diff --git a/ANNOUNCE.txt b/ANNOUNCE.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f132ae76d --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ + _ __ __ _ _ _ + _ __ | |__ _ __ | \/ |_ _ / \ __| |_ __ ___ (_)_ __ +| '_ \| '_ \| '_ \| |\/| | | | | / _ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \| | '_ \ +| |_) | | | | |_) | | | | |_| |/ ___ \ (_| | | | | | | | | | | +| .__/|_| |_| .__/|_| |_|\__, /_/ \_\__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_| +|_| |_| |___/ 2.2.0 + + +phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 - 30. August 2001 +================================== + + A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW. + ----------------------------------------- + http://phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ + http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ + + +Announcement +------------ + + After 5 months, 5 beta releases and 4 release candidate versions, + the phpMyAdmin developers are pleased to announce the availability + of phpMyAdmin 2.2.0. + + phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over + the Web. The project was started by Tobias Ratschiller in 1998, + and is now one of the most popular PHP script used worldwide. + + (Un)fortunately, Tobias then stopped to work on phpMyAdmin last + year: the last version (2.1.0) was released on 6. August 2000. In + the mean time, there were many suggestions and good ideas around, + as well as a security advisory. + + That is why on 31st March 2001, Olivier Müller (Switzerland), + supported by Marc Delisle (Québec), Loïc Chapeaux (France) and a + team of 8 other developers re-started the phpmyadmin project on + SourceForge.net, with the authorization of the original package + maintainer. And now, after 5 months of patches, bugfixes, new + features and testing, the version 2.2.0 is finally ready. + + Available at http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net, it includes the + following highlights: + + +Highlights +---------- + + * Security fixes + * New languages: Thai, Swedish, Galician, Romanian, Slovak, + Japanese, Korean + * Dynamic multiple language support, with automatic browser + language detection + * Improved documentation + * Better file import/export possibilities + * PEAR, CSS2 and XHTML 1.0 compliant (as far as possible) + * User and Database administration page + * Gzip and HTTP compression support + * Removed necessity of magic_quotes_gpc (autodetection) + * Bookmarks (sql queries) feature + * Database usage statistics + * Javascript compatibility improvements + * Table maintenance features (repair, check, optimize) + * Maintained PHP3 compatibility + * Better BLOB support + * Table usage and row statistics + * Multiple table types + * Now backed by a full-time development team! :) + + Detailed list of changes since version 2.1 is available under + http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog.txt + + +Availability +------------ + This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0. + + You can get the newest version at http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ + Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2. + + If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to + subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under + http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news + This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes. + It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few + mail every year. + + +Support and Documentation +------------------------- + + The documentation is included in the software package as text and + HTML file, but can also be downloaded from: + + http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/documentation/ + + + The software is provided as is without any express or implied + warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under: + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"] + + In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists + related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives + is available at: + + http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or + http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"] + + Finally, an users support forum is also available under: + + http://www.phpwizard.net/phorum/list.php?f=1 + + +Known bugs +---------- + + There are still a few annoying but hard to fix bugs: + + * some browsers (IE5.0, Mozilla 0.8+) doesn't like to play with + binary data + * importing csv data may fail under very perticular circumstances + * aliases in sql queries aren't yet well handled + * out of memory error, when trying to create a table with more + than 14 fields (check the FAQ) + + To be informed about new releases fixing these problems, please + subscribe to the news mailing list under + http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news + or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker. + + +Description +----------- + +phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the WWW. + Currently it can: + - create and drop databases + - create, copy, drop and alter tables + - delete, edit and add fields + - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries + - manage keys on fields + - load text files into tables + - create and read dumps of tables + - export and import CSV data + - support single- and multi-user configuration + - communicate in more than 20 different languages + + +Author & Copyright +------------------ + + Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller + Copyright (C) 2001- Marc Delisle + Olivier Müller + Loïc Chapeaux + Robin Johnson + Armel Fauveau + Geert Lund + Korakot Chaovavanich + Pete Kelly + Steve Alberty + Benjamin Gandon + + many other people (check the CREDITS file) + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + + + +EOF -- Olivier Müller / 2001.08.30 + diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 12f04670c..ad39727d1 100755 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog $Id$ $Source$ +2001-08-31 Olivier Müller + * releasing phpMyAdmin 2.2.0-final + 2001-08-30 Marc Delisle * lang/norwegian.inc.php3 updates, thanks to Sven-Erik Andersen. diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html index cadbeecea..176e1b651 100755 --- a/Documentation.html +++ b/Documentation.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - phpMyAdmin 2.2.0-cvs - Documentation + phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 - Documentation