X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ReleaseNotes;h=4332e9a5ae5616b6c7f4d0ee0b6bd45fa82a8afc;hb=0a408606c3ac1b3a11020fcb6d7117c0ae18e1d9;hp=8849aa5c4c9c5c46c1b2b62cc5dbb1a7a859f098;hpb=d22a4aeaad645a99edb51127bf4ef2069e63e0db;p=squirrelmail.git diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 8849aa5c..4332e9a5 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,96 +1,103 @@ /***************************************************************** - * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.2.5 * - * The "Welcome to the Teams" Release * - * 22 February 2002 * + * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.3.1 * + * The "Marc for President!" Release * + * 19 august 2002 * *****************************************************************/ In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: * All about this Release!!! - * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2 bug - * Important Note about PHP 4.1.0 + * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug + * Important Note about PHP 4.2.2 * About our Release Aliases All about this Release!!! ========================= -The 1.2 series is continuing to get better and more featured. The -latest added features are: - - * MDN Support - You can send and request delivery & read receipts. - * Enhanced Search functions - search multiple folders at once, - search history - * And another pileful of fixes and omtimisations - -See the Changelog file for details. - -Being one of the most popular webmail clients, the developers of -SquirrelMail feel a huge desire and responsibility to continue push -the envelope and make SquirrelMail the best it can possibly be. You -will not be disappointed with this release, as it is by far the most -feature rich, and yet it is still the same sleek and unbloated and -cuddly webmail application that we have all grown to love. Here is -an incomplete list of new features and enhancements since the last -stable release. - - * Collapsible Folders - The folder list can be collapsed at any - parent folder. This makes folder lists with large - hierarchical structures much easier to manage and navigate. - * 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 - face-lift. The HTML has been largely overhauled, and while - it still has the same general feel, it has been made more - intuitive. - * Drafts - It is now possible to compose a message and save it to - be sent at a later date with the drafts option. - * 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 (at best) - unpredictable: attachment_common, paginator, priority, - printer_friendly, sqclock, xmailer. - * 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). - * Ability 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 optimized -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 - - -Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2 bug -========================================== +This is the second release on our way to a new stable series. +On our way to, that is, this is a development release, which is not +intended for production servers. We feel that releasing development +versions will help us making the to-be stable release more stable, and +restricting the ability to test no longer to people who use CVS. + +So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any +bug report you send. If stumbling over a bug is a true non-option, +this release is not for you. In that case, download the stable version +and enjoy that one. + +In general, we are planning to regularly release a 1.3.x version until +it is stable enough to call her 1.4 or 2.0. While I'm at it, one +comment on version numbers. Our version numbers take the form of A.B.C + A increases with time, but only very seldomly. + B if it is even (0, 2, 4 etc), it is a stable release + if it is odd (1, 3, 5 etc), it is a development release + C indicates small changes. +Which is to say our version numbering system is the same as that of +the linux kernel. So 1.2.7 is a stable version, and 1.3.1 (this one) +is a development release. + +We are excited to bring you the fruits of a very good development +series. Major rewrites of the back-end and the user interface have +been happening since the 1.2 series. + + +A note on plugins +================= + +There have been very severe 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) may work. Plugins not +distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK. + +So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins. + + +A note on PHP 4.2.2 +=================== + +There are certain issues with PHP 4.2.2 and session handling that have +not yet been addresses in this release. So this release MAY NOT WORK +when you use PHP 4.2.2. These issues will be addressed to in +forthcoming 1.3.x releases. + + +A note on your configuration +============================ -Of course, in the words of Linus Torvalds, this release is officially -certified to be Bug-Free (tm). +For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl +(and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before +using this release. -However, if for some reason some bugs manage to find their way to the -surface, please report them at once (after all, they ARE uncertified -bugs!!!) The PROPER place to report these bugs is the SquirrelMail Bug -Tracker. +If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things: + +1) For our comfort and the prosper of SquirrelMail: + send a bugreport with this information + * IMAP server type + version + * Whether you use server-side sorting + * Whether you use thread sorting + * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl) + bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs +2) For your own pleasure and comfort: + turn of UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.3.1 + + +A note on MIME +============== + +In case you stumble over a message of which something goes wrong with +MIME (it does not display some of its parts all right, etc. etc.), +please forward the message AS AN ATTACHMENT to +squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. However, AVOID +forwarding emails over 20k of size. Please not as well that messages +which are NOT forwarded AS AN ATTACHMENT are COMPLETEY USELESS for our +testing purposes. + + +Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug +========================================== + +It is not unlikely you will experience some bugs while using this +development version. Please submit these bugs. Also, please mention +that the bug is in this 1.3.1 release. http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs @@ -103,37 +110,25 @@ 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. +In case you want to join us on coding SquirrelMail, or have other +things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: -Important Note about PHP 4.1.0 -============================== - -Finally, we have managed to make *this* SquirrelMail release cooperate -nicely with the new PHP 4.1 release. As opposed to 1.2.4 and before, -which was less good friends with PHP 4.1. + squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net -So: "Yes! It works" -About our Release Aliases - by Wouter Teepe +About our Release Aliases - By Wouter Teepe ========================= -Back with the release of 1.2.0, back when Christmas was recent, and -not the Olympics, there was this vision of structurgin the -SquirrelMail community into "Teams", all doing their own thing. - -Finally, the teams have really kicked off. :-) - -And, I would like to welcome all our new community members, being both -YOU, the eventful users of SquirrelMail, as well as Simon Dick, Jason -Munro, Pete Palmer and Chris Hills who have became team leads, as -well as Marc Groot Koerkamp and Thijs Kinkhorst (both just by incident -inhabitants of the same country as me :-)) who have recently joined -SquirrelMail and have made worthy contributions. - -Welcome to the SquirrelMail teams. +In the last months we have had our development team enlarged by, +amongst others, Marc. Marc has been one of the greatest contributors +to the stable series. After the release of 1.3.0, just 2 days ago, he +managed to fix many many small bugs that were found. Almost when +others (including myself) just thought "Huh, another release?" Marc +was working hard to improve all kind of things. All fixes in this +release (and possibly new bugs ;-)) are due to his hard work. -(And now...get the Great Rewrite geared up) +Keep up the good work, Marc! -See http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelRelease for more details. Happy SquirrelMailing! - The SquirrelMail Project Team