X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=ReleaseNotes;h=27a0999c230d20a7e5bb8f668748605fad22cff5;hb=109d44509180213d1180ed63c69cee06ec5413b8;hp=8af516d009a1782de2a3c5c1788ad890962ef491;hpb=815d9ba0da356cd18b2664b404bf7bdd614b5ecb;p=squirrelmail.git diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 8af516d0..27a0999c 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,91 +1,98 @@ /***************************************************************** - * SquirrelMail 1.2.0 * - * The "And I Still Have Not Wrapped My Wife's Presents" Release * - * December 25, 2001 * + * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 * + * The "Long Time Coming" Release * + * 3 April 2003 * *****************************************************************/ -The past year has been anything but uneventful for SquirrelMail. -This year has seen two leadership changes, the release of the 1.0 -series, the 1.1 development series, and finally the much awaited -1.2.0 release. - -Being one of the most popular webmail clients, the developers of -SquirrelMail feel a huge desire to continue pusing the envelope and -making their product better and better. You won't be disappointed -with this release, as it is by far the most feature rich, and yet it -is still the same sleak and unbloated app that we have all grown to -love. Here is an uncomplete list of new features since the last -stable release. - - * The Paginator! - This enables quick access to any page in the - message list by simply choosing the page number to view - rather than tediously clicking "next" 50 times. - * Hundreds of UI tweaks - The user interface has been given a - facelift. The HTML has been largely overhauled, and while - it still has the same general feel, it has been made more - intuative. - * Drafts - It is now possible to compose a message and save it to - be sent at a later date with the drafts option. - * Collapsable Folders - The folder list can be collapsed at any - parent folder. This makes folder lists with large - heirarchital structures much easier to manage and navigate. - * New Options Page - The options page has been completely - rewritten for several reasons, the main of which was to - allow seamless integration of plugin options and to - provide uniformity throughout the entire section. - * Multiple Identities - It is now possible to create different - identities (home, work, school) that can be chosen upon - sending. Each identity can have its own email address, - full name, and signature. - * Reply Citations - Different types of citations are now possible - when replying to messages. - * Better Attachment Handling - The plugin, attachment_common, has - been fully integrated into the core of SquirrelMail. This - allows inline viewing of several different types of - attachments. - * Integration of Several Plugins - The following plugins have been - put directly into the core. As a result, be sure not to - install these as plugins, as the result may be - unpredictable: attachment_common, paginator, - printer_friendly, xmailer, sqclock, priority. - * Improved support for newer versions of PHP. Note that you may - have trouble if you are running PHP version 4.0.100 - (commonly distributed with Debian 3.0). - * Ablity to mark messages as read and unread from the message listing. - * Alternating Colors - The message list now alternates row colors - by default. This presents a much cleaner and easier to - read interface to the user. - -Aside from these obvious front end features, there are hundreds of -bugs that have been fixed, and much of the code has been optomized -and/or rewritten. This stable release is far superior in all -aspects to all previous versions of SquirrelMail. - - Home Page: http://www.squirrelmail.org/ - Download: http://www.squirrelmail.org/download.php - ScreenShots: http://www.squirrelmail.org/screenshots.php - -Where are we going from here? Good progress is already being made on -the Great SquirrelMail Rewrite, also known as the 1.3 branch which -will eventually be called 2.0. Paul has put a lot of effort into -reorganizing the development team into different teams that have -different roles. The purpose in doing this is to keep developers on -track and have to provide some semblance of order. This project has -grown so large in the past two years that an orderly structure is -necessary if anything is to get done. The teams are as follows: - - Stable Series Team: Maintains the stable series - Development Series Team: Works on the development series - i18n Team: Handles i18n work - Plugin Team: Manages the mass of plugins - User Support Team: Helps users with their problems - Documentation Team: Manages the documentation - Evangelism Team: Spreads the good news of SquirrelMail - -For the next few weeks, the developers will be working on bugfixing -and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid -January, they will start focusing solely on the rewrite. - - Have a Merry Christmas! +In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: + * All about this Release! + * A note on PHP 4.3.x + * Major updates + * A note on plugins + * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug + +All about this Release! +======================= + +This is the first release of our new 1.4.x-series which is officially +labeled STABLE! We've been through a long development trajectory +which has resulted in this version. The big plusses of 1.4 over the +previous 1.2.x series are enhanced stability, better compatibility +with a wide range of mail/websystems, more features and less bugs. +See the Major Updates section of this file for more. + + +A note on PHP 4.3.x +=================== + +While the developers realize that PHP 4.3.x is the "latest and greatest" +version of PHP to be available, SquirrelMail has not been extensively +tested with it. We currently believe that SquirrelMail should work on +PHP 4.3.x but we lack the experience with this new version to be +absolutely sure. If you want to be safe, or experience problems, you may +want to downgrade to PHP 4.2.x. + + +Major updates +============== + +The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 developent series) brings: + +* A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class), + and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing). + This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient + at the same time! +* Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable. +* Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls; SquirrelMail + is now a very scalable webmail solution. +* Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms. +* Lots of bugfixes, some new features and a couple of UI-tweaks. + + +A note on plugins +================= + +There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins +have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with +this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugin authors +will need some time to adapt their plugins, so quite a few plugins +might not work. + +So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins. +If one plugin seems to be the culprit, contact the author to see if +a 1.4.x version is underway. + + +Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug +========================================== + +We constantly aim to make SquirrelMail even better. So we need you to +submit any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is +in this 1.4.0 release, and list your IMAP server and webserver details. + + http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs + +Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make +sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if +people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting +it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and +increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we +spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN +bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have +been fixed in CVS already. + +If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other +things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: + + squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net + + +About Our Release Alias +======================= + +This release is labeled the "Long Time Coming" Release. +I think you can figure out the meaning behind this yourself. + + Happy SquirrelMailing! - The SquirrelMail Project Team