From fffde3d7c33196825f280c16b85fcb2405b0267d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20R=C3=A9mond?= Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:05:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Final release note after many fixes from the ejabberd Chatroom and StPeter SVN Revision: 398 --- doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt b/doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt index 7adf9b08e..b9b65b63b 100644 --- a/doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt +++ b/doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt @@ -3,89 +3,97 @@ 2005-08-01 This document describes the main changes in ejabberd 0.9.8. This - version prepares the release of ejabberd 1.0, which is due later - this year. + version prepares the way for the release of ejabberd 1.0, which + is due later this year. - The code can be downloaded from the Process-one website - (http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/) + The code can be downloaded from the Process-one website: + http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/ - For more detailed informations, please refer to ejabberd User Guide - on Process-one website (http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/). + For more detailed information, please refer to ejabberd User Guide + on the Process-one website: + http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs.html + + + Recent changes include.... Enhanced virtual hosting - Virtual hosting now applies to much more setting options and - features and is now transparent. Virtual hosting accepts different + Virtual hosting applies to many more setting options and + features and is transparent. Virtual hosting accepts different parameters for different virtual hosts regarding the following - features: Authentication method, Access Control List and access - rules, users management, statistics and shared roster. The web - interface now gives access to each virtual host's parameters. + features: authentication method, access control lists and access + rules, users management, statistics, and shared roster. The web + interface gives access to each virtual host's parameters. -Enhanced publish and subscribe module +Enhanced Publish-Subscribe module - ejabberd pubsub module now integrates enhancements coming from - J-EAI, an XMPP-based integration server built on ejabberd. ejabberd - thus supports publish and subscribe node configuration. It is - possible to define nodes that should be persistant, and the number - of items to persist. It is also possible to define various - notification parameters, such as the delivery of the payload with - the notifications, the notification of subscribers when some - changes occur on items, the maximum size of the items payload, the + ejabberd's Publish-Subscribe module integrates enhancements + coming from J-EAI, an XMPP-based integration server built on + ejabberd. ejabberd thus supports Publish-Subscribe node + configuration. It is possible to define nodes that should be + persistent, and the number of items to persist. Besides that, it + is also possible to define various notification parameters, such + as the delivery of the payload with the notifications, and the + notification of subscribers when some changes occur on items. + Other examples are: the maximum size of the items payload, the subscription approvers, the limitation of the notification to online users only, etc. Code reorganisation and update - - The mod_register have been cleaned up. - - ODBC support have been updated and several bugs have been fixed. + - The mod_register module has been cleaned up. + - ODBC support has been updated and several bugs have been fixed. Development API To ease the work of Jabber/XMPP developers, a filter_packet hook - has been added. It is thus possible to develop specific plugin to + has been added. As a result it is possible to develop plugins to filter or modify packets flowing through ejabberd. Translations - Translations have been updated to support the new pubsub features. - A new Brazilian Portuguese translation has been added. + - Translations have been updated to support the new Publish-Subscribe features. + - A new Brazilian Portuguese translation has been contributed. Web interface - CSS stylesheets are now W3C compliant. + - The CSS stylesheet from the web interface is W3C compliant. Installers - Installers are now provided for Microsoft Windows and Linux/x86. The - Linux installer now includes Erlang ASN.1 modules for LDAP + Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows and Linux/x86. The + Linux installer includes Erlang ASN.1 modules for LDAP authentication support. Bugfixes - This release contains several bugfixes and architectural - changes. Among other things Bugfixes include improvements on LDAP - authentication. Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied with - this release for details of all improvements in the ejabberd code. + - This release contains several bugfixes and architectural + changes. Among other bugfixes include improvements in LDAP + authentication. Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied + with this release regarding all improvements in ejabberd. References - The ejabberd feature sheet helps to make comparison with other - Jabber/XMPP servers: + The ejabberd feature sheet helps comparing with other Jabber/XMPP + servers: http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs/features.pdf - Contributed tutorials are available: + Contributed tutorials of interest are: - Migration from Jabberd1.4 to ejabberd: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/jabberd1-to-ejabberd - Migration from Jabberd2 to ejabberd: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/jabberd2-to-ejabberd - Transport configuration for connecting to other networks: http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/tutorials-transports + +END +