| 1 | /***************************************************************** |
| 2 | * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 2a * |
| 3 | * 24 January 2002 * |
| 4 | *****************************************************************/ |
| 5 | |
| 6 | In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: |
| 7 | * All about this Release!!! |
| 8 | * A note on PHP 4.3.x |
| 9 | * Major updates |
| 10 | * A note on plugins |
| 11 | * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug |
| 12 | |
| 13 | All about this Release!!! |
| 14 | ========================= |
| 15 | |
| 16 | This is the second and hopefully last Release Candidate (RC) for the |
| 17 | 1.4.x stable series. Please note that this release is not yet labeled |
| 18 | STABLE officially. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | It is labeled RC 2a because RC 2 was released but pulled back soon |
| 21 | after because a serious bug was found that needed to be fixed. Thanks |
| 22 | to Jason Munro for discovering this bug. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | However, we've been running this on a number of systems and a variety |
| 25 | of configs and we think it's worthy of the "stable"-title. Before we |
| 26 | can call it stable we want to test it on as many systems as possible |
| 27 | to iron out the last issues. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | In response to RC1, quite some issues were reported AND fixed! We now |
| 30 | hope that SquirrelMail is really ready to be called STABLE. We need you |
| 31 | to verify that this is true! |
| 32 | |
| 33 | So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any |
| 34 | bug report you send. Even the smallest issue deserves to be fixed. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | A note on PHP 4.3.x |
| 37 | =================== |
| 38 | |
| 39 | While the developers realize that PHP 4.3.x is the "latest and greatest" |
| 40 | version of PHP to be available, SquirrelMail has not been extensively |
| 41 | tested with it. We currently believe that SquirrelMail should work on |
| 42 | PHP 4.3.x but we lack the experience with this new version to be |
| 43 | absolutely sure. If you want to be safe, or experience problems, you may |
| 44 | want to downgrade to PHP 4.2.x. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Major updates |
| 47 | ============== |
| 48 | |
| 49 | The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel series) brings: |
| 50 | |
| 51 | * A complete rewrite of the way we send mail (Deliver-class), |
| 52 | and of the way we parse mail (MIME-bodystructure parsing). |
| 53 | This makes SquirrelMail more reliable and more efficient |
| 54 | at the same time! |
| 55 | * Support for IMAP UID which makes SquirrelMail more reliable. |
| 56 | * Optimizations to code and the number of IMAP calls. |
| 57 | * Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms. |
| 58 | * Lots of bugfixes and a couple of UI-tweaks. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | |
| 61 | A note on plugins |
| 62 | ================= |
| 63 | |
| 64 | There have been major plugin architecture improvements. Lots of plugins |
| 65 | have not yet been adapted to this. Plugins which are distributed with |
| 66 | this release (eg. in the same .tar.gz file) should work. Plugins not |
| 67 | distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | So if you have ANY problem at all, first try turning off all plugins. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | |
| 72 | A note on your configuration |
| 73 | ============================ |
| 74 | |
| 75 | For a whole bunch of reasons, it is MANDATORY that you run conf.pl |
| 76 | (and then save your configuration) from the config/ directory before |
| 77 | using this release. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things: |
| 80 | |
| 81 | 1) For our comfort and the prosperity of SquirrelMail, send a bug |
| 82 | report with this information: |
| 83 | * IMAP server type + version |
| 84 | * Whether you use server-side sorting |
| 85 | * Whether you use thread sorting |
| 86 | * The value of "sort" (as in conf.pl) |
| 87 | Bugs can be submitted at: http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
| 88 | |
| 89 | 2) For your own pleasure and comfort: |
| 90 | Turn off UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.4.0 |
| 91 | while the developers look at your report. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | |
| 94 | Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug |
| 95 | ========================================== |
| 96 | |
| 97 | This RC is meant to catch the last bugs. So we need you to submit |
| 98 | any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is in |
| 99 | this 1.4.0 RC2 release. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs |
| 102 | |
| 103 | Thanks for your cooperation with this. That helps us to make |
| 104 | sure nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if |
| 105 | people would check existing tracker items for a bug before reporting |
| 106 | it again. This would help to eliminate duplicate reports, and |
| 107 | increase the time we can spend CODING by DECREASING the time we |
| 108 | spend sorting through bug reports. And remember, check not only OPEN |
| 109 | bug reports, but also closed ones as a bug that you report MAY have |
| 110 | been fixed in CVS already. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | If you want to join us in coding SquirrelMail, or have other |
| 113 | things to share with the developers, join the development mailinglist: |
| 114 | |
| 115 | squirrelmail-devel@lists.sourceforge.net |
| 116 | |
| 117 | |
| 118 | Happy SquirrelMailing! |
| 119 | - The SquirrelMail Project Team |