v.4.2.2

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.9
• PHP 7.2

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.8, 3.9
• PHP 7.2, 7.3.

Changelog

Other changes

• Protection of all component and plugin folders against direct web access
• Update for new FOF 3 behavior regarding backend and frontend caching
• Slightly less wonky backend downloads graph

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Unpublished items or items in unpublished releases or categories could be downloaded
• [MEDIUM] Releases: filter by Maturity was broken for the "Beta" option
• [LOW] Unused common tables folder

v.4.2.1

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.9
• PHP 7.2

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.8, 3.9
• PHP 7.2, 7.3.

Changelog

Other changes

• Protection of all component and plugin folders against direct web access
• Update for new FOF 3 behavior regarding backend and frontend caching
• Slightly less wonky backend downloads graph

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Unpublished items or items in unpublished releases or categories could be downloaded
• [MEDIUM] Releases: filter by Maturity was broken for the "Beta" option
• [LOW] Unused common tables folder

v.4.2.0

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.9
• PHP 7.2

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.8, 3.9
• PHP 7.2, 7.3.

Changelog

Other changes

• Removed environment icons (they are now printed as text labels)

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Update streams add dummy.zip to files hosted externally

v.4.1.2

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.8
• PHP 7.2

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.

Changelog

Other changes

• Removing checksums from the update stream by default to work around Joomla 3.9 bugs related to extension updates.

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] Automatic item descriptions cannot save multiple Environments
• [HIGH] Update streams lack a "type" attribute for files hosted externally
• [MEDIUM] Fixed JavaScript error on manual creation of a new Item

v.4.1.1

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.8
• PHP 7.2

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2.

Changelog

Other changes

• Joomla! 3.9 backend Components menu item compatibility

Bug fixes

• Automatic Descriptions does not allow selection of multiple environments
• gh-155 Do not display unpublished Items in Latest view

v.4.1.0

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.8
• PHP 7.1

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2.

Language files

Akeeba Release System comes with English (Great Britain) language built-in. Installation packages for other languages are available on our language download page.

Changelog

New

• Rewritten interface using our Akeeba Frontend Framework (FEF).
• Warn the user if either FOF or FEF is not installed.
• Warn the user about incompatible versions of PHP, use of eAccelerator on PHP 5.4 and use of HHVM.

Bug fixes

• List of files not rendered for Amazon S3 categories
• Link Created by ARS Item Button is wrong (gh-129)
• Unpublishing a Download ID in the front-end redirects you to some other page, not the one you were in.
• Accessing the Update view without specifying a valid format (xml or ini) should result in the XML feed being returned, not an error page

v.4.0.0

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.8
• PHP 7.1

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2.

Language files

Akeeba Release System comes with English (Great Britain) language built-in. Installation packages for other languages are available on our language download page.

Changelog

New

• Rewritten interface using our Akeeba Frontend Framework (FEF).
• Warn the user if either FOF or FEF is not installed.
• Warn the user about incompatible versions of PHP, use of eAccelerator on PHP 5.4 and use of HHVM.

Bug fixes

• List of files not rendered for Amazon S3 categories
• Link Created by ARS Item Button is wrong (gh-129)
• Unpublishing a Download ID in the front-end redirects you to some other page, not the one you were in.
• Accessing the Update view without specifying a valid format (xml or ini) should result in the XML feed being returned, not an error page

v.3.2.5

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.8
• PHP 7.1

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2.

Language files

Akeeba Release System comes with English (Great Britain) language built-in. Installation packages for other languages are available on our language download page.

Changelog

Bug fixes

• State bleedover from Categories to Latest view (gh-121 - Thanks @mbabker)
• Typo prevents uploads in subdirectories (gh-117)
• HTTPS option is not taken into account when creating signed URLs (gh-125)
• ARS Link editor button plugin didn't display an icon (gh-126)
• ARS Link editor button plugin didn't work with the default editory due to JavaScript API change (gh-126)

v.3.2.4

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.6
• PHP 7.0

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1.

Changelog

Critical issues

• Joomla! 3.7.0 has a broken System - Page Cache plugin leading to white pages and wrong redirections
• Joomla! 3.7.0 broke the JDate package, effectively ignoring timezones, causing grave errors in date / time calculations and display
• Joomla! 3.7 added a fixed width to specific button classes in the toolbar, breaking the page layout

v.3.2.3

Joomla and PHP Compatibility

We are developing, testing and using Akeeba Release System using the latest version of Joomla! and a popular and actively maintained branch of PHP 7. At the time of this writing this is:

• Joomla! 3.6
• PHP 7.0

Akeeba Release System should be compatible with:

• Joomla! 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
• PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1.

Changelog

Critical issues

• Joomla! 3.7.0 has a broken System - Page Cache plugin leading to white pages and wrong redirections
• Joomla! 3.7.0 broke the JDate package, effectively ignoring timezones, causing grave errors in date / time calculations and display
• Joomla! 3.7 added a fixed width to specific button classes in the toolbar, breaking the page layout