPd module lease display changes, support for the new OpenLDAP configuration format and much more. You can get it from the Webmin downloads page.

Also available is a new Usermin release which improves character set support when reading and replying to mail, makes mail filtering by header easier and more. It can be found on the Usermin downloads page.

Software updates 6-11-2009

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:41:47 +0000

06/11	ImageMagick • 6.5.3-5 No release notes or change logs that I can find on the site.
06/11	firefox • 3.0.11 View the Release notes for latest changes and bug fixes.
06/10	util-linux • 2.15.1 Please, read README.devel from the util-linux-ng source tarball. There is information about GIT branches and basic requirements for patches.
06/10	linux • 2.6.30 View change logs for the latest changes and bug fixes.
06/08	NVIDIA • 185.18.14 Graphics Drivers Linux IA32 Latest Version: 185.18.14 Latest Legacy GPU version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive Linux IA64 Latest Version: 1.0-5336 Archive Linux AMD64/EM64T Latest Version: 185.18.14 Latest Legacy GPU Version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU Version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU Version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive FreeBSD x86 Latest Version: 185.18.14 Latest Legacy GPU Version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU Version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU Version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive Solaris x64/x86 Latest Version: 185.18.14 Latest Legacy GPU version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive
06/06	glade • 3.6.4 No change logs or release notes that I can see on the site.
06/06	findutils • 4.4.2 No change logs or release notes that I can find on the site.
06/05	wicd • 1.6.0 Wicd’s current release is 1.6.0. Information about changes in this version can be found at the release notes and changelog page and information about the 1.6 series can be found at Launchpad.
06/05	synaptic • 0.62.6 [2009-06-05] Accepted 0.62.6 in unstable (low) (Michael Vogt)

Software updates 6-4-2009

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:16:34 +0000

06/04	mysql • 5.1.35 No change logs or release notes on their site.
06/04	lyx • 1.6.3 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.3. This is the third maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. Besides the usual improvements of stability, the highlights of this release are: tex2lyx is now able to read files in all latex supported encodings and transform them into the proper unicode-based format introduced in 1.5.0. This paves the way for many other improvements in LaTeX->LyX translation. The performance problems when editing a master with child documents have been resolved. LyX 1.6.3 introduces some goodies provided by Qt 4.5 (menu support for fullscreen mode in linux, close button on tabs). Of course these improvements (as well as some Qt-related fixes) only show up if LyX is compiled against Qt 4.5. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. Please find enclosed an announcement, some sources in tar.gz format (also .tar.bz2) and finally a gzipped patch (in .bz2 too). In a few days there should also be some binaries (mirror server).
06/04	git • 1.6.3.2 View release notes for changes and updates.
06/03	postfix • 2.6.2 June 3, 2009: Stable release Postfix 2.6.2.
06/03	amarok • 2.1 Amarok 2.1 “Let There Be Light” released
06/03	enlightenment • 1.0.0 No release notes although there are different types of versions of this program and this one is hard to locate on the main site but source forge has it for download.
06/03	kdewebdev • 4.2.4 No release notes but this is the webdev part of KDE – personally I am hopping they updated Quanta as I use that for editing web pages. I do feel I need to mention the version I am using is good.
06/03	kdebase • 4.2.4 KDE 4.2.4 released On 3rd June 2009, KDE 4.2.4 was released by the KDE community. It contains many bugfixes, mainly in the e-mail and PIM suite Kontact and the HTML rendering component.
06/02	ImageMagick • 6.5.3-2 No release notes or change logs on the site that I can find.
06/01	MailScanner • 4.77.9 1/6/2009 – Released new stable version 4.77. The biggest new feature is that you can now specify hostnames and domain names instead of IP addresses in ruleset lines. You can also use wildcards and Perl regular expressions here too. There are various other new features and fixes as detailed in the ChangeLog.
06/01	ktorrent • 3.2.2 A new bugfix release is out for the 3.2 series. Several crashes have been fixed, the plasma applet has seen some improvements and can now be placed in the panel, and the configuration dialog can be made small enough to be useful on small screens. If you are getting a lot of connection to host is broken errors with some trackers, you can now try out the new tracker announce code (to enable go to the advanced settings and make sure “Do not use KIO for tracker announces” is enabled). For full details about all the changes, take a look at the ChangeLog file in the package. Read more
06/01	NVIDIA • 180.60 Linux IA32 Latest Version: 180.60 Latest Legacy GPU version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive Linux IA64 Latest Version: 1.0-5336 Archive Linux AMD64/EM64T Latest Version: 180.60 Latest Legacy GPU Version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU Version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU Version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive FreeBSD x86 Latest Version: 180.60 Latest Legacy GPU Version (71.86.xx series): 71.86.09 Latest Legacy GPU Version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU Version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive Solaris x64/x86 Latest Version: 180.60 Latest Legacy GPU version (96.43.xx series): 96.43.11 Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series): 173.14.18 Archive
06/01	dovecot • 1.1.16 Veiw the release notes for changes.
05/31	gtk+ • 2.16.2 No release notes or change logs that I can see on the site.
05/30	e2fsprogs • 1.41.6 Release 1.41.6 of e2fsprogs is available! I am happy to announce a new release of the e2fsprogs distribution. All users of e2fsprogs are urged to upgrade to the 1.41.6 version as soon as possible, which can be found here. This release contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous releases. For more details, see the release notes.
05/30	vsftpd • 2.1.2 May 2009 – vsftpd-2.1.2 released vsftpd-2.1.2 is released – with a couple of regression fixes. SSL support was fixed so that the data connection timeout does not fire incorrectly, and the bandwidth limiter is applied consistently. An absent per-user config file no longer fails a login (as per v2.0.7 and earlier). The build was fixed for various systems such as Ubuntu 9.04. Note that v2.1.2 is the same as v2.1.1 but with a compile fix for users with libcap-devel installed. . Please refer to the v2.1.2 Changelog and vsftpd FAQ (frequently asked questions) for a list of common questions! After numerous requests, I now have a PayPal button for donations. If you use vsftpd, like it, and think it’s worthy of a donation, then click on the Paypal button on the left of the page. ftp.freebsd.org switched to vsftpd. vsftpd tarballs are now GPG signed by me.
05/30	blender • 2.49 Blender 2.49 released May 30, 2009The latest official release is now available! Significant work has been done on the game engine, including major speed-up of playback. And a lot more….
05/29	netatalk • 2.0.4 Netatalk 2.0.4 is available! The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 2.0.4 of the Netatalk File Sharing suite. This is the latest stable version. It contains several important bugfixes, including a security fix for papd (see CVE-2008-5718), therefore all users are encouraged to upgrade their systems to 2.0.4. For a list of recent changes see the NEWS file. In case, you want to upgrade an existing Netatalk 1.x installation, ensure you carefully read the upgrade guide before and follow the steps outlined there. If you made use of symlinks inside Netatalk shares consider setting up a test installation with 2.0 before migrating since Netatalk 2.0 provides no support for symlinks any longer.
05/29	VirtualBox • 2.2.4 May 29, 2009 VirtualBox 2.2.4 released! Sun today released VirtualBox 2.2.4, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 2.2 which improves stability and performance. See the ChangeLog for a list of changes since VirtualBox 2.2.2.
05/29	apache-tomcat • 6.0.20 No release notes or change logs that I am able to find on the site.
05/29	jre • 6u14 No release notes or change logs that I am able to find on the site.

software updates 5-27-2009

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:39:15 +0000

05/27

dosbox • 0.73

DOSBox 0.73 has been released!

Most noticeable changes:

Support for more graphics modes and cards.
Improved Vista support.
New OPL emulation cores.
Sound fixes and improvements for Mac OS X.
Lots of compatibility fixes.
Lots of cdrom detection improvements.
Lots of memory (EMS/XMS) improvements.
Various fixes and enhancements for the recompiling core.
Support for evdev.
Lots of DOS fixes.
Slightly faster!
More stable.

You can check the full changes here.

Feel free to discuss it on our forums.

05/27

module-init-tools • 3.9

No change logs as this is the development release.

05/26

ImageMagick • 6.5.2-9

No change logs although this is a minor point release with minor fixes.

05/25

sqlite • 3.6.14.2

Version 3.6.14.2 of SQLite is recommended for all new development. Upgrading from version 3.6.12 and 3.6.13 is optional. Upgrading from versions 3.6.11 and earlier or version 3.6.14 and 3.6.14.1 is recommended.

05/23

kaffeine • 0.8.8

Kaffeine 0.8.8

Sat, 05/23/2009 – 18:07 — hftom

This is a new (and probably last:) kde3 release.
It introduces S2 support, and fixes some bugs.
See ChangeLog for details.
You can download it at http://hftom.free.fr/kaffeine-0.8.8.tar.bz2

05/22

lvm • 2.02.47

No release notes or change logs.

05/21

wireshark • 1.0.8

Wireshark 1.0.8 Released

05/21

squirrelmail • 1.4.19

ANNOUNCE: SquirrelMail 1.4.19 Released
May 21, 2009 by Thijs Kinkhorst

The security fix to map_yp_alias in 1.4.18 turned out to be incomplete. We also experienced some regressions in the updated filter plugin. Both are addressed in this new release 1.4.19 which contains a few other small fixes aswell. If you do not use map_yp_alias or the filters plugin there’s no urgent need to upgrade now if you already installed 1.4.18.You can download it here.

05/21

qemu • 0.10.5

May 21, 2009

QEMU version 0.10.5 is out (Changelog).

Latest software 5-20-2009

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:08:22 +0000

05/20	linux • 2.6.29.4 View Changelog for the latest kernel changes.
05/19	postfix • 2.6.1 View the Stable release Postfix 2.6.1 announcement.
05/19	yum • 3.2.23 View the Stable: yum-3.2.2.
05/19	ImageMagick • 6.5.2-7 No posted release announcement on site.
05/19	pidgin • 2.5.6 View the ChangeLog log to latest changes.
05/19	ati-driver • 9.5 Catalyst Driver Releases Catalyst 9.5 released for Vista32 and Vista64. Available at http://game.amd.com/ 05/19/2009 07:21 AM Driver version: 8.612 Catalyst 9.5 released for XP32 and XP64. Available at http://game.amd.com/ 05/19/2009 07:21 AM Driver version: 8.612 Linux Proprietary Driver – Catalyst 9.5 Release: x86 and x86_64 variants. Available at http://support.amd.com/ 05/19/2009 07:21 AM Driver version: 8.612
05/19	sqlite • 3.6.14.1 Version 3.6.14.1 of SQLite is recommended for all new development. Upgrading from version 3.6.12 through 3.6.14 is optional. Upgrading from versions 3.6.11 and earlier is recommended.
05/18	xen • 3.4.0 Xen.org releases Xen 3.4
05/18	nautilus • 2.26.3 No change logs or release notes posted on the site.
05/18	epiphany • 2.26.2 No change logs or release notes posted on the site.
05/18	evolution • 2.26.2 No change logs or release notes posted on the site.
05/18	curl • 7.19.5 The never resting hackers in the curl team proudly present curl and libcurl 7.19.5. Read about the news, the fixes and the changes on the changes page.
05/18	glibc • 2.10.1 No change logs or release notes posted on the site.
05/18	dovecot • 1.1.15 View website for changes
05/17	automake • 1.11 No change logs or release notes posted on the site.
05/15	phpMyAdmin • 3.1.5 phpMyAdmin 3.1.5 is released
05/15	lftp • 3.7.14 View the Changes

New software Releases 5-12-2009

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:32:05 +0000

05/12	hal • 0.5.12 HAL – Hardware Abstraction Layer View latest code on-line: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=hal.git;a=tree View latest changelog/commitlog online: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=hal.git;a=log Building development tree: HAL Build Instructions Tarballs are available at http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/
05/12	ruby • 1.9.1-p129 A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write. Read More… Ruby 1.9.1-p129 has been released. This is a patch level release for Ruby 1.9.1. This fixes many bugs and two security vulnerabilities. This release contains security fix so we recommend all 1.9.1 users to upgrade your ruby.
05/12	squirrelmail • 1.4.18 SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP. The SquirrelMail Team is pleased to announce the release of SquirrelMail version 1.4.18. The most notable changes for this version are several security fixes, including a couple XSS exploits, a session fixation issue, and … [read more]
05/11	postfix • 2.6.0 What is Postfix? It is Wietse Venema’s mailer that started life at IBM research as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Stable release Postfix 2.6.0.

Subversion 1.6.2 released.

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:33:23 +0000

The latest release of Subversion is 1.6.2. See the release notes for what’s new in the 1.6.x series generally.

Subversion is an open source version control system.
See here for a detailed feature list.

Latest software releases 5-9-2009

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:50:42 +0000

05/08	rsync • 3.0.6Rsync version 3.0.6 has been released. This is a bug-fix release. See the release NEWS for the details of what changed since 3.0.5. The latest manpages are also available for both rsync and rsyncd.conf.

05/08	linux • 2.6.29.3 The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.29.3 Changelog

05/08	gparted • 0.4.5 This release of GParted includes some bug fixes, and language translation updates. Key changes include: Improved crypt-luks detection Improved dmraid device detection See the Release Notes for more details.

05/07	coreutils • 7.4 GNU core utilities

05/07	ImageMagick • 6.5.2-3 ImageMagick^® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images.

05/07	git • 1.6.3 Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

05/07	sqlite • 3.6.14 Version 3.6.14 of SQLite is recommended for all new development. Upgrading from version 3.6.12 or 3.6.13 is optional. Upgrading from versions 3.6.11 and earlier is recommended.

05/06	file • 5.03 The file command is “a file type guesser”, that is, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains. Unlike most GUI systems, command-line UNIX systems – with this program leading the charge – don’t rely on filename extentions to tell you the type of a file, but look at the file’s actual contents. This is, of course, more reliable, but requires a bit of I/O.

05/06	alsa-lib • 1.0.20 alsa 1.0.20 release \| changes from 1.0.19 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)

05/06	kdewebdev • 4.2.3

05/06	kdebase • 4.2.3 On 6th May 2009, KDE 4.2.3 was released by the KDE community. It contains many bugfixes, mainly in the e-mail and PIM suite Kontact and the HTML rendering component and KRunner, Plasma’s command-line interface.

05/06	squid • 3.0.STABLE15 Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.

05/05	util-linux • 2.15 The util-linux-ng is a fork of the original util-linux project. The goal of the util-linux-ng is a transparent and reliable development that follows the Linux kernel and Linux distributions.

05/05	xfsprogs • 3.0.1 XFS: A high-performance journaling filesystem

Openoffice 3.1 RC 2

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:45:00 +0000

A new Release Candidate for Openoffice was released today. This is not a stable version yet so may still contain some “Show stoppers”. Only use this version if you are going to test and track down bugs to help the development along.

Download Openoffice 3.1 RC2.

GIT v1.6.2.5 Release

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:18 +0000

GIT v1.6.2.5 Release Notes
==========================

Fixes since v1.6.2.4
——————–

* “git apply” mishandled if you fed a git generated patch that renames
file A to B and file B to A at the same time.

* “git diff -c -p” (and “diff –cc”) did not expect to see submodule
differences and instead refused to work.

* “git grep -e ‘(‘” segfaulted, instead of diagnosing a mismatched
parentheses error.

* “git fetch” generated packs with offset-delta encoding when both ends of
the connection are capable of producing one; this cannot be read by
ancient git and the user should be able to disable this by setting
repack.usedeltabaseoffset configuration to false.

git • 1.6.2.5

SANE-Backends-1.0.20 has been released

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:03:34 +0000

2009-05-03: SANE-Backends-1.0.20 has been released. Changes since 1.0.19:

New backends: canon_dr (Canon DR-series), coolscan3 (Nikon LS & Coolscan), rts8891 (Umax & HP 44xx), xerox_mfp (Samsung/Xerox/Dell MFPs)
Many backends updated.
75 more scanner models supported.
New build system (thanks Chris and Olaf).
Avahi support (thanks Julien).
More network scanners supported
Epson backend deprecated, use epson2
Coolscan2 backend deprecated, use coolscan3
Internal SCSI, USB, threading, TCP & UDP code updates.
Updated HAL and udev support.
Improved saned configuration.
Scanimage updates.
Updated translations.
Documentation updates.
Bugfixes.

Errata: This release has two minor build system issues, which can be corrected by passing the LDFLAGS argument to ./configure.

FreeBSD users should use LDFLAGS=”-lcam”
users with gphoto2 installed outside of /usr/lib should use LDFLAGS=”-L/path/to/gphoto”

ImageMagick 2009-05-02 6.5.2-0

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:00:51 +0000

2009-05-02 6.5.2-0 Chris Madison

The mogrify -crop option returns multiple images if an x/y offset is not specified (e.g. -crop 100×100).
Generate a proper file path for -path @filelist.txt (reference http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13671).

ImageMagick^® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.

The functionality of ImageMagick is typically utilized from the command line or you can use the features from programs written in your favorite programming language. Choose from these interfaces: G2F (Ada), MagickCore (C), MagickWand (C), ChMagick (Ch), ImageMagickObject (COM+), Magick++ (C++), JMagick (Java), L-Magick (Lisp), NMagick (Neko/haXe), MagickNet (.NET), PascalMagick (Pascal), PerlMagick (Perl), MagickWand for PHP (PHP), IMagick (PHP), PythonMagick (Python), RMagick (Ruby), or TclMagick (Tcl/TK). With a language interface, use ImageMagick to modify or create images dynamically and automagically.

ImageMagick is free software delivered as a ready-to-run binary distribution or as source code that you may freely use, copy, modify, and distribute. Its license is compatible with the GPL. It runs on all major operating systems.

[coreutils-announce] coreutils-7.3 released [stable]

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:55:38 +0000

[coreutils-announce] coreutils-7.3 released [stable], Jim Meyering, 2009/05/02

This is to announce coreutils-7.3, a "stable" release.
It is mainly to fix the sort -m -o regression, but there have
been a few other interesting fixes and improvements.

QEMU version 0.10.3 is out

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:47:44 +0000

QEMU version 0.10.3 is out (Changelog).

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performances.

When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near native performances by executing the guest code directly on the host CPU. A host driver called the QEMU accelerator (also known as KQEMU) is needed in this case. The virtualizer mode requires that both the host and guest machine use x86 compatible processors.

MailScanner Version 4.76

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:06:21 +0000

New stable release of version 4.76. Major new features this month are totally separate handling for files within archives from those attached directly to the message, and a greatly improved installer. Also several optimisations and many other improvements. See the (long) Change Log for more information.

ImageMagick released version 6.5.1-10

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:58:42 +0000

ImageMagick

Features and Capabilities

Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:

Format conversion: convert an image from one format to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG)
Transform: resize, rotate, crop, flip or trim an image
Transparency: render portions of an image invisible
Draw: add shapes or text to an image
Decorate: add a border or frame to an image
Special effects: blur, sharpen, threshold, or tint an image
Animation: create a GIF animation sequence from a group of images
Text & comments: insert descriptive or artistic text in an image
Image identification: describe the format and properties of an image
Composite: overlap one image over another
Montage: juxtapose image thumbnails on an image canvas
Motion picture support: read and write the common image formats used in digital film work
Image calculator: apply a mathematical expression to an image or image channels
High dynamic-range images: accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from the brightest direct sunlight to the deepest darkest shadows
Encipher or decipher an image: convert ordinary images into unintelligible gibberish and back again
Virtual pixel support: convenient access to pixels outside the image region
Large image support: read, process, or write mega- and giga-pixel image sizes
Threads of execution support: ImageMagick is thread safe and most internal algorithms are OpenMP-enabled to take advantage of speed-ups offered by the dual and quad-core processor technologies

Examples of ImageMagick Usage shows how to use ImageMagick from the command-line to accomplish any of these tasks and much more. Also, see Fred’s ImageMagick Scripts: a plethora of command-line scripts that perform geometric transforms, blurs, sharpens, edging, noise removal, and color manipulations.

Download the latest version here.

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phpBB 3.0.6 Release Candidate 1 released

phpBB 3.0.6 Release Candidate 1 released

MyBB 1.4.9 Released – Security Update

MyBB 1.4.8 to MyBB 1.4.9 Patch

Reporting MyBB security vulnerabilities

MyBB 1.2.14 Patch

Firefox v.3.5, released June 30th, 2009

What’s New in Firefox 3.5

Fake Microsoft Security Alert Email – KB910721

software updates 6-16-2009

phpMyAdmin 3.2.0 is released

Webmin version 1.480 and Usermin 1.410 released

Software updates 6-11-2009

Software updates 6-4-2009

Amarok 2.1 “Let There Be Light” released

Release 1.41.6 of e2fsprogs is available!

Netatalk 2.0.4 is available!

software updates 5-27-2009

Kaffeine 0.8.8

Wireshark 1.0.8 Released

Latest software 5-20-2009

New software Releases 5-12-2009

Subversion 1.6.2 released.

Latest software releases 5-9-2009

GNU core utilities

Openoffice 3.1 RC 2

GIT v1.6.2.5 Release

SANE-Backends-1.0.20 has been released

ImageMagick 2009-05-02 6.5.2-0

[coreutils-announce] coreutils-7.3 released [stable]

QEMU version 0.10.3 is out

MailScanner Version 4.76

ImageMagick released version 6.5.1-10

ImageMagick

Features and Capabilities