Confluence 4.2.3 Release Notes
21 May 2012
The Atlassian Confluence team is pleased to announce the release of Confluence 4.2.3. This release includes a faster and simpler dialog for adding spaces. We have also added support for MySQL 5.5, and fixed some bugs.Don't have Confluence 4.2 yet?
Take a look at the new features and other highlights in the Confluence 4.2 Release Notes.
Adding spaces quickly and simply
Confluence 4.2.3 introduces a quick 'Add Space' option at the top of the dashboard, which leads you to the new, simplified dialog for adding global spaces, shown below. Adding a personal space is even simpler.
Support for MySQL 5.5
Confluence 4.2 and later now support MySQL 5.5 as well as 5.1. See Supported Platforms. This announcement is retrospectively applicable to the Confluence 4.2 release.
Release notices
Upgrading from a previous version of Confluence should be fairly straightforward. Please read the Confluence 4.2.3 Upgrade Notes. We strongly recommend that you back up your confluence.home directory and database before upgrading.
If your version of Confluence is earlier than 3.5.x, then you should upgrade to Confluence 3.5.x before upgrading to Confluence 4.2.x.
Updates and fixes in this release