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@@ -7,27 +7,38 @@ interface. SECURITY (& INTENDED AUDIENCE): -This is the fourth technology preview of Gallery 3.0 and as such -it is not intended to be installed on public websites yet. +This is the first beta release of Gallery 3.0 and while it's not a +finished product, it's heading into the home stretch. You can install +it on public websites, but remember that until the final release is +out, we make no guarantees that it won't do bad things. + Note: - - We've contracted a professional security audit, but not all issues - have been resolved in this release. There may be serious security - vulnerabilities. - - A series of key features are yet to be added (e.g. a way to - - There is no guaranteed upgrade path yet. You *will* be forced to - reinstall Gallery 3 to use the next public release. + - We've contracted a professional security audit, received their results + and resolved all the really dire issues they found. There are still some + issues, but they are more along the lines of "you should ask for the old + password as a confirmation when you let users change their password". + Ie, they're issues but they're not really bad. We'll take care of them + before the final release. + - Most of the key features are in, but some of them (notably the "add from + server" and "organize album" features) are probably going to be completely + rewritten. + - Starting with beta 1 we're going to offer an upgrade path so you won't + have to reinstall and start all over (yay!) + +The intended audience of this release is folks who are willing to live +a little bit on the edge. We'll do our best to take care of your data +and your security, but we might screw it up here or there. We welcome +theme and module developers to play with this release and start +turning out slick new designs for our happy users. -The intended audience of this release are enthusiasts, designers and -module developers. This is the right time to do a test drive with the -improved user interface and to start developing feature extensions and -designing new themes. +Did you find a security flaw? Please email security@gallery.menalto.com +with the details and we'll fix it ASAP! -Please send your feedback to gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. SUPPORTED CONFIGURATION: - Platform: Linux / Unix. - Web server: Apache 2.2 and newer. - - PHP 5.2 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml, + - PHP 5.2.3 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml, filter, and json must be installed). - Database: MySQL 5 and newer. @@ -48,8 +59,17 @@ INSTALLATION FROM THE COMMAND LINE: -x Table prefix (default: ) -Questions, problems: - - Check out the gallery3 FAQ http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:FAQ - - Email gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +BUGS? +Go to http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/gallery/ click the "login" link +and log in with your SourceForge username and password, then click the +"new ticket" button. Mark any issues you find with the "Beta 2" +milestone and we'll try to get 'em done for the next release. + + +QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS: + - Check out the gallery3 FAQ http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:FAQ + - Post to the Gallery 3 forums: http://gallery.menalto.com/forum/96 + - Email gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net + |