{"id":67,"date":"2009-10-07T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T17:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2015-01-16T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T15:08:32","slug":"mantisbt-1-2-0rc2-release-candidate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mantisbt.org\/blog\/archives\/mantisbt\/67","title":{"rendered":"MantisBT 1.2.0rc2 Release Candidate 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This release marks the second &#8220;stable&#8221; release in the 1.2.x series of MantisBT. The 1.2.x series is now officially feature complete, and this build is ready for official testing in non-critical installations. This release is a good representation of a final 1.2.0 build.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A full changelog for the 1.2.x series can be found on the official site. [1]<\/p>\n<p>There are many new features added to 1.2.x, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Converted the MantisBT Manual to Docbook format, and added a new Developer&#8217;s Guide manual, both of which are compiled and included in every release.<\/li>\n<li>Implemented a plugin system with many plugins already released [2]<\/li>\n<li>Global categories available to all projects, as well as project categories inheriting from parent projects to child projects; both are optional<\/li>\n<li>Tracked change history for textarea fields (Description, etc) and bug notes<\/li>\n<li>Customizable sets of columns for View Issues page and export formats<\/li>\n<li>Combined simple and advanced views into a single, configurable view that allows selecting exactly what fields to show or hide<\/li>\n<li>Improved roadmap and changelog pages, including version release dates, and permalinks to individual versions<\/li>\n<li>Marking versions as obsolete to hide them from the roadmap and changelog<\/li>\n<li>More configuration options for rebranding MantisBT installations<\/li>\n<li>Improved support for PostgreSQL databases<\/li>\n<li>Improved support for UTF-8 localizations and content<\/li>\n<li>Implemented custom search providers for Firefox and Internet Explorer<\/li>\n<li>Implemented localized timestamps using according to user-preferred timezones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have also been many improvements to the codebase beyond adding features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Migrated to parameterised database queries throughout the codebase for both performance and security improvements<\/li>\n<li>Added PHPDoc compatible documentation to all internal API&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Removed many hardcoded references to access levels and other enumerations, for improved customizability<\/li>\n<li>Migrated away from DATETIME fields to integer timestamps for timezone usage<\/li>\n<li>All 3rd party code is now contained within the library\/ path, including documentation on library versions and any patches applied<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for MySQL 6 and PHP 5.3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[1] The changelog is split between multiple releases: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/bugs\/changelog_page.php?version_id=89\">1.2.0a1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/bugs\/changelog_page.php?version_id=96\">1.2.0a2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/bugs\/changelog_page.php?version_id=104\">1.2.0a3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/bugs\/changelog_page.php?version_id=98\">1.2.0rc1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantisbt.org\/bugs\/changelog_page.php?version_id=106\">1.2.0rc2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[2] <a href=\"http:\/\/git.mantisforge.org\/\">MantisForge<\/a> is now the preferred code collaboration site for MantisBT, including free hosting of MantisBT-related Git repositories for development of contributions to MantisBT itself or community plugins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This release marks the second &#8220;stable&#8221; release in the 1.2.x series of MantisBT. 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