[Phpmyadmin-news] phpMyAdmin 2.8.0-rc1 is released

[Marc Delisle]

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2.8.0-rc1
                                     http://www.phpmyadmin.net

    phpMyAdmin 2.8.0-rc1 - February 20th, 2006
    ===========================================

      A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the Web.
      --------------------------------------------------------

    Announcement
    ------------

       The phpMyAdmin Project is proud to announce the immediate 
availability
       of the first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.8.0.

       phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, 
intended to
       handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over 
the years,
       it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL and is 
downloaded between 6,000
       and 14,000 times a day, according to SourceForge.net.

       The jump from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 is partly because from now on, 
versions with the same
       X.Y number will have the same feature set, while the third number 
will be for bug
       fixes. Also, 2.8.0 has a new web-based setup script.


    Highlights
    ----------

     Improvements:

     * PHP 5.1.2 compatibility
     * Possibility to hide databases
     * Configurable memory limit for import/export
     * Better support for CGI
     * Web-based setup
     * ... and more than 55 bugs fixed


      Detailed list of changes is available under
      http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt


    Availability
    ------------
        This software is available under the GNU General Public License 
V2.0.

        You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
        Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.

        If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to
        subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under
           http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news

        This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes.
        It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few
        mail every year.


    Support and Documentation
    -------------------------

        The documentation is included in the software package as text and
        HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:

           http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/


        The software is provided as is without any express or implied
        warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:

           http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/   [click on "Bugs"]

        In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
        related to phpMyAdmin.  A list of mailing lists with archives
        is available at:

           http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067  or
           http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/   [click on "Lists"]

        Finally, an users support forum is also available under:

           http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909


    Known bugs
    ----------

      Please subscribe to the news mailing list under
        http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
      or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.


    Donations
    ---------
      The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is
      a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.


    Description
    -----------

      phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It
      can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.

        Currently it can:
          - create, copy, rename and drop databases
          - create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
          - do table maintenance
          - delete, edit and add fields
          - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
          - manage keys on fields
          - load text files into tables
          - create and read dumps of tables
          - export data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
          - administer multiple servers
          - manage MySQL users and privileges
          - check referential integrity
          - using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries 
automatically
            connecting required tables
          - create PDF graphics of your Database layout
          - search globally in a database or a subset of it
          - communicate in 50 different languages


    Authors & Copyright
    -------------------

        Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller 
<tobias_at_ratschiller..com>
        Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Marc Delisle 
<Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca>
                                Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
                                Robin Johnson 
<robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                                Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
                                Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
                                Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
                                Marcel Tschopp 
<ne0x_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                                Sebastian Mendel 
<cybot_tm_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                                + many other people
                                  (check the CREDITS section of our 
documentation)

        This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
        it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
        the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
        (at your option) any later version.

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
        GNU General Public License for more details.

        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
        along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
        Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 
02111-1307  USA



  Marc Delisle/ 2006-02-20