From: stekkel Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:18:01 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Release 1.3.2 X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3eb34ffdcc7e44b80e1870cc733fb0bd0e1524fb;p=squirrelmail.git Release 1.3.2 git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/squirrelmail/code/trunk/squirrelmail@4068 7612ce4b-ef26-0410-bec9-ea0150e637f0 --- diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 4332e9a5..e492699b 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ /***************************************************************** - * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.3.1 * - * The "Marc for President!" Release * - * 19 august 2002 * + * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.3.2 * + * The "Nut cracker" Release * + * 29 October 2002 * *****************************************************************/ In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: * All about this Release!!! + * Major updates + * A note on solved bugs * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug - * Important Note about PHP 4.2.2 * About our Release Aliases All about this Release!!! ========================= -This is the second release on our way to a new stable series. +This is the third 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 @@ -32,13 +33,33 @@ comment on version numbers. Our version numbers take the form of A.B.C 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) +the linux kernel. So 1.2.9 is a stable version, and 1.3.2 (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. +Major updates +============== + +To summarize the major updates in the 1.3.2 release: +* The support of register globals = off +* A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class) +* Lot's of bugfixes. + + +A note on solved bugs +===================== + +After the release of 1.3.0 and 1.3.1 we received lots of usefull bug-reports. +At this moment we can say that most issues are solved. +One of the biggest bug reporter was Cor Bosman from the dutch ISP XS4ALL. +They scheduled the use of SquirrelMail 1.3.2 because of it's UID support. +At this moment they are switched over to 1.3.2 CVS and it's running fine on +the production servers. The imap-server load was dropped significantly and +that's exactly what we tried to establish in the DEVEL branche. + A note on plugins ================= @@ -50,16 +71,6 @@ 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 ============================ @@ -77,19 +88,7 @@ If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things: * 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. + turn of UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.3.2 Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.3 bug @@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ 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. +that the bug is in this 1.3.2 release. http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs @@ -116,18 +115,15 @@ things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net -About our Release Aliases - By Wouter Teepe +About our Release Aliases ========================= - -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. - -Keep up the good work, Marc! +With the release of 1.3.2 we can say we realy cracked some nuts regarding +hard to solve issues. +Future devel versions will continue carrying "Nut" releasenames +to keep the squirrel satisfied. Since winter is coming we better hurry up +with new "Nut" releases. We don't want a death squirrel due to starvation. +So next time you see a squirrel feed him nuts, think about SquirrelMail and +a new friendship is born. Happy SquirrelMailing!