diff --git a/news/gayoub/2011-08-01@08:54:43.rst b/news/gayoub/2011-08-01@08:54:43.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be9b70fe --- /dev/null +++ b/news/gayoub/2011-08-01@08:54:43.rst @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Radicale 0.6 Released +===================== + +Time for a new release with **a lot** of new exciting features! + +0.6 - Sapling +------------- + +* WSGI support +* IPv6 support +* Smart, verbose and configurable logs +* Apple iCal 4 and iPhone support (by Łukasz Langa) +* CalDAV-Sync support (by Marten Gajda) +* aCal support +* KDE KOrganizer support +* LDAP auth backend (by Corentin Le Bail) +* Public and private calendars (by René Neumann) +* PID file +* MOVE requests management +* Journal entries support +* Drop Python 2.5 support + +Well, it's been a little longer than expected, but for good reasons: a lot of +features have been added, and a lot of clients are known to work with Radicale, +thanks to kind contributors. That's definitely good news! But… + +Testing all the clients is really painful, moreover for the ones from Apple (I +have no Mac nor iPhone of my own). We should seriously think of automated +tests, even if it's really hard to maintain, and maybe not that useful. If +you're interested in tests, you can look at `the wonderful regression suite of +DAViCal +`_. + +The new features, for example the WSGI support, are also poorly documented. If +you have some Apache or lighttpd configuration working with Radicale, you can +make the world a little bit better by writing a paragraph or two in the +`Radicale documentation `_. It's simple +plain text, don't be afraid! + +Because of all these changes, Radicale 0.6 may be a little bit buggy; a 0.6.1 +will probably be released soon, fixing small problems with clients and +features. Get ready to report bugs, I'm sure that you can find one (and fix +it)!