[announce] Horde 3.0.4-RC2

[Jan Schneider]

The Horde Team is pleased to announce the second release candidate of the Horde
Application Framework version 3.0.4.

The Horde Application Framework is a modular, general-purpose web application
framework written in PHP.  It provides an extensive array of classes that are
targeted at the common problems and tasks involved in developing modern web
applications.

Barring any problems, this code will be released as Horde 3.0.4.
Testing is requested and comments are encouraged.
Updated translations would also be great.

Major changes compared to the Horde version 3.0.4-RC1 are:
    * Improved SQL configuration.
    * Improved Oracle support.
    * Some layout and bug fixes.

Major changes compared to the Horde version 3.0.3 are:
    * Re-added support for the mime_magic extension.
    * Added database specific connection parameters to setup interface.
    * Added Horde_Tree_select class to support Trean.
    * Improved IMAP folder trees and IMAP message threads.
    * Improved IMSP support.
    * Automatically create configuration files if possible.
    * Updated German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, and Slovenian translations.
    * Lots of improvements and bug fixes.

The full list of changes (from version 3.0.4-RC1) can be viewed here:

http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/horde/docs/CHANGES?r1=1.515.2.75&r2=1.515.2.86&ty=h

The Horde 3.0.4-RC2 distribution is available from the following locations:

    ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-3.0.4-rc2.tar.gz
    http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-3.0.4-rc2.tar.gz

Or, for quicker access, download from your nearest mirror:

    http://www.horde.org/mirrors.php

MD5 sums for the packages are as follows:

    6c4f9f12cafb155285fc0b07380fc204  horde-3.0.4-rc2.tar.gz
    

Have fun!

The Horde Team.