This is the fourth alpha release for Mantis 1.1.0. It is likely to be the last alpha. The next release is planned to be an rc1 release with which we will branch the code and implement a feature freeze. This release has more than 100 features and bug fixes including addition of MantisConnect SOAP API, Twitter integration, permalink filters, MediaWiki integration, custom relationships, more reporting in summary page, project info page, 6 security fixes and a lot of other fixes and improvements. It is a recommended upgrade for all 1.1.0aX installations. Continue reading “Mantis 1.1.0a4 Released”
Issue Relationships now customizable
Starting Mantis 1.1.0a4, it is possible to add your own custom relationships. This means that you are no longer limited by “related to”, “parent of”, “child of”, “duplicate of” and “has duplicate”. Although the standard relationships ought to be enough for most users, we always aim to provide extensibility to allow Mantis users to customize their installations. Continue reading “Issue Relationships now customizable”
Mantis SOAP API out-of-the-box in v1.1.0a4
As of Mantis 1.1.0a4, MantisConnect web service will be released out-of-the-box with Mantis under the GPL license. The MantisConnect project will remain focused on the client libraries for the web service and useful tools on top of such libraries. Continue reading “Mantis SOAP API out-of-the-box in v1.1.0a4”
Evaluating a PHPMailer Vulnerability
A report was submitted to the Mantis team this week describing a vulnerability in the PHPMailer class. This class is used by Mantis to send notification emails for issue updates. Continue reading “Evaluating a PHPMailer Vulnerability”
Mantis Permalinks for Filters
Up until Mantis 1.1.a03, it was possible to create filters, save them, mark them as public to share them with other users, but it was not possible to send a filter criteria Permalink (see #7982) that another user can visit to get the same filter criteria. Continue reading “Mantis Permalinks for Filters”