We are pleased to announce the fifth patch for the 3.1 version of Xibo which addresses 16 issues. The codename for this version is “Holmes”.
17P/Holmes is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 6.88a (Julian years). Edwin Holmes (an amateur British astronomer) discovered the comet on November 6, 1892. It's last closest approach to the sun was in February 2021 and is on it's way back in January 2028.
Download
Please use the links below to download this release:
- Xibo for Docker Linux / Windows
- Xibo for Apache/Nginx / WAMP/IIS
Players
We recommend using player software of the same version as your CMS. The latest player software is available here.
v2 players will connect to a v3 CMS, but please be aware that new v3 features will not be supported.
1.8 players will also function but please be aware that v2/v3 features will not be supported.
The minimum version of Xibo for webOS that will function with a v3 CMS is v2 R206.
The minimum version of Xibo for Tizen that will function with a v3 CMS is v2 R202.
Changelog
16 issues have been addressed in this release!
- 2879: Library Tidy : throws unexpected error on form submit
- 2878: Media Delete : Audio assigned to a Widget is not removed
- 2877: DataSet Data : editing should allow empty values
- 2875: Layouts: add from template for a user without the tags feature enabled fails
- 2873: Library: uploads greater than 1GB fail with Request Entity Too Large
- 2872: Widgets: Currencies stop returning data
- 2871: PDO: review use of the isolated connection
- 2870: AuditLog should not use a separate SQL connection and should rollback
- 2864: User Group : cannot save edited group if it does not have default homepage set
- 2862: Tasks: AuditLog Archive
maxAgeMonths
doesn't work - 2861: Tasks: options shouldn't be saved at the end of a run
- 2868: Display Profile: licence email address wording
- 2867: Display/DisplayGroup: sharing column
- 2857: Docker: Apache ServerTokens config
- 2859: Media Dashboard does not return results unless a filter is set
- 2856: Select boxes will not close
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