CHANGELOG

Version 2.5.0
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- gh-69 Remove Joomla! 2.5 support
- gh-68 Remove Import from JoomlaCode feature (JoomlaCode.org is shutting down)
- Remove obsolete JSON compatibility library
+ Check for obsolete PHP versions and printing a warning
+ Apply Chosen (smart drop-downs and multiselects) throughout the backend
# [LOW] Bad styling of back button under Joomla! 3.x

Version 2.4.4
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+ Support for Joomla Extension Directory's "Remote XML" feature, see http://dev.extensions.joomla.org/component/content/article?id=10

Version 2.4.3
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~ Changed the .htaccess files to be compatible with Apache 2.4
~ Some servers seem to try and load the AkeebaUsagestats class twice
~ Removing references to JParameter (it was removed in Joomla! 3.4 alpha)
~ Removing references to assign() in views (deprecated in Joomla! 3)
+ Adding support for Redirect URL for Unauthorised to Items, instead of just Categories and Releases
# [LOW] The ID of the item is not saved in the log when the authorisation fails (user has no access)
# [LOW] Additional Download ID page was showing incorrect data when Joomla cache was on
# [LOW] Prevent 403 errors when an user tries to publish/unpublish/delete a Download ID and doesn't select a record
# [HIGH] Intermittent issue with Bleeding Edge releases resulting in fatal errors
# [HIGH] Wrong require_once causing problems with content plugin

Version 2.4.2
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! Reverting a user-submitted "bugfix" which wrecked havoc to Download IDs.

Version 2.4.1
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+ Anonymous reporting of PHP, MySQL and CMS versions (opt-out through the options)
~ Even better workaround for very badly written system plugins which output Javascript without a trailing semicolon and/or newline, leading to Javascript errors. This is not a bug in our software, it's a bug in those badly written plugins and WE have to work around THEIR bad code!
~ Using an HTTP 303 header for Link type items instead of 302
# [LOW] ARS link plugin: filtering the list made it impossible to select an item (thanks @Bakual)

Version 2.4.0
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- Removing PostgreSQL support (Joomla!'s PostgreSQL support is broken for almost a year)
+ Improved Download ID management: Download IDs no longer change when the password is changed / reset / rehashed

Version 2.3.5
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! CLI scripts were not being copied over
# [HIGH] All items were unpublished when an item was not found in a Bleeding edge category
# [LOW] The Bleeding Edge maturity plugin was broken after applying "Bleeding edge releases with dots/spaces in the folder gave a 404 error"
# [LOW] Release Maker may return an error 500 when saving / updating a release

Version 2.3.4
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+ Show update information in the component's control panel page
+ Allow the user to forcibly reload the update information from the component's control panel page
+ Database table installation, uninstallation and update is now handled by our own code instead of the unreliable JInstaller code
+ Automatically repair the database tables in case of an update going wrong
+ Search box in Update Streams allows you to filter streams by name
~ Significant performance improvement in the Latest Releases content plugin when using Akeeba Subscriptions
# [MEDIUM] Blank page or 400 error message after updating from 2.3.2 or lower using Live Update
# [MEDIUM] Bleeding edge releases with dots/spaces in the folder gave a 404 error
# [MEDIUM] Updating the GeoIP database throw a fatal error when the GeoIP library has not been loaded
# [LOW] Searching by title in Automatic Item Descriptions leads to a SQL error

Version 2.3.3
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+ Added sh404SEF plugin to create SEF url with that component
+ Automatic ordering of new releases and items towards the top to make it easier to reorder then using Joomla! 3's very buggy drag'n'drop reordering feature
~ CSRF protection for GeoIP update
~ Only show a reminder to update the GeoIP database if it's older than two weeks
~ AJAX ordering now shows the ordering in a textbox, to faciliate ordering without much frustration in Joomla! 3
~ Now using the built-in Joomla! extensions updater instead of Live Update to deliver updates
# [MEDIUM] Wrong link for GeoIP update
# [MEDIUM] Download link in update stream always appends &dummy=my.zip (thanks Francesco & Hayden)
# [LOW] Fixed page headings
# [LOW] gh-25 Fixed ordering under Joomla! 3.x
# [LOW] ARS Latest Release plugin: fixed broken link (stream_link and installfromweb)
# [LOW] RSS feeds broken for Category and Release view in some circumstances
# [LOW] frontend.css was not always loaded in the front-end
# [LOW] Update XML <name> tag should have the name of the extension, not the URL alias

Version 2.3.2
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~ Now using a separate plugin for GeoIP features
# [HIGH] The Install from Web integration is broken
# [HIGH] The master XML update stream didn't have a closing tag
# [LOW] MD5 and SHA1 sums are calculated even if they are filled in but the file size is not specified
# [LOW] Sometimes the edit URL of an add-on download ID in the front-end was wrong

Version 2.3.1
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# [HIGH] The Install from Web integration plugin would not get installed with the component

Version 2.3.0
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+ Option to show unauthorised links
+ Download update stream URL: download the latest item made available in an update stream
+ Support for the Install from Web feature in Joomla! 3.2
~ Try very hard not to load GeoIP if another extension loads it before us (we can't guarantee that crappy code in other extensions will not cause a site crash; we can only make sure OUR code doesn't cause such a crash)
~ Improved back-end display in Joomla! 3
# [LOW] "Failed to delete temp.dat" message when downloading a remote file failed during item creation

Version 2.2.1
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! Access Levels not respected during download
! An annoying –but harmless– fatal error was shown on upgrade from older versions

Version 2.2.0
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+ The front-end interface was rewritten to make use of Bootstrap, like all of our software
+ #99 Visual Groups now have an optional description
~ Overall performance boost in the front-end
# [MEDIUM] Caching worked erratically
# [LOW] Pagination issue in the front-end when mixing items of different access levels
# [LOW] Short open tag leads to stats graph not working on some servers

Version 2.1.5
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# [HIGH] Access control of items wouldn't take account the access of the release and category
# [LOW] ARS Latest Release plugin: the double quote is no longer a valid character in Joomla!, changed to single quote
# [LOW] Misleading default text provided by the Joomla! core in the access level selection drop-down in Joomla! 3.0
# [LOW] Using a category ID was impossible in the ARS latest release content plugin
# [LOW] Pre-installation script would run the wrong SQL files on upgrade (normally not causing a problem, but still it's not the intended behaviour)
# [LOW] "No access URL" not working

Version 2.1.4
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# [HIGH] Some servers throw a fatal error in the Categories controller
# [HIGH] Several bugs in the add-on download IDs feature. Now that feature actually works.
# [MEDIUM] Issues with multilingual sites
# [MEDIUM] 403 when cancelling an add-on Download ID creation
# [LOW] Add-on Download IDs not working when put in submenus of another ARS menu item due to Joomla! routing issues
# [LOW] Could not access XML update stream
# [LOW] Notices in the front-end release view

Version 2.1.3
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# [HIGH] Internal server error on ancient versions of PHP 5.3 with broken late static binding implementations
# [LOW] Notice in the Latest Releases page

Version 2.1.2
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# [HIGH] The component's menu item was removed if the installation couldn't proceed (too low PHP or Joomla! version)
# [HIGH] Joomla! doesn't run the database upgrade scripts when upgrading from a very old version or when the #__schemas entry is somehow missing
# [HIGH] After a failed installation, even if the subsequent installation is reported successful Joomla! does not install the database tables causing a broken installation
# [MEDIUM] The reason why the installation was aborted is not shown due to a Joomla! bug; worked around
# [LOW] Menu items to update streams don't work under Joomla! 3

Version 2.1.1
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# [HIGH] Validation by Download ID was no longer working
# [HIGH] The remote JSON API wouldn't work

Version 2.1.0
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~ Reverting router changes. They actually seem to break menu items.
# [MEDIUM] Router didn't fully support multilingual sites
# [MEDIUM] Joomla! uses limitstart instead of start query string parameter to browse to the first page, causing the "First page" front-end pagination link to not work
# [MEDIUM] #93 Master XML update feed not working
# [MEDIUM] #92 The arslatest plugin would cause a fatal error in the back-end if the Finder (Smart Search) plugin was enabled
# [LOW] Per-category RSS feeds broken since 2.0.7
# [LOW] #97 "Failed deleting temp.dat" on Joomla! 3.0
# [LOW] Bug in ARS router.php (thanks Piotr!)
# [LOW] Frontend update menu items wouldn't work (thanks Piotr!)

Version 2.0.8
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# [MEDIUM] Router regression, resulting in broken SEF URLs and pagination issues
# [MEDIUM] Pagination limits (items per list) in Category and Release views were broken

Version 2.0.7
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+ Added minimum stability option in component Options
+ #91 Latest release content plugin, allows you to display the latest release of a category and links to it and its files in your content items
+ Option to define width of left cpanel column.
+ Enabling web service access to categories, release and items management
~ Make sure we are no longer using Joomla!'s integrated extension update (it doesn't support stability and Joomla! version compatibility checks)
# [HIGH] Potential unauthorized access to list of downloads, but without the ability to download anything
# [LOW] Invalid characters could end up in the XML update stream, causing Joomla! to choke on it

Version 2.0.6
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+ Add context to the content preparation (com_ars.category_description, com_ars.release_description, com_ars.release_notes and com_ars.item_description), allowing developers to create custom content plugins which fire only when processing messages to be displayed in ARS
+ DirectLink allows users to easily download files without having to log in to your site first.
+ Control whether BleedingEdge should create and format changelogs automatically
~ Improved page title and metadata handling
# [MEDIUM] Page options not respected in drill-down views (thank you Nikolai!)
# [MEDIUM] When using PayPlans you had to necessarily select a plan for a category, release or item
# [MEDIUM] When using PayPlans you could select only one plan for a category, release or item
# [LOW] Sometimes the interface renders strangely (e.g. when a plugin sets format="")

Version 2.0.6.rc1
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+ Joomla! 3.0.0 compatibility
~ Made Ordering the default order method in Categories, Releases and Items views in the backend
# [LOW] File listing would not get reloaded in the new item view

Version 2.0.5
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# [HIGH] Wrong FOF version bundled with the component
# [MEDIUM] "No Access URL" didn't have any effect
# [MEDIUM] Akeeba Strapper wasn't included in the package
# [LOW] Reference to non-existent backend.js file
# [LOW] Akeeba Strapper installation status not shown in the post-installation page

Version 2.0.4
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# [HIGH] Display bug with bundled FOF version

Version 2.0.3
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+ Experimental Joomla! 3.0 support
# [HIGH] Could not select multiple subscriptions to limit releases

Version 2.0.2
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+ PayPlans integration. Many thanks to Shyam Verma for the original code of this feature.
# [HIGH] Could not select files from an S3 bucket
# [HIGH] You could not de-select subscription assignment for categories, releases and items
# [MEDIUM] Ordering preferences not respected in front-end

Version 2.0.1
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! LiveUpdate was not included in the installation package

Version 2.0.0
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! Rewritten to use the FOF framework
+ Support for resumable downloads (Range headers)
~ Overall stability improvements
# [LOW] The item alias would include dots and spaces when using files, causing trouble with the router
# [LOW] The Visual Group feature would not work properly on BleedingEdge Only and Normal Only views

Version 1.1.3
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+ The supported platforms are now output to the update INI stream
# Content-Disposition should wrap the filename in double quotes when downloading files
# The BleedingEdge styling preferences where not applied in the Latest Releases view

Version 1.1.2
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# Visual groups sorting didn't work in the front-end
# extensionset XML had the wrong types (thanks Peter)
# Different versions of Joomla! handle client_id and client tags in update streams differently (thanks Peter)
# Files always uploaded to category's root, not the intended subdirectory (thanks Peter)
# Would not list S3 bucket contents
# Could not create S3 subdirectories
# Could not upload files to S3
# The listing of S3 files and folders in subdirectories is prefixed with the directory's name
# Could not delete files from S3
# Layout issue in Items view
# The SHA1 and MD5 hashes were not made available in the update INI format, making it impossible to use them in custom implementations
# A new Bleeding Edge item was attempted to be created every single time a Bleeding Edge category was being accessed

Version 1.1.1
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+ Support for dlid in XML update stream URLs
~ Increasing the release title maximum length from 20 to 255 characters
# PHP Warnings thrown when there are no latest downloads to display in the Control Panel
# Latest downloads module doesn't work when the access to an item is limited by View Access Levels instead of subscription levels
# Dev releases do not get the correct date (they stick with 0000-00-00 00:00:00)
# Visual groups in the front-end were grouped by ID, not ordering
# Copying a release would not copy the items' environment tags
# You could not use the root of an S3 bucket
# Joomla! 1.7/2.5 are filtering out special characters from the S3 Access and Secret keys
# The S3 integration would not work on servers lacking a Certificate Authorities (caceprt.pem) file
# Ho ho, Joomla! 2.5 is now using client instead of client_id in XML update streams, JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN!
# The page heading parameters have changed in Joomla! 1.7/2.5 (thanks, Alan!)

Version 1.1
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+ #74 Environments, which can also be used to set the Joomla! version compatibility per item
+ #76 No access URL
+ #77 Make it possible to hide item properties (filesize, md5, sha1) in the front-end
# "Access Forbidden" message was untranslated in Joomla! 1.6 and later
# #78 Dots in item aliases cause problem with Joomla! SEF URLs
# Download ID authentication did not work
# You could not change the ordering in Joomla! 2.5.0 due to undocumented JavaScript changes in the Joomla! core

Version 1.0.5
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# Pagination did not work in the front-end
# Pagination formatting issues in the front end, on Joomla! 1.7
# Front-end pages included links to ../media for JS files, throwing a browser error (kudos to Davide T. for pointing it out)

Version 1.0.4
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~ Added index on user_id to the log table to speed up log lookups by username
~ Updated bundled JavaScript libraries to jQuery 1.7 and jQuery UI 1.8.16
~ The modules now support template overrides
~ The INI update stream includes more information (release notes and a "read more" URL)
! Akeeba Subscriptions 2.x would not be detected unless the no longer necessary Nooku Framework was present
# The router would screw up under some circumstances, fetching a wrong Itemid if none was defined in the URL
# JavaScript errors in front-end

Version 1.0.3
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# Bleeding Edge releases on Amazon S3 would never list any files
# If you remove and re-upload a file for a Bleeding Edge release it wouldn't be auto-published again
# It was impossible to delete visual groups
# Router throwing a fatal error when displaying the Download ID module on the repository page
# Workaround for Joomla! 1.7.0-1.7.2 updater bug #27023 (ref http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_id=8103&tracker_item_id=27023)

Version 1.0.2
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+ Plugin events to customise Bleeding Edge releases
+ Plugin events to customise Bleeding Edge items
+ Plugin to set the Bleeding Edge release's maturity based on the directory name
+ Plugin to set the Bleeding Edge item's description to a colorised diff (GitHub-style!) against the previous version of the same file
+ Support for tar.bz2/.tbz/.tbz2 archives in XML update streams
+ Joomla! 1.7 multilingual support
+ Joomla! 1.7 ACL support
+ #11 Plugin to display the Download ID in your site's content
+ #31 Full support for Amazon S3
+ Editor button plugin allows you to link to any ARS Item
+ Visual grouping support
~ Renamed jquery.js and jqueryui.js to work around some stupid plugins removing all instances of jQuery from the page's source
~ Replacing DS with / as the directory separator
~ Improved the installation SQL for older MySQL versions
# Live Update did not properly support library and file extensions type in Joomla! 1.6/1.7 (patched by Michael Babker)
# Workarounds for Joomla! 1.6/1.7 bugs which could prevent the component from being installed/unnstalled
# ARS' router would produce an empty $segments list parsing a malformed URL
# ARS' router would case a 500 error message to be shown when an item no longer exists; fixed to throw a 404 instead
# BleedingEdge would always try to add files, even if they were already added, leading to waste of CPU power
# Update XML shows items in unpublished categories and releases
# Update INI stream throwing a fatal error under Joomla! 1.7 when there are no updates available
# Duplicated directory path in INI update stream when the site is inside a directory
# Duplicated directory path in all of the XML update streams when the site is inside a directory
# If you had limited access to specific AMBRA.subs/Akeeba Subscriptions it was impossible to unselect all of them again
# Sorting categories, releases or items by created date caused nothing to be displayed due to a typo in the front-end models
# Using Apply (Joomla! 1.5) or Save (Joomla! 1.6+) on a new record, didn't display the just saved record, essentialy acting as Save & New
# Crashes if Akeeba Subscriptions is installed and enabled, but the Nooku Framework "System - Koowa" plugin is disabled or hasn't loaded
# JavaScript not loading on sites returning the site's web root URL in JURI::base() (thanks Chris for the find!)
# Release ordering ignored in Latest view
# Item ordering ignored in Latest view (thank Michael for reporting this)
# Read on rendering issues in Joomla! 1.7, where quotation marks are auto-replaced with &quot; (known Joomla! 1.7 bug)
# Released date was unformatted in Latest view under Joomla! 1.7
# Authentication with username/password fails in Joomla! 1.7 (Thank you Cholalabs Team for the fix!)

Version 1.0.1
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+ Minimum stability level in the Latest Releases view
~ Massively improved the loading speed of the Log page by optimising slow queries
~ Simplified the component's Control Panel page
~ Massively improved the loading speed of the Control Panel by removing statistics queries which took a very long time to complete
~ Improved rendering engine to properly support template overrides
~ Removed anti-leech protection
~ #32 Do not list unpublished Bleeding Edge releases in drop-downs
~ Using CSS classes instead of inline styles for Bleeding Edge releases' changelogs
# JParameter is deprecated in Joomla! 1.6/1.7; applying workaround
# SQL file didn't run on upgade on Joomla! 1.6/1.7; applying workaround
# Live Update: Using authentication with non-SEF URLs always resulted in an error message that the download of the update package was impossible (thank you Daniel for the heads up!)
# Filtering by access level in Categories view wouldn't work
# Bug in access control checks of Bleeding Edge releases
# Wouldn't load frontend.css due to typo in helpers/include.php
# Update XML streams would not allow Joomla! 1.7 to pick up any updates
# Fatal error thrown when accessing the component parameters
# Live Update: would not reload the update information after installing an update
# Live Update: would not support package, library and file extension types for Joomla! 1.6/1.7

Version 1.0
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+ Local copy of cacerts.pem allows Live Update and other download requests to work with HTTPS URLs on Windows, CentOS and other servers without a system copy of cacert.pem
+ Referer links in log view now open in new window
+ Live Update: Support for minimum stability to report as an available update
+ Live Update: Support for Akeeba Backup's System Restore Points
~ Massive speed improvement (2x) in the back-end control panel page for repositories with multiple millions of downloads
~ Live Update: Using native <button> elements to improve styling
~ Switched from Google Charts to jqPlot for more interactive, better-looking stats charts
- Removed map view (unnecessary MySQL load for a near-useless feature)
# PHP Fatal Error in ambra.php (thanks Alan)
# mod_arsdownloads.php missing two variable definitions, causing a PHP warning (thanks Alan)
# Menu parameters wouldn't show up in Joomla! 1.6
# Non-ASCII characters were not displayed properly in backend list views, even though they were stored correctly in the database
# Breadcrumbs would throw PHP notices under Joomla! 1.6/1.7
# Live Update: could interfere with component parameters storage
# Live Update: Caching of update information would not function properly