Announcements of new sympa release

[David Verdin <>]

After 6 weeks of beta test, It is time to release a new beta version in which all the bug fixes we have heard of are now fixed.

Thanks to all the beta testers that have contributed to clean up the new installation process and the new features introduces in Sympa 6.

• Download Sympa 6.0b.2
• Check the release notes

This version also includes a completely updated German translation, thanks to the efforts of M. Warkus.

Install notes:

Fresh installers will now have to run the sympa_wizard.pl script manually to set up their config files. The command to type is specified at the end of the make install command.

Older Sympa users will also note the vanishing of the “bin/etc” directory which contained all the default configuration and configuration samples. All these files and directories are now located in the new “default” directory.

Finally, a new configure parameter, ”--enable-fhs” will trigger different installation naming and location rules. If you add this option to configure, the different files used by Sympa will respect the FHS standards. If not, the directories and locations will remain the same as they were in previous versions of Sympa.

Not activating this option will be particularly useful for:

• people upgrading from a previous installation, which used custom scripts in which files and directory locations are critical
• anybody installing from the tar.gz distribution. Indeed, most of the files and directories being gathered in a central install directory, it is easy to inspect and customize them. It is also easy to completely remove a Sympa installation.

Activating this option will be particularly useful for Sympa packagers.

P.S.: Should the beta test keep on running smoothly, the stable release should be due at the end of August.

Best regards,

David Verdin

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David Verdin
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