Moodle 2.6 release notes

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Release date: not released

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.6.

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.

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)

Security issues

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.

Moodle 2.6 also includes fixes to security issues resolved in earlier minor versions released after Moodle 2.5. See the release notes for ... for more details.

See also

• User documentation of new features in Moodle 2.6
• Upgrading to Moodle 2.6 - information for admins who are upgrading from earlier versions
• Moodle 2.6 release notes