This release fixes a serious bug in Totara 2.2.16 introduced when we merged in the latest version of Moodle. See here for more details from Moodle:
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=224624
If you have already upgraded to 2.2.16 we recommend you upgrade to 2.2.16.1 straight away. If you haven't yet upgraded to 2.2.16 we recommend you skip it and upgrade straight to 2.2.16.1 (or any subsequent release).
This bug does not affect the Totara 1.0 or 1.1 series.
Here's the changelog:
Release 2.2.16.1 (18th March 2013): ================================================== Security fixes: Fixes from MoodleHQ http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2.9_release_notes Bug fixes: T-10365 Fix problem with select default values introduced by fix for T-10291.
We apologise for any problems this bug may have caused.
Simon