Magento 1.6.0.0 released

On the 18th of august 2011 there was a new Magento release available for download. It contains a bunch of updates and improvements like:

• XmlConnect package release v21 ;
• Order Payment Action for Express Checkout (PayPal)
   – Added settings Authorization Honor Period and Order Valid Period into EC tab in the backend
   – Automatically new authorize transaction created after order transaction
   – Automatically cancel order after the expiration of Order Valid Period
   – Automatically authorize transaction void\create after the expiration of Authorization Honor Period
• Implemented Authorize.Net ‘hold for review’ status shows up as ‘declined’ in Magento ;
• Add Dynamic sku option for configurable products ;
• Moneybookers Multistore System Configuration ;
• Moneybookers OBT Defaults ;
• PrototypeJS upgraded to 1.7 ;

• Relations between models and resource models were revised for better support of multiple databases
   – Varien_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql revised ;
   – Introduced Varien_Db_Adapter_Interface, Varien_Db_Ddl_Table ;
   – Introduced new classes named resource helpers ;
   – Backwards comatibility and known issues ;
   – Error appears after Customer Group saving with name length more than 32   

You can learn more from the official website at magentocommerce.com