Feedback for: Textpattern CMS 4.8.5 released: bug fixes & improvements

gaekwad · 2021-03-30 06:17:32

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bici · 2021-03-30 21:25:30

4 out of 5 sites updated & it was eazy-peazy smooth. although only one update didnt like that i had deleted the RPC directory. so i uploaded the RPC dir, and diagnostics stoped complaining.

Bloke · 2021-03-31 00:21:45

Good to hear the upgrades went smoothly.

You can usually stop Diagnostics complaining about RPC if you turn off Enable XML-RPC server? in Prefs[Admin].

bici · 2021-03-31 00:27:54

Bloke wrote #329605:

Good to hear the upgrades went smoothly.

You can usually stop Diagnostics complaining about RPC if you turn off Enable XML-RPC server? in Prefs[Admin].

thanks. that worked for my final update. All 5 sites now running latest version 4.8.5.

Dragondz · 2021-03-31 08:19:25

Hi,

Updated a website from 4.5.7 and all goes well (i had only changed plugin zem_contact to com_connect).

Thanks for the hard work.

Vienuolis · 2021-03-31 11:27:28

I have just upgraded all my Textpattern-powered websites smoothly.

az.on.lt with no plugins 4.8.4 → 4.8.5 on PHP 8.0.3
m.on.lt with no plugins 4.8.3 → 4.8.5 on PHP 8.0.3
on.lt with 3 plugins 4.8.4 → 4.8.5 on PHP 7.4.16

HTTP server — Hiawatha 10.12,
database — MariaDB 10.1.48 (MySQL 5.5.5), and
OS: Debian 9.13 (Linux 4.9) — the same for all.

Thank you all very much!

colak · 2021-03-31 15:17:43

Updating the neme site from 4.8.4 to 4.8.5 was a breeze. Thanks so much guys!!
PHP version: 7.4.14
MySQL: 5.7.28
Server: Apache

jrmartin · 2021-03-31 19:45:10

Just updated Wandering Sardinia and Wandering Italy and all went well. After things settled a bit, the problem I had with rss titles has gone away. Thanks for fixing that.

james

etc · 2021-04-01 21:02:29

Once again, I win the silliest bug award for plugging an argument into a wrong function. This line should be

    $articles = parseList($rs, $thisarticle, 'populateArticleData', compact('allowoverride', 'thing') + array('form' => $fname));

Failing this, override forms will not work in article lists in 4.8.5.

Sincerely sorry, my eyes start playing tricks on me.

phiw13 · 2021-04-02 09:04:17

etc wrote #329642:

[…] Failing this, override forms will not work in article lists in 4.8.5.

Sincerely sorry, my eyes start playing tricks on me.

Ahh, that might be what I saw when upgrading one site :-( “override form” is used sparingly over there. I immediately reverted to 4.8.4 as I did not have time to investigate and even less time to attempts fixing the site.

Which begs the question, maybe there is a need to advertise more, or rather more in detail, what goes into those patch releases. not everybody is well versed in reading abstract PHP code…

etc · 2021-04-02 09:33:06

phiw13 wrote #329646:

Ahh, that might be what I saw when upgrading one site :-( “override form” is used sparingly over there. I immediately reverted to 4.8.4 as I did not have time to investigate and even less time to attempts fixing the site.

Which begs the question, maybe there is a need to advertise more, or rather more in detail, what goes into those patch releases. not everybody is well versed in reading abstract PHP code…

I apologize. The history file is rather complete in describing the 4.8.5 changes. There is nothing specifically concerning override forms, it’s just a silly bug that could have broken anything else as well.

phiw13 · 2021-04-02 09:40:19

etc wrote #329647:

I apologize. The history file is rather complete in describing the 4.8.5 changes. There is nothing specifically concerning override forms, it’s just a silly bug that could have broken anything else as well.

So can we expect a quick 4.8.6 bug-fix follow up (the ever lying feedreader told me about it) or do I better patch up 4.8.5 if I want to use that (PHP 8 fixes, and something) ?

Bloke · 2021-04-02 09:45:10

phiw13 wrote #329648:

So can we expect a quick 4.8.6 bug-fix follow up

Probably.

etc · 2021-04-02 10:19:58

phiw13 wrote #329648:

So can we expect a quick 4.8.6 bug-fix follow up (the ever lying feedreader told me about it) or do I better patch up 4.8.5 if I want to use that (PHP 8 fixes, and something) ?

You can already copy 4.8.6 publish.php file, awaiting its release.

phiw13 · 2021-04-02 12:07:35

etc wrote #329650:

You can already copy 4.8.6 publish.php file, awaiting its release.

Yes sure I can do that, or copy-paste the noted “fix” etc.
The problem is that the problem I saw is not on one of my sites, but a client’s site. Once you modify one or other file, you get that nice message in Diagnostics:

Some Textpattern files have been modified: …

Not sure I am confortable leaving it like that. Personally that is fine, dunno what the site owner/admin will think¹, even if explained nicely.

The site is doing fine with Textpattern 4.8.4 so no real hurry (and potential changes are not depending on any new 4.8.5 feature). Runs on PHP 7.4.

–^–

¹ … will think now, or in a week or two when he has forgotten all what I told him.

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