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- * SquirrelMail 1.2.0 *
+ * Release Notes: SquirrelMail 1.2.0 *
* The "And I Still Have Not Wrapped My Wife's Presents" Release *
+ * aka the "Miriam Noel" Release *
* December 25, 2001 *
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-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.
+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 1.2.0 release.
+
+In this edition of SquirrelMail Release Notes:
+ * All about this Release!!!
+ * Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2.0 bug
+ * Important Note about PHP 4.1.0
+ * Where are we going from here?
+
+
+All about this 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
+SquirrelMail feel a huge desire and responsiblity 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 sleak and unbloated and
+cuddly webmail application that we have all grown to love. Here is
+an uncomplete list of new features and enhancements since the last
stable release.
+ * 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.
* 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.
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,
+ 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.
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
+ 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).
* Ablity to mark messages as read and unread from the message listing.
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:
+
+Reporting my favorite SquirrelMail 1.2.0 bug
+============================================
+
+Of course, in the words of Linus Torvalds, this release is
+officially certified to be Bug-Free (tm).
+
+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.
+
+ 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
+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.
+
+
+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
+1.2.0 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 1.2.0,
+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 subteams. Each subteam 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 work
+ 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 bugfixing
-and making the 1.2 series rock solid. After that, about mid
-January, they will start focusing solely on the rewrite.
+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.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Happy SquirrelMailing!
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