MailScanner ANNOUNCEMENT: Release schedule change

[Randal, Phil]

Julian,

Because of the various problems with 4.53, do you have any plans to
release 4.54 as a stable release soon to ensure that people aren't still
running 4.53?  If I recall correctly, 4.53.8 still had a bug in the
phishing code which was stripping out stuff it shouldn't have.

We've been running 4.54.2 here without problems since its release.

Cheers,

Phil
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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Julian Field
> Sent: 20 May 2006 22:50
> To: MailScanner discussion; MailScanner Announcements List
> Subject: MailScanner ANNOUNCEMENT: Release schedule change
> 
> 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.
> 
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