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diff --git a/announcement-0.4.1.txt b/announcement-0.4.1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6cf35a537b..0000000000 --- a/announcement-0.4.1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -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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