span style="font-weight: bold"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 a href="http://code.phpbb.com/mailman/listinfo/phpbb-qa" class="postlink"QA Mailing List/a to be notified about additional release candidates./spanbr /br /Hello,br /br /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.br /br /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.br /br /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.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"Note to people using 3.0.4 files in 3.0.5 installations/spanbr /br /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:br /a href="http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/46725" class="postlink"Ticket #46725 - functions_messenger [...] causing emailing issues/abr /br /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.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"Tagging/Reviewing fixes/spanbr /br /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.br /br /To make it easier for you to find fixed bugs that need testing we created a a href="http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/qa.php" class="postlink"bug overview page/a. 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.br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"Language Packs and Styles/spanbr /br /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.br /br /The package is downloadable from:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1-codechanges.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... hanges.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1-codechanges.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... es.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"New features, changes, bug fixes/spanbr /br /span style="font-weight: bold"The following is a list of major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:/spanbr /br /ulliBackported 3.2 captcha plugins:br /ulliClassic and GD CAPTCHA/lilireCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)/liliQA CAPTCHA/lili3D Wave (by Robert Xore Hetzler)/li/ul/li/ulbr /ulliIntroduced new ACM plugins:br /ullinull (to disable caching completely)/lilimemcache (!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache"http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache/a!-- m --)/liliAPC (!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://pecl.php.net/package/APC"http://pecl.php.net/package/APC/a!-- m --)/liliXCache (!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://xcache.lighttpd.net/"http://xcache.lighttpd.net//a!-- m --)/lilieAccelerator (!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://eaccelerator.net/"http://eaccelerator.net//a!-- m --)/li/ul/li/ulbr /ulliATOM Feeds/lilibare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic/liliUsers can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module/liliAbility to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums./liliSend statistical information (anonymously) about PHP and phpBB configuration to help improve phpBB./li/ulbr /br /span style="font-weight: bold"The following is a list of minor feature additions to phpBB 3.0.6:/spanbr /br /ulliAdd language selection on the registration terms page/liliNew groups option to excempt group leaders from group permissions/liliNew 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./liliAbility to define if the Newly Registered Users group will be assigned as the default group to newly registered users./liliAdd new option to disable avatars board-wide/liliEnhance obtain_users_online_string to be able to return user-lists for other session-items/liliAdd unapproved topic icon for moderators on forum list/liliAbility to define minimum number of characters for posts/pms/liliStore signature configuration options in database/liliDetect when a post has been altered by someone else while editing./liliAdd unread posts quick search option/liliAdd option to disable avatar uploads from remote locations./liliAbility to delete warnings and keep warnings permanently/liliAbility to empty a user's outbox from the user ACP quick tools./liliAbility to search ACP / MCP logs/liliParse email text files with the template engine./liliUse email-style quoting when bbcodes are disabled./liliAdded new functionality to inactive users module:br /ulliAbility to set users per page./liliAbility to sort by posts/number of reminders/last reminded date./liliShow number of posts and ability to search posts./liliShow number of reminders sent to user./liliShow date of last reminder sent to user./li/ul/liliDisplay version check on ACP main page./liliAbility to control the display of custom profile fields on viewtopic/liliFallback options for missing language files./liliSeparate PM Reply and PM Reply to all in prosilver./liliPlace debug notices during captcha rendering in the error log - useful for debugging output already started errors./liliAbility to define constant PHPBB_USE_BOARD_URL_PATH to use board url for images/avatars/ranks/imageset.../liliAdded function to generate Email hash./liliStyle 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./liliAbility to specify amount of time user is able to delete his last post in topic./li/ulbr /span style="font-weight: bold"The following is a list of smaller changes implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:/spanbr /br /ullisubmit_post() now accepts force_approved_state key passed to $data to indicate new posts being approved (true) or unapproved (false)./liliChange the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance./liliAdd index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries./liliTemplate engine now permits to a limited extent variable includes./liliQuote BBCode no longer requires the f_reply permission./liliBanning/unbanning users now generates an entry in their user notes/liliSmilies no longer require the f_bbcode permission./liliAbility to define column split in FAQ/BBCode help/liliChanged behaviour of group_create() function to support specifying additional group columns/liliHide avatar when avatar-type is not allowed/liliINCLUDEPHP not depending on phpbb_root_path/liliAbility to fetch moderators with get_moderators() even if load_moderators setting is off./liliPost details links with image in MCP./liliPM history now only shows PMs of users you currently reply to./liliShow quote button for own PMs in PM history./liliFetch requested cookie variables directly from cookie super global./liliAdd confirmation for deactivating styles/liliAdd confirmation for deactivating language packs/liliAdd confirm-box when deleting permissions/liliAdd pagination for icons and smilies in the ACP and smilies in the smiley popup/liliCache get_username_string() function calls on viewtopic./liliCache version check./liliWhen creating a new forum without copying permissions, ask again./liliParse multiline url title for [url] BBCode tag./liliIntroduce new parameter to page_header() for forum specific who is online listings./liliLifted minimum requirement for Firebird DBMS from 2.0+ to 2.1+./liliUnapproved topics can no longer be replied to/liliRequire user to be registered and logged in to search for unread posts if topic read tracking is disabled for guests/liliAllow three-digit hex notation in Color BBcode./liliSimplified login_box() and redirection after login. S_LOGIN_ACTION can now be used on every page./liliDo not take edit post time into account for determining permission to delete last post in topic./liliResize oversized Topic icons/liliBanned IPs are now sorted/liliphpBB updater now skips sole whitespace changes. This reduces the chance of conflicts tremendously./li/ulbr /span style="font-weight: bold"The following is a list of bugfixes since phpBB 3.0.5:/spanbr /br /ulliAllow whitespaces in avatar gallery names./liliSorting by author or subject on viewtopic now preserves the order./liliCorrectly determine writable status of files on Windows operating system./liliShow report button in prosilver for guests who are allowed to report posts./liliCorrectly show private message history/liliVarious XHTML mistakes in prosilver, subsilver2 and the ACP./liliFix some ACP style issues/liliMove post bump information markup to the template./liliShow error in the ACP when template folder is not readable./liliAdjust viewonline filename regular expression to be less strict./liliCorrectly apply the can change vote permission again. Regression introduced in r9470./liliAlso remove data from friend/foe table when deleting user./liliCorrectly hide skiplink in prosilver right-to-left mode./liliFix dynamic config update routine error if firebird is used/liliAllow friends/foes to be added and removed at the same time./liliOnly change topic/post icon if icons are enabled and user is allowed to./liliFix saving custom profile fields in ACP if Oracle is used./liliMake view_log() more resilient to corrupt serialized data./liliShow error if hostname lookup doesn't return a valid IP address when banning./liliFix incorrect layout when loading private message draft./liliShow proper error message when trying to add bots to friends/foes list./liliFix Oracle database backup/liliUpdate attachments table when deleting user and retaining his posts./liliCorrectly detect files in subfolders when viewing cached template files./liliDisplay user's Jabber address in popup when Jabber functionality is disabled/liliCorrectly exclude forums from active topics list./liliDo not display birthdays of banned users/liliFix function to recalculate Nested Sets/liliDisplay but also highlight already used rank images when creating new ranks./liliCorrectly orientate quoted text image on RTL languages/liliDo not display View user notes and Warn user links in user profile if corresponding MCP modules are disabled./liliShow proper error message when trying to create a private messages folder with an empty name./liliNo longer state that it is possible to manage group leaders from the UCP./liliDo not throw an error when PDO is a shared module and not loaded preventing SQLite from being loaded./liliFix censoring of unicode words./liliDisplay coloured usernames in ACP groups management screens/liliCorrectly describe founder permissions on trace-information/liliCorrect the width value for poll_center.gif omitted in imageset.cfg for subsilver2./liliCorrectly load complex language variable using acp_language/liliFix reapply_sid() to correctly strip session id in certain circumstances/liliCorrectly state why one language pack is marked with an asterisk in the ACP./liliCorrectly check if install directory is still present./liliCorrect banned user behaviour when force password change is enabled/liliCorrectly display ACP logs options, without permission to clear logs./liliDisplay topic icons in MCP forum view again (only prosilver)./liliProperly display post status messages in topic when post is reported and unapproved/liliDo not remove recipients when loading private message draft./liliAdd author name to moderator log when deleting post/topic./liliFix broken Report details link in the MCP./liliResolve accesskey conflicts in prosilver./liliCheck if template file is empty before trying to read from it./liliCorrect descriptions of the permissions to use BBCode, smilies, images and flash to be more relevant./liliFix style issues in print mode./liliFix minor issue with L_QUOTE language string missing in several PM composing modes./liliAlso fetch posts of guests and deleted or deactivated users when searching for author names./liliShow end of ban in MCP and ACP when user is banned by duration./liliCorrectly count posts awaiting approval in the MCP./liliDisplay user's posts count in private message when it is equal to 0 (prosilver)./liliOnly allow users to disable word censor if globally allowed./liliFix database updater and db tools to support multiple column changes/additions/removals with SQLite/liliCorrectly detect GZIP status in debug mode./liliPosting smilies in view more smilies now work again in IE/liliProperly convert and show filesize information./liliAdd ability to prune users who never logged in./liliShow smilies and images in topic print view./liliForce full date in private message print view./liliFix Always show a scrollbar for short pages for IE8 and Firefox 3.5/liliDo not allow setting group as default group for pending users./liliFail gracefully if store folder is not writable during update./liliHide profile-icon from viewtopic-page if user has no permissions (subsilver2 only)/liliCorrect escaping/unescaping in the LDAP authentication plugin./liliAdd hard limit for smilies./liliRemove redundant SQL query from ucp.php./liliReorder frame order of animated subsilver2 topic icons to be useful when animation is disabled./liliEnsure user errors are displayed regardless of PHP settings./liliPermit null values for non-required integer custom profile fields and ensure zero complies with the range limits./liliAllow changing forum from select box under certain circumstances./liliDisplay required fields notice on registration above the custom profile fields./liliCopy poll options properly when copying topic./liliFix error with disapproval of topics having several queued posts only./liliPreserve newlines in template files (one newline had been always dropped after a template variable due to PHP's handling of closing tags)/liliBe less strict with FTP daemons when getting directory filelists./liliFix set_custom_template for database-stored styles/liliBanning an already banned user states to be successful, but has no effect/liliDo not add style-parameter to URL again, after admin re-authentification/liliDo not cut post-message in between HTML-Entities on search.php/liliCorrectly set attachment flag for topics, posts and pms after deleting attachments/liliDisplay Locked button instead of Reply one for locked forum in viewtopic (prosilver)./liliCorrectly propagate umlauts over search result pages/liliPreserve post options when refusing to save the post as a draft./liliDo not send private message back to sender if sender is in the same group the private message was sent to./liliCorrectly add user to a group making it a default one./liliAdd log entry when copying forum permissions./liliMin/max characters per posts no longer affects poll options/liliCorrectly log action when users request to join a group/liliDo not try to create thumbnails for images we cannot open properly./liliApply locale-independent basename() to attachment filenames. New function added: utf8_basename()./liliAdjust 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./liliDo not mark global announcements as read if all topics in a forum become read/liliFix general error while registration, through undefined variable $config in validate_referer/liliCorrectly extract column default value when exporting PostgreSQL tables./liliAllow updater to work correctly with PHP filename extensions other than .php./liliUpdate search index if only post subject changed./liliFix who is online displaying incorrect data./liliFixed incorrect topic does not exist when unapproved posts were visited without global moderator permissions./liliPrevent style switcher from blocking the tab key./liliCorrectly redirect on MCP main page after posts approval/disapproval from it./liliDo 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./liliFix email problems on servers with PHP installations not accepting RFC-compliant subject string passed to the mail()-function./liliCorrectly orientate Control-Panel-Navigation background-image on RTL languages./liliSort private messages by message time and not message id./liliMake sure only logs for existing users are displayed and user-specific logs removed on user deletion./liliOnly show Add friend and Add foe links if the specific module is enabled./liliCorrectly display list items in forum description in prosilver and administration./liliFix handling of bookmarks and subscriptions on split topics, merge topics and merge posts./liliOnly embed cron.php if there is no cron lock present to reduce overhead./liliAdd header gradient back into subsilver2 but keep site logo easily replaceable with smaller and bigger ones./liliSend activation email when activating user from user settings./liliDo not show resend activation email link when using admin activation./liliDo not display links to user/post search if search is disabled./liliFix icon alignment for forums with large descriptions in subsilver2./liliCorrectly display underlined links placed in last line in viewtopic./li/ulbr /(For the complete list, including ticket numbers and full credits for patches have a look at the comprehensive changelog file within the docs folder)br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"Available packages:/spanbr /br /With this release, there are five packages available.br /br /Full Package:br /Contains entire phpBB3 source and english language files.br /br /Automatic Update Package:br /Update package for the automatic updater, containing the changes from previous release to this release.br /br /Changed Files Only:br /Contains only those files changed from previous versions of phpBB3. Please note this archive contains changed files for each previous release.br /br /Patch Files:br /Contains patch compatible patches from previous versions of phpBB3.br /br /Code Changes Package:br /Package contains changes to the following sections: Language changes, prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes.br /br /Select whichever package is most suitable for you. As a tiny guide we recommend the following methods based on the requirements:br /br /ulliFor a new installation you should use the Full Package/liliFor updates of boards without modifications you can basically use the Automatic Update Package (guided update) or the Changed Files Only package (manual update)./liliFor 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./liliStyle Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to update their styles or language packs directly./liliInternational 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./liliIf you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files Package to update all of your client installations./li/ulbr /Please ensure you read the INSTALL and README documents in docs/ before proceeding with installation, updates or conversions!br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"Download:/spanbr /br /Full Package:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /Automatic Update Package:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... .6-RC1.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... C1.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /Changed Files Only Package:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-files.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-files.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-files.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... es.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /Patch Files Package:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-patch.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-patch.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.6-RC1-patch.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... ch.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /Code Changes Package:br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1-codechanges.zip"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... hanges.zip/a!-- m --br /!-- m --a class="postlink" href="http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0.5_to_3.0.6-RC1-codechanges.tar.bz2"http://www.phpbb.com/files/qa/phpBB-3.0 ... es.tar.bz2/a!-- m --br /br /br /span style="font-weight: bold"IMPORTANT/spanbr /br /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. img src="http://www.phpbb.com/community/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /br /br /br /Have fun with the release,br /the phpBB Team

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