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Movable Type 5.0 RC2 Release Notes

This version of Movable Type was released November 18, 2009.

Resolved Issues in MT5 RC2

Themes & Templates Cases

  • FogBugz 103030: Module caching doesn’t work (103030)
  • FogBugz 103041: Cached contents are garbled on the published blog (103041)
  • FogBugz 103032: Anonymous recommendation setting is not respected in Community Blog/Forum (103032)
  • FogBugz 103024: Sidebar is not displayed in Community Forum under dynamic publishing (103024, 103017)
  • FogBugz 103136: MTCustomfieldNameAssetがdynamicとstaticで表示する内容が違う (103136)
  • FogBugz 103135: MTAuthors need_entry="0" blog_ids="2,3" (103135, 103130, 103131)
  • FogBugz 103129: Dynamic: MTAuthors lastn=”10” blog_ids=”all” (103129)
  • FogBugz 103117: Got 500 error with Dynamic (103117)
  • FogBugz 103114: mt:OtherBlog doesn’t work in static publishing (103114)
  • FogBugz 103111: Implement need_association modifier into dynamic mt:Author tag (103111)
  • FogBugz 103092: MTAuthors: Behavior of need_entry=”0” (103092)
  • FogBugz 103108: MTCalendar: category=”category_foo” doesn’t work with Dynamic (103108)
  • FogBugz 103100: MTFeed doesn’t work on static (103100)
  • FogBugz 103094: mt:Categories with sort_order modifier doesn’t wok in dynamic publishing (103094)
  • FogBugz 103090: The list which mt:Tags with ‘top’ modifier generates is sorted differently in static publishing (103090)
  • FogBugz 103089: mt:Tags with ‘count’ modifier doesn’t work in dynamic publishing (103089)
  • FogBugz 103088: mt:Tags with ‘rank’ modifier doesn’t work in dynamic publishing (103088)
  • FogBugz 103083: mt:MultiBlog include_blogs="WEBSITE_ID" doesn’t work under dynamic publishing (103083)
  • FogBugz 103081: [dynamic] MTEntriesWithSubCategories warning (103081)
  • FogBugz 103068: Classic Website: On Dynamic, unable to display complete page archive after post comment (103068)
  • FogBugz 103074:MultiBlog mode=”loop” include_blogs=”all” doesn’t include Website (103074)
  • FogBugz 103044: Fix Professional blog templates (103044, 103045, 103037, 103036, 103014, 103013, 103012)
  • FogBugz 103008: MTArchiveType tag doesn’t operate at the preview of the entry. (103008)
  • FogBugz 81111: MTEntryPrevious doesn’t work anymore on MT v4.2. It provides the same thing as MTEntryNext… (81111)

Upgrade & Install Cases

  • FogBugz 103077: DOC: Upgrade fails when you overwrite the older version files with 5.0 and upgrade (103077)
  • FogBugz 103047: Authentication method settings are lost during upgrade from 4.14r1 or older (103047)
  • FogBugz 103050: Upgrade: Basename should not contain Japanese characters (103050)
  • FogBugz 102999: DOC: Use zip package for Windows (102999)
  • FogBugz 103098: DOC: Blogs in dynamic publishing don’t work after upgrade (103098)

Other Cases

  • FogBugz 103043: Entry/Page status default setting should not be removed (103043)
  • FogBugz 103107: FastCGI: Unable to untick the checkbox on Edit Role screen without restarting Apache (103107)
  • FogBugz 103070: Unable to restore from a backup that contains single xml file (103070)
  • Blog side search time out. (103069)
  • FogBugz 103028: Delete checked assets from asset search results fails (103028)
  • FogBugz 103025: Authentication method setting is cached unexpectedly with memcache and fastcgi (103025)
  • FogBugz 103079: DOC: Data imported via WXR Importer is garbled in some environment (103079)
  • FogBugz 103020: [DOC] Value=0(zero) is NULL on MT (103020)

Known Issues in MT 5.0

These cases will not be fixed on MT 5.0, but are being considered for the next version. (If one of these is crucial to you, please add a note in the case.)

Known Issues reported in RC2

  • FogBugz 102991: The custom field to add associate an “Asset” to another object should allow selection of ANY asset type. (102991)
  • FogBugz 103011: DOC: Date Language shouldn’t work like Blog Language (103011)
  • FogBugz 103137: Unable to get Japanese name categories via mt-atom.cgi (103137)

Known Issues reported in RC1

  • Pagination doesn’t work on original archive template (102859)
  • DefaultEntryPrefs config directive doesn’t work (102900)
  • Known issues of Template Editor (codemirror) (102988)
    • Internet Explorer: copy and pasted code will be placed at the end of the line if code is pasted before the syntax highlight.
    • Firefox: sometimes cursor remains on current line when pressing enter key.

“Won’t Fix” in MT5

These cases have been determined to be a very low priority and will not be fixed in MT 5.0. (If one of these is crucial to you, please add a note in the case.)

“Won’t Fix” reported in RC2.

  • FogBugz 103076: Unable to restore orphan entries whose author has already deleted from the system (103076)
  • FogBugz 103085: [dynamic] MTTextile Fatal error (103085)
  • FogBugz 103084: [dynamic] MTMarkdownOptions Fatal error (103084)

“Won’t Fix” reported in RC1.

  • IE6: Security alerts is displayed when modal dialog opens under SSL URL (102654)
  • Feeds.App Lite is garbled (102189)
  • FastCGI: Unable to Backup/Restore customfields and assets (102971)
  • FastCGI: Infinite loop? in mt-upgrade.cgi (102893)
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2 Comments

Mike Baehr

Mike Baehr on November 24, 2009, 9:03 p.m. Reply

Yes, but when do I get a pony?

mark Wilson

mark Wilson on September 3, 2012, 11:43 p.m. Reply

I remember I had huge problems with cases 103094 and 103047 on one of my blogs.

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