Dear Community Members, +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Release Note ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The new OTRS 2.3. Windows Installer otrs4win 2.0.0 beta1 has been completed and is now ready for download. During the beta release cycle, the current Windows Installer provided as a workaround announced Oct. 15th 2008 will be still available. STABLE RELEASE: =============== * planned to be published Dec 19th 2008 ENHANCEMENTS: ============= * New added installer components are: - Apache 2.2.10 - MySQL 5.10.0.3 - Strawberry Perl 5.0.67 - CRONw 2.0 The new OTRS Windows installer: * supports Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 platforms * works with 32 Bit and 64 Bit architectures * works with Vista's UAC (User Account Control) * provide a modern graphical user interface (with full Vista support) * is much faster than the old Windows Installer BUGFIXES: ========= * Bug #2803 - Installer crashed if installation path contained any blanks. [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2803 ] KNOWN ISSUES: ============= * Apache webserver does not run with mod_perl DOWNLOAD: ========= * http://otrs.org/download/ * http://www.otrs.com/en/download/software/ (english) * http://www.otrs.com/de/download/software/ (german) * ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/ (Germany/Hamburg) A complete list of all download mirrors (ftp/http/rsync) is available at http://otrs.org/download/ MD5 CHECKSUMS (128-bit): ======================== 3e732e9c1d42cb7e6a0ca21b9f6708b8 ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/otrs-2.3.3-win-installer-2.0.0-beta1.exe HELP US AND FILE YOUR BUG REPORTS: ================================== Although the new Windows Installer has been tested before, we appreciate your contributions. As always, youre encouraged to tell us what you think, using this feedback e-Mail: [enjoy@otrs.com] or by filing a bug in Bugzilla [http://bugs.otrs.org]. ((enjoy)) -- Hauke Jan Böttcher Director Sales & Marketing ((otrs)) :: OTRS AG :: Norsk-Data-Straße 1 :: 61352 Bad Homburg Fon: +49 (0) 6172 681988 10 :: Fax: +49 (0) 9421 56818 18 http://www.otrs.com/ :: Communication with success! Geschäftssitz: Bad Homburg Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 10751 Steuernummer: 003 240 97505 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Burchard Steinbild Vorstandsvorsitzender: André Mindermann