-------------------- 1.5.16 Stable Release [Friday, 23 April 2010 ] ------------------ Security Four security issues were fixed in this release: * Moderate Priority - Core - Negative Values for Limit and Offset. More information * Low Priority - Core - Installer Migration Script. More information * Moderate Priority - Core - Sessation Fixation. More information * Low Priority - Core - Password Reset Tokens. More information For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center. Components * Fixed error in contacts with SEF enabled (17235) * Fixed SQL error when sorting news feeds by section. (18648) * Fixed problem showing URL for image files in Atom news feeds. (18936) * Fixed problem where author alias was not escaped correctly. (19009) * Fixed bug in pagination of category blog menu item. (19245) * Fixed display of image captions in some situations. (19405) * Fixed caching problem with com_contact. (19435) * Added framework validation to com_media file. (19763) * Fixed PHP notice when enabling or disabling a user. (19798) Modules * Fixed caching for related articles module (17000) * Fixed notification error in login module (17762) * Fixed problems with upgrade method in module installation (17878) * Fixed typo in mod_latestnews. (18403) * Fixed HTML validation problem with mod_search. (18619) * Fixed problem with some news feeds not showing. (18672) * Fixed problem in mod_login where trashed menu items show in redirect list. (19831) Plugins * Fixed problem saving content in TinyMCE when editor is toggled (17936) * Fixed bug in email cloaking that added an extra space (17986) * Fixed problem saving valid attributes for some HTML tags. (19055) Legacy * No legacy issues were fixed for this release Templates * Fixed problem loading template files for RTL languages. (18614) * Fixed beez template to show correct Itemid after a search. (18683) Language * Added missing translation strings in installation. (19604) * Added sr-YU language for installation. (19627) * Added Phnom-Penh to timezone files. (19715) * Added missing language strings in installation files. (19816) * Added Arabic Unitag installation language ar_AA (19836) * Added missing language strings for is-IS language in installation. (19864) * Added missing strings in installation ini files. (19871) * Added new hi-IN install language (19966) * Added updates on installation ini files (20024) * Fixed language bug in Menus (20055) * Added language credits update (20195) Administrator * Fixed display problem in back end with RTL languages. (18570) * Fixed problem where Menu Item types for disabled components still showed when adding menu items. (18617) * Fixed problem with display of module position in Module Manager. (18848) System * Fixed JFolder::makeSafe method to not remove dots in path (16506) * Fixed problem that prevented using a cache in some cases (16974) * Remove PHP warning message on some versions (18612) * Fixed problem installing modules in update mode. (18987) * Fixed problem with Yagoon and Norfolk timezones. (19555) * Fixed problem with return value when saving polling components. (19655) * Fixed problem in JToolbarHelper class media_manager method. (19680) * Fixed incorrect URI for IIS platforms (18046) * Improved handling of failing Apache plugins (19859) * Added Reykjavik in timezone (20025) * Fixed JApplication::redirect() to not use 301 code (20043) * Fixed SEF search URL's for cross-platform compatibility (20184) Statistics for the 1.5.16 release period: * Joomla 1.5.16 contains: o 48 issues fixed in SVN o 52 commits * Tracker activity resulted in a net increase of 83 active issues: o 224 new reports o 94 closed o 48 fixed in SVN * At the time the 1.5.16 release was packaged, the tracker had 303 active issues: o 169 open o 103 confirmed o 31 pending -------------------- 1.5.16 Stable Release [23-April-2010] ------------------ Legend: * -> Security Fix # -> Bug Fix $ -> Language fix or change + -> Addition ^ -> Change - -> Removed ! -> Note 23-Apr-2010 Ian MacLennan $ [#20195] Language credit update $ [#20055] Language bug in "Menus" # [#20043] JApplication::redirect() using a 301 error code incorrect. # [#20025] Adding Reykjavik in timezone $ [#20024] More updates on installation ini files $ [#19966] New hi-IN installation language $ [#19871] Missing string in a few installation ini files # [#19859] Graceful handling of failing Apache plugins # [#18046] $theURI not correctly set on IIS7 in environment\uri.php # [#20184] Removal of searchwords from SEF urls to ensure cross platform compatibility 07-Mar-2010 Ian MacLennan # [#16930] Reverting patch from #16930 because it breaks the installer 05-Mar-2010 Ian MacLennan $ [#19864] Missing string in is-IS installation ini # [#18648] News Feeds -> Categories can throw a SQL error when it tries to sort by section_name # [#18619] Validation error of mod_search # [#18570] Button select article in back-end ( RTL) ie7 + modal centering # [#18403] Possible typo in mod_latestnews xml # [#17762] Mod_login\helper.php: Trying to get property of non-object # [#17235] SEF URL for contacts gives 404 error # [#17000] Core related items and other modules non-functional with cache module on # [#16974] Checking wrong cache field in com_content _loaddata() function # [#16930] live_site$ in configuration.php ignored by some JS-based functions - breaks joomla 1.5 behind reverse proxy # [#16506] JFolder::makeSafe removes dot 04-Mar-2010 Ian MacLennan $ [#19836] New Arabic Unitag installation language ar_AA # [#19831] Preventing mod_login redirect to display trashed menu items # [#19798] Undefined variable notice when enabling or disabling a user in com_user # [#19680] Media manager folder param incorrectly named # [#19245] Pagination in category blog layout not shown in specific case # [#18848] Last module position in