[ZendTo] Re: Trial release of new code for ZendTo 4.12-1

[Eythor Thorsteinsson]

Ahh... I just used the tgz. Good to know the rpm/deb would have taken care of it.

Eythor
> On 26 May 2015, at 12:25, Jules <Jules at zend.to> wrote:
> 
> What packaging system and OS are you using?
> The post-install scripts for the RPM and the DEB should both wipe the 
> contents of templates_c.
> 
> Jules.
> 
> On 26/05/2015 12:40, Eythor Thorsteinsson wrote:
>> I'm trying out the new version, and just want to mention two things:
>> 
>> - I really like the new reCAPTCHA!! Night and day. I had disabled the captcha, actually, but I can comfortably enable that now.
>> - I had to purge the templates_c directory ... which I presume have cached templates. Otherwise I was not able to get our logo, or other things from zendto.conf working.
>> 
>> Thanks for the new version.
>> 
>> Eythor
>> 
>> 
>>> On 26 May 2015, at 09:44, Jules <Jules at zend.to> wrote:
>>> 
>>> To make life easier for you, I have just put an RPM and a DEB package in
>>> the Beta area of the website:
>>>     http://zend.to/downloads.php
>>> 
>>> Please do try these out and let me know how you get on.
>>> 
>>> I haven't added them to either of the repos, so you won't automatically
>>> upgrade by mistake.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jules.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 25/05/2015 19:54, Jules wrote:
>>>> Hi folks!
>>>> 
>>>> I've been hard at work today (for a change :-)
>>>> 
>>>> The attached tgz file contains **only** the new files that have
>>>> changed from the last stable release on the website.
>>>> Before you copy them all into place, take a copy of your
>>>>    /opt/zendto/www
>>>>    /opt/zendto/templates
>>>>    /opt/zendto/lib
>>>>    /opt/zendto/sql
>>>> directories, so you aren't about to break anything.
>>>> 
>>>> When you unpack the tgz file and copy them into place, make sure they
>>>> are readable by all, so their permissions are
>>>> -rw-r--r--
>>>> 
>>>> There is now a database table 'addressbook' which you probably won't
>>>> have. If you are using MySQL then you'll need to re-apply the schema
>>>> in /opt/zendto/sql. Read the README.MySQL in there. Don't worry, it
>>>> won't delete or overwrite any of your existing tables, but it does
>>>> need to play with the indexes (indices?) in the 'addressbook' table to
>>>> fix an earlier bug.
>>>> 
>>>> Please give this a try **NOT** on a production server, and let me know
>>>> if it works for you or not. If there are any problems at all, please
>>>> get in touch with me straightaway, I'll keep a close eye on this
>>>> address+list for the rest of the week at least.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's what's new:
>>>> - Added an address book of previously used names and addresses of
>>>> recipients.
>>>>  Many thanks to Eythor Thorsteinsson for providing the UI part to get
>>>> this
>>>>  going.
>>>> - Replaced support for old Google CAPTCHA with much nicer new reCAPTCHA.
>>>>  This is now the default, give it a try! You'll need a pair of free keys
>>>>  from https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin.
>>>> - You can now remove a file from the list when creating a new dropoff,
>>>> just
>>>>  click on the X to the right of the file description.
>>>>  Contributions for a nice little icon would be much appreciated!
>>>>  (The winner gets an entry in the ChangeLog ;-)
>>>> - Resending a dropoff resets the 'created' time so the dropoff will
>>>> not be
>>>>  deleted early. Thanks to Greg Clarke for spotting this one.
>>>> - Fixed a bug stopping you removing recipients in the middle of the list.
>>>> - Fixed a bug reporting Invalid_email_address incorrectly when doing an
>>>>  anonymous pickup.
>>>> - Fixed a couple of minor bugs.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jules
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jules
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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>> 
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