[TYPO3-UG US] TYPO3 4.0.3: Release Notes on the changes

[Michael Cannon]

TYPO3 4.0.3: Release Notes on the changes
By Thomas Esders

Although the TYPO3 developers clearly write down all changes, it is  
not very easy to understand and convenient for people who just want  
to know the interesting changes. This document aims to give you a  
short sum-up.

Intended Audience
This document is made for all TYPO3 users who would like to have a  
short overview of what has changed in the new TYPO3 release version  
4.0.3. This is a maintenance release, it does not contain any feature  
enhancements.
For latest information on this release please see [1].
For general information about the release workflow of TYPO3 please  
see [2]

Installation and upgrade
Upgrading from previous versions of the 4.0 branch (4.0, 4.0.1 or  
4.0.2) does not require any database changes, so you can simply  
exchange the sources and you're done. However, in order to benefit  
from the new and updated tsconfig_help tables which were shipped with  
4.0.2, you need to go to the Install Tool -> Database Analyser ->  
Import.
Upgrading from releases previous to 4.0 should be straight forward as  
well, just follow the instructions of the Upgrade Wiki page [3].

Fixes
·       Internet Explorer 7 compatibility:
TYPO3 works with almost every recent browser, but it failed to show  
the right-click menu when working with the new IE 7. Some small  
changes bring back this functionality to IE users.
·       The ADODB system extension updated to upstream 4.93
ADODB is an extension which is used by the database abstraction layer  
(DBAL) of TYPO3. This allows to run TYPO3 databases on non-MySQL  
systems. It provides support for a variety of database management  
systems, e.g. Oracle and PostgreSQL. For more information about DBAL,  
see http://typo3.org/development/projects/database-abstraction/.
·       A small bugfix for Indexed Search in combination with DBAL  
has been applied
·       Some minor fixes to the Extension Manager
It has been recognized that the Extension Manager requires a lot of  
memory. A solution for this problem is under way and will be shipped  
together with TYPO3 4.1.
·       A fix which was introduced in TYPO3 4.0.2 was not working in  
combination with DBAL (see above). A new solution for the initial  
problem was required to fix this.
·       Some small tweaks for PHP5 were made
·       Fixed a JavaScript error on the right-click menu in the  
filelist module
It may have happened that the right-click menu did not show up on  
folders containing special characters.
·       TYPO3 4.0 introduced a new feature to allow extensions write  
to syslog (t3lib_div::syslog). Optionally it offers logging into a  
separate file. However, before that version, the time format was wrong.
·       Some fixes for the Tools>User Admin Module “SU” mode
In past versions it was possible to SU to oneself and/or to disabled  
users. Pretty useless, therefore these options have been removed.
·       The TSConfig property “options.hideRecords.pages” was ignored  
for mounted pages.
This problem was especially noticed by users of the DAM extension who  
were trying to hide the storage folder to their users.
·       A feature allowing custom 404 (page not found) error pages  
(pageNotFound_handling) broke on websites with some character sets.

Security
·       Some small security issues have been fixed. For general  
information about security issues in TYPO3, please visit [4].
·       A security issue with fe_adminLib.inc has been corrected. It  
has been announced already, including a bugfix. This version is the  
first which includes these changes by default. See [5] for details.
Further reading
[1] TYPO3 4.0.3 Wiki: http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/TYPO3_4.0.3
[2] TYPO3 Release Workflow: http://typo3.org/teams/core/resources/ 
release-workflow/
[3] TYPO3 Upgrade Wiki page: http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Upgrade
[4] TYPO3 Security Team Page: http://typo3.org/teams/security/
[5] Security bulletin: http://typo3.org/teams/security/security- 
bulletins/typo3-20061010-1/

A complete changelog can be found in the TYPO3 source directory.  
Please have a look at the file ChangeLog for details.

Thanks
Once again we like to thank all those people who try to make TYPO3  
better every day and who spend so much of their valuable time to  
improve this great product.

About the author
Thomas Esders is a user of TYPO3 at work and in his free time. He  
lives in Hannover / Germany. If he does not spend his time with his  
wife or his friends he tries to help other instructors at his online  
community http://www.fi-ausbilden.de

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Michael

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Michael Canon
TYPO3 US Press Representative
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