Bug

• [MDL-4421] - unwanted space in formatted time
• [MDL-5799] - Previews showing up in some quiz reports
• [MDL-5835] - moodle.org main page doesn't XHTML validate...
• [MDL-6236] - user editing - Default language not used instead of nonexisting one in user lang field - first lang chosen instead
• [MDL-6553] - Online Users block not showing online users!
• [MDL-6688] - UTF-8 non breaking spaces in language packs cause display problems
• [MDL-7384] - Creator can't create courses
• [MDL-7541] - Diff on history page not always working
• [MDL-7544] - Cannot hide course teachers in list of courses
• [MDL-7564] - In discussion page, the (+) option to add a comment dont´t work properly if you use the HTML Editor.
• [MDL-7643] - Urgent: Missing role and capability documentations
• [MDL-7888] - Teacher doesn't receive mail notifications for assignments (depends on groups settings)
• [MDL-8080] - Teacher can't use grade exception tab
• [MDL-8356] - Typo in English admin.php (Anti-Virus section)
• [MDL-8414] - Branch table buttons in incorrect order
• [MDL-8492] - IP address test doesn't seem to work
• [MDL-8494] - New wiki locking in 1.7 / 1.8 is too strict ... stops students editing their own page in the individual or group modes because they have the same name
• [MDL-8537] - Add new course does not have a "cost" field.
• [MDL-8634] - moodle/category:create - user with this capability doesn't have access to page where he can add category
• [MDL-8802] - PDF byteserving no more working
• [MDL-8813] - The CAS authentication is broken in 1.8
• [MDL-8839] - When re-editing forym post special characters are replaced with entities breaking formatting
• [MDL-8914] - Groups not functioning in gradebook in 1.8beta
• [MDL-8949] - group pull-down menu missing from Grades in 1.8beta
• [MDL-8951] - Environment screen says "unicode is required to be installed/enabled." but all mysql table are unicode
• [MDL-8952] - Separate Groups "drop-down" menu missing form Workshop
• [MDL-8971] - Typo in description of AJAX experimental feature
• [MDL-9075] - User Upload Failure when file contains utf-8 bom
• [MDL-9079] - No results shown on second page of quiz when no. of items to show changed.
• [MDL-9081] - Gradebook does not show groups
• [MDL-9082] - moodle/question:manage does not let you create questions
• [MDL-9090] - My Moodle difficult to read
• [MDL-9113] - System allows groups (within grouping) with identical names
• [MDL-9124] - Forum not able to add or respond with Standard forum for general use
• [MDL-9126] - IE6 display issues: login block alignment and checkboxes in moodle forms
• [MDL-9127] - Grouping problem with moodle 1.8
• [MDL-9131] - The add new course button either doesn't work correctly or shouldn't be shown when viewing all course categories
• [MDL-9135] - Help file "profilevisible.html" could not be found!
• [MDL-9136] - Setting the "Default value" of "Menu of choices" of Customisable User Profiles doesn't work
• [MDL-9138] - two notices from glossry
• [MDL-9139] - All roles shown in course summary when not selected in course managers
• [MDL-9144] - no about class=multilang in filter's help page
• [MDL-9145] - Groups interface improvements
• [MDL-9147] - Fix tidy filter behaviour
• [MDL-9155] - Error when creating an "image gallery" preset database
• [MDL-9158] - No "Add entry" tab for new database activity
• [MDL-9160] - get_my_courses caching issues
• [MDL-9165] - Missing blog access for admins
• [MDL-9167] - groups: 'delete selected group' button brings up the 'edit selected group' dialog
• [MDL-9168] - nested site policy when forcelogin enabled and policy file stored in coursefiles
• [MDL-9169] - Error in function call in ldap/enrol.php
• [MDL-9173] - Can't create match anything answer to numerical question type
• [MDL-9174] - PARAM_URL not always usable in admin settings pages
• [MDL-9175] - Groups simpletest, fatal errors
• [MDL-9180] - Moodle 1.8 Change password screen doesn't show the username like it should.
• [MDL-9185] - Not possibe to view Separate Groups in the Gradebook, Quiz results, Workshop, and Assignment (and possibly Wiki)
• [MDL-9186] - adding "moodle/calendar:manageentries" does not allow a teacher to edit calendar events created by other users
• [MDL-9187] - Weekly View Doesn't Show Hyphen Between Date Range
• [MDL-9189] - Force login over https not working
• [MDL-9190] - Site policy xhtml compliance and other minor fixes
• [MDL-9192] - Chameleon theme lacks "dimmed" class; therefore, hidden resources appear not dimmed.
• [MDL-9193] - Text Resource display issue
• [MDL-9195] - mform->hardFreeze() doesn't remove id attribute of label
• [MDL-9197] - Multilang filter is not applied to default role in course settings
• [MDL-9198] - Frameset used to display PDF
• [MDL-9199] - Can't delete Grouping
• [MDL-9203] - My Moodle info misaligned
• [MDL-9204] - uploaded assignment files not visible to teacher on grading page
• [MDL-9205] - Wrong param types for shortanswer and multichoice question type answers
• [MDL-9207] - enrol fails with 'Notice: Undefined variable: extcourse' message
• [MDL-9208] - Quiz highlights the correct answer, even when it was set not to
• [MDL-9209] - CLONE -SCORM packages are not being upgraded properly
• [MDL-9210] - Cannot upgrade to v1.8 due to unicodeupgradeerroe, but database is already unicode
• [MDL-9212] - auth-sync_users does not work against external MSSQL db
• [MDL-9213] - Can not add a single simple discussion forum
• [MDL-9216] - "Login as" doesn't work
• [MDL-9217] - Upgrade from 1.6.3 to 1.8 reports missing table groups_courses_groups
• [MDL-9218] - Processing of role assignments produces PHP notices
• [MDL-9219] - Replace Inherit with Not set on role definition page
• [MDL-9220] - Users forum posts are public
• [MDL-9221] - new group admin - can't view full group name
• [MDL-9224] - Quiz review options not correctly applied on the view.php page
• [MDL-9225] - XML Parser Error assigning Roles on a user
• [MDL-9226] - xml parser error creating URL field in database module
• [MDL-9227] - Inconsistent HTTPS for profile edit page
• [MDL-9233] - denied and allowed email address domains are not matched exactly
• [MDL-9235] - bad html produced when moving modules within a course
• [MDL-9238] - Users assigned to a role at category-level don't view the courses of the subcategory
• [MDL-9241] - New Resouce ""Link to a webpage or file" not performing as expected.
• [MDL-9244] - Question types use the old editing form in preference to the new one if both are present
• [MDL-9245] - BROKEN (2007-07-07) Add a resource... / Link to file or web site. / Window: same window / Keep page navigation visible
• [MDL-9248] - lang.php does not preserve &lt; and &gt; entities but transfers them into < and >
• [MDL-9250] - Radom Branch page jump in classic branch chokes
• [MDL-9256] - Avoid duplicate index names in upgrade under MySQL
• [MDL-9266] - Frontpage users cannot ad "site" events to calendar
• [MDL-9267] - Undefined variable: tablekey in C:\\Apache2\\htdocs\\moodle\\lib\\dmllib.php on line 2400 in the error log
• [MDL-9268] - Cannot view group blogs
• [MDL-9273] - Only Admin can move courses to another category
• [MDL-9280] - Quiz Timer does not appear in 1.8
• [MDL-9282] - Latest News Block has strange behaviour when used on the Front Page
• [MDL-9285] - Make the user profile fields appear on the user profile
• [MDL-9287] - missing resultset check in mnet config_form()
• [MDL-9293] - Hide edit button for students
• [MDL-9296] - forgotten debug code in admin/mnet/trustedhosts.php
• [MDL-9300] - The aspell spell-checker does not work in 1.8.
• [MDL-9308] - News forum can't be deleted from "weekly format" courses, though it can be deleted from "topic format" courses.
• [MDL-9309] - Problem with guest account restore
• [MDL-9310] - cannot open resource like .doc and others in Firefox only
• [MDL-9311] - Trivial: when viewing "all" participants there is a duplicate "&perpage="
• [MDL-9315] - Profile uses both $string['city'] = / $string['location'] = for City Perhaps a potential problem with some language packs.
• [MDL-9316] - Problems upgrading quizzes in sites with orphan question categories
• [MDL-9317] - Listing of uploads doesn't work with /mod/assignment/
• [MDL-9321] - ORA error when admin wants to view the uploaded files from students (Assignments - Advanced uploading of files)
• [MDL-9322] - Fix xhtml strictess in mnet pages
• [MDL-9324] - group assignment does not work in uploaduser script
• [MDL-9325] - mod/quiz:ignoretimelimits does not work
• [MDL-9329] - User upload function does not recognise Groups
• [MDL-9332] - Unable to open *.doc files in same window with navigation
• [MDL-9336] - linking to a file broken -- always a PDF??
• [MDL-9343] - Course event filter icon incorrect
• [MDL-9349] - Purging of query cache is broken
• [MDL-9350] - apache_child_terminate disabled but still being called
• [MDL-9362] - unattended upgrade does not work as expected
• [MDL-9363] - update memory limit checks and docs
• [MDL-9365] - Resources have groups setting
• [MDL-9366] - Default settings for a new leson in slide mode are 20x20 px
• [MDL-9380] - Adding a Resource of Type directory leads to SQL errors
• [MDL-9387] - Message "Adding discussions to this forum requires group membership" if not logged
• [MDL-9392] - resource_popup: not working
• [MDL-9398] - Course Creator Role CAN NOT Create Categories - Even with modification of role
• [MDL-9402] - Forums do not show the number of unread posts on the course page
• [MDL-9409] - User confirmation by admin doesn't support new auth->confirm_user function
• [MDL-9415] - optional "user profile fields" appear empty on profile page
• [MDL-9416] - Double quotes and tags in helpable item breaks XHTML strict
• [MDL-9425] - Grouped forum can be reached without beeing in group
• [MDL-9432] - When restoring quiz questions, links are not recoded
• [MDL-9438] - Forums and separated groups: impossible to diplay messages of all groups a participant belongs to
• [MDL-9447] - Default grade field is redundant in embeded answer (Cloze) question
• [MDL-9450] - Add support in backup/restore to view by resource->id internlinks...
• [MDL-9454] - moodle_request_shutdown() uses $CFG->apachemaxmem but lacks global $CFG
• [MDL-9457] - Multiple XHTML errors
• [MDL-9467] - Edit Profile not possible if langlist contains invalid value
• [MDL-9470] - Survey submission JS broken
• [MDL-9483] - Problem with question restore relinking when quiz not selected
• [MDL-9485] - No Admin Config for Forced Resource Summary
• [MDL-9491] - DB Auth problems with forgot & change password (internal)
• [MDL-9520] - groups_groupids_to_groups should return groups indexed by group ID
• [MDL-9524] - Formslib gets confused if a required field is frozen
• [MDL-9556] - HTML editor shortcuts button appears when JavaScript disabled
• [MDL-9557] - SCORM import blank screen (caused by set_time_limit())
• [MDL-9559] - setup_lang_from_browser should respect $CFG->langlist
• [MDL-9560] - $CFG->langlist should accept both short (en) and long (en_utf8) names
• [MDL-9561] - Langimport does not ignore langlist when langcache used
• [MDL-9562] - php variable not evaluated in scorm/locallib.php
• [MDL-9563] - Improve refreshing of langcache, detect permission problems
• [MDL-9565] - Question preview links don't work in developer debug mode, and not XHTML strict
• [MDL-9568] - Choice does not count correct
• [MDL-9577] - Import of True/False questions in Examview broken
• [MDL-9585] - rfc: coding convention change: keep functions in libraries
• [MDL-9594] - IE7 CSS fix causes problems with form inputs
• [MDL-9606] - Syntax error in SQL during upgrade just after deleting some courses
• [MDL-9617] - Performance issues primarily administrator
• [MDL-9618] - Form remove option logic is incorrect
• [MDL-9619] - adding a lesson to the front page produces 'Trying to get property of non-object'
• [MDL-9642] - auth/CAS: Dependence on external PEAR DB
• [MDL-9649] - Required parameter Missing when "Keep selection" used to send message to a user's list
• [MDL-9656] - Course editing page(course/index.php) has capability/role errors
• [MDL-9676] - Question preview pane is blank
• [MDL-9696] - Blank Page when try update or insert a resource or activity
• [MDL-9700] - Moodle 1.8 will not import 1.6 xml quiz export file
• [MDL-9726] - Performance: has_capability sometimes calls load_user_capability which forces check_enrolment_plugins to be called
• [MDL-9727] - capability typo in forum
• [MDL-9729] - Problems displaying correct weekdays
• [MDL-9730] - missing link to PDF page if plug-in is not present
• [MDL-9741] - Link to help index on editing help page doesn't work
• [MDL-9753] - $THEME->larrow, rarrow don't work in stock IE6
• [MDL-9757] - Lesson defaults are saved, but do not load when new lessons are created in the course.
• [MDL-9761] - Student's Gradebook view doesn't follow defaults establ;ished by the Instructor
• [MDL-9764] - Require_course_login() should check cm visibility in frontpage course too
• [MDL-9767] - Spelling Error: Ignores time limit on quizs (mod/quiz:ignoretimelimits)
• [MDL-9769] - Group selection in grading and viewing student results is gone
• [MDL-9774] - Gradebook sort buttons in 1.8+ yield empty list
• [MDL-9780] - Groups 181 cleanup - META
• [MDL-9798] - IE times out on policy page because of object tag
• [MDL-9799] - IE7 crashes in Theme Selector
• [MDL-9806] - orphaned group participants cannot select group on chat module and in database module when belonging to more than one group
• [MDL-9807] - Current group don't saves in $SESSION (value destroys after page will be reloaded)
• [MDL-9821] - incorrect permission to modify templates for non-editing teacher in db module
• [MDL-9823] - Disclaimer HRef is repeated twice in the Link - Policy.php
• [MDL-9824] - do not use sesskey check when user already logged out in logout.php
• [MDL-9825] - This is the Reason why... IE7 hangs when a page has <OBJECT> tags!
• [MDL-9831] - Not possible to Not possibe to view Separate Groups in the Database Activity Module
• [MDL-9842] - Groups from groupings not moved to "Not in a grouping"
• [MDL-9859] - Mark unread link does not appear to work
• [MDL-9860] - Incorrect check for password expiration at login.
• [MDL-9861] - Password expiration value is calculated wrong when ldap_expirationtime2unix() returns 0
• [MDL-9881] - Attempting to delete large number of questions fails due to long URL
• [MDL-9914] - Can't download mark details from the quiz overview report
• [MDL-9920] - XMLDB cannot create 32-bit SERIAL fields in Postgres
• [MDL-9932] - Calendar event restore - does not restore events with same date, description
• [MDL-9942] - htmlAREA - uses the innerHTML property to delete child nodes from a parent.
• [MDL-9945] - navpopup CSS missing, making popup undreadable in footer
• [MDL-9954] - LDAP auth settings form problem with 'Member Attribute' and 'Member Attribute uses dn'
• [MDL-9964] - admin block unavailalbe if deleted from site home page
• [MDL-9987] - Typo in lang/mnet.php
• [MDL-9993] - Question Import: <image_base64> decoding broken
• [MDL-9999] - Space wrongly deleted if internal link followed by external link with link text
• [MDL-10001] - Inverted width/height parameters in Resource edit window
• [MDL-10006] - No contents for moodle/mod/quiz/report.php?mode=overview&id=xxx
• [MDL-10009] - ratings settings do not work in glossary
• [MDL-10011] - cleanup xhtml and code in report.php - forum, glossary and data mod
• [MDL-10013] - strings reversed in request_form.php, Moodle 1.8
• [MDL-10018] - Discussion for all groups not sent when groups used to users without access to all groups
• [MDL-10061] - LDAP user creation broken for Novell eDirectory since 1.8
• [MDL-10068] - "Lost Password" button does not work for ldap auth
• [MDL-10074] - User profile edition uses wrong variable for the (fatal) error message.
• [MDL-10077] - Can't use "join course" using IE/Firefox
• [MDL-10100] - Formal White theme has some issues in Firefox and Safari on Mac
• [MDL-10101] - Student Reactions bug?
• [MDL-10112] - bulk messaging fails silently when messaging not enabled
• [MDL-10273] - students view the calendar "New event" button, but event is not saved due to lack of capability
• [MDL-10973] - deprecatedlib get_group_teacher doesn't work as expected

New Feature

• [MDL-4687] - Password expiration support for AD (with patch)
• [MDL-7233] - Add support for password change if using Active Directory (with patch).
• [MDL-8316] - Feature Changed in Role Mappings - Is it wanted in core?
• [MDL-9802] - capability moodle/site:manageblocks used in myMoodle for block editing allows users to see "Turn editing on" button on the site home page

Task

• [MDL-9044] - missing the "turn editing off" button
• [MDL-9071] - missing "continue" button after failed glossary import
• [MDL-9172] - "Turn editing off" button disappear from category page
• [MDL-9589] - /course/category.php braks XHTML
• [MDL-10677] - Reimplement ewiki migration.
• [MDL-10705] - Implement new upgrade using XMLDB functions

Improvement

• [MDL-8917] - Slash arguments setting has changed but text refers to old setting
• [MDL-9183] - Word Wrap on quiz manual grading problem
• [MDL-9206] - Why no more "unlimited" attempts??
• [MDL-9239] - New fromslib password element with reveal option
• [MDL-9750] - Add a CSS class to every page with the current language
• [MDL-9826] - Add activity icons to the popup navigation menu
• [MDL-9875] - Typo in Appearance / Moodle Docs
• [MDL-9996] - Question MCQ edit mode: Choice input box much too small!
• [MDL-10073] - formal_white theme glitch in firefox

Sub-task

• [MDL-8499] - Keep &nbsp; and &#160; as a part of translation string
• [MDL-9816] - missing confirmation on groups delete
• [MDL-9817] - delete obsoleted and unused groups ui files
• [MDL-9818] - disable groupings UI by default

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