(for technical details see ChangeLog)
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+General
+==================
+
+ * 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
+==================
+
+ * ...
+
Compatibility
=============
- * captionSplit.cObject had been removed in version 4.0. For compatibility reasons, it has been added again, though it remains deprecated and should not be used anymore (bug #3005)
- * In TYPO3 4.0, showpic.php automatically adds default parameters to custom URLs. Some extensions did not like this feature because they want to generate all parameters by themselves. Enabling JSwindow.altUrl_noDefaultParams will now solve this problem for them (bug #1153)
- * FORM submit buttons with images are now valid xhtml (bug #3397)
+ * ...
+
+Speed improvements
+==================
-Installation/Upgrade
+ * ...
+
+Development
====================
- * The update wizard has been slightly reworded to make the functionality more easy to understand (bug #3943)
- * typo3temp/ subdirectories were not created automatically (bug #2462)
+ * ...
+
+Database changes
+================
+
+ * ...
DBAL
====
- * Improved support for Oracle
- * ADOdb has been updated to version 4.90
- * DBAL now honours the no_pconnect setting
- * Importing dumps using the install tool now works, see manual for tips
- * Code cleanup
- * Updates to the documentation manual
+ * ...
+
+Frontend features
+=================
+
+ * ...
Backend skin
============
- * Template modules have been changed to support skins (especially t3skin)
- * The BE admin module has been changed to support skins (especially t3skin)
- * Current page was not highlighted in navigation tree on IE6 (bug #2874)
+ * ...
Important bugfixes
==================
- * Windows systems print phpinfo under some circumstances (bug #3362)
- * HTTP status was incorrect for pageNotFound_handling when external URL is specified as 404 page
- * Mail forms did not work with <input type="image"> submit buttons (bug #1374)
- * FE editing: edit form on page did not work in 4.0
- * Several issues of "text with image" for "CSS styled content" have been resolved
- * Linking images to hidden pages resulted in click-enlarge (bug #3522)
- * Wrong HTTP status 503 was sent when $TSFE->set_no_cache() was called from a plugin (bugs #3049 and #3176)
- * config.formMailCharset did not work (bug #3600)
- * Some broken references to media/ have been fixed (bug #3233)
- * Fixed RTE bug: images were removed under some special conditions when saving (bug #3051)
- * Various enhancements to CSS styles content (bugs #3138, #3258, #3416)
- * config.spamProtectEmailAddresses returned garbled links sometimes (bug #3427)
- * Localized flexforms did not work properly (bug #3505)
- * Extension manager: The label for enabling unreviewed extensions is more clear now. The search scope (all/reviewed) is displayed on the import extensions page.
+ * ...
+
+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