[announce] Horde 3.1-RC1

[Jan Schneider]

The Horde Team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the Hor=
de
Application Framework version 3.1.

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

This is a preview version that should not be used on production systems.  Th=
is
version is considered feature complete but a few bugs may still exist in the
code.

Testing is requested and comments are encouraged.
Updated translations would also be great.

Major changes compared to the Horde 3.0 versions are:
    * User changes:
      - Support for expiring and resetting of passwords.
      - Detection of "phishing" attempts in HTML MIME viewer.
      - Improved synchronization support.
      - "My Account Information" portal block.
      - Link to options of all applications from the sidebar menu.
      - Audio notifications.
      - Improved accessibility.
      - Improved support for right-to-left languages.
      - New themes: Idea and High Contrast.
      - New language: Icelandic.
      - Improved import of CSV data.
      - Dynamic table resorting.
    * Administrator changes:
      - Compatible with PHP 5.1.
      - Support for alternate login screens and redirection on logout.
      - Separate DB table for much improved performance of History library.
      - Improved caching.
      - Support for counting and listing of active sessions.
      - More flexible permissions for application features.
      - Support for fixed portal blocks.
      - Support for sending problem reports to ticket systems.
    * Developer changes:
      - Library additions: imtest driver for IMSP, REST driver for RPC, Samb=
a
        driver for VFS, LDAP driver for Group, and Generic SMTP driver for S=
MS
        library.
      - Several new field types for Form library.

The full list of changes (from version 3.0.9) can be viewed here:

http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/horde/docs/CHANGES?r1=3D1.515.2.167.2.16&r2=3D=
1.515.2.191&ty=3Dh

The Horde 3.1-RC1 distribution is available from the following locations:

    ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-3.1-rc1.tar.gz
    http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-3.1-rc1.tar.gz

Patches against version 3.0.9 are available at:

    ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/patches/patch-horde-3.0.9-3.1-rc1.gz
    http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/patches/patch-horde-3.0.9-3.1-rc1.gz

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

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

MD5 sums for the packages are as follows:

    335099b51642b7a12862eb1ee5f62b3a  horde-3.1-rc1.tar.gz
    71e60af9af90c497464a0438ebacb50a  patch-horde-3.0.9-3.1-rc1.gz

Have fun!

The Horde Team.