1.4.3 necessary?

[Paul Wood]

If we're not suffering from comment spam, is it necessary to upgrade to 1.4.3, or can we wait for 1.5?

Since I made the changes to my index.php that were previously recommended here, I haven't had ANY comment spam. Or is there something new that hasn't found my site yet?

[Joe[y]]

there is certainly a new bot and a very dangerous one at that! i can't say what the risk is that it will affect you personally but 1.4.3 cancels out the threat entirely!

to be honest.. the only thing changed in 1.4.3 is some code to form validation in index.php so an update can't be a bad idea!

[Paul Wood]

Ok, I upgraded. Since I'm running 1.4.2, I only replaced the admin/index.php, as described in the doc/readme_upgrade.txt. However, I noticed 2 things:

The readme.txt file in the root dir of the upgrade package is the 1.4.2 version.

My general info page in my admin panel says I'm still running 1.4.2.

[Joe[y]]

Ok, I upgraded. Since I'm running 1.4.2, I only replaced the admin/index.php, as described in the doc/readme_upgrade.txt. However, I noticed 2 things:

The readme.txt file in the root dir of the upgrade package is the 1.4.2 version.

My general info page in my admin panel says I'm still running 1.4.2.

oh god! i don't know what happened there but whoever wrote the upgrade info got it wrong i think. admin stuff doesn't need to be touched - just index.php which handles the commenting!

sorry for inconvenience - you can get the right version from here:

http://www.jlspurling.com/temp/pixelpost_1.4.3.zip

[tinyblob]

actually, you should also replace includes/pixelpost.php or edit your current one so that it has the new hash from the one in 1.4.3

[Paul Wood]

Ah. Much better.

Thanks!

[Joe[y]]

actually, you should also replace includes/pixelpost.php or edit your current one so that it has the new hash from the one in 1.4.3

yes i included that in the new upgrade info.