Pete Cooper

>I hate to see the forum used as a final destination for documentation. Zero barrier to entry for a veteran, I wouldn't take it as a sleight.

re: `trailing_slash` – we have `site_trailing_slash` in textpacks, which is largely translated across the board: https://github.com/textpattern/textpacks/blob/606e9ac46d334ec0e69f56ef6e82fa44d4c642cd/lang/en-us.ini#L549C6-L549C20 Considerations: * change the code in core (new string for 4.9 so not a...

I'll take dibs on the checker - likely this evening as I've got a full diary until then. Watch this space. Edit: I'm getting errors thrown on PHP 8.3 (macOS...

OK, now automated as part of the `dev` build (three-hourly): https://dev-demo.textpattern.co/dev/missing.txt Needs some tweaks, I think - there seems to be a lot in there.

Done

>I'm a little unclear as to how I, as an admin, will now log into mysql from the command line, given they intimate that from 8.4 the mysql -u username...

It lives! Textpattern 4.8.8 on MySQL 8.4.0 + PHP 8.3: ``` Textpattern version: 4.8.8 (a5969b336c096d872a7ecab9ee25914b) Last update: 2024-05-09 19:55:20 Site URL: mysql84stronk.textpattern.co Admin URL: mysql84stronk.textpattern.co/textpattern Document root: /var/www/servers/textpattern.co/mysql84stronk/live $path_to_site: /var/www/servers/textpattern.co/mysql84stronk/live...

First pass on a vanilla Textpattern `dev` with debugging enabled works fine - no visible warnings or errors when viewing pages.

@Bloke - Here's a more user-friendly précis of MySQL from a Percona point of view: https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-8-4-first-peek/

Percona MySQL 8.4.0 now running on the demo server, installed with an in-place upgrade, keeping previous configs. As shipped, MySQL 8.4.0 does not have the `mysql_native_password` plugin enabled (see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/native-pluggable-authentication.html...