14 DAY TRIAL // The ownCloud developers have released the third maintenance release for the open-source ownCloud 8.0 self-hosting cloud server software that lets anyone to build his/her own file hosting service without too much hassle.
According to the release notes, ownCloud 8.0.3 fixes a potential SQL insertion, addresses the "Error while updating app" error, fixes usage of default share folder location, repairs disabling of APCu, and adds a timeout to cURL.
Various Constrain Violation Exceptions issues have been repaired, the misleading Maintenance mode message was fixes, trashbin will now be re-enabled if renaming fails, and update notifications won’t be displayed on mobile.
Moreover, the cache updater will now enter a disable state during the encryption migration process, Cron won’t run while the ownCloud server is in maintenance mode, and some timezone fixes were applied for countries with 0.75 or 0.5 offsets.
Last but not least, the "Only variables should be passed by reference" error has been repaired, repair errors are now visible for end-users when upgrading ownCloud, and an internal server error that occurred during "occ files:scan" was fixed.
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Update: The original version of the article stated that ownCloud 8.0.3 improved compatibility with MSSQL (Microsoft SQL Server). The exact text on the upstream changelog for ownCloud 8.0.3 was "Improved MSSQL compatibility."
We spoke with Markus Rex, CEO and Co-Founder of ownCloud, and it turns out that the respective line of text from the changelog was a mistake, and that ownCloud 8.0.3 only fixes a potential SQL insertion.