Mantis 2.8.0
1 November 2017
Mantis version 2.8.0 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Mantis 2.8.0
Mantis 2.8.0 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Mantis updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Mantis install to test the 2.8.0 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Mantis installations with Installatron
What's New in Mantis 2.8.0
WARNING
From version 2.8.0, Mantis requires the PHP 'mysqli' extension. It no longer supports 'mysql' or 'pdo_mysql'.
This upgrade will automatically change your application's database driver to 'mysqli'.
Highlights
- [api rest] REST API Issue update support (vboctor)
- [performance] Unneeded files delivered if Mantis Graphs plugin is enabled (atrol)
- [performance] Unneeded code delivered to support unsupported IE9 (atrol)
- [ui] Useless UI element on manage_proj_page (atrol)
- [custom fields] Empty numeric fields should be display as empty rather than 0 (community)
- [custom fields] Empty float fields should be displayed as empty rather than 0 (community)
- [api soap] Updating issues via APIs should trigger email notifications (vboctor)
- [bugtracker] Auto-refresh shouldn't update last visited (atrol)
- [code cleanup] Usage of deprecated constant (atrol)
- [html] Wrong class name for tags output (atrol)
- [administration] Remove unused config option inline_file_exts (community)
- [plug-ins] Add plugin event EVENT_BUG_ACTIONGROUP_FORM (cproensa)
- [custom fields] Numeric field accepts floats and displays them as numeric (vboctor)
- [bugtracker] resolving parent issues inconsistency (community)
- [bugtracker] Notes are not in the correct order after cloning an issue (cproensa)
- [code cleanup] Remove php_version_at_least() function from PHP API (dregad)
- [email] DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures (community)
- [bugtracker] Handler user is visible even if view_handler_threshold is configured to not allow (cproensa)
- [api rest] Enable REST API by default (vboctor)
- [bugtracker] "show_assigned_names" configuration is not applied correctly in view_all_bug_page (cproensa)
- [filters] Filter "advanced" mode is reset after sorting through column headers (cproensa)
- [api rest] Facilitate troubleshooting REST API by displaying detailed errors (dregad)
- [email] Update PHPMailer to v5.2.25 (vboctor)
- [code cleanup] Force composer to honor PHP compatibility advertised for MantisBT (vboctor)
- [ui] Bugnote text area not styled correctly when private by default (vboctor)
- [bugtracker] Notes added via change status / edit always market private when private by default (vboctor)