phpBB 3.3.6-RC1 released

[Marc]

Release highlights

• Notable Improvements
  • Improved phpBB native search performance: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16940
  • Support for SVG and Webp in ranks, smilies, and topic icons: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16899
  • Improved handling of email encoding: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16900 https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16912
• Notable Bugfixes
  • Issues with double escaping of data inserted into database config: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16924
  • Topic selection not working in MCP: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16904

The packages can be downloaded from our package archive or the Area51 downloads page. Please test the packages to extent, so we can have a fail-save final release.

• https://gist.github.com/marc1706/787362 ... fdbda613b9 Language changes
• https://gist.github.com/marc1706/4c6747 ... e7979505cf Prosilver changes

[Marc]

Event changes

PHP Events

• core.modify_default_attachments_template_vars
  Placement: includes/functions_posting.php
  Arguments: allowed_attachments, default_vars
  Added in Release: 3.3.6-RC1
  Explanation: Modify default attachments template vars

• core.notification_manager_add_notifications_before
  Placement: phpbb/notification/manager.php
  Arguments: add_notifications_override, data, notification_type_name, notified_users, options
  Added in Release: 3.3.6-RC1
  Explanation: Get notification data before find_users_for_notification() execute

• core.phpbb_mail_after
  Placement: includes/functions_messenger.php
  Arguments: additional_parameters, eol, headers, msg, result, subject, to
  Added in Release: 3.3.6-RC1
  Explanation: Execute code after sending out emails with PHP's mail function

• core.phpbb_mail_before
  Placement: includes/functions_messenger.php
  Arguments: additional_parameters, eol, headers, msg, subject, to
  Added in Release: 3.3.6-RC1
  Explanation: Modify data before sending out emails with PHP's mail function

Template Events

• None

ACP Template Events

• None

[P_I]

Two data points to report using my localhost testing environment and following the steps in https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... date_full/

• On a CentOS 8 (Stream) server, with PHP 7.4.27, the update went smoothly and no issues reported or seen so far during post-update sanity testing.
• On a CentOS 7.9.2009 server, with PHP 8.0.15, the update went smoothly and no issues reported or seen so far during post-update sanity testing.

Working my way through sanity testing of the Notable Improvements.

Thanks team.

[3Di]

See: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-16956

[Marc]

The mentioned issue has been resolved and the fix will be included in the final version of 3.3.6.

[P_I]

Any new news about the final release of phpBB 3.3.6 that can be reported? Generally a RC release is followed shortly afterwards with an Announcements.

Yes I know and respect the following:

Rule #1
<include standard_disclaimer>
phpBB x.x.x will be released when it is ready to be released.
</include>

Just a little curious because the gap between RC release and release announcement typically isn't measured in weeks or a month.

I know, patience and see Rule #1.

[3Di]

I know, patience and see Rule #1.

You have already answered yourself. When the question already contains the answer, I would say.