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From: Andrew M. <an...@mo...> - 2009-12-24 14:42:22
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Hi Everyone, After somewhat longer than I'd hoped, I have packages of DAViCal 0.9.8 now available. The packages for DAViCal 0.9.8 are at: http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/davical/ And AWL version 0.39 (which is required) is at: http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/awl/ The release notes are at: http://wiki.davical.org/w/Release_Notes/0.9.8 A reasonable number of people have tested it already (thanks guys!), and pronounced it working, but the changes in this release are extensive and so there will be a softer release process this time. I won't be putting these files into my Debian repository, or uploading them to Debian or sf.net for a few days yet. Probably I'm just being paranoid. My feeling is that as it stands this release is a lot more stable than 0.9.7.x, and I have tested it extensively against Evolution 2.28, Sunbird 1.0beta, iCal3 & 4 & iPhone 3.1, as well as with my normal regression testing. I have not been able to test this against PostgreSQL 8.1 (earlier versions than 8.1 are not supported) and PHP 5.1 (earlier versions of PHP are no longer supported). Also of note is that this version commences the switchover to the PDO libraries for database access, which may introduce an additional dependency. The conversion process also *attempts* to convert the old 'relationships' into the new 'groups & grants' permission model (see http://wiki.davical.org/w/Permissions ) but there is an inevitable disconnect between the two models that means the conversion cannot be perfect. It would be good to get some idea from people, particularly people with larger and more complex databases, if the conversion process is doing roughly the right thing for you. The data in your databases from the old relationships will not be lost, so if you have problems with the conversion process we should be able to come up with some one-off SQL to achieve what you want. This release includes substantial changes which were somewhat interdependent, and so it has taken some time for completion. I expect that the coming few releases will be more incremental, and should come reasonably rapidly now. Regards, Andrew McMillan. PS. A special thank-you to NZ Registry Services who have given me a Macbook so I can now test against iCal4, and also to Weta Digital who have given me a Powerbook for testing against iCal3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://andrew.mcmillan.net.nz/ Porirua, New Zealand Twitter: _karora Phone: +64(272)DEBIAN It is often easier to tame a wild idea than to breathe life into a dull one. -- Alex Osborn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |