MailScanner ANNOUNCEMENT: Release schedule change

[Julian Field]

MailScanner is now a pretty mature application. It has undergone 
continuous development for about 6 years and has come a long way in that 
time.

Version 1 was 1,200 lines of Perl and shell, and had about 15 
configuration options.
Version 4.54 is over 44,000 lines of Perl and shell, and has 343 
configuration options.

These days, virtually all of the new features are written specifically 
for a few people, and are not desperately needed by most users.

As a result of this, and to allow more time for testing, I am going to 
change the normal release schedule to a new stable release every 2 
months instead of every month. Due to the nature of the world, I reserve 
the right to release every month or two months as I choose. The latest 
stable version number is always posted at the top of the home page of 
the www.MailScanner.info website.

This will be good for MailScanner as it will be tested better before 
release, and it will be good for me by reducing the time I have to spend 
in the run-up to the start of every month.

Note: This will not affect important bug-fix releases at all.

Serious problems in the latest stable release will still be fixed as 
soon as possible, and published as soon as they have been fixed. These 
may be released either as later stable releases or early betas of the 
next release, as I do not want to have to fork the source code database 
at the start of every month and maintain two copies of the source code. 
Due to the extra time available for testing, this problem will be 
drastically reduced anyway.

I hope you all understand my reasons for making this change, and that it 
will also reduce the time some of you spend maintaining your MailScanner 
systems at the very latest version.

Maybe you would like to be in the "inner circle" of official 
beta-testers. I might even print a special T-shirt for you with your 
company logo on it advertising that you are a member of the inner circle.

Please read my other posting re beta testers.

-- 
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support

PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654


-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.