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- * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.2.2 *
- * The "International" Release *
- * 1 January 2002 *
+ * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 *
+ * The "Long Time Coming" Release *
+ * 3 April 2003 *
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- Note: Please see the ChangeLog for 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 bugs that have
- been fixed in this 1.2.2 release.
+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
-After a long wait, SquirrelMail is finally making a new major stable
-series release. The past year has been ANYTHING but uneventful for
-the SquirrelMail Project. This year has seen two leadership changes,
-the release of the 1.0 series, the 1.1 development series, and now
-finally the much awaited 1.2 release.
+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.
-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
- * Where are we going from here?
- * About our Release Aliases
-
-All about this Release!!!
-=========================
-
-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
-==========================================
-Of course, in the words of Linus Torvalds, this release is officially
-certified to be Bug-Free (tm).
+A note on plugins
+=================
-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.
+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 some 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
-Thank you for your cooperation in that issue. That helps us to make
-sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Also, it would help if
+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
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.
+
-Important Note about PHP 4.1.0
-==============================
-
-First of all, let me say that you all HAVE been warned: the
-SquirrelMail Project Team is not supporting PHP 4.1.0 for the 1.2.0
-release. Basically, SquirrelMail was in the final death throws of
-this development series when the witty PHP folks decided to make the
-release of 4.1.0. Of course, we greatly appreciate their hard work! :)
-
-However, we were too close to the end of this whole thing to be able
-to spend the week or two EXTRA that it will take to get SquirrelMail
-1.2 PHP 4.1.0 ready. This will, on the bright side, be a major
-priority amongst the team in the immediate future. At first look, it
-seems that 4.1.0 support should just require a collection of
-relatively minor tweaks. You can expect 4.1.0 support within 2-3
-weeks, as a part of a later 1.2.X release.
-
-
-Where are we going from here?
-=============================
-
-After things cool down a bit and the smoke clears from 1.2,
-progress will begin on the Great SquirrelMail Rewrite, also known as
-the 1.3 development branch. This branch will eventually become the
-long talked about SquirrelMail 2.0. The major developmental emphasis
-for SquirrelMail 2.0 will be in making SquirrelMail more flexible
-and modular so that it might do a better job meeting the needs of
-our system administrators and end-users. We are greatly anticipating
-working in this area.
-
-At the same time, we will kick start the SquirrelMail Teams. For
-some time now, we have been planning a reorganization of the project
-into a variety of sub-teams. Each sub-team will focus on a different
-aspect of SquirrelMail Project work. These teams will hopefully help
-keep the SquirrelMail project more on track and 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 effectively. The teams (as planned) are as follows:
-
- Stable Series Team: Maintains the stable series
- Development Series Team: Works on the development series
- i18n Team: Handles i18n (internationalization) 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
-
-Teams will be led by one or two SquirrelMail team members. And team
-members can participate in as many teams as he or she desires.
-
-For the next few weeks, the developers will be working on bug-fixing
-and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid January,
-focus will shift toward getting the teams in gear and starting work
-on the SquirrelMail 1.3 development series.
-
-
-About our Release Aliases - by Paul Joseph Thompson
-=========================
-
-I just really appreciated how Wouter took charge and got this wonderful
-1.2.1 release ready for prime time. It was not very long after I made
-the 1.2.0 release when someone had already discovered the bug that made
-the folders page screwed up for Netscape 4.x users. After the long hours
-I put in getting 1.2.1 out, Wouter's quick help was a lifesaver.
-
-I also want to thank Dave Huang for supplying the patch to Wouter via
-the development list that fixed this icky bug. Thanks, Dave. Much
-appreciation!
-
-See http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelRelease for more details.
-
- Have a Merry Christmas!
Happy SquirrelMailing!
- The SquirrelMail Project Team
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