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This release fixes an ACL security problem related to the rst parser. It fixes a potential DOS/security problem by removing the non-thread-safe cracklib support. There are quite a few other bugfixes, and upgrading is recommended for all users.

This is the final 1.5 security and bugfix release; there will be no future 1.5.x releases. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to 1.6.x soon. This release fixes one major and some minor security issues. If you need more time on 1.5.x before you upgrade to 1.6, you are strongly advised to upgrade to 1.5.9.

There are many bugfixes. This release works on Mac OS X. There are minor feature enhancements.

Major new features were added including a quickly working standalone mode (similar to DesktopEdition), xapian index search (including attachments), wiki synchronisation, the ability to receive email, easier link and transclusion markup (and new macro markup) in the wiki parser, new parsers for creole wiki markup, HTML (safe), and diffs, discussion pages, inline comments, hierarchical ACLs, a new TextChas anti-spam feature, SisterPages support, new XML-RPC methods with easier auth and multicall support, and many other changes and fixes.

Some bugfixes, including some security fixes (ACL-related, XSS, and disclosing of system information in tracebacks). This release adds timing.log, so you can improve your site's performance. It improves the CPU usage of some macros when bots visit your wiki. Upgrading is highly recommended for all users of older versions.