1 [last changed: $Date: 2003/12/03 15:41:11 $] 2002 mir-coders group
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5 1.1-rc1 (as of yet unreleased)
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8 [New features/Improvements]
9 * added support for a built-in search engine using lucene. indexes articles
10 incrementally when they are produced, uses standard internationalized
11 template scheme to display results of queries, which can be sorted by real
12 publication date and include things like image thumbnails
15 * more image formats supported with JAI / Java Image I/O
22 Mir depends media operations depend on the correct installation of
23 JAI / Java Image I/O in the JRE running tomcat.
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26 1.0.0 final released 2002/12/24
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29 [New features/Improvements]
32 * minor: in source/mir/misc/HTMLTemplateProcessor.java, use Video.Host
33 config option not the non-existant VideoHost option.
42 =============================
43 1.0.0-rc6 released 2002/12/20
44 =============================
46 [New features/Improvements]
47 * throw a RuntimeException in MirConfig.getProp(..) if the property is not
48 found. This should ease upgrading between versions when a new Config property
52 * Add a new method to escape characters that are special characters in SQL. It
53 does a better job than the old hack in StringUtil.quote(..) which replaced
54 single quotes with the HTML representation of a single quote ('
55 I believe). The hack papered over a bug in the postgres JDBC driver which
56 makes it not recognize escaping w/ a backslash (it uses double single quotes
62 * remove some unused methods in the StringUtil class.
66 =============================
67 1.0.0-rc5 released 2002/12/13
68 =============================
70 [New features/Improvements]
71 * remove gratuitous uses of encodeHTML in admin templates. this speeds things
73 * make StringUtil.deleteForbiddenTags handle the case when a tag is spread over
78 * encodeHTML in admin templates shouldn't be used for the list views.
79 * StringUtil.deleteForbiddenTags regexps didn't ignore case.
80 * do not use encodeHTML for internal comments and messageboard in the admin.
81 * next link in messageboard list was broken. (link pointed to "User" module
82 instead of Message module.
83 * remove unwanted tags in MediaRequest as well.
84 * fix call of StringUtil.deleteForbiddenTags in
85 ServletModuleOpenIndy.insposting.
86 * Fix to_topic (just to_topic, not data.to_topic) select field in
87 posting.template that prevented the chossing of a topic in openposting from
88 working. luckily this bug didn't affect most sites since most installations
89 customize the template.
95 * remove debug prints in ServletModuleOpenIndy.java
96 * remove lot's of no longer used source files and templates.
100 =============================
101 1.0.0-rc4 released 2002/12/10
102 =============================
104 [New features/Improvements]
105 * set a "Cache-control", "Pragma" and "Expires" header to the http response
106 in the Mir and OpenMir servlets to insure that nothing gets cached by a
108 * Add a new config parameter: Mir.DefaultHTMLCharset to set the HTML
109 content-type charset in one place and re-use it in templates as
110 ${config.defEncoding}.
111 * Allow some HTML tags in the abstract (description field) during an
112 openposting. strip out the dangerous ones like <head>, <body> and <script> as
113 well as table tags. also strip out dangerous tags from the article body
115 * re-introduce smaller/better encodeHTML method to StringUtil class. make it
116 directly callable in FreeMarker templates (like the "lang" template method)
117 * comment and media lists: after deleting an item, return to the same place
118 you were in the list.
121 * fix content-type in response header: we were sending the Java character
122 encoding instead of the HTML one.
123 * backport from the HEAD branch: fix finding out the Module Name in
124 the ServletModule base class. needed for generic routines like delete.
125 * backport: don't try to free a JDBC connection in EntityImages if it is null.
126 * Fix embarrassing bug in the admin interface that caused data to dissappear
127 when double quotes were in a title form field for example.. (anything
128 enclosed in a value="...")
129 * fix a bug in comment search: if you were at an offset > 0, i.e not on the
130 first page, the search would be broken.
131 * fix minor bug in media searching: mediafolder search setting would be reset
132 each time. make sure it is not so.
133 * backport from HEAD: fix minor email address filtering bug.
138 * comment out a bunch of debug logging in Database.java
139 * add this file, REPORTING_BUGS, KNOWN_BUGS, CODINGSTYLE and a README file.
140 * Add gnu Style ChangeLog using cvs2cl (use "-F MIR_1_0 --utc" options., for
141 HEAD, it would be "-F trunk --utc")
144 * you'll need to add the new "Mir.DefaultHTMLCharset" config option to your
145 config.properties file. see config.properties-dist
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148 1.0.0-rc3 released 2002/12/05
149 =============================
151 [New features/Improvements]
152 * support "video/avi" mime type.
153 * add missing multi-file dialog for audio/video/othermedia admin interface
154 * mark an article as unproduced when one of it's possible attached media items
158 * fix placement of FILE upload field in the media admin
159 that prevented description, author, etc fields to appear in uploaded files in
161 * prevent an Image Entity from getting out of sync w/ the DB when the setImage
162 method in EntityImages is called.
169 * manually insertion of "video/avi" mime-type in the media_type table is
170 required. see the dbscripts/populate_mediatyp file for details (id 20)
176 [New features/Improvements]
179 * fix nasty and embaressing bug in rc1 that prevented uploads from working.
191 [New features/Improvements]
192 * convert the media layer to use InputStreams and OutputStreams when
193 uploading and viewing files to curb memory use. add FileHandler interface
194 abstraction to handle file uploads
195 * support converting the size in bytes of a file to human readable format, eg.
197 * support for previewing of Media files in the admin interface
198 * use req.getContextPath to find the RootUri.. much more robust
199 * create new web.xml servlet url mapping for 4.0 and 4.1 compatibility
202 * fix long standing bug that caused '&''s to be removed from an http link in
208 * use cvs's \$Name\$ tag for versioning
209 * get rid of some unused methos in StrinUtil.java
212 * due to the changes introduced for Input/OutputStream support in media
213 handling, the FILE upload field in the html form, must always come after
214 all other fields required for adding the media item.
215 * you'll need to add the new "TempDir" config option to your config.properties
218 ==========================================================================
219 From approx. March 2001 (beginning of indymedia.de) to 1.0.0-rc1, Dec 2002
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222 [New features/Improvements]
223 * create and improve ServletModules for managing media files in the admin
225 * support modification of the content creation date (webdb_create) meta field
227 * add a basic static file editor ServletModule to be able to edit static html
228 files through the admin interface
229 * creation of a servlet module to list all non publish content items
230 * start of a one-time passwd system for openposting to protect against SPAM
232 * support production of RDF/XML syndication for startspecials/features, works
233 with the new global indymedia system. Should probably be re-factored to be
234 more generic. i.e being able to decide what makes it into the RDF file.
235 * allow for changing the maximum allowed size of an uploaded file as well as
236 the maximum number of files one can upload
237 * support changing the character encoding used in for produced files
238 * support creation of printable PDF files out of articles
239 * creation of the ObjectStore for Object caching to improve performance
240 * make the Entity's implement the freemarker TemplateModel simplifying the
241 the producer code and improving performance.
242 * switch to Poolman Database connection pooling
243 * i18n support for templates via language bundles. allows for a multilingual
244 admin interface and easily switching the language of the produced site.
245 * addition of the media handler interface layer for upload/handling of
246 multimedia files like audio and video
247 * support for duplicate posting checks using checksums via a postgres module
248 * simplify configuration slightly and remove redundant config options
249 * choose between direct and indirect open posting. i.e direct to newswire vs.
251 * implement multiple file upload support
254 * Better and more consistent exception handling: make sure all exceptions make
256 * make sure that if some part of a posting fails that the posting however
257 complete/inconplete it may be is deleted
258 * many bugfixes all over the place
261 * ditch build.sh wrapper in favor of a saner build.xml
262 * INSTALL documentation revamped
263 * perms.sh script to set install permissions
264 * config.properties file re-organized and commented
267 * make changes for tomcat v4.1.x compatibility
268 * change licensing to GPL
269 * translate some/most comments from German to English
270 * formal start of Mir project: get other developers involved