X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ReleaseNotes;h=0c73fe0bf5b55b56c52c8e096bdedcf480c83623;hp=8af516d009a1782de2a3c5c1788ad890962ef491;hb=21c8d457e2da0523933fd3a153a91524e0ce58eb;hpb=815d9ba0da356cd18b2664b404bf7bdd614b5ecb diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index 8af516d0..0c73fe0b 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,91 +1,101 @@ /***************************************************************** - * SquirrelMail 1.2.0 * - * The "And I Still Have Not Wrapped My Wife's Presents" Release * - * December 25, 2001 * + * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.4.0 Release Candidate 1 * + * 31 December 2002 * *****************************************************************/ -The past year has been anything but uneventful for SquirrelMail. -This year has seen two leadership changes, the release of the 1.0 -series, the 1.1 development series, and finally the much awaited -1.2.0 release. - -Being one of the most popular webmail clients, the developers of -SquirrelMail feel a huge desire to continue pusing the envelope and -making their product better and better. You won't be disappointed -with this release, as it is by far the most feature rich, and yet it -is still the same sleak and unbloated app that we have all grown to -love. Here is an uncomplete list of new features since the last -stable release. - - * 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 - facelift. The HTML has been largely overhauled, and while - it still has the same general feel, it has been made more - intuative. - * Drafts - It is now possible to compose a message and save it to - be sent at a later date with the drafts option. - * Collapsable Folders - The folder list can be collapsed at any - parent folder. This makes folder lists with large - heirarchital structures much easier to manage and navigate. - * 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 - unpredictable: attachment_common, paginator, - printer_friendly, xmailer, sqclock, priority. - * 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). - * Ablity 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 optomized -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 - -Where are we going from here? Good progress is already being made on -the Great SquirrelMail Rewrite, also known as the 1.3 branch which -will eventually be called 2.0. Paul has put a lot of effort into -reorganizing the development team into different teams that have -different roles. The purpose in doing this is to keep developers on -track and have 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. The teams are as follows: - - Stable Series Team: Maintains the stable series - Development Series Team: Works on the development series - i18n Team: Handles i18n 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 - -For the next few weeks, the developers will be working on bugfixing -and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid -January, they will start focusing solely on the rewrite. - - Have a Merry Christmas! +In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes: + * All about this Release!!! + * Major updates + * A note on plugins + * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.4 bug + +All about this Release!!! +========================= + +This is the first Release Candidate (RC) for the 1.4.x stable series. +Please note that this release is not yet labeled STABLE officially. + +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. + +So download it! Install it, and try to break it! We are hungry for any +bug report you send. + + +Major updates +============== + +The 1.4.0 series (as a result of 1.3 devel 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. +* Support for a wider range of authentication mechanisms. +* Lots of bugfixes 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. + +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. + + +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 RC1 release. + + http://www.squirrelmail.org/bugs + +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 +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. + +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 + + Happy SquirrelMailing! - The SquirrelMail Project Team