(for technical details see ChangeLog)
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+General
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+
+ * New PHP version requirement: You need to have at least PHP 5.2.0 in order to run TYPO3 4.2
+ * Workspaces allow moving of elements (for details, see Inside TYPO3, Core API, and this video: http://castor.t3o.punkt.de/files/moving_in_workspaces2.mp4 (/.mov for better quality)
+
Backend
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- * Inline Relational Record Editing (IRRE)
- -> It's now possible to create and edit child records of a record as subforms inside of the form view in the backend
- -> Therefore, the new TCA field type "inline" has been introduced
- -> See http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Inline_Relational_Record_Editing for details
- * Bidirectional MM relations: It's now possible to configure MM relations from both sides of the relation.
- -> E.g. an employment relation could now be edited from both the "person" as well as the "company" side. ("employers" of "persons" and "employees" of "companies")
- * BE who-is-online
- -> The Tools->Useradmin module now displays which BE users are currently online.
- * UTF-8 for filenames
- -> You need to set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['UTF8filesystem'] to TRUE to enable this feature.
+ * ...
Compatibility
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- * Changed the default value of $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[SYS][devIPmask]
+ * ...
Speed improvements
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- * TODO Dmitry: explain cache_pagesection speedup
- * TODO Dmitry: explain speedup using .htaccess
+ * ...
-Installation/Upgrade
+Development
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* ...
Database changes
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- * Changed many BLOB fields from int/varchar/whatever to tinyint(1) - this is the field type which is actually intended by MySQL for BLOBs
+ * ...
DBAL
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Frontend features
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- * Autologin for Frontend users is now possible!
- -> Users can decide on their own whether they want to "Stay logged in" using a checkbox. The latest version of the "newloginbox" extension is required for that.
- -> Needs to be configured in the Install Tool ("All Configuration" -> "permalogin" and "lifetime")
+ * ...
Backend skin
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* ...
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+Currently unsupported
+=====================
+
+ * Missing features concerning the disposal of Inline Relational Record Editing (IRRE)
+ -> Workspaces and Versioning are currently not supported
+ -> FlexForms using the TCA type 'inline' are currently not supported/tested
+ -> Import/Export (sysext tx_impexp) might not work correctly in special cases