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2 | * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.3.0 * |
3 | * The "Pasta" Release * |
4 | * 17 august 2002 * |
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6 | |
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7 | In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: |
8 | * All about this Release!!! |
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9 | * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug |
10 | * Important Note about PHP 4.2.2 |
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11 | * About our Release Aliases |
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12 | |
13 | All about this Release!!! |
14 | ========================= |
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16 | This is the first release on our way to a new stable series. |
17 | On our way to, that is, this is a development release, which is not |
18 | intended for production servers. We feel that releasing development |
19 | versions will help us making the to-be stable release more stable, and |
20 | restricting the ability to test no longer to people who use CVS. |
21 | |
22 | So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any |
23 | bug report you send. If stumbling over a bug is a true non-option, |
24 | this release is not for you. In that case, download the stable version |
25 | and enjoy that one. |
26 | |
27 | In general, we are planning to regularly release a 1.3.x version until |
28 | it is stable enough to call her 1.4 or 2.0. While I'm at it, one |
29 | comment on version numbers. Our version numbers take the form of A.B.C |
30 | A increases with time, but only very seldomly. |
31 | B if it is even (0, 2, 4 etc), it is a stable release |
32 | if it is odd (1, 3, 5 etc), it is a development release |
33 | C indicates small changes. |
34 | Which is to say our version numbering system is the same as that of |
35 | the linux kernel. So 1.2.7 is a stable version, and 1.3.0 (this one) |
36 | is a development release. |
37 | |
38 | We are excited to bring you the first fruits of a very good |
39 | development series. Major rewrites of the back-end and the user |
40 | interface have been happening since the 1.2 series. These rewrites |
41 | have inspired me for the release alias (see down this document). |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | A note on plugins |
45 | ================= |
46 | |
47 | There have been very severe architecture improvements. Lots of plugins |
48 | have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with |
49 | this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) may work. Plugins not |
50 | distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK. |
51 | |
52 | So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins. |
53 | |
54 | |
55 | A note on PHP 4.2.2 |
56 | =================== |
57 | |
58 | There are certain issues with PHP 4.2.2 and session handling that have |
59 | not yet been addresses in this release. So this release MAY NOT WORK |
60 | when you use PHP 4.2.2. These issues will be addressed to in |
61 | forthcoming 1.3.x releases. |
62 | |
63 | |
64 | A note on your configuration |
65 | ============================ |
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66 | |
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67 | For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl |
68 | (and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before |
69 | using this release. |
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70 | |
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71 | If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things: |
72 | |
73 | 1) For our comfort and the prosper of SquirrelMail: |
74 | send a bugreport with this information |
75 | * IMAP server type + version |
76 | * Whether you use server-side sorting |
77 | * Whether you use thread sorting |
78 | * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl) |
79 | bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
80 | 2) For your own pleasure and comfort: |
81 | turn of UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.3.0 |
82 | |
83 | |
84 | A note on MIME |
85 | ============== |
86 | |
87 | In case you stumble over a message of which something goes wrong with |
88 | MIME (it does not display some of its parts all right, etc. etc.), |
89 | please forward the message AS AN ATTACHMENT to |
90 | squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. However, AVOID |
91 | forwarding emails over 20k of size. Please not as well that messages |
92 | which are NOT forwarded AS AN ATTACHMENT are COMPLETEY USELESS for our |
93 | testing purposes. |
94 | |
95 | |
96 | Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug |
97 | ========================================== |
98 | |
99 | It is not unlikely you will experience some bugs while using this |
100 | development version. Please submit these bugs. Also, please mention |
101 | that the bug is in this 1.3.0 release. |
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102 | |
103 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
104 | |
105 | Thank you for your cooperation in that issue. That helps us to make |
106 | sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if |
107 | people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting |
108 | it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and |
109 | increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we |
110 | spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN |
111 | bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have |
112 | been fixed in CVS already. |
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114 | In case you want to join us on coding SquirrelMail, or have other |
115 | things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: |
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117 | squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net |
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120 | About our Release Aliases - By Wouter Teepe |
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123 | Pasta is, as we all know, a group of Italian dishes. As most of us |
124 | know, several types of pasta exist, two of which are: |
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126 | * Spaghetti: Tastes good, but is very hard to untangle. Its structure |
127 | is unneccecarily complex, but it is relatively easy to cook. |
128 | * Lasagne: Tastes excellent, and its structure is very elegant: it is |
129 | layered. Cooking it takes quite a bit more patience and design. |
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131 | I will not bore you with Italian cooking more except for this: The |
132 | difference between spaghetti and lasagne applies to SquirrelMail as |
133 | well. Where 1.2 is good, its inside is unneccecarily complex. Opposed |
134 | to this, 1.3 is quite well structured from the inside. Its potential |
135 | is true excellence. Its flavor is already excellent. Expect 1.4/2.0 to |
136 | be, well... |
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138 | With the slicing up the internals of SquirrelMail, whole new |
139 | possibilities will emerge. Listen on the development mailinglist to |
140 | hear which! |
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143 | Happy SquirrelMailing! |
144 | - The SquirrelMail Project Team |