Release Notes/0.9.8

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Contents 1 Prerequisites for Upgrade 1.1 Database Upgrade 1.2 AWL Libraries 1.3 PostgreSQL Version 1.4 PHP Version 1.5 PDO libraries 2 Functionality Changes 3 Bug Fixes 4 Other Changes 5 Availability 5.1 Download links 5.1.1 Debian 5.1.2 Gentoo 5.1.3 Source packages 5.1.4 RPM packages

The focus of this release is to update the permissions model and add support for a number of DAV reports and extensions.

Prerequisites for Upgrade

Database Upgrade

This release includes significant database upgrades. You must run the update-davical-database script on upgrading to this release.

AWL Libraries

This release requires you to update to version 0.39 of the AWL libraries.

PostgreSQL Version

This version requires PostgreSQL 8.2 or later to be installed.

PHP Version

This version requires PHP 5.1 or later to be installed.

PDO libraries

From this version it is necessary to have the PDO libraries available in addition to the legacy psql libraries.

Functionality Changes

• The server now supports WebDAV Sync RFC (draft) (currently draft-02)
• Support has been added for the DAV 'MOVE' method.
• The permissions model has been significantly improved and now aligns with the DAV permissions defined in RFC3744: WebDAV Access Control Protocol.
• Support for RFC5689: Extended MKCOL for WebDAV is added.
• New support for the expand-property report
• New support for the supported-method-set and supported-report-set properties
• The administrative user interface has been updated to reflect the new permissions model, and to switch to CSS menu rendering.
• The user interface screens for creating and editing principals nad collections have been rewritten.
• The server now supports 'pubsub' notification of changes via ejabberd.
• The server now supports the method used by iCal4 to discover delegated collections.

Bug Fixes

• None in particular.

Other Changes

• The new permissions model provides significantly better performance in some areas and should provide marginally better performance everywhere.
• The handling of PROPFIND requests has been rewritten from scratch.
• Some parts of the code are switched to use PDO for database access. This transition will continue through 0.9.8.

Availability

Currently in testing, and hoped to release around 23rd December 2009

Download links

Debian

• AWL Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/awl/
• DAViCal Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/davical/

The packages will work with earlier versions of Debian as long as recent versions of PostgreSQL & PHP are used.

Gentoo

An ebuild should be available in due course.

Source packages

• AWL Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/awl/
• DAViCal Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/davical/

RPM packages

• AWL Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/awl/
• DAViCal Packages http://debian.mcmillan.net.nz/packages/davical/