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diff --git a/announcement-0.4.1.txt b/announcement-0.4.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6cf35a537b --- /dev/null +++ b/announcement-0.4.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +Hello, + +In honor of last week's conference and expo: a new development snapshot +release of the Evolution groupware suite (0.4.1, code name "aLeWifE") is +out. + +Evolution is the GNOME mailer, calendar, and addressbook application. + +* Availability + + You can get the Evolution 0.4.1 tarball here: + + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/evolution + + Evolution also requires the latest versions of GtkHTML + (0.6.1), Bonobo (0.18), OAF (0.5.1), GNOME VFS (0.3.1), GConf + (0.8), libunicode (0.4), GNOME Print (0.20) and ORBit (0.5.3). + + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gtkhtml + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/bonobo + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/oaf + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gnome-vfs + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/GConf + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/libunicode + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-print + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/ORBit + + You can also get Evolution 0.4.1 for Redhat through Helix + Update, or Evolution 0.4.1 for debian through the Helix GNOME + debian distribution. Support for other distributions will be + coming later this week. + +* Changes since version 0.3 + + Shell: + + - Added interfaces to display messages and a progress bar when the + component is busy. (Ettore) + + - Changed the shell BonoboUIHandler code to allow placing menu items + such as "Print" in the right places. (Ettore) + + - Added code to check if an existing `~/evolution' directory + actually has the content we expect and, if not, complain to the + user. (Dan) + + - Fixed some Bonobo-related refcounting problems. (Michael Meeks) + + - Removed the GConf dependency. (JP) + + - Improved the API for the folder selection dialog. (Ettore) + + - Memory leak fixes. (Peter) + + Calendar: + + The calendar is in the middle of major rewrite. Evolution 0.4.1 + ships with essentially the same calendar component as 0.3 did. + + Addressbook: + + - More work on the Palm Pilot conduits. (Chris Toshok) + + - Fixed some LDAP-related crashes. (Chris Toshok) + + - Added support for displaying embedded vCards through a Bonobo + component. (Chris Lahey) + + - Added support for generic fields. (Chris Lahey) + + - Fixed the navigation order for the Tab key in the contact editor + window. (Chris Lahey) + + - Fixed some Bonobo-related bugs and crashes. (Chris Lahey, Michael + Meeks) + + - Only display entries that have an email address in the address + selector dialog. (Chris Lahey) + + - Added an utility program to import vCards from Gnomecard. (Chris + Lahey) + + Mailer: + + Generic + + - Long mailer operations (such as fetching new mail) now run + asynchronously rather than blocking the UI. This involved + a major rewrite of much of the Camel and mailer code. (Peter) + + - GPG/PGP message decryption support (Nathan Thompson-Amato, Dan) + + - Unfinished messages in the composer can be saved to the "Drafts" + folder and finished later. (Jeff) + + - Double-clicking on a message in the message view now opens it in a + separate window. (Jeff) + + - vCards attached to messages now bring up a minicard view with a + button to add the vCard to the addressbook (Chris Lahey, Dan) + + - Inline uuencoded/binhexed "attachment" support (Dan) + + - "Mark All Messages Seen" command. (Cody Russell) + + Filters / VFolders + + - Major filter/vfolder dialog rewrite (Michael Zucchi) VFolders can + now search any (searchable) folder, not just Inbox. + + - Auto-filter/auto-vfolder code (right click on a message in the + list and pick one of the options at the bottom of the menu to + create a filter/vfolder rule for similar messages). (Michael) + + - You can now set the color of messages in the message list, based + on filter rules. (Local stores can also now store arbitrary user + flags, although there is not yet UI code to set/view them.) + (Michael) + + - Added "Save" button to the quicksearch bar to save a search as a + vfolder. (Michael) + + Configuration + + - Major mail config dialog rewrite (JP). + + - The mailer now remembers your threaded/unthreaded message view + setting between sessions. (Jeremy Wise). + + - Support for multiple identities (JP, Jeff), sources (JP, Peter), and + IMAP servers (JP, Dan) + + Providers + + - You can now leave POP mail on the server. (This will [currently] + only work right with POP servers that support the UIDL command. + On other servers, it will never download some messages unless you + never delete mail.) + + - There is now an MH-like local store available, and code to convert + a folder from one type to the other. (Michael) + + - The mbox provider now writes out "From " lines that are more + compatible with other mailers (like Mutt) that are picky about + their exact format. (Michael) + + - The IMAP provider now supports searching (Jeff). Also various + other speed/efficiency/robustness improvements (Jeff), and support + for old IMAP4 servers as well as IMAP4rev1 (Jon K Hellan). + +* Mailing lists + + You can subscribe to the Evolution developers list or the + Evolution users list by going to the Evolution home page on + http://www.helixcode.com/apps/evolution.php3 + +Please note that this is still software in development and should not +be used for production work. We appreciate testers and contributors, +but please remember that Evolution will still be buggy, incomplete, +and temperamental. + +Thanks to the many people who have sent in suggestions and fixes. + +(And of course, this announcement was sent with Evolution. :-)) + +Enjoy, + The Evolution team.
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