The results of the Eclipse Community Survey 2010 have recently been released. A summary of the findings is available in the Open Source Developer Report 2010. This survey of the Eclipse community is an interesting insight into software development and the trends which are taking place. Continue reading “Eclipse Community Survey 2010”
Category: MantisBT
Clickjacking protection in MantisBT 1.2.1
Mantis Bug Tracker 1.2.1 includes initial support for X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Security-Policy. These two browser security features aim to protect users against clickjacking attacks. If you’re unfamiliar with clickjacking, this presentation by Paul Stone at Black Hat EU 2010 provides an introduction to the topic. Essentially these options prevent a MantisBT site from being embedded within an IFrame on another website. Continue reading “Clickjacking protection in MantisBT 1.2.1”
MantisBT 1.2.1 Released
Hi all,
MantisBT 1.2.1 is a maintenance update for the stable 1.2.x branch. All
installations that are currently running any 1.1.x or 1.2.0 version are
advised to upgrade to this release. Continue reading “MantisBT 1.2.1 Released”
Preselection of next highest value in "Change status to" dropdown
The “Change status to” dropdown on the view issue page used to select the first option in the list as the default. Choosing the default value in this way isn’t particularly useful because workflow states usually progress than regress. Continue reading “Preselection of next highest value in "Change status to" dropdown”
Source code repository integration with MantisBT 1.3.x
The built-in source code repository integration feature from the days of MantisBT 1.1.x has been removed in MantisBT 1.3.x. This feature is superseded by the SourceIntegration plugin available for use with MantisBT 1.2.0 and later versions.
The built-in source code repository integration feature from the days of MantisBT 1.1.x has been removed in MantisBT 1.3.x. This feature is superseded by the SourceIntegration plugin available for use with MantisBT 1.2.0 and later versions. The old in-built system had very limited capabilities and hadn’t been properly maintained for some time. Continue reading “Source code repository integration with MantisBT 1.3.x”