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- * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 2a *
- * 24 January 2002 *
+ * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 *
+ * The "Long Time Coming" Release *
+ * 3 April 2003 *
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In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes:
- * All about this Release!!!
+ * 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!!!
-=========================
+All about this Release!
+=======================
-This is the second and hopefully last Release Candidate (RC) for the
-1.4.x stable series. Please note that this release is not yet labeled
-STABLE officially.
+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.
-It is labeled RC 2a because RC 2 was released but pulled back soon
-after because a serious bug was found that needed to be fixed. Thanks
-to Jason Munro for discovering this bug.
-However, we've been running this on a number of systems and a variety
-of configs and we think it's worthy of the "stable"-title. Before we
-can call it stable we want to test it on as many systems as possible
-to iron out the last issues.
+A note on PHP 4.3.x
+===================
-In response to RC1, quite some issues were reported AND fixed! We now
-hope that SquirrelMail is really ready to be called STABLE. We need you
-to verify that this is true!
-
-So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any
-bug report you send. Even the smallest issue deserves to be fixed.
+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 devel series) brings:
+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.
+* 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 and a couple of UI-tweaks.
+* 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. Plugins not
-distributed with this plugin most probably WILL NOT WORK.
+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.
-
-
-A note on your configuration
-============================
-
-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.
-
-If you have problems with UID support, please do these 2 things:
-
-1) For our comfort and the prosperity of SquirrelMail, send a bug
- report 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 off UID support in conf.pl, so you can continue to use 1.4.0
- while the developers look at your report.
+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
==========================================
-This RC is meant to catch the last bugs. So we need you to submit
-any bug you come across! Also, please mention that the bug is in
-this 1.4.0 RC2 release.
+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
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
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