Totara 2.2.9 is a "snapshot" release containing bug fixes.

Here's the 2.2.9 changelog:

Release 2.2.9 (1 November 2012):
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Database upgrades:
      T-10051      Fix course completion totals on the managers My Team report
  
Improvements:
      T-10063     Add missing elearning messaging icons
      T-10031     Fix display of the language menu in the standardtotara theme
      T-9851      Add Totara menu to "my mobile" theme
      T-10014     Re-implement hiding of empty columns for flexible_table component
  
Bug fixes:
      T-10034     Fix message creation error when message metadata already exists
      T-10045     Fix saving of Program summary and endnote fields
      T-9804      Fix to Spanish Castilian language pack to aid AMOS translation work
      T-5734      Fix PHP5.4 empty object warning in SCORM package
      T-10029     Hide empty feedback submissions and display count of blank entries in Feedback
      T-10027     Fix duplicate user ids and "nothing to do" message in course participation report
      T-10061     Fix display of dates prior to 1970 in Reportbuilder
      T-10044     Fix missing column headings in Facetoface block
      T-6710      Fix hardcoded language string in Facetoface
      T-10053     Fix fatal error when removing Facetoface session custom fields
      T-10036     Fix Browse Users form behaviour in IE7/8 when pressing Enter
      T-10067     Fix display when viewing learning plans in IE7
      T-9947      Use authentication plugin when processing password changes in totara_sync
      T-10065     Fix MSSQL and temptable errors in totara_sync
      T-10062     Fix file rename issue when running totara_sync on Windows/IIS