Bargate

Bargate Changelog

1.5.9

Released 2018-01-25

Switched from pycrypto to pyca/cryptography to resolve unfixed security flaws in pycrypto

1.5.8

Released 2017-12-21

Added extended debugging for helping diagnose in-the-wild problems
Fixed app disable functionality

1.5.7

Released 2017-05-03

Fixed grid layout sorting (again)

1.5.6

Released 2017-04-11

Fixed grid layout sorting

1.5.5

Released 2016-09-30

File upload progress, speed and percentages added to file uploads
Updated several javascript libraries
Updated Bootstrap to 3.3.7
Added padding to alerts in grid icon mode

1.5.4

Released 2016-09-28

Added support for 'chunked' file uploads, enabling support for extremely large file uploads
Small bug in debug output fixed

1.5

Released 2016-09-22

Added setuptools support
Added LOCAL_STATIC_DIR support for serving site-specific static files
Added support for a site-specific favicon served from LOCAL_STATIC_DIR
Bookmarks can now link into custom (Connect to server) locations
Bookmarks can now link into the top level of custom locations
Bookmarks can now be renamed, and bookmark deletions include a user confirmation prompt first
Added configuration checks on startup
Cleanup of smb code to remove unnecessary sorting
Moved checking of file click actions into templates
Fixed search results on click view/download when file click behaviour is set to not prompt
Added support for handling 'connection refused' errors
Removed remaining Southampton specific files
Fixed an error where the CSRF protection code didn't cope with POST requests to non-existing views
Fixed various issues with error handling
Fixed an issue where TOTP libraries were required to start bargate
Fixed a bug in 'create directory' where the user was incorrectly redirected to the parent directory above

1.4.3

Released 2016-06-07

FIX: Regression in 1.4.1; stat() failures in directory listings cause a critical error
FIX: Regression in 1.4.1; redirects on success generating errors (Regression in fix to issue #93)

1.4.1

Released 2016-06-03

New experimental search feature added (set disabled by default). [87]
FIX: In the default layout a user can now change the custom server address [86]
FIX: Errors are no longer generated when WebDAV clients connect to Bargate [88]
FIX: A shares.conf file is no longer required for bargate to start [89]
FIX: Redirect errors are no longer created when errors occur at the top level of functions [93]

1.4

Released 2016-04-03

FIX: Internet Explorer version check is fixed
FIX: Corrected an error message spelling mistake
Removed login image random functionality - replaced by Jinja filters
Added URLs to the bookmark manager to identify what the bookmarks are

1.4 Beta 4

Released 2016-03-30

FIX: Cannot click on items in Firefox [84]
FIX: File preview popup now correctly hides the image on non-previewable files [85]
FIX: Grid layout file 'view' now working correctly
FIX: File details error message hidden by default
FIX: Modals on mobile now appear at the top of the screen
FIX: Mobile view on file click only shows icons rather than text that does not fit the screen

1.4 Beta 3

Released 2016-03-30

View properties is now provided by a pop-up modal
Cleanup/re-write of the core smb functions, fixing many unicode and path quoting issues
FIX: Custom connections (Connect to server) are now working again
FIX: Context menu right click icons now trigger actions correctly

1.4 Beta 2

Released 2016-03-28

Grid layout is now responsive based on page width [77]
The 'bargate' menu moved to the top navbar on mobile [76]
URLs now include the action without using ?variable= syntax [78]
Left clicking on files now lets users easily see all available actions [79]
Modal close buttons are now more visible (larger) [80]
The file delete modal now includes a warning icon [81]
FIX: Directory sort now present on mobile view [75]
FIX: URLs generated by bargate will no longer always end with a forward slash
FIX: Missing leading forward slashes on urls in share configs are dealt with automatically

1.4 Beta 1

Released 2016-03-28

New default 'grid' layout [30]
Revamped 'list' view layout with much better sorting
Added sveral more Bootswatch themes
Significant code cleanup and rewrite [63] [65] [67] [68] [69] [55]
Removed all University of Southampton specific code [61]
Added several more templates to allow local-site customisation
Added more config options to disable features [72] [54]
FIX: Body padding (header and footer) changed to match the theme in use
FIX: Footer padding fixed on mobile
FIX: Removed forced dependencies on kerberos and ldap when not in use
FIX: Closing the file upload dialog no longer automatically reloads even when files are not uploaded
FIX: Many other small bug fixes and cleanups

1.3.4

Released 2016-03-23

Fixed unicode decode errors on uploads and mkdir where non-ASCII characters were present in the directory name [70]
Fixed an identation error causing WB lookups to fail [71]

1.3.3

Released 2016-03-18

Fixed a flaw in image previewing [62]
Fixed an error in changing the URL to point directly to a file [66]
Fixed image previews to not auto-generate etags [57]

1.3.2

Released 2016-02-22

Fixed a flaw in overwriting file uploads where the file size was not truncated [59]
Fixed a flaw in json file uploads where html escaping broke the current path name [60]
Changed Flask defaults so that when viewing or download files the cache is always set to 0
Added the filename to the delete confirm dialog so users know what file they are confirming to delete [58]

1.3.1

Released 2015-09-25

Fixed unicode errors caused by an update to the underlying pysmbc library

1.3

Released 2015-09-18

Added 'SMB' authentication type
Added 'REMEMBER_ME_ENABLED' config option to disable long-lived cookie sessions

1.2

Released 2015-09-18

Updated to latest bootstrap and font awesome
Added two step logons (TOTP)
Fixed a few minor bugs

1.1

Released 2015-05-14

Consolidated odd ~1.0 release numbers
Fixed logging configuration options
Added LDAP authentication and deprecated Kerberos
Bootstrap updates to latest minior release
LDAP home directory support added
Changed remember me link to a hover rather than click on logon

0.13.2 / 1.0 Beta 7

Released 2014-10-21

Added paper theme (new default)
Updated to Bootstrap 3.3
Fixed font sizes on about page

0.13.1 / 1.0 Beta 6

Released 2014-10-21

Added sandstone theme

0.13 / 1.0 Beta 5

Released 2014-10-19

Updated to latest FontAwesome and Bootstrap versions

0.13 / 1.0 Beta 4

Released 2014-10-19

Uploads now refresh page after completion which fixes issue 32
Uploads now spin the upload icon if the dialog is closed mid-upload.

0.12.6 / 1.0 Beta 1

Released 2014-05-15

Added bookmarks toolbar menu for easy bookmark usage as requested in Issue 24
Added bookmark checking on creation
Icon colour fix on file views
Added upload cancel button

0.12.5

Released 2014-05-15

Updated to Font Awesome 4.1: Issue 25

0.12.4

Released 2014-05-10

Bargate now has an image preview on file click popups which closes Issue 21

0.12.3

Released 2014-05-10

Bargate has an all-new icon theme for files, improving icons especially for common office formats - fixes Issue 6

0.12.2

Released 2014-05-02

Upload drag/drop now pops up a modal window to tell users they can drag and drop files
Fixed a small spelling mistake

0.12.1

Released 2014-04-30

Added failure handling to the jquery file upload system for when the server responds with a HTTP error

0.12

Released 2014-04-29

Bargate now supports drag and drop upload within any directory as requested in Issue 9
Bargate now shows progress during uploads, multi-file upload at once, upload errors on page, chunked and resumable file uploads.
Bargate now features a generic account settings page, with several new user settings including Theme, Theme Navbar, Hidden Files, on file click and file upload overwriting.
Show/hide hidden files moved into 'Account Settings'
Newly redesigned 'other drives' page which has a column view and removes the unnecessary tables
Page titles are now slightly larger
Pop up dialog boxes now all feature the same order for buttons (cancel/do-action)
Added more themes, including dark background themes
Changed navbar buttons to the same colour to better work with multiple themes

0.11.7

Released 2014-04-28

Major update to path/name validation functions within the bargate smb module as reported in Issue 19
Small fix to the core app request startup as reported in Issue 20

0.11.6

Released 2014-04-27

XSS Security Fix

0.11.5

Released 2014-04-22

Fixed a small bug with IE8 javascript support reported in Issue 18
Fixed the reloading URL issue described in Issue 17
Implemented basic bookmark support as requested in Issue 10
Implemented some basic user logging - last login, logout and page access data is now kept
Fixed a small issue in before_request where logging in skipped the rest of the function
Added support for HEAD requests on default view to cope with search engine requests

0.11.4

Released 2014-04-19

Fixed a small regression introduced in 0.11.2 where the current theme wasn't selected
Removed hover highlight which looks odd on some themes and breaks on others

0.11.3

Released 2014-04-19

Bug fix with overflow hidden regression causing dropdowns to not work
Hidden files setting now stored on server - user preference respected across devices

0.11.2

Released 2014-04-19

Implemented redis to provide server-side user preferences to support Issue 12
Implemented user theme choice via redis - user theme is now maintained when a user switches devices

0.11.1

Released 2014-04-19

New login page which restores random backgrounds
Full IE8 support - See Issue 15
Tidied login functions and removed all 'hero' references - See Issue 16
Tidied code, broke views.py out for readability and removed all archived code and images
Fixed small bug in downtime alert popup
Fixed small bug in hover rows on directory entries with text overflow

0.11

Released 2014-04-19

New login page - see Issue 7
No Javscript support is now detected and dealt with - see Issue 5
Responsive proxy introduced for proper IE8 support, however its disabled at this time - see Issue 14

0.10.9

Released 2014-04-16

Implemented Issue 8: Better error reporting
Significant re-write of internal error handling
Tidied the AES encryption/decryption code

0.10.8

Released 2014-04-16

Fix for Issue 3: Download button sometimes views in browser instead
Adjusted modal placement via height media queries

0.10.7

Released 2014-04-16

Fix for Issue 4: Parent folder entries no longer get sorted
Fix for Issue 1: Long filenames overflow in alert popups
Added report a bug link under help menu
Changed 'cancel' to 'close' on file directory link popups

0.10.6

Released 2014-04-15

Redirect put in place to tell Internet Explorer users older than Version 9 they need to upgrade.
Added generic browser upgrade tool from browser-upgrade.org

0.10.5

Released 2014-04-14

jQuery now used for all cog button modal triggers which lessens code size
Modals now automatically trigger focus on the input boxes within them
Re-write of 'other' servers to use proper view functions and rowclick table functionality
Cleanup of hidden MIME function, removal of old/invalid 'other' server links
Prevent users from 'view'ing (Properties) stuff other than files
Cleanup of HTML and some small smb.py code cleanup

0.10.4

Released 2014-04-14

Fixed a performance regression on directory listings within the mimetype module.
Tidied up some code in smb.py

0.10.3

Released 2014-04-14

Reduced code size for directory entries by using text overflow correctly
Reduced code size for directory entries by using javascript functions to trigger modals
Reduced code size in HTML templates all over the place

0.10.2

Released 2014-04-14

Fixed a unicode/urllib bug on directory entries

0.10.1

Released 2014-04-13

Fixed a bug in the permission denied password checking code
Added "other" item to directory views for illustrative purposes only
Clicking yes in a delete modal popup will now change to 'Deleting' to indicate feedback
Fixed the display name on file properties/view

0.10

Released 2014-04-13

New code branch. Significant user interface re-write
Sidebar removed, much better mobile view. Interface menus moved to navbars.
User interface re-written in Bootstrap 3.1 (was Bootstrap 2.3)
Icon library updated to Font Awesome 4.0
Significantly better MIME to Icon support
Added support for displaying file owner and group metadata (via winbind)
Added theme support - user can choose a web design theme to use
When users click on files they now see a popup with some info a link to download the file rather than just downloading the file
Added proper table sorter functionality
render_page function added which builds all default URLs for all pages
Each area of FWA now has a 'display name' so that the breadcrumb displays where you are rather than 'Home'
Replaced popover menus on files/dirs with dropdown/dropup menus
All javascript and CSS moved out to seperate files
Major cleanup of HTML, CSS and Javascript to reduce clutter and remove old code
SMB engine now prevents users from viewing the root directory
Permission denied errors where password is wrong now asks the user to logon again

0.9.9

Released 2013-10-08

Fixed error where popup menus where conflicting with table rows
Complete re-write of unicode and URL handling to fix multiple bugs

0.9.8

Released 2013-09-20

Introduced all-new dropdown menu mobile view making FWA significantly easier to use on mobile phones
Modified date now listed inside directories
Fixed tablet (iPad mostly) portrait view mode - sidebar width improved
Fixed error with directory entries containing %20
Fixed bug where row clicks activated when clicking popup menus

0.9.7

Released 2013-08-13

Fixed spacing on popup menu on directory entries
Changed default click behaviour on directory entries to download rather than view properties
Directory entry rows are now clickable, where as before only the text was clickable

0.9.6

Released 2013-05-07

Fixed login template so that placeholders aren't used - this was confusing logins on IE8 and iPad
Added extensive logging to track failures
Permission denied errors when browsing into directories no longer generate full-page errors

0.9.5

Released 2013-05-06

Fixed a bug in the sidebar for custom/other which prevented navigation
Fixed a bug in the CSRF protection code which produced a nonsensical error
Security fix - path checking code now prevents users from navigating to erroneous paths
Added logging for various fwa actions
Improved error reporting e-mails to include various important extra details

0.9.4

Released 2013-04-10

Full support for custom servers added
Full support for shared filestore added
Fixed several bugs
Less space wasted on mobile view

0.9.1

Released 2013-03-05

Files can now be copied
Added experimental support for custom servers
Added experimental support for shared filestore
Fixed several bugs in the browse handler

0.9

Released 2013-03-03

Most errors now produce modal error dialogs rather than hard error pages
Fixed several bugs in the download file handler
Login background is hidden on small screens
Lack of padding/header on signin screen now fixed
Fixed bug where on mobile most pages had no padding around borders

0.8.9

Mobile borders/padding removed so directory entries fill the mobile screen

0.8.8

Updated to Bootstrap 2.3.1
Updated to Font Awesome 3.0.1
Added new simple sign in page, styled to branding

0.8.7

Directories can now be deleted
Internal smb code refactored to determine entry types via st_mode
File uploads now detect if the target, when overwriting, is a directory

0.8.6

Directories can now be renamed

0.8.5

Blank favicon added
Pop-up menu for directories added (but rename/delete dir does not yet work)
Logins restricted to iSolutions staff only

0.8.4

Re-written top navigation bar, removes most items on mobile/tablet
Introduced return-to redirect upon login functionality
Totally re-written javascript popover implementation fixes interaction bug with dialog popups
The rename pop up sets the value as the current filename rather than just a placeholder
File uploads now allow spaces in filenames

0.8.3

Changed 'cifsbridge' to 'bargate' in python code