[Fwd: Release of Bugzilla 2.18.6, 2.20.3, 2.22.1, and 2.23.3]

[Fwd: Release of Bugzilla 2.18.6, 2.20.3, 2.22.1, and 2.23.3]

[Alex Schuilenburg]

Dudes

I have just made the upgrade to 2.18.6 - it went relatively smoothly.

However, as per this email, 2.18.x will be end-of-life'd when 3.0
finally comes out.  When this happens, eCosCentric will upgrade to
Bugzilla 3.0 rather than 2.20.x or 2.22.x as we are looking to use some
of the new features that will be available in 3.0.  There will be ample
warning when this happens as it is likely there will need to be some
downtime, so consider this advance warning :-)

-- Alex



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Release of Bugzilla 2.18.6, 2.20.3, 2.22.1, and 2.23.3
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:09:10 -0700
From: Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org>
Organisation: Bugzilla Project
To: announce@bugzilla.org

  We have many releases for you, today!

  Bugzilla 2.18.6 and 2.20.3 are security-fix releases for our older
branches.

  Bugzilla 2.22.1 is our first bugfix release in the 2.22 series,
and contains many useful fixes that improve the experience of using
Bugzilla.

  Finally, we are releasing an unstable development snapshot, Bugzilla
2.23.3. This snapshot has both custom fields and mod_perl support,
but has not been tested as thoroughly as our other releases. The 2.23
series will eventually culminate in Bugzilla 3.0.

  Users of the 2.18.x series should note that 2.18.x will reach
End Of Life when Bugzilla 3.0 is released. There are more details
in our Status Update.

  We hope you enjoy all our new releases!


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Release Notes & Changes
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2.18.6: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.18.6/release-notes.html
2.20.3: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.20.3/release-notes.html
2.22.1: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.22.1/release-notes.html

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Security Advisory
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http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.5/


Status Update
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To see what's new with the Bugzilla Project, including all the features
of our latest Development Release, see our latest Status Update:

http://www.bugzilla.org/status/2006-10-15.html


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-Max Kanat-Alexander
Release Manager, Bugzilla Project