Nicer way to find out the major changes since the last version.

RELEASES.html shows the changes, and these are displayed during
an upgrade.

RELEASE.html

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<H3> Release notes for Moodle 1.0.5 </H3>
+
+<P>  New features (since 1.0.4):   </P>
+
+<UL><DL>
+<DT> Configuration
+<DD> Most variables are now stored in the database and modifed using an 
+     admin form - this means config.php can be much shorter (only 8 items).
+     The GD version is now auto-detected on all versions of PHP.  
+     New authentication plug-ins are now supported (auth directory).
+
+<DT> Language improvements
+<DD> We have three new languages!  French, Finnish and Portuguese (Brazil).
+     The authors are on the credits page in the Moodle documentation.
+     Also, languages can now be easily edited directly via an admin web page.
+
+<DT> Theme improvements
+<DD> The standard theme code has been tidied up.  It is now easier to 
+     hack them and make your own themes. Existing themes are 100% 
+     compatible.  One new feature is that the home page can have a 
+     different look to the other pages.  A new standardlogo theme has 
+     been added that shows you how to put your logo on the front page 
+     (eg like moodle.com does) 
+
+<DT> User improvements
+<DD> The user profile editing page now has a better layout.  
+     The list of participants now switches to various "condensed modes" 
+     when displaying larger classes.  All user listings now support 
+     sorting by column.  The admin user can now delete (disable) user 
+     accounts so that the user isn't displayed anywhere.  Individual 
+     users can choose their own display language (so that all web pages 
+     and mailouts will be in that language).
+
+<DT> Activity improvements
+<DD> The "recent activity" box now also shows journal entries and 
+     submitted assignments and surveys.  The guest user can no longer 
+     edit *anything* at all.  A new reading type called "HTML text" 
+     allows experienced users to use pure HTML.
+
+<DT> Miscellaneous
+<DD> Many tweaks to the interface and small bugs fixed.
+
+</DL></UL>
+

admin/index.php

@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
             $a->newversion = $version;
             $strdatabasechecking = get_string("databasechecking", "", $a);
             $strdatabasesuccess  = get_string("databasesuccess");
-            print_header($strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades);
+            print_header($strdatabasechecking, $strdatabasechecking, $strdatabasechecking);
             notify($strdatabasechecking);
             $db->debug=true;
             if (upgrade_moodle($CFG->version)) {
                 $db->debug=false;
-                if (set_field("config", "value", "$version", "name", "version")) {
+                if (set_config("version", $version)) {
                     notify($strdatabasesuccess);
                     print_continue("index.php");
                     die;
@@ -85,12 +85,11 @@
         }
 
     } else {
-        $dversion->name  = "version";
-        $dversion->value = $version;
         $strdatabaseupgrades = get_string("databaseupgrades");
         print_header($strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades);
-        if (insert_record("config", $dversion)) {
-            notify("You are currently using Moodle version $release ($version)");
+
+        if (set_config("version", $version)) {
+            notify("You are currently using Moodle version $version (Release $release)");
             print_continue("index.php");
             die;
         } else {
@@ -106,14 +105,19 @@
 
 /// Updated human-readable release version if necessary
 
-    if ($CFG->release) { 
-        if ($release <> $drelease) {  // Update the release version
-            set_field("config", "value", "$release", "name", "release");
+    if ($release <> $CFG->release) {  // Update the release version
+        $strdatabaseupgrades = get_string("databaseupgrades");
+        print_header($strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades, $strdatabaseupgrades);
+        print_heading($release);
+        if (!set_config("release", $release)) {
+            notify("ERROR: Could not update release version in database!!");
         }
-    } else {
-        $drelease->name  = "release";
-        $drelease->value = $release;
-        insert_record("config", $drelease);
+        print_continue("index.php");
+        print_simple_box_start("CENTER");
+        include("$CFG->dirroot/RELEASE.html");
+        print_simple_box_end();
+        print_continue("index.php");
+        exit;
     }