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<H2>Release notes</H2>
-<H3> New in Moodle 1.0.8 (due for release soon) </H3>
+<H3> New in Moodle 1.0.8 (due for release 6th January) </H3>
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<DT> Databases</DT>
<DD> Moodle now has complete native support support for <B>PostgreSQL 7</B> databases (thanks
<DD> The database module now supports databases that contain md5-encrypted passwords,
which means it should now be compatible with systems like PostNuke. When using
external authorisation students are now forced to fully fill-out their information
- before they can enter any course.</DD>
+ before they can enter any course. An ADOdb bug was also causing some mischief
+ when the external database type was the same as the Moodle database.
+ Overall it's now quite usable.</DD>
<DT> Administration </DT>
<DD> The admin can now assign other people to also be admins.</DD>
<LI> Usernames can now contain "." and "-" characters.
<LI> Cookies now use table prefixes for unique naming, so that many
different moodle sites can be run on the same web site and database.
+ <LI> Site news forum heading can now be changed (edit the forum).
<LI> Some small performance improvements here and there
<LI> Many little code clean-ups.
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