[announce] Horde H3 (3.3-RC1)

[Jan Schneider]

The Horde Team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the Horde
Application Framework version 3.3.

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 3.3.
Testing is requested and comments are encouraged.
Updated translations would also be great.

Horde version 3.3 is a major upgrade in the 3.x release series, including
these enhancements:
     * Further stabilized synchronization support.
     * Improved vCard parser and viewer including photo support.
     * Improved deletion of user data.
     * New and improved form fields for images, string arrays, and PGP and
       S/MIME keys.
     * Added SQL driver for signups.
     * Added Basque translation.
     * Many improvements and bug fixes.

The full list of changes (from version H3 (3.2.2)) can be viewed here:

http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/horde/docs/CHANGES?r1=1.515.2.413.2.1&r2=1.515.2.460&ty=h

The Horde H3 (3.3-RC1) distribution is available from the following locations:

     ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-h3-3.3-rc1.tar.gz
     http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/horde-h3-3.3-rc1.tar.gz

Patches against version H3 (3.2.2) are available at:

     ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/patches/patch-horde-h3-3.2.2-h3-3.3-rc1.gz
     http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/patches/patch-horde-h3-3.2.2-h3-3.3-rc1.gz

NOTE: Patches do not contain differences between files containing binary data.
These files will need to be updated via the distribution files.

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

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

MD5 sums for the packages are as follows:

     c5e774c552b70c38d24a52824aef6266  horde-h3-3.3-rc1.tar.gz
     f4ecd0c5f0cd7cca537da607e9c6ce02  patch-horde-h3-3.2.2-h3-3.3-rc1.gz

Have fun!

The Horde Team.