Dear Community Members, +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Release Note ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The new OTRS 2.3. Windows Installer otrs4win 2.0.0 beta3 has been released. 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: ============= * Added mechanism to refresh the windows desktop after the installation / uninstallation. * Added the CPAN module Apache::DBI to the StrawberryPerl installation. * Added Web-Installer link to the startmenu. * Switched licenses to RTF versions in order to improve their readability. * Added the apache service to the windows firewall exection list. * Added an icon to the OTRS services links in the start menu. BUGFIXES: ========= * Bug #3509 - Preinstalled CPAN module XML::Parser produced errors. [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3509 ] * Bug #3510 - Icons did not work properly with windows 2000 systems. [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3510 ] * Bug #3298 - The windows installer did not rename/copy GenericAgent.pm.dist ('OTRS\otrs\Kernel\Config') to GenericAgent.pm. [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3298 ] KNOWN ISSUES: ============= * Bug #3489 – CRONw service does not start. [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3489 ] 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): ======================== 734b762edbd51fb939332f22318fd245 ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/otrs-2.3.3-win-installer-2.0.0-beta3.exe HELP US AND FILE YOUR BUG REPORTS: ================================== Although the new Windows Installer (beta3) has been tested before, we appreciate your contributions. As always, you’re 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