[ZendTo] Re: Upgrading gotchas request
Jules
Jules at Zend.To
Tue Jan 8 09:08:23 GMT 2013
Fair idea I guess, but it isn't *that* long, and "diff" will soon show
you what you've modified. Shouldn't take you more than 5-10 minutes to
get your changes inserted into the new one. If it gets much bigger, I
will definitely consider something like that.
Cheers,
Jules.
On 07/01/2013 18:24, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:
> I've noticed upgrading is always a challenge because the config file
> is long and detailed. Could we get ZendTo to have a default config and
> then the user creates an over-ride config? Some programs use this
> method and I think it's a lot easier when upgrading.
>
> Sent from my SmartPhone
>
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 7:25, Julian Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> <mailto:Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 07/01/2013 14:57, Joao Alexandre wrote:
>>> Hi Jules,
>>>
>>> We've been using the google captcha and today, after the upgrade to
>>> the latest version, it still works OK but we would like to test the
>>> new option, AreYouAHuman.com <http://AreYouAHuman.com> and this is
>>> not working.
>>>
>>> I've copied the related section from the package preferences.conf to
>>> my existing one and subscribed to AreYouAHuman.com
>>> <http://AreYouAHuman.com>, added the site but noting shows when
>>> there should be a game.
>> Did you see the note in the AreYouAHuman comments in preferences.conf
>> about setting the game type to "Embedded" and not "Lightbox"?
>>> Apache complains about missing keys, but they are there in the
>>> preferences.conf. When we switch to Google everything works as expected.
>> Do you have the new section of code at the bottom of preferences.conf?
>>
>> You're far better off importing your changes into the new
>> preferences.conf than trying to back-port the new bits into your old
>> one. Looks like you've missed some.
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>>>
>>> What can it be?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> João
>>>
>>> On Saturday, January 5, 2013, Jules wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I have just released the new version 4.11-6 stable.
>>>
>>> It's available for download in all the usual formats from
>>> http://zend.to
>>> or else just type "yum update zendto" or "apt-get update ; apt-get
>>> upgrade zendto" depending on your Linux variant.
>>>
>>> There are a few interesting new features this time around:
>>> - Implemented support for AreYouAHuman.com
>>> <http://AreYouAHuman.com> CAPTCHA as a good alternative to
>>> the Google reCAPTCHA which many users find very difficult. See
>>> preferences.php for more information and its settings.
>>> - Added support for SQLite 3 (for new Ubuntu versions).
>>> - Drop-off sender notified when a recipient picks up a file for
>>> the 1st
>>> time only.
>>>
>>> I hope you find those useful. The new CAPTCHA option (to prove
>>> you're a
>>> human) is much easier to use (for most users) than the old
>>> Google one.
>>>
>>> Any problems, please do get in touch straight away.
>>>
>>> The full Change Log is this:
>>> - Widened permissions needed for clamd to see the temporary
>>> uploaded files
>>> for virus scanning.
>>> - Added apc.rfc1867_ttl settting to apc.ini in web site.
>>> - Added support for SQLite3 as present in Ubuntu 12 and higher.
>>> - Fixed bug where only the first recipient was shown in a list
>>> of drop-offs.
>>> - Changed behaviour so that the sender of a drop-off is notified
>>> when every
>>> recipient picks up a file from a drop-off for the first time. Old
>>> behaviour was to only notify the first time *any* recipient
>>> picked up a
>>> file, giving a max on 1 email notification per drop-off,
>>> whereas now
>>> you'll
>>> get a max of 1 email notification per recipient.
>>> - Fixed some minor "strict PHP" warnings.
>>> - Fixed bug where auto-cleanup would fail to remove some
>>> drop-offs from
>>> the database, producing warnings in the web interface when
>>> all drop-offs
>>> are listed by an administrator.
>>> - Now removes duplicate email addresses from the list of recipients.
>>> - Fixed bug stopping ZendTo working correctly in a sub-directory
>>> of a
>>> VirtualHost. Previously it had to be at the root of its own
>>> VirtualHost.
>>> - Fixed bug setting up database for SQLite3.
>>> - Fixed bug causing warnings from NSSADAuthenticator.php on new PHP
>>> versions.
>>> - Fixed bug causing PHP errors from pickup.php on new PHP versions.
>>> - Fixed bug causing librarydesc warning in SQLite3.php.
>>> - Much better improvements to SQLite3 support from Artyom
>>> Aleksandrov.
>>> - Extended Debian installer to automatically select SQLite3 if
>>> it detects
>>> that it is used on this system.
>>> - Fixed PHP pass-by-reference bug in download.php. Thanks Brendon!
>>> - Another bugfix in SQLite 3 code.
>>> - Implemented support for AreYouAHuman.com
>>> <http://AreYouAHuman.com> CAPTCHA as a good alternative to
>>> the Google reCAPTCHA which many users find very difficult. See
>>> preferences.php for more information and its settings.
>>> - Added comment to preferences.php about setting AreYouAHuman
>>> "Game Style".
>>> - Changed IMAP authenticator so that entire input string is used
>>> as username
>>> and not just bit before first ".". Thanks to Davide Bazzi for
>>> catching that.
>>>
>>> Jules
>>>
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>>> Julian Field MEng MBCS CITP CEng
>>>
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>> Jules
>>
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