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EGroupware 16.1. Release Candidate 3

by EGroupware | Jun 28, 2016 | News

Stylite AG is happy to announce the third and probably last 16.1 release candidate.

It contains following changes and fixes to 16.1 RC2:

* eSync: several fixes to improve syncing with Outlook and avoid running out of memory
* MySQL/Ubuntu 16.04: switch off sql_mode ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY enabled in MySQL 5.7+
* Mobile: fix error popup when changing application on mobile device in minimal 16.1 install
* eSync/Calendar: reading events in chunks of 100, to keep memory down for huge calendars
* Mail: Fix mail unsubscribe does not refresh mail tree anymore
* CalDAV/InfoLog: do not export stardate > duedate, as some clients (e.g. CalDAV Sync for Android) have problems with it
* eSync/InfoLog: do not export stardate > duedate, as it crashes Outlook
* ImportExport: fix PHP Fatal in import wizard in minimal install
* Projectmanager: booking new timesheets on project did not update total in project sums

It contains the following changes and fixes to 16.1RC1:
* eSync: you need to recreate exchange accounts on your devices, Z-Push SQL state backend is used now
* eSync: Z-Push 2.3 allows to sync Outlook 2013 & 2016
* Mail/Api: replace deprecated Mcrypt PHP extension with OpenSSL,
use AES128 with pbkdf2 stretching of passwords
* PGP: renamed (hidden) backup-file in users home-directory to .PGP-Key-Backup
* InfoLog: change description to longtext (4GB) to not overflow
on long comments or PGP encrypted files
* Addressbook/Mail: fix PHP Fatal error when clicking on “add new contact” icon in mail
* Resources: fix PHP Fatal call to undefined method Api\Accounts::get_list() when editing ACL
* Mail: fix PHP Fatal error when saving Sieve scripts
* ImportExport: scheduled im/exports fail with PHP Fatal error
* Filemanager/Projectmanager: fix broken layout when showing
/apps/projectmanager e.g. opening Filemanager from PM
* Setup: some authentication types e.g. Cas were not shown in setup
* API: async service failed to run on a default install (no phpgwapi)
* Admin: fix async service testjob to run on a default install (no phpgwapi)
* Mail: fix PHP Fatal when switching identities

EGroupware Version 16.1 contains many new features and improvements. Just to name a few:

* Calendar: complete rewrite of the user interface for improved functionality, drag&drop, context menu
* Mobile: new mobile phone and tablet user interface, offering a compact display for mobile phones
* Desktop: new brighter desktop template, lots of work on usability and look & feel
* Mail/InfoLog: PGP end-to-end encryption using the Mailvelope plugin (InfoLog requires EPL subscription)
* ActiveSync: update to Z-Push 2.3 fixing several Android problems

Please note the changed minimum requirement of PHP 5.4+, recommended 5.6 or 7.0. It means you need at least a Debian7, Ubuntu 14.04, RHEL 7 (6 with IUS repo) or openSUSE 13.1 or SLE 12. Recommendation is of course always to use a current distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 or RHEL/CentOS 7 with PHP 7.

Recommended installation packages are available in a separate server:eGroupware:trunk repository on build.opensuse.org:
software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=server%3AeGroupWare%3Atrunk&package=egroupware-epl

EGroupware sources are managed on Github since a couple of weeks:
github.com/EGroupware/egroupware
This page also contains installation instructions for the installation via git with myrepos tool and archives.

Alternatively to a test installation of 16.1 on an own server, EGroupware is available as a free 30-days-trial in the Stylite computing center.

We´re looking forward to your feedback!
The final release is currently planned for Friday, 1st of July 2016.

Ralf Becker
Director Software Development

EGroupware 16.1. Release Candidate 2

by EGroupware | Jun 22, 2016 | News

Stylite AG is happy to announce the second release candidate for EGroupware 16.1.

It contains following changes and fixes to 16.1 RC1:

* eSync: you need to recreate exchange accounts on your devices, Z-Push SQL state backend is used now
* eSync: Z-Push 2.3 allows to sync Outlook 2013 & 2016
* Mail/Api: replace deprecated Mcrypt PHP extension with OpenSSL, use AES128 with pbkdf2 stretching of passwords
* PGP: renamed (hidden) backup-file in users home-directory to .PGP-Key-Backup * InfoLog: change description to longtext (4GB) to not overflow on long comments or PGP encrypted files
* Addressbook/Mail: fix PHP Fatal error when clicking on “add new contact” icon in mail
* Resources: fix PHP Fatal call to undefined method Api\Accounts::get_list() when editing ACL
* Mail: fix PHP Fatal error when saving Sieve scripts
* ImportExport: scheduled im/exports fail with PHP Fatal error
* Filemanager/Projectmanager: fix broken layout when showing /apps/projectmanager e.g. opening Filemanager from PM
* Setup: some authentication types e.g. Cas were not shown in setup
* API: async service failed to run on a default install (no phpgwapi)
* Admin: fix async service testjob to run on a default install (no phpgwapi)
* Mail: fix PHP Fatal when switching identities

EGroupware Version 16.1 contains many new features and improvements. Just to name a few:
* Calendar: complete rewrite of the user interface for improved functionality, drag&drop, context menu
* Mobile: new mobile phone and tablet user interface, offering a compact display for mobile phones
* Desktop: new brighter desktop template, lots of work on usability and look & feel
* Mail/InfoLog: PGP end-to-end encryption using the Mailvelope plugin (InfoLog requires EPL subscription)
* ActiveSync: update to Z-Push 2.3 fixing several Android problems

EGroupware sources are managed on Github since a couple of weeks: github.com/EGroupware/egroupware
This page also contains installation instructions for the installation via git with myrepos tool and archives.

Alternatively to a test installation of 16.1 on an own server, EGroupware is available as a free 30-days-trial in the Stylite computing center.

We´re looking forward to your feedback!
The final release is currently planned for beginning of July 2016.

Ralf Becker
Director Software Development

EGroupware 16.1. first release candidate

by EGroupware | Jun 7, 2016 | News

Stylite AG is happy to announce the first 16.1 release candidate.

16.1 contains many new features and improvements, just to name a few:

* Calendar: complete rewrite of user interface for improved functionality, drag&drop, context menu

* Mobile: new mobile phone and tablet user interface, offering compact display for mobile phones

* Desktop: new brighter desktop template, lots of work on usability and look & feel

* Mail/InfoLog: PGP end-to-end encryption using Mailvelope plugin (InfoLog requires EPL subscription)

* ActiveSync: update to Z-Push 2.3 fixing several Android problems

Please note, the changed minimum requirement of PHP 5.4+, recommended 5.6 or 7.0. It means you need at least a Debian7, Ubuntu 14.04, RHEL 7 (6 with IUS repo) or openSUSE 13.1 or SLE 12. Recommendation is of course always to use a current distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 or RHEL/CentOS 7 with PHP 7.

Recommended installation packages are available in a separate server:eGroupware:trunk repository on build.opensuse.org:

software.opensuse.org/download.html

EGroupware sources are managed on Github since a couple of weeks:

github.com/EGroupware/egroupware

Above page also contains installation instructions for installation via git with myrepos tool and archives.

Alternatively to a test installation of 16.1 on an own server, EGroupware will be available from Wednesday on as a trial service of the Stylite computing center.

Please help testing the release candidate. We´re looking forward to your feedback on our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/EGroupware

Final release is currently planned for beginning of July 2016.

Ralf Becker,
Director Software Development

EGroupware 14.2 provides Dropbox alternative

by EGroupware | Feb 12, 2015 | News

With the new version of EGroupware also large files can be exchanged without size limits in mail traffic. A newly developed template simplifies the work on mobile devices. User may select their most desired information on a dashboard.

Kirchheimbolanden, 12/02/2015 – Attachments accompany a lot of emails and are a common nuisance for users and administrators. Again and again, administrators must apply or make exceptions to file size limits in the systems. Version 14.2 of EGroupware allows a particularly often desired new function. Users can easily share large files for external employees or business partners with a mouse click, even if they have no EGroupware account. You get a file made available as a link (for example, from the bottom of the receiver sight link to illustrations).

There are three alternatives to mail attachment: Firstly as „Download link“, where the recipient receives a link through which he can download a copy of the file. The second option is a “read-only share” – a link that can be tracked over to a folder or a document. The third option is the link “writable share”, which allows the receiver to directly edit a document locally and to make it available again via upload. All three variants are available with the EGroupware Enterprise Line (EPL) subscription, including the optional assignment of password and temporal limitation of rights.

These link options circumvent the size limitations of most mail servers for attachments. It does not require the receivers as EGroupware users. So far, people often have to leave their groupware to copy data via FTP or other products on an exchange platform. This takes time, resulting in loss of control over the data and passes by the admins. Shared files and directories are clearly visible for the users of EGroupware in the File Manager. Shares can be deleted with a single click and are thus immediately unusable.

“We believe that more and more file sharing is important in the professional and personal communication. EGroupware offers features that were previously reserved for cloud services like Dropbox“, explains Ralf Becker, founder and coordinator of the open source project EGroupware. “Our way to make large files easily available without having to create new users, makes it possible to provide information for project partners and customers. At the same time EGroupware users retains control of their files. ”

EGroupware has also received a new template for the mobile application. The template automatically adapts to the respective smaller screen sizes, recommended screens being from the 7-inch format. The template adapts both horizontally and vertically, and the menu moves to offer the largest possible area for the desired application.

Users access the various information of a Groupware with varying intensity. Therefore, they can supplement their 14.2 groupware workspace with a personalized “dashboard” in EGroupware: This includes, for example, the favorite calendar overview, key contacts, tickets, sticky notes, etc.

Final release candidate for 14.2 and new tutorial administration basics

by EGroupware | Feb 10, 2015 | News

I’m happy to announce availability of administration basics tutorial:

and our last release candidate containing following fixes and improvements:

3. release candidate for upcoming 14.2 release
All apps: Activate cross-browser autocomplete
All apps: printing of lists improved a lot, asks now how many lines to print
Backup: backing up bool columns now for all databases as 1 or 0, but understanding PostgreSQL “t” or “f” too
Mail: fix not working BCC addresses
Mail: fixed exception when opening vacation notice or sieve-rules for an account with a changed standard identity or later created account
InfoLog: allow type specific index templates (named infolog.index.rows.$type)
Calendar/CalDAV: fixed not synced recurrences, because invitation was to a group only or first recurrence was an exception
Calendar/CalDAV: fixed synced events still contained deleted exceptions
Calendar: fix not working tooltip (showing html tags) in year-view
Calendar: fixed deleting exceptions while editing a series
Knowledgebase: use activate_links to make sure links open in new windows
Admin: fix not working setting of ACL for account-selection “select-box with primary group and search”, data from contains no selection
Admin: Fix edit groups dialog resize problem
Filemanager/Expose view: enhancements
Mail/IE: fixed compose popup did not open again after it was closed eg. mail was send
Mail/Sieve: check capability if VACATION is supported by SIEVE Server before trying to set an serverside vacation absent notice
Sieve: coping with a dbmail bug in some versions of the Server. Server using formal syntax being reserved for client->server communication
Installation packages are available via OpenBuildService server:eGroupWare:trunk project, see our download page:

/download

Please help testing the release candidate and give us feedback via our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/EGroupware

Happy testing

Ralf

2. RC for EGroupware 14.2 released

by EGroupware | Jan 22, 2015 | News

We decided to have an other final release candidate, because of many noteworthy improvements since first release candidate:

FileManager: click on image opens expose view incl. gallery and slide-show
FileManager: enhance sharing to keep session of already logged in user, when he clicks on a share
Mail/SMTP: fixed not working sending of mails, if secure connection setting was different from IMAP server “could not connect to SMTP server”
Mail/Sieve: fixed not running/set async vacation notice
Mail/Sieve: remove prefix (of mail account) for sieve save into folder
All applications: Fix unintentional dragging happens while user try to do scrolling over a dragging item in FF (e.g. scrolling over an scrollable InfoLog entry)
Backup: fixed broken backup of tables without an auto index
WebDAV: fixed not working range requests causing e.g. direct playing of video files to fail
Calendar: speed improvements for huge calendar databases
Calendar/CalDAV/eSync: fixed not synced events constructed from exceptions
ProjectManager: fix SQL error “unknown column pe_ in order clause”
Setup: allow to use Composer (https://getcomposer.org/) to manager requirements (instead of PEAR)
no longer requiring php(5)-pear, but new egroupware-epl-vendor package containing all dependencies

Last one is an important change, if you choose to install from archives: there is no longer a need to install PEAR and Horde packages we depend on!

Installation packages are available via OpenBuildService server: eGroupWare:trunk project, see our download page:

/download

Please help testing the release candidate and give us feedback via our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/EGroupware

Release date has been moved by one week to January 29th 2015.
Happy testing 🙂
Ralf

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Ralf Becker
Director Software Development, Stylite AG

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