From 176c14736cac0bceef3651e8677feb5de6e9bd99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mh Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:01:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] replace CHANGES.txt with more standard named NEWS file. fill in the NEW file.. --- NEWS | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/CHANGES.txt | 3 -- 2 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100755 NEWS delete mode 100755 doc/CHANGES.txt diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100755 index 00000000..74ea8bc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +[last changed: $Date: 2002/12/07 07:01:08 $] 2002 mir-coders group +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +================================ +1.0.0-rc4 (as of yet unreleased) +================================ + +[New features/Improvements] +* set a "Cache-control", "Pragma" and "Expires" header to the http response + in the Mir and OpenMir servlets to insure that nothing gets cached by a + client browser. + +[Bugfixes] + +[Build process] + +[Maintenance] + +[Notes] + +========= +1.0.0-rc3 +========= + +[New features/Improvements] +* support "video/avi" mime type. +* add missing multi-file dialog for audio/video/othermedia admin interface +* mark an article as unproduced when one of it's possible attached media items + is modified. + +[Bugfixes] +* fix placement of FILE upload field in the media admin + that prevented description, author, etc fields to appear in uploaded files in + the admin interface. +* prevent an Image Entity from getting out of sync w/ the DB when the setImage + method in EntityImages is called. + +[Build process] + +[Maintenance] + +[Notes] +* manually insertion of "video/avi" mime-type in the media_type table is + required. see the dbscripts/populate_mediatyp file for details (id 20) + +========= +1.0.0-rc2 +========= + +[New features/Improvements] + +[Bugfixes] +* fix nasty and embaressing bug in rc1 that prevented uploads from working. + +[Build process] + +[Maintenance] + +[Notes] + +========= +1.0.0-rc1 +========= + +[New features/Improvements] +* convert the media layer to use InputStreams and OutputStreams when + uploading and viewing files to curb memory use. add FileHandler interface + abstraction to handle file uploads +* support converting the size in bytes of a file to human readable format, eg. + 384K vs 384 xxx +* support for previewing of Media files in the admin interface +* use req.getContextPath to find the RootUri.. much more robust +* create new web.xml servlet url mapping for 4.0 and 4.1 compatibility + +[Bugfixes] +* fix long standing bug that caused '&''s to be removed from an http link in + an article abstract + +[Build process] + +[Maintenance] +* use cvs's \$Name\$ tag for versioning +* get rid of some unused methos in StrinUtil.java + +[Notes] +* due to the changes introduced for Input/OutputStream support in media + handling, the FILE upload field in the html form, must always come after + all other fields required for adding the media item. +* you'll need to add the new "TempDir" config option to your config.properties + file. + +========================================================================== +From approx. March 2001 (beginning of indymedia.de) to 1.0.0-rc1, Dec 2002 +========================================================================== + +[New features/Improvements] +* create and improve ServletModules for managing media files in the admin + interface +* support modification of the content creation date (webdb_create) meta field + of a content item +* add a basic static file editor ServletModule to be able to edit static html + files through the admin interface +* creation of a servlet module to list all non publish content items +* start of a one-time passwd system for openposting to protect against SPAM + attacks +* allow for changing the maximum allowed size of an uploaded file as well as + the maximum number of files one can upload +* support changing the character encoding used in for produced files +* support creation of printable PDF files out of articles +* creation of the ObjectStore for Object caching to improve performance +* make the Entity's implement the freemarker TemplateModel simplifying the + the producer code and improving performance. +* switch to Poolman Database connection pooling +* i18n support for templates via language bundles. allows for a multilingual + admin interface and easily switching the language of the produced site. +* addition of the media handler interface layer for upload/handling of + multimedia files like audio and video +* support for duplicate posting checks using checksums via a postgres module +* simplify configuration slightly and remove redundant config options +* choose between direct and indirect open posting. i.e direct to newswire vs. + openposting list. +* implement multiple file upload support + +[Bugfixes] +* Better and more consistent exception handling: make sure all exceptions make + it to the top. +* make sure that if some part of a posting fails that the posting however + complete/inconplete it may be is deleted +* many bugfixes all over the place + +[Build process] +* ditch build.sh wrapper in favor of a saner build.xml +* INSTALL documentation revamped +* perms.sh script to set install permissions +* config.properties file re-organized and commented + +[Maintenance] +* make changes for tomcat v4.1.x compatibility +* change licensing to GPL +* translate some/most comments from German to English +* formal start of Mir project: get other developers involved + +[Notes] + diff --git a/doc/CHANGES.txt b/doc/CHANGES.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 3a860b1f..00000000 --- a/doc/CHANGES.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- CHANGES - v2001.02.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2.11.0