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Release date: May 13 2013
Release date: 14 May 2013
   
   
Here is [https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/IssueNavigator!executeAdvanced.jspa?jqlQuery=project+%3D+mdl+AND+resolution+%3D+fixed+AND+fixVersion+in+%28%222.5%22%29+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC&runQuery=true&clear=true the full list of fixed issues in 2.5].
Here is [https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/IssueNavigator!executeAdvanced.jspa?jqlQuery=project+%3D+mdl+AND+resolution+%3D+fixed+AND+fixVersion+in+%28%222.5%22%29+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC&runQuery=true&clear=true the full list of fixed issues in 2.5].
   
   
See [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/New_features New features] for a user-friendly tour with screenshots
See [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/New_features New features] for a user-friendly tour with screenshots.
 
Many thanks to [http://moodle.org/dev/contributions.php?version=2.5.x all the developers that worked on fixes and features in this release].
 
Our release process continues to evolve and improve with more testing (human AND automated) than ever before.  Thanks especially to the Moodle HQ integration team for tirelessly reviewing and improving all new code, David Monllao for our excellent new behat-based interface testing mechanism, as well as all the QA testers, peer reviewers and issue testers who tested every single addition in Moodle 2.5 (3 times!)
 


===Requirements===
===Requirements===
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NOTE: We will drop support for IE8 in Moodle 2.6 (to be released November 2013).  This means IE8 will probably still work for 2.6, but developers will not be required to test their new code on that browser.  Moodle, like most of the world's web sites and browser producers, encourages you to keep your browsers current to improve security and functionality while saving us valuable time.  ([http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.ca/2012/09/supporting-modern-browsers-internet.html For example see what Google is doing])
NOTE: We will drop support for IE8 in Moodle 2.6 (to be released November 2013).  This means IE8 will probably still work for 2.6, but developers will not be required to test their new code on that browser.  Moodle, like most of the world's web sites and browser producers, encourages you to keep your browsers current to improve security and functionality while saving us valuable time.  ([http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.ca/2012/09/supporting-modern-browsers-internet.html For example see what Google is doing])


===Warnings===
===Major new features===
 
====Open Badges integration====
 
* MDL-35073 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Badges Badges] may be awarded manually or for course or activity completion. Users can choose to display their badges in their Moodle profile and in their Mozilla backpack.  Thanks to Yuliya Bozhko from Totara for the bulk of work on this.
 
====Add-on installer====
 
* MDL-38509 - New admin tool for [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Installing_add-ons installing add-ons]
 
====Themes====
 
* MDL-38016 - Bootstrap-based themes, with responsive design for all screen sizes (including a new ''[[Clean theme]]'' as an example).  Thanks to Bas Brands, David Scotson, Stuart Lamour and Mary Evans for their volunteer work on getting this done. 
* MDL-23504 - Transparency and RGB support in themes colour picker
 
====Forms improvements====
 
* MDL-30637 and MDL-38012 - Improvements to the usability of big complex Moodle forms in general
* MDL-38614 - Reduced size description field with collapsible editor
 
====Enrolment====
 
* MDL-26956 - You can now search the list of [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Enrolled_users users enrolled] in a course
* MDL-36514 - New option for preventing new [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Self_enrolment self-enrolments] in the course
* MDL-7537 - All PayPal-supported currencies are available for use in [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Paypal_enrolment Paypal enrolment]
* MDL-32387 - New PayPal enrolment setting 'Enrolment expiration action'
* MDL-37291 - Restore support for PayPal enrolments
* MDL-37187 - Various [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Flat_file Flat file enrolment] fixes
* MDL-28705 - Configurable mapping between IMS course names and Moodle course names for [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/IMS_Enterprise IMS Enterprise enrolment]
 
See MDL-36504 for the full list of all enrolment-related improvements.


It is very unlikely that any of these issues will cause you problems, unless there is something quite unusual about your Moodle installation. However, we highlight them here just in case:
====Assignment activity====


====Multi-server architectures with different PHP versions ====
* MDL-36804 - New [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Assignment_settings assignment settings] for handling resubmissions
* MDL-37337 - Assignment settings page improvements


Moodle has moved to use a more secure mechanism for securing passwords, from 2.5 new passwords will be generated using bcrypt rather than md5. Because bcrypt is only supported for PHP version 5.3.7 and above, it is important that all servers within a cluster use the same version of PHP (MDL-35332).
====Database activity====


====Restoring Moodle 2.5 backups to sites with old PHP versions====
* MDL-38166 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Building_Database Database activity] URL field includes option to open link in new window
* MDL-7660 - Option to delete database activity entry attachment


Because bcrypt is not supported in PHP versions below 5.3.7, course backups made using the $CFG->includeuserpasswordsinbackup setting on a site using PHP version 5.3.7+ that are subsequently restored to a site with PHP version < 5.3.7 will require a password reset.
====Glossary activity====


The same issue would occur if you downgraded the PHP version on the server running your site from 5.3.7+ to less than 5.3.7. (MDL-35332)
* MDL-20131 - Global glossary entries can be displayed in the [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Random_glossary_entry_block random glossary entry block]
* MDL-35842 - New option for displaying entries in alphabetical order in the [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Random_glossary_entry_block random glossary entry block]


====Manual grading option in the quiz UI====
====Quiz activity====


Before Moodle 2.5, you could set 'How questions behave' in the Quiz settings to 'Manually graded'. That option was almost entirely useless. It would cause all questions in the quiz (e.g. multiple choice questions) to require manual grading. This option was not necessary because Essay questions, the only ones that need to be graded manually, will always work that way whatever behaviour is selected.
* MDL-38538 - Option to auto-save during quiz attempts
* MDL-37417 - Question editing forms improvements
* MDL-36955 - Better grading for partially correct Cloze questions with Interactive behaviour
* MDL-35793 - Defaults for when a question is previewed
* MDL-10516 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Essay_question_type Essay questions] can have a template, so the student starts answering from the template, not a blank editor


Since the only effect of that setting was that people how choose it by mistake, we have hidden it. I cannot think of any circumstances when you would need to re-enable it, but if necessary, you can bring it back by going to Admin -> Plugins -> Question behaviour. I repeat, you do not need to do that for Essay questions to work.
====Workshop activity====


===Highlights===
* MDL-37602 - Overall assessment feedback support in the [[:en:Workshop module|Workshop activity]]
* MDL-37806 - New 'Save and show next' button for workshop submissions


See https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/New_features for a fuller description of these major new features.
====Resources====


* MDL-35073 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Badges Open Badges integration]
* MDL-33206 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Book_module Book] print dialogue link
* MDL-38509 - New admin tool for [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Installing_add-ons installing add-ons]
* MDL-37455 - New [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Folder_resource_settings folder resource setting] to display folder contents on the course page
* MDL-38016 - New themes ''Bootstrapbase'' and ''[[Clean theme|Clean]]'' with responsive design for all screen sizes
* MDL-30790 - New [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Folder_resource_settings folder resource setting] to display sub-folders expanded or collapsed
* MDL-30637 - Improvements to the usability of big complex Moodle forms in general
* MDL-34137 - Option to drag and drop a media file onto the course page to [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Using_Label create a label]
* MDL-37459 & MDL-37417 - More specific usability improvements to the forms for the assignment module, and for creating questions
* MDL-33946 - Option to drag and drop text onto the course page to [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Using_Label create a label]
* MDL-32652 - Block drag & drop now works throughout the site (not just on course pages)!
 
* MDL-36804 - Assignment resubmission system
====Repositories====
* MDL-37009 - Course listings are displayed consistently throughout the site (theme [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Courses_lists_upgrade_to_2.5 changes] may be required)
 
* MDL-37284 - Unicode support in MariaDB/MySQL is now configured automatically during installation
* MDL-37217 - Folders are now displayed in the [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Google_Drive_repository Google Drive repository] (renamed from Google Docs repository). An administrator must enable the Drive API in the Google APIs Console, as described in [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Google_OAuth_2.0_setup Google OAuth 2.0 setup].
* MDL-35611 - behat integration, the framework for testing of user expectations
* MDL-33669 - Option to access Equella site when using [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/EQUELLA_repository EQUELLA repository]
* MDL-37641 - Improved file names when a file already exists in a repository


===Enrolment improvements===
====Course listings====


* MDL-26956 - You can now search the list of users enrolled in a course
* MDL-37009 - Course listings are displayed consistently throughout the site (theme [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Courses_lists_upgrade_to_2.5 changes] may be required)
* MDL-36514 - New option for preventing of new self-enrolments in course
* MDL-38708 - [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Course_settings Course settings] option to add images and other files to course summaries, displayed in course listings
* MDL-7537 - Support for more currencies in PayPal
* MDL-37572 - Categories edit page is separated from view and does not depend any more on global editing mode
* MDL-32387 - Implemented expiration of PayPal enrolments
* MDL-37291 - Restore support for PayPal enrolments
* MDL-37187 - Multiple problems fixed in Flat File enrolment plugin
* MDL-28705 - Configurable mapping between IMS course names and Moodle course names for IMS Enterprise enrolment
* MDL-36504 - Complete list of all enrolment related improvements


===Performance===
====Performance improvements====


* MDL-35716 - New performance overview report
* MDL-35716 - New performance overview report
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* MDL-37127 - Use of minified YUI modules to reduce content size
* MDL-37127 - Use of minified YUI modules to reduce content size


===Miscellaneous===
{|
|[[File:25release_database_reads.png|thumb|Database reads (-4.6%)]]
|[[File:25release_time_used.png|thumb|Time used (-7.3%)]]
|[[File:25release_files_included.png|thumb|Files included (-2.7%)]]
|-
|[[File:25release_database_writes.png|thumb|Database writes (0%)]]
|[[File:25release_kilobytes_downloaded.png|thumb|KiloBytes downloaded (+1%)]]
|[[File:25release_getstring_calls.png|thumb|getstring() calls (+0.4%)]]
|}
 
* [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes/Performance_tests More info about the tests environment]
 
====Security related improvements====
 
* MDL-35332 - Improved security of hashed passwords
* MDL-21342 - New user account lockout mechanism (settings in [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Site_policies Site policies])
 
====Automated functional testing====
 
* MDL-35611 - [[Behat integration]], the framework for testing of user expectations, has been incorporated into Moodle.
 
===Other highlights===
 
====Drag and drop improvements====
 
* MDL-33688 - Drag and drop file upload progress indicator in filepicker
* MDL-32652 - Block drag & drop now works throughout the site (not just on course pages)!
 
====Forum activity====
 
* MDL-5875 - New [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Forum_settings forum setting] 'Display word count'


* MDL-38166 - [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Building_Database Database activity] URL field has option to open link in new window
====Upload users====
* MDL-37455 - New folder resource option to display folder contents on the course page
 
* MDL-30790 - New folder resource option to display sub-folders expanded or collapsed
* MDL-36602 - mnethostid available as an [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Upload_users upload users] field
* MDL-37602 - Overall assessment feedback support in the [[:en:Workshop module|Workshop module]]
* MDL-38494 - Upload users accepts date-time format custom profile field
* MDL-28585 - LDAP authentication password expiry handling
 
* MDL-20131 - Random glossary entry block can use a global glossary
====Settings block rename====
* MDL-35842 - Random glossary entry block alphabetical order option
* MDL-31983 - The Settings block has been renamed [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Administration_block 'Administration'] and [[:en:Reports|reports]] have been moved there.
* MDL-37337 - Assignment settings page improvements
 
====Miscellaneous====
 
* MDL-28585 - Improved LDAP authentication password expiry handling
* MDL-37644 - New setting for showing course full names in the navigation block
* MDL-37644 - New setting for showing course full names in the navigation block
* MDL-5875 - Option to show the word count of forum posts
* MDL-23504 - Transparency and RGB support in themes colour picker
* MDL-37806 - New 'Save and show next' button for workshop submissions
* MDL-37728 - Role definition overview improvements
* MDL-37728 - Role definition overview improvements
* MDL-37641 - Prettier names when a file already exists
* MDL-32341 - New [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Calendar_settings calendar settings] for specifying a custom export date range
* MDL-38538 - Option to auto-save during quiz attempts
* MDL-34917 - Jump to section navigation for 'One section per page' setting in [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Course_formats course formats]
* MDL-36955 - Better grading for partially correct Cloze questions with Interactive behaviour
* MDL-35793 - Defaults for when a question is previewed
* MDL-10516 - Essay questions can have a template, so the student starts answering from the template, not a blank editor
* MDL-36602 - mnethostid available as an upload users field
* MDL-34137 - Option to drag and drop a media file onto the course page to create a label
* MDL-33946 - Option to drag and drop text onto the course page to create a label
* MDL-33688 - Drag and drop file upload progress indicator in filepicker
* MDL-33669 - Option to access Equella site when using Equella repository
* MDL-32341 - Configurable calendar export date range
* MDL-33206 - Book resource type print dialogue link
* MDL-31983 - Settings block renamed 'Administration' and reports moved there
* MDL-34917 - Jump to section navigation for 'One section per page' setting in course formats
* MDL-38708 - Option to add images and other files to the course list
* MDL-36395 - New setting Maximum users per page for specifying the number of users shown in search results
* MDL-36395 - New setting Maximum users per page for specifying the number of users shown in search results
* MDL-37596 - Scheduled maintenance mode
* MDL-37596 - Scheduled maintenance mode
* MDL-35775 - Group import allows new groups to be assigned to groupings
* MDL-35775 - Group import allows new groups to be assigned to groupings
* MDL-38494 - Upload users accepts date-time format custom profile field
* MDL-26649 - Date picker usability improvements
* MDL-26649 - Date picker usability improvements
* MDL-37572 - Categories edit page is separated from view and does not depend any more on global editing mode
* MDL-37217 - Folders are now displayed in the [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Google_Drive_repository Google Drive repository] (renamed from Google Docs repository). An administrator must enable the Drive API in the Google APIs Console, as described in [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Google_OAuth_2.0_setup Google OAuth 2.0 setup].
* Multiple improvements in MS SQL Server and Oracle database drivers
* Multiple improvements in MS SQL Server and Oracle database drivers
* MDL-37284 - Unicode support in MariaDB/MySQL is now configured automatically during installation
* MDL-35819 - Rewrite tooltip help to improve UI consistency, and performance.
* MDL-35819 - Rewrite tooltip help to improve UI consistency, and performance.


===API changes===
===Security issues===
 
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228930 MSA-13-0020] Capability issue in Assignment
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228931 MSA-13-0021] Potential information leak in Gradebook
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228933 MSA-13-0022] Information leak in hub registration
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228934 MSA-13-0023] Permission issue in blog comments
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=228935 MSA-13-0024] Form filtering issue
 
Moodle 2.5 also includes fixes to security issues resolved in earlier minor versions released after [[Moodle 2.4 release notes|Moodle 2.4]]. See the release notes for [[Moodle 2.4.1 release notes|Moodle 2.4.1]], [[Moodle 2.4.2 release notes|Moodle 2.4.2]] and [[Moodle 2.4.3 release notes|Moodle 2.4.3]] for more details.
 
===For developers: API changes===
   
   
* MDL-34640 - Improvements to how the question engine handles uploaded files. This should make it possible to write question types that automatically grade uploaded files.
* MDL-34640 - Improvements to how the question engine handles uploaded files. This should make it possible to write question types that automatically grade uploaded files.
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;Enrolment plugins: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=enrol/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Enrolment plugins: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=enrol/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Filters: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=filter/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Filters: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=filter/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Forum: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=mod/forum/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Question types: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=question/type/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Question types: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=question/type/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Repositories: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=repository/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Themes: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=theme/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;Themes: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=theme/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;TinyMCE plugins: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=lib/editor/tinymce/upgrade.txt;hb=master
;TinyMCE plugins: http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=lib/editor/tinymce/upgrade.txt;hb=master


===Security issues===
<noinclude>==See also==
 
* [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Category:New_features User documentation of new features in Moodle 2.5]
A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.
* [https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Upgrading_to_Moodle_2.5 Upgrading to Moodle 2.5] - information for admins who are upgrading from earlier versions
 
Moodle 2.5 also includes fixes to security issues resolved in earlier minor versions released after [[Moodle 2.4 release notes|Moodle 2.4]]. See the release notes for [[Moodle 2.4.1 release notes|Moodle 2.4.1]], [[Moodle 2.4.1 release notes|Moodle 2.4.2]] and [[Moodle 2.4.1 release notes|Moodle 2.4.3]] for more details.
 
====Security related improvements====
 
* MDL-35332 - Improved security of hashed passwords
* MDL-21342 - New user account lockout mechanism
 
==See also==
*[[Moodle 2.4 release notes]]
*[[Moodle 2.4 release notes]]
   
   
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[[fr:Notes de mise à jour de Moodle 2.5]]
[[fr:Notes de mise à jour de Moodle 2.5]]
</noinclude>

Revision as of 09:23, 24 July 2013

Releases > Moodle 2.5 release notes

Release date: 14 May 2013

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.5.

See New features for a user-friendly tour with screenshots.

Many thanks to all the developers that worked on fixes and features in this release.

Our release process continues to evolve and improve with more testing (human AND automated) than ever before. Thanks especially to the Moodle HQ integration team for tirelessly reviewing and improving all new code, David Monllao for our excellent new behat-based interface testing mechanism, as well as all the QA testers, peer reviewers and issue testers who tested every single addition in Moodle 2.5 (3 times!)


Requirements

These are just minimums. We recommend keeping all your software updated.

  • Recommended minimum browser: Google Chrome 11, Firefox 4, Safari 5, Internet Explorer 8 (IE 10 required for drag and drop of files from outside the browser into Moodle)
  • Moodle upgrade: Moodle 2.2 or later (if upgrading from earlier versions, you must upgrade to 2.2.9 as a first step)
  • Minimum DB versions: PostgreSQL 8.3, MySQL 5.1.33, MariaDB 5.2, MSSQL 2005 or Oracle 10.2 (oci_native_moodle_package.sql needs to be executed before upgrade on Oracle servers)
  • Minimum PHP version: PHP 5.3.3
  • New PHP extension requirements: GD

NOTE: We will drop support for IE8 in Moodle 2.6 (to be released November 2013). This means IE8 will probably still work for 2.6, but developers will not be required to test their new code on that browser. Moodle, like most of the world's web sites and browser producers, encourages you to keep your browsers current to improve security and functionality while saving us valuable time. (For example see what Google is doing)

Major new features

Open Badges integration

  • MDL-35073 - Badges may be awarded manually or for course or activity completion. Users can choose to display their badges in their Moodle profile and in their Mozilla backpack. Thanks to Yuliya Bozhko from Totara for the bulk of work on this.

Add-on installer

Themes

  • MDL-38016 - Bootstrap-based themes, with responsive design for all screen sizes (including a new Clean theme as an example). Thanks to Bas Brands, David Scotson, Stuart Lamour and Mary Evans for their volunteer work on getting this done.
  • MDL-23504 - Transparency and RGB support in themes colour picker

Forms improvements

  • MDL-30637 and MDL-38012 - Improvements to the usability of big complex Moodle forms in general
  • MDL-38614 - Reduced size description field with collapsible editor

Enrolment

See MDL-36504 for the full list of all enrolment-related improvements.

Assignment activity

Database activity

Glossary activity

Quiz activity

  • MDL-38538 - Option to auto-save during quiz attempts
  • MDL-37417 - Question editing forms improvements
  • MDL-36955 - Better grading for partially correct Cloze questions with Interactive behaviour
  • MDL-35793 - Defaults for when a question is previewed
  • MDL-10516 - Essay questions can have a template, so the student starts answering from the template, not a blank editor

Workshop activity

Resources

Repositories

Course listings

  • MDL-37009 - Course listings are displayed consistently throughout the site (theme changes may be required)
  • MDL-38708 - Course settings option to add images and other files to course summaries, displayed in course listings
  • MDL-37572 - Categories edit page is separated from view and does not depend any more on global editing mode

Performance improvements

  • MDL-35716 - New performance overview report
  • MDL-35685 - Improved login performance
  • MDL-36809 - Support for persistent connections to MariaDB/MySQL servers
  • MDL-34344 - CFG caching in MUC
  • MDL-34346 - New repository caching
  • MDL-34401 - New caching of plugin information
  • MDL-37718 - Improved database recordset memory use
  • MDL-38212 - Workaround for some memory issues in cron
  • MDL-38391 - Improved YUI module loading performance
  • MDL-37127 - Use of minified YUI modules to reduce content size
Database reads (-4.6%)
Time used (-7.3%)
Files included (-2.7%)
Database writes (0%)
KiloBytes downloaded (+1%)
getstring() calls (+0.4%)

Security related improvements

Automated functional testing

Other highlights

Drag and drop improvements

  • MDL-33688 - Drag and drop file upload progress indicator in filepicker
  • MDL-32652 - Block drag & drop now works throughout the site (not just on course pages)!

Forum activity

Upload users

Settings block rename

Miscellaneous

  • MDL-28585 - Improved LDAP authentication password expiry handling
  • MDL-37644 - New setting for showing course full names in the navigation block
  • MDL-37728 - Role definition overview improvements
  • MDL-32341 - New calendar settings for specifying a custom export date range
  • MDL-34917 - Jump to section navigation for 'One section per page' setting in course formats
  • MDL-36395 - New setting Maximum users per page for specifying the number of users shown in search results
  • MDL-37596 - Scheduled maintenance mode
  • MDL-35775 - Group import allows new groups to be assigned to groupings
  • MDL-26649 - Date picker usability improvements
  • Multiple improvements in MS SQL Server and Oracle database drivers
  • MDL-37284 - Unicode support in MariaDB/MySQL is now configured automatically during installation
  • MDL-35819 - Rewrite tooltip help to improve UI consistency, and performance.

Security issues

Moodle 2.5 also includes fixes to security issues resolved in earlier minor versions released after Moodle 2.4. See the release notes for Moodle 2.4.1, Moodle 2.4.2 and Moodle 2.4.3 for more details.

For developers: API changes

  • MDL-34640 - Improvements to how the question engine handles uploaded files. This should make it possible to write question types that automatically grade uploaded files.
  • MDL-37287 - 3rd party libraries updated, ex.: YUI 3.9.1, TinyMCE 3.5.8, latest tcpdf and others
  • MDL-15727 - jQuery and jQuery UI supported in add-ons
  • MDL-29996 - Legacy filters are not supported any more, developers need to migrate filters from modules to standard filter location
  • MDL-35356 - Excel and ODS export improvements
  • MDL-35434 - Theme developers may use new admin setting type for user uploaded logo images
  • MDL-37726 - PREVIOUS and NEXT attributes are not required in install.xml files
  • MDL-38558 - It is now possible to run local pre-upgrade script
  • MDL-38391 - Convert YUI_config to class in lib/outputrequirements.php.
  • MDL-35819 - JS M.util.help_icon deprecated in favour of moodle-core-popuphelp

Upgrade notes for developers

Activity modules
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=mod/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Assignment
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=mod/assign/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Backup
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=backup/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Cache
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=cache/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Calendar
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=calendar/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Core
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=lib/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Course formats
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=course/format/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Enrolment plugins
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=enrol/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Filters
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=filter/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Forum
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=mod/forum/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Question types
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=question/type/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Repositories
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=repository/upgrade.txt;hb=master
Themes
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=theme/upgrade.txt;hb=master
TinyMCE plugins
http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=blob;f=lib/editor/tinymce/upgrade.txt;hb=master

See also