Revision as of 18:17, 22 October 2013

Releases > Moodle 2.6 release notes

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Release date: November 2013 (Not yet released)

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

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

Recommended minimum browser: recent Google Chrome, recent Mozilla Firefox, Safari 6, Internet Explorer 9 (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 2.2.11 as a first step)
Minimum DB versions: PostgreSQL 8.3, MySQL 5.1.33, MariaDB 5.2, MSSQL 2005 or Oracle 10.2
Minimum PHP version: PHP 5.3.3 (always use latest PHP 5.3.x, 5.4.x or 5.5.x on Windows - http://windows.php.net/download/)
New PHP extensions: zlib extension now recommended

IE8 and Safari 5 are not fully supported any more, they should still work but they are not tested regularly and there might be some known problems. Like most of the world's web sites and browser producers, we encourage you to keep your browsers current to improve security and functionality while saving us valuable time. (For example see what Google is doing)
IE6 and IE7 are not recommended for Moodle 2.6 at all. You would have big problems trying to use those old browsers in today's internet.
Support for Oracle database is limited, there are known performance and compatibility problems, many add-ons are not compatible. Most of these problems are caused by the fact that Oracle databases do not implement necessary industry SQL standards and contain several legacy limitations. If you are using Oracle or planning to then we highly encourage you to think about using one of the open source databases we support.

MDL-31776 - Alternate name fields
MDL-31830 - Improved category and course management interface
MDL-13114 - Bulk course creation tool
MDL-40121 - New Single Activity Course Format (and removed SCORM course format MDL-40122)
MDL-30740 - Microsoft Skydrive repository
MDL-17081 - Roles import and export
MDL-40493 - Users may select preferred text editor
MDL-37565 - Toolbar switching in TinyMCE editor (one or multiple lines)
MDL-41866, MDL-18375 - Support for multiple calendars
MDL-23692 - Simplified recovery of forgotten username and password reset

MDL-32188 - Big improvements to how certainty-based marking (CBM) works. There is now much better feedback for students about how they have done, and what they need to do to improve in future.
MDL-9873 - Question text is now a required field when creating and editing questions.
MDL-39155 - Option for what size user picture to show during quiz attempts.

MDL-28579 / MDL-41580 - Allow use of file aliases and direct linking to imsmanifest.xml inside an extracted zip in the file system repository.
MDL-39910 - Improved SCORM player with responsive design elements and better support for mobile devices.
MDL-39926 - New objectives report
MDL-41290 - Improved user level reporting with ability to export data.
MDL-41434 - When updating a SCORM package we no longer delete and re-create the scorm_scoes table - we now use a sortorder field.

MDL-38189 - Restoring of large courses possible
MDL-40415 - OPcache extension fully supported and recommended
MDL-31501 - New session drivers supporting files, database and memcached storage
MDL-40545 - New $CFG->localcachedir setting (intended for clustered servers)
MDL-40563 - Improved theme resource caching (local cache compatible)
MDL-40546 - Improved javascript caching (local cache compatible)
MDL-41019 - Language caching improvements (local cache compatible)
MDL-41017 - HTMLPurifier caching improvements (local cache compatible)
MDL-39474 - Developer debug checks improvements
MDL-38570 - Automatic temp directory cleanup

MDL-40770 - New TinyMCE editor icons
MDL-39814 - Improved edit icons for usability on all screens
MDL-11270 - Significantly improved MS SQL Server compatibility
MDL-39985 - Full MariaDB support
MDL-19390 - Email notification for new users added manually
MDL-33955 - Support for open_basedir restriction
MDL-41245, MDL-41437, MDL-41086 - Multiple installation and upgrade fixes and improvements
MDL-42078 - Standardised plugin uninstallation and management.
MDL-37717 - Teachers are warned before suspending own enrolment in course
MDL-38155 - User enrolment may be suspended via CSV upload
MDL-16073 - New test pages for external database authentication and enrolment plugins
MDL-41838 - Backup and restore .mbz files now supports a new .tar.gz internal format (helps with very large courses)

MDL-39854 - Automatic class loader
MDL-39797 - New events infrastructure
MDL-41267 - Support for sub-plugins in admin tool plugins
MDL-26943 - Support for sub-plugins in local plugins
MDL-20045 - Unofficial support for custom context levels
MDL-40359 - 3rd party libraries updated to latest versions
MDL-40305, MDL-40940 - PHPUnit testcase autoloader
MDL-23493 - Support for including a font through theme CSS
MDL-40248 - Better support for subplugins in Activity chooser
MDL-41953 - Plugin name restrictions were relaxed, multiple trailing numbers are allowed
MDL-42040 - New API for registration of shutdown handlers
MDL-42148 - New admin page listing all third party libraries, thirdpartylibs.xml now supported in plugins

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
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

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 * MDL-32188 - Big improvements to how certainty-based marking (CBM) works. There is now much better feedback for students about how they have done, and what they need to do to improve in future.
-* MDL-9873  - Question text is now a required field when creating questions.
+* MDL-9873  - Question text is now a required field when creating and editing questions.
 * MDL-39155 - Option for what size user picture to show during quiz attempts.