v20.1.0-rc3

[fballiano]

You should absolutely know

Since the approval of our second RFC - release schedule OpenMage 19.x enters and "patch only" state, it will be maintained for two more years as promised but only significant security patches or regression fixes will be ported to v19, every other development (and we have many) will be focused on v20+.

We encourage everybody to upgrade to v20, it is our latest and greatest and deserves the bit of work necessary for the upgrade (ask your developer/agency, don't do it yourself).

Release highlights

This is a big release, that's why we decided to move away from the 20.0.x versioning and go to 20.1.x. Since a lot of changes could have some impact on current installations we decided to release some "rc" versions before the official 20.1.0. Tests are more than welcome now but be extra careful with production environment.

What's most important is the removal of all the 3rd party libraries (phpseclib, mcrypt_compat, Cm_RedisSession, Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis and Pelago_Emogrifier and Zend Framework) form our repository, they are now imported via composer. This was an important step to clean up and modernise our code.

Don't worry though, if you've always installed OpenMage extracting the zip file, starting from this release you'll find a new zip file attached to the release itself, we build this zip adding all of the old 3rd party libraries so that you will not have to migrate to composer or use composer at all.

Also:

• PHP 7.4 is now the minimum required version and 8.2 is now supported.
• the M1 legacy themes have been moved to an external repository since it's old (and mostly unused) code.
• a great improvement to EAV config cache has been added to v20.
• support for Google Analytics 4 was added.
• possibility to set backend locale per every admin user was added.

How to update

Please check all the info in this section of the README.

Changelog

• Removed module Mage_Poll by @fballiano in Removed module Mage_Poll #3098
• Upgraded ExtJS to 1.1.1 by @justinbeaty in Upgraded ExtJS to 1.1.1 #2473
• Bump openmage/dev-meta-package from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 by @dependabot in Bump openmage/dev-meta-package from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 #3138
• Updated branches for codeql analysis workflow by @fballiano in Updated branches for codeql analysis workflow #3141
• Regenerated PHPStan baseline for "main" branch by @fballiano in Regenerated PHPStan baseline for "main" branch #3142
• Fixed some minor indentation problem for docblocks by @fballiano in Fixed some minor indentation problem for docblocks #3143
• Ended the request (and close the session) before core_app_run_after event by @colinmollenhour in Ended the request (and close the session) before core_app_run_after event #1592
• Added possibility to set backend locale per every admin user by @fballiano in Added possibility to set backend locale per every admin user #3087
• Used session_status() instead of $_SESSION in Mage_Core_Model_App by @fballiano in Used session_status() instead of $_SESSION in Mage_Core_Model_App #3145
• Added check for coupon expiration date by @fballiano in Added check for coupon expiration date #3144
• Improved global search performance by using only prefix matching. by @colinmollenhour in Improved global search performance by using only prefix matching. #1596
• Avoided calling getBackendModelByFieldConfig with empty field by @fballiano in Avoided calling getBackendModelByFieldConfig with empty field #3151
• Fixed typo in the exception message by @addison74 in Fixed typo in the exception message #3153
• Avoided unnecessary calls to string translation methods for catalog/sales rules labels by @luigifab in Avoided unnecessary calls to string translation methods for catalog/sales rules labels #3140
• Updated README.md to reflect new RFC 0002 - Release Schedule by @colinmollenhour in Updated README.md to reflect new RFC 0002 - Release Schedule #3139
• Bump phpstan/phpstan from 1.10.10 to 1.10.11 by @dependabot in Bump phpstan/phpstan from 1.10.10 to 1.10.11 #3156
• Reduced getWebsiteId() calls by @luigifab in Reduced getWebsiteId() calls #3154
• Move login page title to controller by @luigifab in Move login page title to controller #3157
• Updated ACL of order objects and updated setActiveMenu for sales and catalog items by @luigifab in Updated ACL of order objects and updated setActiveMenu for sales and catalog items #3159
• [PHP 8.2] Fixed some deprecation warnings by @fballiano in [PHP 8.2] Fixed some deprecation warnings #3155
• Reduced calls to char() method by @luigifab in Reduced calls to char() method #3161
• Fixed some whitespace issues in docblocks by @fballiano in Fixed some whitespace issues in docblocks #3162
• Added order tracking for Google Analytics 4 by @fballiano in Added order tracking for Google Analytics 4 #3092
• Fixed PHP warnings when session backend exits before returning. by @colinmollenhour in Fixed PHP warnings when session backend exits before returning. #3109
• Fixed price filter when search by non-numeric value by @sreichel in Fixed price filter when search by non-numeric value #3136
• Use default configurable attribute label for new products by @mmenozzi in Use default configurable attribute label for new products #3168

Full Changelog: v20.1.0-rc2...v20.1.0-rc3

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This discussion was created from the release v20.1.0-rc3.

[luigifab]

For all releases 20.1.0 and 19.5.0, I suggest to add something like this in description:

=> Composer update

Before composer update, you must run composer config --json extra.enable-patching true + rm -rf app/code/core/Zend lib/Cm lib/Credis lib/mcryptcompat lib/Pelago lib/phpseclib lib/Zend.

=> Also:

For v20: your website is faster with #3140, but I can be fastest if you replicate changes of the PR on your third party code/modules.

For v19 and v20: zf1-future, and This may generate a problem with `Zend_Db_Select' statements that do not use 'Zend_Db_Expr' to quote expressions. If you see SQL errors after upgrading please remember to check for this specific issue in your code. discussion

For v19 and v20: the composer commands to restore deleted modules?

Are there other big changes?

[fballiano]

I'll add this to the release notes of the rc3 ASAP (I don't have a real keyboard at the moment) ;-)

[luigifab]

For deleted modules, we also need the commands to remove files no? (because composer don't do it)

[fballiano]

I've linked the https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts#since-openmage-1950--2010 section in the release notes.

About the modules that have been removed, true, we would need a command to remove all the files too...

[colinmollenhour]

Here is a list of files that are untracked if you extract v20.0.20 over main:

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Backup.php
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Backup/
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Media/
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Poll/
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/Media/
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/Poll/
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/PollController.php
        app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/System/BackupController.php
        app/code/core/Mage/Backup/
        app/code/core/Mage/Poll/
        app/code/core/Zend/
        app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/backup/
        app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/media/editor.phtml
        app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/poll/
        app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/poll.xml
        app/design/frontend/base/default/template/poll/
        app/etc/modules/Mage_Backup.xml
        app/etc/modules/Mage_Poll.xml
        app/locale/en_US/Mage_Backup.csv
        app/locale/en_US/Mage_Poll.csv
        dev/ddev/
        js/extjs/css/
        js/extjs/resources/css/README.txt
        js/extjs/resources/css/basic-dialog.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/box.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/button.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/combo.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/core.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/date-picker.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/dd.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/debug.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/editor.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/ext-all.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/form.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/grid.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/layout.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/menu.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/panel.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/qtips.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/reset-min.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/resizable.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/tabs.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/toolbar.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/tree.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/ytheme-aero.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/ytheme-galdaka.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/ytheme-gray.css
        js/extjs/resources/css/ytheme-vista.css
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/basic-dialog/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/box/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/dd/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/editor/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/form/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/gradient-bg.gif
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/grid/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/layout/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/menu/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/panel/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/qtip/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/s.gif
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/shadow-c.png
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/shadow-lr.png
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/shadow.png
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/shared/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/sizer/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/tabs/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/toolbar/
        js/extjs/resources/images/default/window/
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/basic-dialog/
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/grid/
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/layout/
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/loading_bg.gif
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/tabs/
        js/extjs/resources/images/magento/toolbar/
        js/lib/FABridge.js
        js/lib/flex.js
        js/mage/adminhtml/flexuploader.js
        lib/Cm/
        lib/Mage/Autoload/
        lib/Mage/Backup.php
        lib/Mage/Backup/
        lib/Magento/Autoload/
        lib/Pelago/
        lib/Zend/
        lib/mcryptcompat/
        lib/phpseclib/

[m-overlund]

is the RC3 "safe" (as can be) for production?
or still many bugs?

[luigifab]

That's depend on the weather... 😄