2.4.0-rc2

ChangeLog

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2003-02-17 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    ### 2.4.0-rc2 released
+
 2003-02-16 Alexander M. Turek  <rabus@users.sourceforge.net>
     * server_privileges.php3, lang/*.inc.php3, lang/server_privileges.js:
       - Reimplemented ability to change a user's login information

Documentation.txt

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
           + Version history: ChangeLog
           + General notes: README
           + License: LICENSE
-     * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.391 2003/02/04
+     * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.399 2003/02/14
-       11:01:24 lem9 Exp $
+       18:15:03 lem9 Exp $
        
 Requirements
 
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Installation
        using, for example, ftp.
     3. Open the file config.inc.php3 in your favourite editor and change
        the values for host, user, password and authentication mode to fit
-       your environment. Also insert the correct value for
+       your environment. Here, "host" means the MySQL server. Also insert
-       $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at Configuration section for
+       the correct value for $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at
-       an explanation of all values.
+       Configuration section for an explanation of all values.
     4. It is recommended that you protect the directory in which you
        installed phpMyAdmin (unless it's on a closed intranet, or you
        wish to use http or cookie authentication), for example with
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
                    db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
                    table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
                    column_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
-                   comment varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
+                   `comment` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
                    PRIMARY KEY (id),
                    UNIQUE KEY db_name (db_name, table_name, column_name)
                  ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Comments for Columns';
@@ -1101,20 +1101,12 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    submitted and handled by php. One user also said that post_max_size
    and memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize.
    
-    [1.17] Does phpMyAdmin support MySQL 4
+    [1.17] Does phpMyAdmin support MySQL 4.1
     
-   MySQL 4 is not yet fully supported by phpMyAdmin.
+   Because of a major change in the definition syntax of string field
-   Because of MySQL 4's backwards compatibility you can use phpMyAdmin
+   types, this version of phpMyAdmin probably won't work correctly with
-   for administering MySQL 4 servers, but phpMyAdmin does not yet support
+   MySQL >= 4.1.0! We will work on the support as soon as MySQL 4.1.0 is
-   its new features. Please notice that in this case it is recommended to
+   released.
-   use php >= 4.1 since older versions of php are not compatible to
-   MySQL 4.
-   Furthermore, several users reported problems with phpMyAdmin related
-   to bugs in MySQL 4. MySQL 4 is still a beta release and should be used
-   for test purposes only! Because of a major change in the definition
-   syntax of string field types, this version of phpMyAdmin probably
-   won't work correctly with MySQL >= 4.1.0! We will work on the support
-   as soon as MySQL 4.1.0 is released.
    
     [1.18] I'm running MySQL <= 4.0.1 having lower_case_table_names set to 1.
     If I create a new table with a capital letter in its name it is changed to
@@ -1160,7 +1152,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    behavior by simply changing the directive to 0 (OFF):
    Just edit you my.ini file that should be located in your Windows
    directory and add the following line:
-   lower-case-table-names=0
+   set-variable = lower-case-table-names=0
    Next, save the file and restart the MySQL service. You can always
    check the value of this directive using the query
    SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'lower_case_table_names';
@@ -1683,7 +1675,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    
   [7. phpMyAdmin project]
   
-    [7.1] I have found a bug. How do I inform developers
+    [7.1] I have found a bug. How do I inform developers?
     
    Our Bug Tracker is located at
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ under the Bugs section.
@@ -1691,14 +1683,16 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ (and choose Forums)
    
     [7.2] I want to translate the messages to a new language or upgrade an
-    existing language, where do I start
+    existing language, where do I start?
     
    Always use the current cvs version of your language file. For a new
    language, start from english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3. If you don't know
    how to get the cvs version, please ask one of the developers.
    Please note that we try not to use html entities like &eacute; in the
    translations, since we define the right character set in the file.
-   With html entities, the text on buttons would not display correctly.
+   With html entities, the text on javascript messages would not display
+   correctly. However there are some entities that need to be there, for
+   quotes ,non-breakable spaces, ampersands, less than, greater than.
    You can then put your translations, as a zip file to avoid losing
    special characters, on the sourceforge.net translation tracker.
    It would be a good idea to subscribe to the phpmyadmin-translators
@@ -1706,7 +1700,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    messages.
    
     [7.3] I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How
-    should I proceed
+    should I proceed?
     
    The following method is preferred for new developers:
     1. fetch the current CVS tree over anonymous CVS: