-The 2.16.2 release fixes some minor security issues in 2.16.1.
+The 2.16.2 release fixes some minor issues in 2.16.1.
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*** ABOUT THIS VERSION ***
It is also recommended that if you can, you immediately fix
any problems you find. Be aware that if the sanity check page
contains more errors after an upgrade, it doesn't necessarily
-mean there are more errors in your database, as it is likely
-they weren't being checked for in the old version.
+mean there are more errors in your database, as additional
+tests are added to the sanity check over time, and it is likely
+those errors weren't being checked for in the old version.
Failure to do this may mean that bugzilla will not
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*** Deprecated Features ***
- This is possibly the last stable release that will work with
- MySQL version 3.22. Soon Bugzilla will require at least
- version 3.23.x. The exact minimum version number required
- has not yet been decided.
+ MySQL version 3.22. Development versions of Bugzilla currently
+ require at least version 3.23.6.
(bug 87958)
- This is possibly the last stable release to support the
- shadow database. The replacement (using MySQL's built in
- replication) is not present in 2.16, but we expect that
- very few sites use this feature, so we are not planning a
- transition period. If this would cause a problem for you,
- please comment on the below bug.
+ shadow database. Support for it has already been removed
+ in CVS. The replacement (using MySQL's built in replication)
+ is not present in 2.16.2, but we expect that very few sites use
+ this feature, so we are not planning a transition period. If
+ this would cause a problem for you, please comment on the below bug.
(bug 124589)
- Placing comments in localconfig is deprecated. If you have done