This is the third release candidate for Mantis 1.1.0, we believe we are now very close to the final release. This release has several fixes relating to SOAP API, DB2, and others. All users running 1.1.0x releases are encouraged to update to this release. This release can be downloaded from here. Continue reading “Mantis 1.1.0rc3 Released”
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Mantis: Dropping Support for PHP 4
We have been thinking about the right time to drop support for PHP 4.x.x for a while now. The main drive is that in order for Mantis to use new PHP 5 features, we will have to drop PHP 4 support. We are thinking that it makes sense for 1.1.x to be the last Mantis release that supports PHP 4.x.x and starting with Mantis 1.2.0 have PHP 5 as the minimum requirement. Continue reading “Mantis: Dropping Support for PHP 4”
Mantis 1.1.0rc2 Released
This is the second release candidate for 1.1.0 release. It is recommended that all users with 1.1.0x releases upgrade to this version. This is mainly a bug fixes release. Continue reading “Mantis 1.1.0rc2 Released”
Screen capture tool for Mantis Windows users
Good news for Mantis users with Windows client desktops. A Cropper plugin is now available to allow you to easily take screenshots (for specified regions) and send them directly to an issue into Mantis. This tool has a dependency on MantisConnect which is now shipped as part of Mantis 1.1.0x releases. The tool can be download from here. Continue reading “Screen capture tool for Mantis Windows users”
Automattic (WordPress) acquires Gravatar
In Mantis 1.1.x we have added a feature to integrate with the gravatar, a global avatar service allowing users to define their avatar once and use it from any websites that support the service. Although it was neat service, it was having some struggles with scalability. It is great to see that Automattic (the company behind WordPress) has acquired gravatar. According to the announcement, the service has already been migrated to WordPress servers and is already serving avatars three times faster than the original service. Avatar had 115K avatars, after acquisition it is now merged with WordPress pool of over 1M avatars.