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2 | * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.2.1 * |
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3 | * The "Wouter for President" Release * |
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4 | * 25 December 2001 * |
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5 | *****************************************************************/ |
6 | |
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7 | Note: Please see the ChangeLog for 1.2.0 bugs that have been |
8 | fixed in this 1.2.1 release. |
9 | |
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10 | After a long wait, SquirrelMail is finally making a new major stable |
11 | series release. The past year has been ANYTHING but uneventful for |
12 | the SquirrelMail Project. This year has seen two leadership changes, |
13 | the release of the 1.0 series, the 1.1 development series, and now |
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14 | finally the much awaited 1.2 release. |
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15 | |
16 | In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: |
17 | * All about this Release!!! |
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18 | * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2 bug |
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19 | * Important Note about PHP 4.1.0 |
20 | * Where are we going from here? |
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21 | * About our Release Aliases |
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22 | |
23 | All about this Release!!! |
24 | ========================= |
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25 | |
26 | Being one of the most popular webmail clients, the developers of |
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27 | SquirrelMail feel a huge desire and responsibility to continue push |
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28 | the envelope and make SquirrelMail the best it can possibly be. You |
29 | will not be disappointed with this release, as it is by far the most |
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30 | feature rich, and yet it is still the same sleek and unbloated and |
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31 | cuddly webmail application that we have all grown to love. Here is |
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32 | an incomplete list of new features and enhancements since the last |
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33 | stable release. |
34 | |
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35 | * Collapsible Folders - The folder list can be collapsed at any |
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36 | parent folder. This makes folder lists with large |
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37 | hierarchical structures much easier to manage and navigate. |
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38 | * The Paginator! - This enables quick access to any page in the |
39 | message list by simply choosing the page number to view |
40 | rather than tediously clicking "next" 50 times. |
41 | * Hundreds of UI tweaks - The user interface has been given a |
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42 | face-lift. The HTML has been largely overhauled, and while |
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43 | it still has the same general feel, it has been made more |
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44 | intuitive. |
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45 | * Drafts - It is now possible to compose a message and save it to |
46 | be sent at a later date with the drafts option. |
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47 | * New Options Page - The options page has been completely |
48 | rewritten for several reasons, the main of which was to |
49 | allow seamless integration of plugin options and to |
50 | provide uniformity throughout the entire section. |
51 | * Multiple Identities - It is now possible to create different |
52 | identities (home, work, school) that can be chosen upon |
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53 | sending. Each identity can have its own email address, |
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54 | full name, and signature. |
55 | * Reply Citations - Different types of citations are now possible |
56 | when replying to messages. |
57 | * Better Attachment Handling - The plugin, attachment_common, has |
58 | been fully integrated into the core of SquirrelMail. This |
59 | allows inline viewing of several different types of |
60 | attachments. |
61 | * Integration of Several Plugins - The following plugins have been |
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62 | put directly into the core. As a result, be sure not to |
63 | install these as plugins, as the result may be (at best) |
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64 | unpredictable: attachment_common, paginator, priority, |
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65 | printer_friendly, sqclock, xmailer. |
66 | * Improved support for newer versions of PHP. Note that you may |
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67 | have trouble if you are running PHP version 4.0.100 |
68 | (commonly distributed with Debian 3.0). |
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69 | * Ability to mark messages as read and unread from the message listing. |
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70 | * Alternating Colors - The message list now alternates row colors |
71 | by default. This presents a much cleaner and easier to |
72 | read interface to the user. |
73 | |
74 | Aside from these obvious front end features, there are hundreds of |
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75 | bugs that have been fixed, and much of the code has been optimized |
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76 | and/or rewritten. This stable release is far superior in all |
77 | aspects to all previous versions of SquirrelMail. |
78 | |
79 | Home Page: http://www.squirrelmail.org/ |
80 | Download: http://www.squirrelmail.org/download.php |
81 | ScreenShots: http://www.squirrelmail.org/screenshots.php |
82 | |
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83 | |
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84 | Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2 bug |
85 | ========================================== |
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86 | |
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87 | Of course, in the words of Linus Torvalds, this release is officially |
88 | certified to be Bug-Free (tm). |
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89 | |
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90 | However, if for some reason some bugs manage to find their way to the |
91 | surface, please report them at once (after all, they ARE uncertified |
92 | bugs!!!) The PROPER place to report these bugs is the SquirrelMail Bug |
93 | Tracker. |
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94 | |
95 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
96 | |
97 | Thank you for your cooperation in that issue. That helps us to make |
98 | sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if |
99 | people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting |
100 | it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and |
101 | increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we |
102 | spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN |
103 | bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have |
104 | been fixed in CVS already. |
105 | |
106 | |
107 | Important Note about PHP 4.1.0 |
108 | ============================== |
109 | |
110 | First of all, let me say that you all HAVE been warned: the |
111 | SquirrelMail Project Team is not supporting PHP 4.1.0 for the 1.2.0 |
112 | release. Basically, SquirrelMail was in the final death throws of |
113 | this development series when the witty PHP folks decided to make the |
114 | release of 4.1.0. Of course, we greatly appreciate their hard work! :) |
115 | |
116 | However, we were too close to the end of this whole thing to be able |
117 | to spend the week or two EXTRA that it will take to get SquirrelMail |
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118 | 1.2 PHP 4.1.0 ready. This will, on the bright side, be a major |
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119 | priority amongst the team in the immediate future. At first look, it |
120 | seems that 4.1.0 support should just require a collection of |
121 | relatively minor tweaks. You can expect 4.1.0 support within 2-3 |
122 | weeks, as a part of a later 1.2.X release. |
123 | |
124 | |
125 | Where are we going from here? |
126 | ============================= |
127 | |
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128 | After things cool down a bit and the smoke clears from 1.2, |
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129 | progress will begin on the Great SquirrelMail Rewrite, also known as |
130 | the 1.3 development branch. This branch will eventually become the |
131 | long talked about SquirrelMail 2.0. The major developmental emphasis |
132 | for SquirrelMail 2.0 will be in making SquirrelMail more flexible |
133 | and modular so that it might do a better job meeting the needs of |
134 | our system administrators and end-users. We are greatly anticipating |
135 | working in this area. |
136 | |
137 | At the same time, we will kick start the SquirrelMail Teams. For |
138 | some time now, we have been planning a reorganization of the project |
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139 | into a variety of sub-teams. Each sub-team will focus on a different |
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140 | aspect of SquirrelMail Project work. These teams will hopefully help |
141 | keep the SquirrelMail project more on track and to provide some |
142 | semblance of order. This project has grown so large in the past two |
143 | years that an orderly structure is necessary if anything is to get |
144 | done effectively. The teams (as planned) are as follows: |
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145 | |
146 | Stable Series Team: Maintains the stable series |
147 | Development Series Team: Works on the development series |
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148 | i18n Team: Handles i18n (internationalization) work |
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149 | Plugin Team: Manages the mass of plugins |
150 | User Support Team: Helps users with their problems |
151 | Documentation Team: Manages the documentation |
152 | Evangelism Team: Spreads the good news of SquirrelMail |
153 | |
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154 | Teams will be led by one or two SquirrelMail team members. And team |
155 | members can participate in as many teams as he or she desires. |
156 | |
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157 | For the next few weeks, the developers will be working on bug-fixing |
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158 | and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid January, |
159 | focus will shift toward getting the teams in gear and starting work |
160 | on the SquirrelMail 1.3 development series. |
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162 | |
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163 | About our Release Aliases - by Paul Joseph Thompson |
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164 | ========================= |
165 | |
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166 | I just really appreciated how Wouter took charge and got this wonderful |
167 | 1.2.1 release ready for prime time. It was not very long after I made |
168 | the 1.2.0 release when someone had already discovered the bug that made |
169 | the folders page screwed up for Netscape 4.x users. After the long hours |
170 | I put in getting 1.2.1 out, Wouter's quick help was a lifesaver. |
171 | |
172 | I also want to thank Dave Huang for supplying the patch to Wouter via |
173 | the development list that fixed this icky bug. Thanks, Dave. Much |
174 | appreciation! |
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175 | |
176 | See http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelRelease for more details. |
177 | |
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178 | Have a Merry Christmas! |
179 | Happy SquirrelMailing! |
180 | - The SquirrelMail Project Team |