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DotNetNuke 4.9.0 Release Candidate

Aug 12

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starburst_rc1 We are in the final stretch for the 4.9.0 release. This release was originally going to be the 4.8.5 security release, however, given our slippage on DNN 5.0 we decided to backport a few critical fixes for the 4.x platform and felt that this was a good time to do that. We think that 4.9 will provide a stable platform for everyone wishing to remain on the 4.x codebase for a while after 5.0 is released.

Major Highlights

Fixed issues with the URL Rewriter. There were several issues which could result in unreachable pages using friendly URLs. We have added in validation logic to prevent pages from being created which would violate folder naming standards or which would result in two pages receiving the same Human Friendly URL.
Fixed longstanding issue in the file based caching provider. There was invalid logic in the caching provider which prevented it from working correctly. The provider has been re-written to resolve the problem and provide a stable platform for web-farm scenarios.
Fixed several dictionary errors. These errors mostly occurred under heavy load or were otherwise intermittent. Dictionary usage was evaluated throughout DNN and updated to utilize thread-safe approaches for updating and caching the dictionary.
Security issues. Will post security bulletins discussing security fixes when DNN 4.9.0 is officially released.

Updated Modules/Providers

Our standard policy is to release the latest versions of modules and providers with standard bug fix or enhancement releases. Since 4.8.3 and 4.8.4 were security releases we did not include updated modules or providers. The following modules and providers have been updated in the 4.9.0 packages. Please see the specific project pages for notes on what bugs or enhancements were corrected with each release.

Modules

Documents 04.00.00
Links 04.00.00
Repository 03.01.14
Survey 04.50.00
UserDefinedTable 03.05.01
Wiki 04.01.00

Providers

FCK Html Editor Provider 02.00.02 (This provider is still undergoing final review in the release tracker)
AD Authentication Provider 01.00.04 (This provider is still undergoing final review in the release tracker)

The release candidate is available for immediate download and testing by everyone with DotNetNuke 5.0 Beta 6 access.

Below is a complete list of all core, non-security fixes and enhancements in 4.9.0.

Issue	Type ID	Component	Summary
DNN-4790	Bug	Admin / Host Functions	Swap Add New Role Group and Add New Role buttons around
DNN-6222	Bug	Admin / Host Functions	DNN 4.5.5 SSL Issue
DNN-7028	Bug	Admin / Host Functions	Timeout installing modules
DNN-6720	Bug	Admin / Host Functions	Event Viewer list coloring faulty
DNN-6918	Bug	Data Access (DAL)	CBO throws uncaught exception when hydrating object with Nullable types.
DNN-7241	Bug	Friendly / Standard URLs	UrlRewriteModule is not forwarding alternate file extensions specified in SiteUrls.Config
DNN-6856	Bug	Friendly / Standard URLs	Url Rewriter doesn't redirect to LoginTabId
DNN-6597	Bug	Friendly / Standard URLs	Inaccessible page if name is duplicated at same level
DNN-7925	Bug	Friendly / Standard URLs	Human Friendly url's not working as expected
DNN-4774	Bug	Friendly / Standard URLs	DOS keywords causing 404's with friendly url's
DNN-8101	Bug	General	Dictionary Error: An item with the same key has already been added
DNN-8107	Bug	General	Dictionary Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
DNN-7980	Bug	General	Global Variables not initialized on App Start
DNN-8105	Bug	General	Dictionary Error: Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert
DNN-6715	Bug	Localization / ML	Country Flags Disappear after Clicking on Locale Flag
DNN-6979	Bug	Localization / ML	tabid/36/TabId/36/language/en-US/Default.aspx
DNN-8117	Bug	Performance	Disk Based Module Output Caching - Content Missing
DNN-7979	Bug	Performance	File Based Caching Provider
DNN-8138	Bug	Templates	Page Templates not displayed after Export
DNN-6860	Bug	UI / Usability	Banner Rotation Does Not Work with DotNetNuke 4.7
DNN-1805	Enhancement	Admin / Host Functions	Create Log Entry upon clearing log
DNN-8099	Enhancement	Admin / Host Functions	Improve Portals control
DNN-6384	Enhancement	Admin / Host Functions	ModuleDefinitions.ascx function UpgradeIndicator(...) references spacer.gif in root directory, not in images subdirectory
DNN-2408	Enhancement	General	Required CBO.FillCollection(dr, objType, ManageDataReader) As ArrayList
DNN-6854	Enhancement	General	Null ref exceptions in XmlUtils GetNodeValue
DNN-5191	Enhancement	Performance	Framework.PageBase OnInit function makes two expensive calls to PageCulture
DNN-5502	Enhancement	Performance	OnEndRequest in DNNMembershipModule no longer necessary
DNN-8098	Enhancement	Skinning	Make portal.css optional
DNN-5156	Enhancement	UI / Usability	asp:Label lblLogin in admin/SendPassword.ascx appears to be unused
DNN-7123	Task	Admin / Host Functions	4.8.1 Code Fixups for Clean Build
DNN-4887	Task	Admin / Host Functions	Dead code in ModuleSettings

Published: August 12, 2008
By: Joe Brinkman

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