After a lot of commotion online, the Joomla Production Leadership Team (PLT) released yet another version of Joomla yesterday. Version 2.5.6 fixes 12 issues that appeared in 2.5.5.
I have not seen any trouble with 2.5.5 myself, but it caused trouble for some site owners.
Statistics for the 2.5.6 release period
Joomla 2.5.6 contains:
- 12 tracker issues fixed
Tracker Issues Fixed
| ID | Summary/Link | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 28554 | Mark JXMLElement as deprecated and don't use it in type hinting | Platform |
| 28650 | Use legacy aliases for the MVC in the site | Components |
| 28684 | JApplication::registerEvent() is not static anymore causing a fatal error | Platform |
| 28685 | Edit article Button missing after upgrade to teh latest version 2.5.5 from 2.5.4 | Administration |
| 28689 | FinderController duplicate lines | Components |
| 28694 | Delete toolbar broken in com_media in 2.5.5 | Components |
| 28695 | Lang string missing | Languages |
| 28698 | Fatal error updating with Extension manager > Install | None |
| 28700 | Fix a potentially fatal issue in JXMLElement | Platform |
| 28702 | 404 Hits of com_redirect fails after Manual update | Administration |
| 28703 | JUser class is missing the public vars for the 2 new columns lastResetTime and resetCount | None |
| 28704 | Menu type aliases causing fatal php error | Modules |
To update, see the post about Joomla 2.5.5, or the Joomla documentation.
 released yet another version of Joomla yesterday. Version 2.5.6 fixes 12 issues that appeared in 2.5.5.
I have not seen any trouble with 2.5.5 myself, but it caused trouble for some site owners.
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